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Turtle Records: Pioneering British Jazz 1970-1971
by Roger Farbey
This extended analysis discusses the celebratory release of the Turtle Records story, a clamshell box set containing a fifty page, 17,000 word booklet written by John McLaughlin biographer Colin Harper which includes rare photographs and new interviews. Crucially, it also includes the only three recordings to be issued on the label. The albums, originally released in 1970 and 1971, were by British jazz musicians whose respective stars were in the ascendant at that time, namely Mike Osborne, Howard Riley and ...
Continue ReadingTony Bennett: Tony Bennett Sings Ellington Hot and Cool
by AAJ Staff
As he continues to light up the world as the biggest and brightest carrier of the Great American Songbook torch, Tony Bennett also continues to bridge the past to the future through his song and accompanist selections. On his own tribute to the great centenarian Duke Ellington, Bennett does not so much look back at Ellington’s masterworks as look them over with his own fresh and bright-eyed perspective.Bennett recruits the help of his son Danny (with whom he ...
Continue ReadingTony Bennett: Tony Bennett Sings Ellington Hot and Cool
by John Sharpe
Although I’ve lost count of the number of CDs released this year that have paid tribute to Duke Ellington on his 100th anniversary, I find this one to be especially noteworthy. Tony Bennett is not a “jazz singer” by definition, but there is no question that throughout his career he has been heavily influenced by the genre. His recordings with Count Basie, Bill Evans, Stan Getz and Dizzy Gillespie, among others, display his love for the music and the great ...
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