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Charlie Byrd: Bamba Samba Bossa Nova
by David Rickert
Charlie Byrd never really got his due as a jazz guitarist; most people see him as a pioneer in bossa nova and little else. Of course it doesn't help that many of his records were quiet affairs, lacking soul and preoccupied with applying classical technique to jazz chops. Many preferred to stick with Wes or Kenny ...
Abbey Lincoln: Abbey Is Blue
by David Rickert
In 1959 Abbey Lincoln was poised to make a truly great album, and Abbey Is Blue was it. Not only was it a breakout performance for Lincoln, who delivered on the promise she had already shown, it was also a breakthrough performance in jazz singing. With the civil rights movement looming over the horizon, ...
Charlie Shavers: The Everest Years
by David Rickert
Like many great trumpeters, Charlie Shavers got lost in the shuffle somewhere between Louis and Miles and today is known by few. Although he recorded several fine solos as a member of John Kirby and Tommy Dorsey's outfits, he scarcely recorded as a leader, which no doubt has contributed to his obscurity. However, Empire Musicwerks has ...
Still More Verve Vocalists: New LPRs
by David Rickert
More additions to the vocal albums that are part of Verve's LPR series. Will it ever end? Do we want it to? Sarah Vaughan After Hours At the London House 1958 After hours concerts occur during the quiet time between the closing of the bars and the break of dawn, ...
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane: At Carnegie Hall
by David Rickert
Thelonious Monk's quartet with John Coltrane was one of the greatest groups in the history of jazz, but most of us have only been able to take other people's word for it. The group's reputation rests mostly on its live performances at the Five Spot, of which only an amateur recording of poor quality exists, and ...
Chubby Jackson: Chubby Takes Over
by David Rickert
For this 1958 recording Woody Herman stepped aside and let bassist Chubby Jackson have the reins of the band. This would have been any player's dream, for the Herd was stocked with talented players who grew up listening to the Four Brothers and bebop and could solo with the best of them. As a result, Herman's ...
Wild Bill Davis: The Everest Years
by David Rickert
Will Bill Davis was the pioneer of the organ in jazz, but got left bobbing in the wake after gentlemen like Jimmy Smith and Baby Face Willette hit the scene. However, while hanging around in the margins, Davis continued to plug on, demonstrating that he could hang with the best of them. The Everest Years collects ...
Vince Guaraldi: Vince Guaraldi and the San Francisco Boys' Chorus
by David Rickert
Even the biggest Vince Guaraldi fan may not know that this album existed. It was the only album released on D&D, Guaraldi's own label, and in the late sixties it was a commercial flop due to limited distribution and the lack of a hit single. It disappeared quickly from circulation and was only found by chance ...
Charlie Barnet: The Everest Years
by David Rickert
During the '50s the Everest label was a preserve for big band leaders like Charlie Barnet whose days on the road were behind them, but still had a yen to hit the studios. Barnet's band could still hurl fireballs with the best of them, even twenty years after the height of his popularity, and although the ...
Lionel Hampton: "Flying Home"
by David Rickert
Second Balcony Jump In his autobiography Malcolm X described the first time he heard “Flying Home. “People kept shouting for Hamp's “Flying Home and finally he did it. I had never seen such fever heated dancing. In his autobiography, Lionel Hampton tells the story of the time at the Apollo when a guy who had smoked ...
