Jazz Articles about The Rolling Stones

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Rolling Stones From the Vault: L.A. Forum Live in 1975 & Hampton Coliseum Live in 1981

by Doug Collette
December 13, 2014

Given that their history spans more than five decades and multiple generations, it only stands to reason the Rolling Stones would have a veritable wealth of material in their archives on par with the vintage likes of Charlie Is My Darling (Abkco, 2012) and what's perhaps the next high-water mark of their career after that mid-Sixties apogee, the Exile on Main Street (Rolling Stones, 1972) era Ladies and Gentlemen the Rolling Stones (Eagle Vision, 2010). There may be more scintillating ...

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The Rolling Stones - 50 Years

by Nenad Georgievski
December 1, 2012

The Rolling Stones--50 godinaHrvoje Horvat and Darko Glavan226ISBN: 978-953-313-079-8Profil knjiga d.o.o.2012Taking into consideration the short lifespan of a rock band, the longevity of the Rolling Stones can be counted as a miracle in an almost biblical sense. The question also arises of how many years are bands relevant through their careers? Not many, but the Rolling Stones are not the usual rock band. On July 12, 2012, the ...

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The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street

by Doug Collette
June 18, 2010

A magnificent spontaneity permeates The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street, so much so that it resists dissection by expansion of its various repackages.

The remastered album, in its original eighteen-track form, reaffirms the bedrock strengths of a work that as a whole is far greater than the sum of its parts. For instance, it's not necessary to hear the rhythm guitar more clearly--distinct from the slightly less garbled singing of vocalist Mick Jagger on “Rocks Off"--to know that the ...

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The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones In Concert (40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set)

by C. Michael Bailey
March 13, 2010

The Rolling Stones Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones In Concert (40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set) Abkco Records 2009

What is the measure of a great live music recording? That answer would be intellectual brevity, spontaneity and invention. A better illustration would be examples of poor live recordings. Ergo, Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains the Same (Swan Song, 1976) and The Eagles Live (Asylum, 1980). The former is certainly full of the invention ...

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The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang

by Doug Collette
October 15, 2005

The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang Virgin 2005

Rolling Stones albums have always been tricky never more so than in recent years as assorted songs and collections of same sneak up on you after having made little or no impression at first encounter. It's almost like the Cheshire cat in “Alice in Wonderland where you only see the smile, only with the Stones, all you may see are those big red lips!!! ...

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Rolling Stones: Live Licks

by C. Michael Bailey
January 23, 2005

Rolling Stones Live Licks Virgin Records 2004

All About Jazz comrade Doug Collette has already astutely commented on this recording. I have been listening to it since entering Best Buy two weeks ago and, like a lemming marching into the sea, purchased it. I was not holding out very much hope for this recording to be any better than the band's recent live offerings (briefly detailed in The Rolling Stones-Get Yer Ya Yas Out ...

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Live Licks: The Rolling Stones On Tour 2002-2003

by Doug Collette
November 20, 2004

The Rolling Stones Live Licks: The Rolling Stones On Tour 2002-2003 Virgin Records 2004

Leave it to the Stones, the band that cannot be killed with conventional weapons. They tour the world presenting a show rife with circus-like theatrics, then release a live two-CD set culled from those shows, right at what's defined as Chirstmas time for the music industry. How predictable!?...Then listen to it and find it's chock-full of off-the-wall selections--the ...