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The NDR Big Band: The Theatre of Kurt Weill
by Jack Bowers
Although perhaps best known in his native Germany, composer Kurt Weill wrote songs for the musical theatre that transcended boundaries, several of which (“Mack the Knife,” “Speak Low,” “My Ship”) are played often today in many styles and contexts, 100 years after Weill’s birth and half a century after his death, not only in Germany but ...
The NDR Big Band: Ellingtonia
by Jack Bowers
Here’s a nourishing slice of Ellingtonia from Germany’s world–class NDR Big Band with several guest artists sitting in to enhance the bill of fare. While some of the names may be unfamiliar to Jazz enthusiasts on this side of the pond, take it from one who’s been listening to big–band Jazz for nearly half a century ...
Bernard Purdie: Soul To Jazz II
by Douglas Payne
Once you're a legend, it must be a legendary drag living up to your own reputation. After years of setting distinctive beats for King Curtis, Aretha Franklin, scores of Atlantic sessions and almost every acid-jazzer, drummer Bernard Purdie has a legendary reputation as the funk drummer. Trouble is the man earned his rep while he was ...
In Hamburg
By Joe Pass
Label: ACT Music
Released: 1997
Track listing: On a Clear Day, For Nina, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, Love for Sale, Indian Summer, Sweet Bossa, Fragments of Blues, I'll
Know, Summer Night, Waltz for Django, More Than You Know, Star Eyes, Lullabye of the Leaves, Soft Winds, Sister Sadie
Nils Landgren: Paint it Blue
by Douglas Payne
Although trombonist Nils Landgren has released several albums in his native Sweden since the mid 80s, Paint It Blue appears to be his first album available in the United States. Landgren, who calls his sextet the Funk Unit, has subtitled Paint It Blue “A Tribute to Cannonball Adderley" and, as such, has produced something that successfully ...
