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Chet Baker: Chet Baker and Strings
by C. Michael Bailey
With Strings. I have been listening to a several recordings of Jazz artists performing with a string section, including: Clifford Brown With Strings (Emarcy 814 642), Charlie Parker with Strings (Verve 314 523), Art Pepper's Winter Moon (OJC 677), Wynton Marsalis' Midnight Blues: Standard Time Volume 5 (Columbia 68921), and most recently, Chet Baker and Strings (Columbia Legacy 65562). I am enamored with all of these discs. Some of them have stood the test of time, some have not. They ...
Continue ReadingBud Shank: By Request: Bud Shank Meets The Rhythm Section
by AAJ Staff
Jazz, more than a type of music, encompasses a way of life, an approach towards life, for many people. Bud Shank is one of those people. A man who has spent most of his life with an alto saxophone at least close by, if not in his hands, Shank has traveled and worked as a jazzman, taught and organized jazz schools and festivals, worked as a recording jazz man, and gotten involved with lables and promotion. Currently, Shank lives in ...
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