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Joe Puma

Born: August 13, 1927

Joe La Barbera: Experiencing Bill Evans

by Victor L. Schermer
November 30, 2021

In his own unassuming way, Bill Evans changed the face of jazz piano trio forever. He made the piano a lyrical, expressive voice for the most subtle and deep emotions, and he transformed the rhythm section from a time-beating, swing-maintaining outfit into an intimate, conversational musical unit. He loved tradition. It was just his grasp of ...

John Scofield: One For Swallow

by Ian Patterson
June 15, 2020

From time to time in his storied career John Scofield will take a look over his shoulder and re-examine some of the music that has fed into his own, personal brand of jazz. The influences are many, for no matter the context that Scofield engineers, his distinctive sound always carries something of the blues, a little ...

Riverside Records: An Alternative Top Ten

by Chris May
May 27, 2020

From 1953, when it was set up, to 1964, when it was acquired by ABC, Riverside Records rivalled Blue Note and Prestige as one of the leading independent jazz labels based in New York City. The founders of all three labels were jazz fans who operated on slim margins and became producers partly because they enjoyed ...

L'ultimo hipster. La vita e la musica di Mark Murphy

by Angelo Leonardi
May 23, 2017

Non trovate accenni a Mark Murphy nelle più recenti storie del jazz, neanche il nome. Una lacuna che appare inspiegabile (a differenza di Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormè e Tony Bennett) che si giustifica solo col ritardo a collocare il cantante di Syracuse in una prospettiva storica. Eppure già prima della sua scomparsa -il ...

Bill Evans and Joe Puma

December 21, 2010

Before he began recording exclusively as leader of a working trio, pianist Bill Evans was a prolific sideman. Between 1954 and 1958, Evans appeared on more than 20 recordings led by other artists. Except for New Jazz Conceptions, his first one-off trio date for Riverside in 1956, Evans was a top keyboard gun for hire in ...

Like Tweet - Jazz Versions Of Authentic Bird Calls

By Joe Puma

Label: Kedar Entertainment Group
Released: 1961

Jazz

By Joe Puma

Label: Parlophone
Released: 1958
Track listing: Ubas; Blues For Midge; Stablemates; I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good; Mother Of Earl; Indian Summer;

Wild Kitten

By Joe Puma

Label: Kedar Entertainment Group
Released: 1957

The Herbie Mann-Sam Most Quintet

By Herbie Mann

Label: Avenue Records
Released: 1956
Track listing: Fascinating Rhythm; Why Do I Love You?; It's Only Sunshine; Love Letters; Let's Get Away From It All; Flying Home; I'll Remember April; Empathy; It Might As Well Be Spring; Just One of Those Things; Seven Comes Eleven.