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A versatile and supportive bassist, Joe Mondragon appeared with the who's who of jazz during a two-decade period. Self-taught on bass, Mondragon started out working locally in Los Angeles. After serving in the Army, he was with Woody Herman's First Herd in 1946. He then went into the studios, working with a countless number of top musicians and singers (mostly on the West Coast). Among his many associations on record were June Christy, Shorty Rogers, Shelly Manne, Buddy Rich, Buddy DeFranco, Marty Paich, Claude Williamson and many others. Mondragon, who recorded the Duke Ellington Songbook with Ella Fitzgerald from 1956-57, was a fixture in the studios; among the more jazz-oriented soundtracks for films that he appeared on were The Wild One and Pete Kelly's Blues
In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album
Label: Jazz Detective
Released: 2024
Track listing: This Can't Be Love; Just Friends; Too Blue; But Not For Me; Historia de un Amor;
Once I Loved; You Fascinate Me; When I Fall In Love; I Cried For You; I'm Old
Fashioned; Evil Blues.
Record Store Day 2024 Jazz Releases
by Kyle Simpler
Every year, Record Store Day (RSD) promises limited edition vinyl releases for all tastes in music. From the latest popular artists to the most obscure archival releases, RSD drops try to cover a lot of musical territory. Practically all genres of music are represented and, of course, jazz is no exception. Fortunately, the April 2024 drop ...
Chet Baker: An Alternative Top Ten Albums To Get Lost In
by Chris May
Chet Baker was born to a farmer's daughter and a hard-drinking, weed-smoking singer and guitarist in a Western Swing band in Yale, Oklahoma in 1929. Like many Okies, the family fared badly during the Great Depression but did a little better after moving to Glendale, California in 1939. Largely self-taught as a trumpeter, Baker honed his ...
Jazz & Film: An Alternative Top 20 Soundtrack Albums
by Chris May
Jazz and the movies have a shared history stretching back almost a hundred years. The relationship came into its own in the US in the mid twentieth century. Elia Kazan's 1950 movie Panic In The Streets is an early example of how film makers used jazz-based soundtracks to enhance drama and atmosphere and create ambiances of ...
Andre Previn: Four Classic Albums
by David Rickert
Andre PrevinFour Classic AlbumsAvid Group 2011 Andre Previn may not be as well known as fellow West Coast pianists Vince Guaraldi and Dave Brubeck, but he nevertheless created a respectable body of work, mostly as a trio with drummer Shelly Manne, with whom he created a series ...
Deck the Halls with Big Band Carols
by Jack Bowers
With the holiday season on track and hastening toward us like a runaway locomotive, it's time once again to hunker down and prepare for the annual onslaught of “Rudolph," “Frosty the Snowman," “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," “Sleigh Ride," “Silver Bells," chestnuts roasting on an open fire and everyone's perennial favorite, “White Christmas." Not to ...
Pretty / Groovy
By Chet Baker
Label: Pacific Jazz Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Look for the Silver Lining;
Time After Time;
Travelin' Light;
My Funny Valentine;
There Will Never Be Another You;
The Thrill Is Gone;
But Not for Me
Band Aid
The Lamp Is Low;
Carson City Stage;
Long Ago (and Far Away);
Easy to Love;
Winter Wonderland;
Batter Up.
Chet Baker and Strings
By Chet Baker
Label: Columbia Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: You Don't Know What Love Is, I'm Thru With Love, Love Walked In, You Better Go Now, I Married and Angel, Love, I Love You, What a Diff'rence a Day Makes, Why Shouldn't I, A Little Duet for Zoot and Chet, The Wind, Trickleydidlier, You Don't Know What Love is (Alt), You Better Go Now (Alt), A Little Duet for Zoot and Chet, The Wind (Alt).
Chances Are It Swings
Label: RCA Victor
Released: 1972
Track listing: Chances Are; No Such Luck; It's Not For Me To Say; Lilac Chiffon; I Just Don't Know; Who Needs You. Everybody Loves A Lover; Come To Me; My Very Good Friend In The Looking Glass; You Know How It Is; A Very Special Love; Teacher, Teacher.
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