Jazz Articles about Frank Strozier

About Frank Strozier

Album Review

Shelly Manne: Jazz from the Pacific Northwest

Read "Jazz from the Pacific Northwest" reviewed by Stefano Merighi

by Stefano Merighi
April 25, 2025

I luoghi comuni sono vacui ma spesso azzeccano un frammento di sincerità. Dire che il jazz californiano anni '50 annacqua e depotenzia la forza afroamericana di questa musica è riduttivo, certo, ma indiscutibile almeno in certe sue declinazioni. È il caso di queste registrazioni del quintetto di Shelly Manne, frutto del concerto al festival di Monterey del 1958, recuperate e pubblicate dalla Real to Real, in un doppio CD che contiene anche alcuni brani di otto anni dopo, ...

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Shelly Manne & His Men: Jazz From The Pacific Northwest

Read "Jazz From The Pacific Northwest" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
April 11, 2024

Shelly Manne & His Men are presented in two iterations in never-before-released live recordings from the 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival and from a 1966 date at The Penthouse in Seattle entitled Jazz From The Pacific Northwest. In this deluxe limited edition 180-gram 2LP set, co-produced for release by the estimable Zev Feldman and Cory Weeds, the band captivated the audience with intricate melodies and vibrant improvisations driven by Manne's virtuosic drumming. The band on LP1 from ...

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Frank Strozier: Quartets and Sextets

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 12, 2002

Talk about long overdue, the two albums contained on this new two-fer by neglected and forgotten saxophonist Frank Strozier have been highly sought after collectors items on vinyl, often fetching as much as $50 to $75 for mint copies. Now we have both Long Night from 1961 and the following year’s March of The Siamese Children out on one disc and a major portion of Strozier’s scant catalog has now been restored to its proper place in history.

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Frank Strozier: Long Night

Read "Long Night" reviewed by David Rickert

by David Rickert
June 13, 2002

“Don't Follow The Crowd", a song on Frank Strozier's second release for Jazzland, is an apt title for an artist who worked hard to carve out a niche for himself in the jazz world. Unfortunately, Strozier is one of many who never got his due; despite gigs with Miles Davis, Don Ellis, and Chet Baker, Strozier quit playing music in the seventies out of frustration. His two early records for Jazzland have been reissued as a two-fer, and they show ...