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Bud Powell: Tempus Fugue-It
by Craig Jolley
The Four-CD set Tempus Fugue-It gives an in-depth picture of Bud Powell's early career equally as side man and leader. Since he was the pianist of choice for many emerging boppers the set also serves as something of a history of bebop. Beginning with Cootie Williams' 1944 jump band Powell is already recognizable in his brief ...
Teddy Wilson: The Keystone Transcriptions
by Craig Jolley
One of the great swing era pianists Teddy Wilson arrived at a mature style early in his career. The first Wilson record I know of (with Benny Carter's wonderful, short-lived 1933 big band) introduces him as an advanced, gifted band pianist and soloist. Wilson's later records (He had a fifty-year career.) as a trio or solo ...
Ian Shaw: Soho Stories
by Craig Jolley
Ian Shaw swings. It's a dynamic swing--not the usual I'll get comfortable and let the rhythm section carry me. He'll speed through a phrase, pause (leaving out words), take off again, and sing through the end of the phrase into the beginning of the next idea. He likes to punctuate by dropping or jumping an octave. ...
Cecil Taylor, Dewey Redman, Elvin Jones: Momentum Space
by Craig Jolley
Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, and John Coltrane emerged as the leading voices of the new music forty years ago. Each created from a separate vision that went beyond their predecessors. Coltrane and Taylor made a record together ( Coltrane Time, United Artists). Coleman ( New York Is Now, Blue Note), and Coltrane ( The Avante Garde, ...
Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae: Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae
by Craig Jolley
For those who look back on the 50's as the glory days of singing never again to be equalled this music will serve either as reinforcement or as a wake-up call. Fitzgerald, Holiday, and McRae all at the same festival! (Sarah Vaughan also sang at Newport in 1957.) Career-wise all three were at the top of ...
George Barnes: The Complete Standard Transcriptions
by Craig Jolley
Jazz guitarist George Barnes made his reputation playing in a variety of formats--guitar duets with Karl Kress and others, a memorable quartet with Ruby Braff, solo guitarist, and pick-up bands. His chamber music octet of the late 40's combined elements of light classical music, 1930's novelty music, and Lester Young-inspired small band swing. John Kirby, Alec ...
Charlie Christian: The Complete Charlie Christian
by Craig Jolley
Note: This review covers the four-disk sets The Complete Studio Recordings and The Complete Live Recordings. Charlie Christian is often described as the first great electric guitar soloist, but he was more. Together with Lester Young, Nat Cole, Coleman Hawkins, and Roy Eldridge he paved the way for bebop by stretching swing era rhythmic and harmonic ...
Anita Ellis: Out in Front
by Craig Jolley
One of the most talented and sensitive vocalists of her time (40's - 70's) Anita Ellis made few records or public appearances and acquired something of a cult following. She had no problem in front of a few close friends, but she never overcame her stage fright. Luckily for her audience she could occasionally be talked ...
Hubert Laws: Wild Flowers
by Craig Jolley
Wild Flower is the best flute record I know of. Hubert Laws plays flawlessly and sensitively as usual, but the record really belongs to John Murtaugh. Murtaugh came up as a Los Angeles tenorist in the 1950's but made his reputation as a writer. The program was thoughtfully considered. Each composition has its own identity and ...
Richard Davis: The Bassist
by Craig Jolley
One of the world's most respected and beloved bassists Richard Davis left the grind of New York to teach at the University of Wisconsin in the late 70's. This CD is subtitled Homage to Diversity, an appropriate description for Davis' music and for his all-embracing approach to life.As the primary soloist Davis plays arco ...
