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The Derek Trucks Band: Soul Serenade
by C. Michael Bailey
Soul Serenade is the fourth commercial release for Allman Brothers guitarist Derek Trucks. A second generation band member (the guitarist is the nephew of drummer Butch Trucks), Mr. Trucks studied carefully the lead and slide guitar styles of the late Duane Allman, incorporating the elder Allman’s propensity for crossing music genera lines at will into his ...
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones: Little Worlds
by Jim Santella
This three-disc project puts Béla Fleck's music in a new light. His formidable blend of Americana and jazz is integrated with new sounds brought in by guest artists and their eclectic backgrounds. The banjo virtuoso, his multi-faceted woodwind partner, his profound bassist, and his rhythmic sidekick weave modern jazz around the flagpole with delicate airs and ...
Count Basie: America's #1 Band: The Columbia Years
by Jim Santella
Featuring both Count Basie’s big band and his small group recordings, this 4-CD collection of reissued material includes blues-based jazz that was recorded between 1936 and 1951. Some of the dates have never been authorized for release before, some come from radio broadcast air checks, and many of the recordings appeared on the Vocalion, Columbia and ...
Duke Ellington: Ellington Uptown
by C. Michael Bailey
Two Hundred Fifty-Plus Words on Ellington, Part II Duke Ellington Uptown was released shortly after Ellington adopted the 12-inch long player philosophy and began recording his concert of some of his greatest pieces. Before the present release, this recording was issued on three different occasions, each released including slightly different material. The original release (Columbia ML ...
Duke Ellington: Festival Session
by C. Michael Bailey
Two Hundred Fifty-Plus Words on Ellington, Part III. Festival Session is the third in a trio of remastered and reconfigured Columbia releases to the Legacy imprint. The other two are Ellington Uptown and Masterpieces by Ellington , both worthy of purchase considering the amount of reconstruction and updating the releases have undergone since the 1950s. All ...
Duke Ellington: Masterpieces By Ellington
by C. Michael Bailey
Two Hundred Fifty-Plus Words on Ellington, Part I.Columbia Records waited until the end of 1950 before recording directly to tape, enabling pieces longer that the biblical three minutes to be recorded. All of this, in spite of the fact that long playing records debuted two years previously. This occasion was the first time in ...
Count Basie Orchestra: America's #1 Band: The Columbia Years
by C. Michael Bailey
The Duke Ellington Orchestra, the Count Basie Orchestra – the Count Basie Orchestra, the Duke Ellington Orchestra – which one is superior? A more contemporary example would be the fractious communities who favor the Beatles as opposed to the Rolling Stones. Personally, I have always favored the organic feel of the Stones. I give the edge ...
Miles Davis: The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions
by Andrey Henkin
The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions completes the trifecta Columbia began with similar treatments to In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew. Five discs, recorded from February 1969 to June 1970, comprising material available on 5 albums and including 34 previously unissued tracks, paints a rich portrait of the time period. The set does ...
Frank Sinatra: Sinatra Sings Gershwin
by Chris M. Slawecki
Sings Gershwin compiles Sinatra’s studio recording of Gershwin songs for Columbia with fourteen previously unreleased Sinatra radio and TV programs broadcast while he was a Columbia artist, including his famous 1947 Gershwin tribute for CBS radio, Songs by Sinatra. He’s essentially the pop crooner here, dedicating “Embraceable You,” for example, “...to little Nancy on ...
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of Frank Sinatra
by Chris M. Slawecki
The Voice was originally recorded in 1945 with a chamber orchestra (plus contributions from another Columbia noteworthy, vocal product guru Mitch Miller). This reissue supplements the album’s eight original tunes with ten bonus tracks, six of which are rare alternate takes, sending a picture postcard from a long-ago musical era. This gentlemanly version of ...
