Jazz Articles about David Axelrod

About David Axelrod

Album Review

David Axelrod: Live – Royal Festival Hall [CD - DVD]

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 9, 2008

David Axelrod è stato un produttore e arrangiatore piuttosto anomalo che ha lasciato importanti tracce del suo lavoro negli ultimi cinquant'anni mettendo mano in album ormai entrati a far parte della storia del jazz e del rock, passando da Frank Rosolino a Harold Land, da Helmo Hope a Jimmy Whiterspoon, da Cannonball Adderley agli Electric Prunes, da Lou Rawls a Stan Kenton. Per il suo lavoro con la Capitol negli anni sessanta e settanta ha ricevuto un prestigioso Grammy Award. ...

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Album Review

David Axelrod: David Axelrod

by John Sharpe
August 1, 2001

Although legendary L.A. composer/producer/arranger David Axelrod has not released a new album in six years, his back catalog has been sampled by DJ’s around the world. In fact, this CD isn’t a completely “new” collection of tracks either. Seven of the nine tunes here come from sessions Axelrod recorded for Reprise in 1969, which have been buffed up with the addition of strings, vocal choirs and other orchestral flourishes. While Axelrod’s ambitious pop, rock, jazz, classical, and blues compositions have ...