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Latinsville!
Label: Contemporary Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: South of the Border; She's a Latin From Manhattan; Flying Down to Rio; Cuban Pete; The Gypsy; Poinciana; Lady of Spain; Spain; Cuban Love Song; In a Little Spanish Town; Fiesta; Woody'N You; Poinciana*; Pancho*; The Breeze and I*; Bullues Bullose*; Lady of Spain* (* = previously unreleased).
Sail Away
By Tom Harrell
Label: Contemporary Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Eons
2. Glass Mystery
3. Dream in June
4. Sail Away
5. Buffalo Wings
6. It Always Is
7. Dancing Trees
8. Hope St.
9. April Mist
10. Visions of Gaudi
Hampton Hawes: Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes
by David Rickert
If everybody likes Hampton Hawes, why is he such a neglected figure today? Maybe it's because he is neither an innovator like Bud Powell nor an expressionist like Bill Evans. Maybe it was because he spent his time on the West Coast instead of the East Coast. Or maybe with covers like these, his albums get ...
Art Pepper: Smack Up
by David Rickert
Art Pepper's reckless lifestyle tended to overshadow his superb musicianship, and the circumstances surrounding Smack Up are certainly no exception. Shortly after recording it in 1960, he spent three years in jail for heroin possession, and one can only wonder if the title of the record is a play on words. Nevertheless, Pepper is in good ...
Art Pepper: Smack Up
by C. Michael Bailey
Art Pepper produced the greatest recordings of the so-called “first phase" of his career during periods of intense chaos. A case in point is Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section, where the altoist--rusty from inactivity, angry because of the surprise recording session set up by his then-wife Diane, and very, very strung out--expelled an acknowledged masterpiece. ...
Victor Feldman: Latinsville!
by Chris M. Slawecki
In December 1958, Victor Feldman—pianist, percussionist, and vibes player—began work on a project as a leader for Contemporary Records. He continued work on this project for nearly a year, ultimately recording two different quintets plus a ten-piece unit with contributions from bassists Al McKibbon and Scott LaFaro, soloists Walter Benton (tenor sax), Conte Candoli (trumpet), and ...
Tom Harrell: Sail Away
by Russell Moon
Recorded over two days in March of 1989, Sail Away is surely one of the youngest albums ever to be re-released as an OJC, and presumably the first from the CD era. Two songs from the sessions not on the original CD are included here, bringing the total time to a very generous 79 minutes. Although ...
Plays For Lovers
Label: Contemporary Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Embraceable You
2. I'm Glad There is You
3. What is There to Say?
4. Satin Doll
5. My Funny Valentine
6. This Guy's in Love with You
7. Angel Eyes
8. Just in Time
9. My Reverie
10. Love is Here to Stay
11. Tenderly
12. It Could Happen to You
13. My Old Flame
14. Laura
15. You Go to My Head
16. I'm Through with Love
Burning Spirits
Label: Contemporary Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Burning Spirits No. 1 (Simmons) - 11:34
2. New Newk (Simmons) - 11:42
3. Healing Rays (Simmons) - 15:55
4. Burning Spirits No. 2 (Simmons) - 13:47
5. Things and Beings (Simmons) - 9:27
6. E=MC2 (Simmons) - 16:53
Art Pepper + Eleven: Modern Jazz Classics
By Art Pepper
Label: Contemporary Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Move; Groovin? High; Opus De Funk; 'Round Midnight; Four Brothers;
Shaw 'Nuff; Bernie's Tune; Walkin Shoes; Anthropology; Airegin; Walkin'; Donna Lee; Walkin' (Alternate Take 1); Walkin? (Alternate Take 2) Donna Lee (Alternate Take).
