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Frank Sinatra: Sinatra Sings Cole Porter
by Chris M. Slawecki
Columbia celebrates the sixtieth anniversary of Sinatra’s first recordings as a solo artist (June 1943) with three new compilations that showcase the fledgling singer’s grace and dexterity with the popular songbook of the time. Sings Cole Porter puts every Sinatra studio recording of Cole Porter for Columbia together with ten previously unreleased radio and TV broadcasts ...
Maynard Ferguson: Chameleon / Conquistador
by Matt Merewitz
It‘s not your everyday big band that has three simultaneous scream trumpet players on every song. Nevertheless, it is what has come to be expected from the master trumpeter-band leader Maynard Ferguson. The newly re-released and re-mastered Maynard Ferguson Big Band tapes, Chameleon and Conquistador, fully embody the modern big band. It has all the elements ...
Thelonious Monk: Underground
by Jerry D'Souza
The cover of this album is an interesting one. Was Monk’s sense of humor at work? Whatever the answer, the music that it contains is elevating. This expanded edition expiates the shortcomings of the original release where tunes had to be edited so that they could be contained on an LP. The record features four new ...
Thelonious Monk: It's Monk's Time
by Jerry D'Souza
The restoration campaign of the Monk catalog is as welcome as any such endeavor could be. Here is the opening of the doors to the music, the way it was and the way it transpired before it took the shape that first came out on record. Amendments have been made by restoring the edited portions, the ...
Tony Oxley: The Baptised Traveller
by Clifford Allen
Though in hindsight many followers of British jazz and free improvisation are well aware of the impact that artists like Evan Parker, Derek Bailey and Tony Oxley have had on the course of modern creative music, the original liner notes on this, Oxley’s first album as leader, point to a presentation of new music by none ...
Miles Davis: The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions
by AAJ Staff
For many reasons, Jack Johnson never got the attention it deserved. For one, Columbia chose not to market the 1971 Miles Davis release as aggressively as its contemporary, Miles Davis at Fillmore East. And the LP was a soundtrack for an obscure boxing movie, which wasn't exactly a huge draw. And it disposed of much of ...
The Bad Plus: These Are The Vistas
by Joshua Weiner
There's an old saying about a dog walking upright on his hind legs: it's not that he does it well, but rather that he does it at all that's interesting. Listening to the arrangement of Nirvana's “Smells Like Teen Spirit" by the Bad Plus brought this to mind. While 7 of 10 tracks on their major-label ...
Thelonious Monk: It's Monk's Time
by David Rickert
It's Monk's Time is in many ways the least compromising of Monk's Columbia records and the polar opposite of a record like Criss Cross (1962) due to the variety ' lengthy renditions of tunes, a couple of solo performances, and a few obscure originals dusted off for the occasion. The session kicks off with what appears ...
Thelonious Monk: Criss-Cross
by David Rickert
Monk’s first record for Columbia could be accused of being a safe bet since it features a selection of classic Monk tunes instead of new material. However, don’t dismiss it too quickly. On the original recordings of these songs, the pianist played as if he was chiseling the tunes out of marble, and part of the ...
Thelonious Monk: Underground
by David Rickert
Underground was Monk’s final quartet recording, but instead of sounding like a last gasp, the modern jazz pioneer proved he had one truly great record left in him. The set kicks off with a rousing version of “Thelonious,” an old tune that has lost none of its freshness over the decades. However, the real treat is ...
