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Various Artists: Hot Club de France
by David Rickert
The Hot Club de France was a group of avid European jazz fans who swapped records, organized concerts, and sponsored radio broadcasts overseas. Their enthusiasm for jazz carried well into the sixties and seventies, when most people had moved onto other jazz styles and, later, rock 'n' roll. The organization thus served as a haven for ...
Gloria Lynne: I Wish You Love
by David Rickert
Back in 1965, Gloria Lynne's “I Wish You Love was the first song by a jazz singer to hit the top of the jazz, R&B, and pop charts at the same time. Lynne became an overnight star due to this obscure French tune that seemed to bewitch everyone who heard it. However, over time the record, ...
Duke Ellington: "Cotton Tail"
by David Rickert
Part III in a series exploring the history of the Swing Era's greatest songs. It Don't Mean A Thing Unlike many big band leaders, Ellington was always uncomfortable with the swing music craze and had little to gain from it. For one thing, his distinctive musical imagination and complex arrangements were more appropriate for listening than ...
Joe Williams featuring Ben Webster: Havin' A Good Time
by David Rickert
Havin' A Good Time documents a concert that never should have happened. In the winter of 1964 Providence was socked with a blizzard that kept eager concertgoers away from the club where Joe Williams was playing. Enough people showed up that he still had to perform a few sets, but the lucky few who were there ...
Centennial Collections: Ellington and Hawkins
by David Rickert
Duke Ellington The Centennial Collection Bluebird 2005 Duke Ellington's work will always be repackaged on a regular basis for those eager to sample his work; if you count Never No Lament, which collects the Blanton- Webster band material, this is the third Ellington compilation from Bluebird in three ...
Wes and Ella: New VMEs
by David Rickert
Wes Montgomery Smokin' At the Half Note Verve 1965 Once Wes Montgomery signed with the Verve label, he didn't record much jazz. His last recordings were designed to generate hits rather than to showcase one of the most inventive and influential soloists in jazz. But records like Smokin' At the ...
Count Basie: "One O'Clock Jump"
by David Rickert
Part II in a series exploring the history of the Swing Era's greatest songs. In the summer of 1937 Charlie Parker headed to the Ozark Mountains with a stack of Count Basie records and spent hours woodshedding, learning the solos of Lester Young note for note. Although Parker developed his own style out of this exercise, ...
Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend
by David Rickert
Michael Dregni Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend Oxford University Press ISBN: 019-516752-X 326 pages Today many French gypsies only own two books: the Bible and Charles Delaunay's biography of Django. However, this is a testament to the legacy of the guitarist more than the ...
Milt Gabler: Billy Crystal Presents The Milt Gabler Story
by David Rickert
Compilation CDs of artists and record labels are common, but rarely does a producer get that recognition. However, few record producers have had as large of an influence as Milt Gabler, and it's fitting that he gets a disc of his own. Comedian and actor Billy Crystal (Gabler's nephew) selected the songs for The Milt Gabler ...
Jazz Expose: The New York Jazz Museum and the Power Struggle That Destroyed It
by David Rickert
Howard E. Fischer Jazz Expose: The New York Jazz Museum and the Power Struggle That Destroyed It Sundog Ltd. ISBN: 1-932203-87-7 134 pages In 2002 Congress provided one million dollars for the development of a jazz museum in Harlem. What many people may not recall is ...
