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LaVerne Butler: Blues in the City
by C. Michael Bailey
In the Tradition. Was Bessie Smith a “blues singer” or a “jazz singer”? What about Dinah Washington? Billie Holiday is an easier case. She recorded only two true twelve bar blues songs. But these other artists? They are not so easy. So with the case of LaVerne Butler. The music on Blues In The City is ...
Wynton Marsalis: A Fiddler's Tale / At the Octoroon Balls
by C. Michael Bailey
Yes, indeed!. Wynton Marsalis's series Swinging Into the 21st Century series is shaping up to be a most significant body of music. Initiated with his volume 4 collection of standards, Marsalis Plays Monk (Columbia, 1998), Marsalis continues his ambitious series with an American adaptation of Igor Stravinsky's L'Historie du soldat (A Soldier's Tale). The text was ...
The Backsters: Live & Jumpin
by C. Michael Bailey
Da Blooze. The Backsters are a merry little quartet who play a stripped-down brand of Chicago blues that bleeds into and takes advantage of the current swing craze. The songs are the standard fair, some wise choices (“Three Times a Fool”, “Tilt A Whirl”), some not so wise (“Further on Up The Road”, “Caledonia”). All songs ...
Clarence : American Music, Texas Style
by C. Michael Bailey
At the Gate. 1997 experienced the release of Gate Swings (Verve 314 537 617-2). This disc was a powerful disc by the then 72 year old Brown, brimming with genre-crushing jazz, blues, zydeco, pop...Oh Gosh, the whole apple pie. This has been Clarence Brown’s mantra: “the whole ball of wax”. Brown is joined by a BIG ...
Vincent Herring: Early On [Evidence/Dawnbird]
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by C. Michael Bailey
Genius in the Shadows. Wessell “Warmdaddy” Anderson gets more press, Sherman Irby more exposure, but perhaps more talented than both is Vincent Herring. Early On joins Herring’s early recordings from the Landmark label ( Evidence and Dawnbird ), which was purchased by Joel Dorn and Bob Miller’s 32 Jazz Records. These recordings find the 35 year ...
Piero Bassini Trio / Mike Melillo Trio: Nostalgia / Moonlight on the Gange
by C. Michael Bailey
Trio Exercises in RED. The jazz piano trio is one of the most durable and reliable performance vehicles. It can be jazz chamber music at its finest without being pretentious. Currently considered are two trio offerings released on RED Records. Piero Bassini and Mike Melillo, the respective piano part of the trios. The pianists are both ...
Ray Bryant (32 Jazz (32128): Ray Bryant: Alone at Montreux
by C. Michael Bailey
Ray Bryant’s Piano. Alone At Montreux is the result of 32 Jazz’s Joel Dorn’s tenure at Atlantic records. Through a collaboration with the Atlantic/Rhino re-release project, music that would otherwise go unreleased, will now see the light of ear. There is little live solo Bryant available, making this offering that much more valuable. The Blues...as Usual. ...
Jim Snidero: San Juan
by C. Michael Bailey
More RED. On San Juan, 39 year old Alto saxophonist Jim Snidero leads a quietly powerful sextet that deftly executes seven of his compositions plus the Kenny Dorham chestnut, “La Mesha”. Of note on this 1994 release is trumpeter Tim Hagans, who in the last year has become hot enough to accelerate global warming. Most notable ...
Mark Isham: Miles Remembered: The Silent Way Project
by C. Michael Bailey
Miles Davis 1926 - 1991. Gone these eight years (hard to believe), Miles Davis continues to compel tribute recordings. These include Herbie Hancock, et al.’s A Tribute to Miles (Warner Brothers); Benny Golson’s I Remember Miles (Evidence); Shirley Horn’s I Remember Miles (Verve); Keith Jarrett’s Bye Bye Blackbird (EMI); Cassandra Wilson’s I Travelin’ Miles (Blue Note); ...
Various Artists/John Hammond, Producer: From Spirituals to Swing Volumes 1, 2, & 3
by C. Michael Bailey
Jazz as Live Performance. When one thinks of the best live jazz recordings, certainly several come to mind: Sonny Rollins at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note), John Coltrane—Complete Village Vanguard Sessions (Impulse), The Miles Davis Quintet at the Plugged Nickel (Columbia), Benny Goodman Live at Carnegie Hall (Columbia). The sheer beauty of Jazz practice is that ...
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