Jazz Articles about The Very Tall Band

The Very Tall Band: What's Up?

by Franz A. Matzner
February 8, 2007

Like director's cuts, material scrounged from studio archives isn't always worthy of release. As with scenes that belong on the cutting room floor, some tracks, particularly from live performances, should remain closeted away--or at the very least held for box set bonus tracks targeting the completist. Hearing the seven tunes presented on What's Up?, however, reminds us that some moments should never have been allowed to slip by in the first place. Presenting previously unreleased material recorded ...