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Article: Book Review

Bass Notes: Jazz In American Culture, A Personal View

by Harvie S
February 25, 2024

Bass Notes: Bass Notes: Jazz In American Culture, A Personal View Chuck Israels 240 Pages ISBN: 1493074849 Backbeat Books 2024 Chuck Israels developed musically in what many would say was an extremely fertile time in Jazz. I'm talking about the 1960s. Of course, his stint with Bill Evans during ...

Album

Duos With Jim Hall & Trios '64 & '65 Revisited

By Bill Evans

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2023
Track listing: CD1: My Funny Valentine; I Hear A Rhapsody; Dream Gypsy; Romain; Skating In Central Park; Darn That Dream; Little Lulu; A Sleeping Bee; Always; Santa Claus Is Coming To Town; I'll See You Again; For Heavens Sake; Dancing In The Dark; Everything Happens To Me. CD2: Israel; Elsa; Round Midnight; Our Love Is Here To Stay; How My Heart Sings; Who Can I Turn To?; Come Rain Or Come Shine; If You Could See Me Now; I've Got You Under My Skin; My Man's Gone Now; Turn Out The Stars; Angel Face; Jazz Samba; All Across The City.

Article: Album Review

Bill Evans: Tales: Live in Copenhagen (1964)

Read "Tales: Live in Copenhagen (1964)" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
November 20, 2023

Maybe it is and maybe it isn't as historical in scope as some of the previous ten archival Bill Evans releases from that master of jazz discovery, Zev Feldman, and Evans' estate, but Tales: Live in Copenhagen (1964) is sure fire proof you got nothing but the best on any given night at any given gig ...

Article: Journey into Jazz

Record Store Day Black Friday 2023: Jazz Releases

by Kyle Simpler
November 16, 2023

For many, Black Friday conjures up images of massive crowds battling each other to get their hands on marked down gift items at huge department stores. For record collectors, though, the scene is much less dramatic because Black Friday is one of two yearly Record Store Day drops. This is where limited run albums hit the ...

Article: Liner Notes

Bill Evans: Duos With Jim Hall & Trios '64 & '65 Revisited

by Chris May
November 12, 2023

Although the evidence is circumstantial, it is more than possible that Bill Evans' collaborations with Jim Hall came about through proximity to George Russell. Even Alan Douglas, the producer of the duo's first album, did not claim credit for the liaison; and Douglas, who the same year brought together Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach, ...

Article: Building a Jazz Library

Bill Evans: Ten Essential Sideman Albums

by Chris May
September 19, 2023

Bill Evans attracts a special sort of fan. Clinically obsessive is a reasonable description. While far from undiscerning, we find something, usually plenty, to enjoy in every record Evans played on. And we want them all in our collection. Evans' hardcore fans include practically every musician who played with him. Eddie Gomez, his ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Chuck Israels

August 10, 2023

All About Jazz is celebrating Chuck Israels' birthday today! Bassist and composer, Chuck Israels was raised in a musical family. His step-father, Mordecai Bauman is a singer who performed extensively with composer Hanns Eisler and who, along with Chuck's mother, Irma Commanday, created a home environment in which music was a part of normal daily activity. ...

Article: Building a Jazz Library

Herbie Hancock: An Essential Top Ten Albums

by Chris May
September 20, 2022

The title of Herbie Hancock's 1973 hit single “Chameleon," pulled from his jazz-funk monster Head Hunters (Columbia), was an apt one. Hancock had already undergone several transformations: from the blues-and-gospel-infused vibe of his Blue Note debut, Takin' Off (1962), to more experimentally inclined Blue Note albums in the mid-to-late 1960s, and on to his early 1970s ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Chuck Israels

August 10, 2022

News: Book / Magazine

New From Sher Music Co. - 'Jazz Arrangements Of Public Domain Songs' by Chuck Israels

July 18, 2022

A unique collection of jazz arrangements by the great Chuck Israels, who has spent many years honing his jazz arranging skills, besides being a legendary bassist with Bill Evans, Stan Getz, George Russell, and many more. “A valuable collection of tunes. Mr. Israels' quartet makes a great case for adding some of these tunes to your ...