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Jimmy Smith: The Fantastic Jimmy Smith
by David Rickert
If you're ignorant like I was, you may have thought that A New Sound, A New Star featured the very first Jimmy Smith recordings. But actually he recorded a number of singles a few years before that for the obscure Bruce label. The fact that these early recordings have been out of print for forty years ...
Various Artists: Jukebox Jazz
by David Rickert
Once the long-playing record became the recording industry standard, jazz had an uneasy relationship with the jukebox. LPs allowed artists the freedom to stretch out in extended solos and longer compositions than the 78 afforded them, and thus any resulting singles tended to be edited versions or, in some cases, split in half over two sides ...
With Billie
by David Rickert
Julia Blackburn With Billie Pantheon Books ISBN: 0-375-40610-7 368 pages In 1974 the Mark Twain Hotel renamed rooms 203 and 204 as the Billie Holiday Suite. It was decorated with period pieces from her stay in 1949, but it also featured framed newspaper reports from the drug bust ...
Woody Herman: The Everest Years
by David Rickert
Woody Herman's late-fifties band was stocked with talented newcomers and a few seasoned veterans, all of whom as a unit packed the powerful punch that of a generation of players weaned on Ellington and bebop records. While many big bands were floundering or had packed it in, Herman's Herd continued to create worthwhile music even after ...
Jo Jones: The Everest Years
by David Rickert
Jo Jones's reputation rests solely on his stint with Count Basie, but that's like saying that Humphrey Bogart is known only for his acting. Jones, along with Freddie Green, Walter Page, and Basie, virtually invented the concept of swing. As a unit, they powered the Basie band through a series of top-notch records. But what did ...
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass: Whipped Cream and Other Delights
by David Rickert
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Whipped Cream and Other Delights Shout! Factory 2005 One time in high school I flipped through my parents' records hoping that they might have purchased some Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd albums without my knowledge. No such luck, but tucked in between ...
Hot Front Lines: New LPRs
by David Rickert
Al Cohn The Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bob Brookmeyer 1956 Both Cohn and Brookmeyer spent time in Woody Herman's band, honing their arranging skills before becoming key members of the cool jazz establishment. Thus one can expect from this 1956 meeting a selection of perfectly crafted, gently swinging numbers delivered with the ...
Bunny Berigan: Elusive Legend of Jazz
by David Rickert
Robert Dupuis Bunny Berigan: Elusive Legend of Jazz Louisiana University Press ISBN: 0-8071-3068-0 384 pages After Bunny Berigan's death many writers said that eventually he would be held in the same high regard as Bix Beiderbecke. Obviously that didn't happen; Bix became the talented white trumpeter who died ...
Artie Shaw: "Begin the Beguine"
by David Rickert
Dueling Clarinetists During the Swing Era Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw were the clarinetists that reigned supreme and serious fans divided themselves into factions that loved one or the other. Goodman was the peddler of popular tunes who got the crowd on their feet, while Shaw was the musician's musician who preferred to make artistic statement ...
Woody Herman: Herman's Heat and Puente's Beat
by David Rickert
Woody Herman's fine band from the fifties never really got its due. It lives in the shadow of the more famous Second Herd, and most of Herman's records from this period remain out of print. However, Herman and company was still at the top of their game. Most of his featured players were relative unknowns, yet ...
