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Jack Sheldon

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Along with Lester Young in the '30s, Dizzy Gillespie in the '40s, and Zoot Sims in the '50s, Jack Sheldon is one of the Original Lions of the West Coast Sound. Jack's a premier improviser, is one of only a handful of trumpet players throughout jazz history who has developed his own distinctive "signature sound". It's an inimitable sound that comes from his heart and soul, what Miles Davis called "a voice". As an integral part of the West Coast Scene of the 1950s, he played an important role in developing that era's bebop- inspired sound. His solid connection to that vibrant period in West coast Jazz surfaces with each impeccable solo. Sheldon's collaborative list is indeed long and impressive: Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Curtis Counce, Shelly Manne, Art Pepper, Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton, Mel Torme, Tony Bennett, Lena Horne, Peggy Lee, Sammy Davis Jr., Rosemary Clooney, Diane Schuur and many other greats. Nominated five times for the Playboy International Artist Of The Year Award, Jack Sheldon continues to dazzle audiences with his prodigious chops and unerring sense of swing

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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.

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Smack Up

Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2024
Track listing: Smack Up; Las Cuevas De Mario; A Bit Of Basie; How Can You Lose; Maybe Next Year; Tears Inside.

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You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce!

Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2023
Track listing: How Deep Is The Ocean; Too Close For Comfort; Mean To Me; Stranger in Paradise; Counceltation; Big Foot

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

Late-Period Art Pepper Box Sets

Read "Late-Period Art Pepper Box Sets" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


In his essay, “Endgame," which opens the liner notes to Art Pepper: The Complete Galaxy Recordings (Galaxy, 1989), music critic Gary Giddens said of Art Pepper's professional comeback: “Pepper's sudden reappearance in 1975 was something of a second coming in musical circles. For the next seven years, his frequent recordings and tours, and ...

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Article: Album Review

Curtis Counce: You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce!

Read "You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce!" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci


When bassist Curtis Counce died of a heart attack at the age of 37 in 1963, the jazz world was deprived of a major talent. Not that one would have known much, for his death, while noted, was not extensively covered. Counce, a Midwesterner, had come to California and to jny:Los Angeles to learn his craft, ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jack Sheldon

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jack Sheldon

All About Jazz is celebrating Jack Sheldon's birthday today! Along with Lester Young in the '30s, Dizzy Gillespie in the '40s, and Zoot Sims in the '50s, Jack Sheldon is one of the Original Lions of the West Coast Sound. Jack's a premier improviser, is one of only a handful of trumpet players throughout jazz history ...

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Article: Album Review

Chet Baker Trio: Live In Paris

Read "Live In Paris" reviewed by Chris May


Aside from a new album by a favourite musician, few things hold so much promise as the release of a previously unavailable recording—and if it comes up to expectations, rather than being a barrel-scraping exercise, one has lucked out. Live In Paris: The Radio France Recordings 1983 -1984 hits the sweet spot. Available as a 3 ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jack Sheldon

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jack Sheldon

All About Jazz is celebrating Jack Sheldon's birthday today! Along with Lester Young in the '30s, Dizzy Gillespie in the '40s, and Zoot Sims in the '50s, Jack Sheldon is one of the Original Lions of the West Coast Sound. Jack's a premier improviser, is one of only a handful of trumpet players throughout jazz history ...

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Article: Album Review

The Chris Saunders Band: Dancing With The Widow St. James

Read "Dancing With The Widow St. James" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci


Was there a time in your life when you took off for nowhere in particular, maybe a mild summer's night, rolled down the windows, and just grooved? Chances are you had some primitive form of sound technology that filled a well-worn vehicle with music that just suggested that life was a good thing? Ok, so perhaps ...


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