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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 ...
Ken Peplowski: Last Swing of the Century
by C. Michael Bailey
Clarinet Marmalade. Eddie Daniels and Ken Peplowski play the tenor saxophone and the clarinet. They are both better known for the latter than the former. Therefore, it is an occasion when either releases a clarinet-only disc. In the present case of Peplowski, add to this pleasure that he is highlighting the music of the Benny Goodman. ...
The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (Columbia: Live In Swing City: Swingin
by C. Michael Bailey
Thankful for PBS. The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra is the latest group to capitalize on the trend of bands recording a special for the small screen and then releasing a soundtrack. This accounts for my only quibble: that is there is so little of this music. Say what one may about Wynton Marsalis, he has an ...
Acoustic Jazz Quartet: Acoustic Jazz Quartet
by C. Michael Bailey
Acoustic is the Key...Almost. The Acoustic Jazz Quartet is a smart group of young musicians with a sound as fresh and forward as a strawberry bursting on the roof of your mouth. Their self-titled debut starts swinging and never stops. Perpétuel Mouvement. A Known Entity. Tenor and Soprano Saxophonist David Sills made his Naxos Jazz debut ...
Art Blakey / Stan Getz (Music Club: Art Blakey is Jazz / Stan Getz is Jazz
by C. Michael Bailey
1. Music Club has begun a release series entitled ...is Jazz highlighting the live recordings of prominent jazz musicians. Two of the first releases are from Stan Getz and Art Blakey performing live in the early 80s. Buhaina’s Delight. Art Blakey was a titan music educator. His Jazz Messengers more prominent jazz musicians than even Miles ...
Dejan Terzic Quartet (Naxos Jazz: Four for One
by C. Michael Bailey
Skins. Dejan Terzic’s Four for One is the second Naxos Jazz release lead by a drummer, the first being Niko Schäuble’s On the Other Hand (Naxos Jazz 86011-2). Unlike Schäuble’s very angular and elusive avant-guard music, Terzic’s effort is solid mainstream, almost a Hard Bop throw back. Standards and originals neatly split this eight piece offering. ...
Woody Shaw (32 Jazz: Imagination
by C. Michael Bailey
Let Me Reintroduce.... Woody Shaw (1944 – 1989) was a popular yet never fully appreciated trumpeter during the 1970s and 80s. Largely influenced by Freddie Hubbard, Shaw is considered by jazz musicologists to be a bridge between Hard Bop and Avant-garde trumpet playing. He played and recorded with Eric Dolphy, Horace Silver, Dexter Gordon, Andrew Hill, ...
J.D. Allen (RED Records: In Search Of J.D. Allen
by C. Michael Bailey
Housemates. A jazz dynasty is forming in Milan, Italy. Tenorist J.D. Allen appeared on Fabio Morgera’s compelling 1998 release Slick. Morgera returned the favor on In Search Of. In addition, Eric Revis plays bass on both discs. The significance is that such cross-playing realizes RED Records’ Sergio Veschi efforts to build a core of “house” musicians ...
Wynton Marsalis: Marsalis Plays Monk: Standard Time Volume 4
by C. Michael Bailey
Academic Freedom. Marsalis Plays Monk: Standard Time Volume 4 is the fourth in Wynton Marsalis's Standard Time series and the first in a series of eight total CDs comprising the Swinging into the 21st Century series. Regardless of anything said about Wynton Marsalis, he is a dedicated educator and purveyor of jazz music. Many critics have ...
Pekka Pylkk: Pekka
by C. Michael Bailey
The Contemporary Wisdom. No moss grows on Naxos Jazz. After addressing Mainstream, Hard Bop, Vocal, and Big Band Jazz, the label has firmly turned its attention to Contemporary Jazz with the releases of Pekka Pylkkänen’s Pekka’s Tube Factory (Putkipaja) and Sonic Fiction’s Changing With The Times. The Tube Factory. Taking time off as a member of ...
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