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Fats Waller: The Centennial Collection
by Mark Corroto
The centennial of Thomas “Fats" Waller’s birth is yet another good reason to release another collection of his recordings. This one is a nice accumulation of songs (don’t know why “Jitterbug Waltz” is missing), enough to whet newcomers' appetites. Plus, this disc includes a bonus DVD of footage from King of Burlesque and an animated version ...
Frank Sinatra: Young Blue Eyes: Birth of the Crooner
by David Rickert
A prophetic moment occurs on The Birth of a Crooner after the MC introduces Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra. Dorsey responds, “you sure you don’t mean Frank Sinatra and his Orchestra?” The cover of the CD will lead one to believe that the bandleader knew what was coming, since Sinatra’s name occupies most of the cover ...
Larry Carlton: Sapphire Blue
by John Kelman
Yet another artist finds himself on a new label and the experience refreshes and reinvigorates. Earlier this year it was Mike Stern and late last year it was Terence Blanchard; in the case of guitarist Larry Carlton, he has signed with one of the few remaining majors that is not afraid to let its artists have ...
Larry Carlton: Sapphire Blue
by Michael P. Gladstone
Fans of veteran guitarist Larry Carlton will be interested in his latest career move. Carlton's multifaceted guitar work has been evident after decades of sterling studio work in Los Angeles as well as many solo recordings which go back as far as 1968. He has been the guitarist of choice for many pop and rock performers ...
Flying Groove / Flying Funk
Label: Bluebird
Released: 2003
Track listing: Flying Groove: 1. Crosstown Traffic - Gil Evans & His Orchestra 2. Mama Soul - Harold
Alexander, Bernard Purdie, Richard Davis, Richard Pablo Landrum, Neal Creque 3. Baby That's
What I Need (Walk Tall) - Esther Marrow 4. I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes - The Dierdre
Wilson Tabac, Dierdre Wilson 5. Yeh-Yeh - Jon Hendricks, Lambert Hendricks & Bavan, Dave
Lambert, Yolande Bavan
6. Hit the Road Jack - Wild Bill Davis
7. Head Start - Tom Scott
8. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Gil Scott-Heron
9. Skull Session - Oliver Nelson
10. Afrique - The Count Basie Orchestra
11. Messiah (Overture) - Albert Aarons
12. El Pampero - Gato Barbieri
13. Night Thing - Spontaneous Combustion
14. The Creator Has a Master Plan (Peace) - Leon Thomas
Flying Funk:
1. Save Me - Nina Simone
2. Afro Strut - The Nite-Liters
3. It's Just Begun - Jimmy Castor, The Jimmy Castor Bunch
4. We Getting Down - Weldon Irvine, Jr.
5. Expansions - The Cosmic Echoes, Lonnie Liston Smith
6. Home Is Where The Hatred Is - Gil Scott-Heron
7. Mama - Esther Marrow
8. No More Tears - The Loading Zone
9. Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter - Nina Simone
10. Tite Rope - Harold Alexander
11. A Chance For Peace - The Cosmic Echoes, Lonnie Liston Smith
12. This Is The Me Me (Not The You You) - Brenda Jones, Richard 'Groove' Holmes
13. Got To Get A Knutt - The New Birth
14. Happiness Is Just Around The Bend - The Main Ingredient
15. What's Going On?/Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone; What's Going On? Ain't No Sunshine
When She's Gone - Bernard Purdie
Tenor Titan
Label: Bluebird
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. St. Thomas 2. Four 3. Long Ago And Far Away 4. All The Things You Are 5. The Bridge 6. God
Bless The Child 7. Dearly Beloved 8. Blue 'n' Boogie 9. Bluesongo 10. Don't Stop the Carnival.
Cool Imagination
By Paul Desmond
Label: Bluebird
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Imagination 2. A Ship Without A Sail 3. Desmond Blue 4. Glad To Be Unhappy 5. That Old Feeling
6. Out Of Nowhere 7. Samba Cantina 8. Here
Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band
Label: Bluebird
Released: 2003
Track listing: Disc 1: 1. You, You Darlin' 2. Jack The Bear 3. Ko-Ko 4. Morning Glory 5. So Far, So Good 6.
Conga Brava 7. Concerto For Cootie 8. Me And You 9. Cotton Tail 10. Never No Lament 11. Dusk
12. Bojangles 13. A Portrait Of Bert Williams 14. Blue Goose 15. Harlem Air-Shaft 16. At A Dixie
Roadside Diner 17. All Too Soon 18. Rumpus In Richmond 19. My Greatest Mistake 20. Sepia
Panorama 21. There Shall Be No Night 22. In A Mellotone 23. Five O'Clock Whistle 24. The
Flaming Sword 25. Warm Valley. Disc 2: 1. Across The Track Blues 2. Chloe (Song Of The
Swamp) 3. I Never Felt This Way Before 4. The Sidewalks Of New York 5. Flamingo 6. The Girl In
My Dreams Tries To Look Like You 7. Take The 'A' Train 8. Jumpin' Punkins 9. John Hardy's Wife
10. Blue Serge 11. After All 12. Bakiff 13. Are You Sticking? 14. Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin' 15.
The Giddybug Gallup 16. Pitter Panther Patter 17. Body And Soul 18. Sophisticated Lady 19. Mr.
J.B. Blues 20. Ko-Ko 21. Bojangles 22. Sepia Panorama 23. Jumpin' Punkins 24. Jump For Joy.
Disc 3: 1. Chocolate Shake 2. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) 3. Clementine 4. The Brown-Skin
Gal (In The Calico Gown) 5. Jump For Joy 6. Moon Over Cuba 7. Five O'Clock Drag 8. Rocks In
My Bed 9. Bli-Blip 10. Raincheck 11. What Good Would It Do? 12. I Don't Know What Kind Of
Blues I Got 13. Chelsea Bridge 14. Perdido 15. The 'C' Jam Blues 16. Moon Mist 17. What Am I
Here For? 18. I Don't Mind 19. Someone 20. My Little Brown Book 21. Main Stem 22. Johnny
Come Lately 23. Hayfoot, Strawfoot 24. Sentimental Lady 25. A Slip Of The Lip (Can Sink A Ship)
26. Sherman Shuffle.
