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Lester Young, Oscar Peterson: Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio

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by C. Michael Bailey
January 1, 1998

I have liked the Lester Young small group recordings that I have heard. My introduction came with the four-LP Pablo series, Lester Young in Washington DC, 1956. These recordings were made toward the end of Young's life and contain some of his most ethereal playing. I suppose I am also a child of the 1970s and ...

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Art Pepper: San Francisco Samba

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by C. Michael Bailey
December 1, 1997

San Francisco Samba contains four performances previously unrecorded in the Art Pepper discography. According to Todd Selbert's discography included in the confessional Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper," Pepper had not previously recorded with this collection of musicians (with the exception of Cables). Three of the four pieces included on this disc are well-known in ...

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The Ray Brown Trio: Live at Scullers

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by C. Michael Bailey
December 1, 1997

The piano trio is the most durable assembly in Jazz music. Durable in such a way that it almost always delivers high functioning music that is immediately accessible and enjoyable. Durable also in popularity. There have been many notable piano trios, all generally having one member as an anchor -- Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, Bill Evans, ...