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Tony Monaco: Intimately Live at the 5:01
by Charlie B. Dahan
Live albums are not for the faint of heart. They often feature musicians playing up to the audience with the knowledge that what they are doing will be on CD for the ages so they play every note and riff they know. Others contain performances that are disappointing, as you realize that the real magic exists ...
James Moody: The Teachers
by Charlie B. Dahan
Sanctuary/Castle Music’s latest reissue contains a collection of albums from James Moody in the early 1970’s. Both albums, The Teachers and Heritage Hum, were from Moody’s work on Perception Records that found him expressing himself politically with a funky / soulful groove. Evident in this collection is Moody’s virtuosity at his instrument and ...
Dizzy Gillespie: Matrix
by Charlie B. Dahan
The name Dizzy Gillespie conjures up the image of the hip trailblazer in the world of bop jazz and later the synthesis between jazz and the sounds and rhythms of Cuba and Africa. However, this period encapsulated his early years--but what happened to him after the 1960’s? The release of Matrix hopes to revive this era ...
Various Artists: Savoy - 60th Anniversary - Timeless
by Charlie B. Dahan
Continuing their 60th anniversary of Savoy, Savoy Jazz has released a double CD overview of the label. While still having a catalogue of great jazz recordings that stand the test of time, Savoy has other reasons to be proud on its 60th birthday. They are the only label that can claim that they recorded first as ...
Lester Young: The Complete Savoy Recordings
by Charlie B. Dahan
Savoy Jazz continues to celebrate it’s revival by releasing a complete anthology of Lester ‘Prez” Young’s recordings for Savoy. This collection is divided into two separate and distinct periods in Young’s life. The first to be explored is the recordings he did in a two-week period in 1944 as both a sideman and ...
Jimmy Thackery and Tab Benoit: Whiskey Store
by Charlie B. Dahan
It has been my experience that whenever I receive an album that features two guitarists and an all-star line-up around them my reaction always proves to be either “This is some of the greatest music ever recorded,” or more likely “Who recorded this album and ran?” I am happy to say that the collaboration between Louisiana ...
Charlie Christian: The Genius of the Electric Guitar
by Charlie B. Dahan
Never has a title of an album or anthology been more on the money than the new Charlie Christian boxset entitled “The Genius of Electric Guitar.” The more profound aspect of this collection is that when you are listening you are amazed that only two years existed between his discovery in Oklahoma by John Hammond and ...
Billie Holiday and Lester Young: A Musical Romance
by Charlie B. Dahan
The final offering in the recent series of Billie Holiday reissues from the outstanding and comprehensive Legacy boxset explores her work with Lester Young. What proves evident in this collection is that two brilliant and original artists can collaborate and enhance each other's performance to levels they could not reach on their own. ...
Billie Holiday: Lady Day Swings
by Charlie B. Dahan
Columbia’s Legacy label breaks up the recent all-encompassing Billie Holiday box set into three different themed collections. The Legacy label takes a look at Billie’s work with swing bands on “Lady Day Swings.” From her stellar “What A Little Moonlight Can Do" to “Them There Eyes," this collection flows effortlessly and makes an otherwise ...
Billie Holiday: Blue Billie
by Charlie B. Dahan
Columbia’s Legacy label breaks up the recent all-encompassing Billie Holiday box set into three different themed collections. The Legacy label takes a look at Billie’s work in the blues idiom on “Blue Billie.” Many of these recordings are quite familiar to many Billie fans, such as “God Bless the Child: and “Night and ...
