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Keyboard Bonanza: Oscar Peterson, Jimmy Smith, Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal and Ramsey Lewis
by David Rickert
The Oscar Peterson Trio A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra Verve 1959 Like many of us, Oscar Peterson is a huge Sinatra fan. Along the way he decided to record an album of songs as a portrait of Ol' Blue Eyes, featuring renditions of songs like “Witchcraft" and “Love Is ...
Swingin' With Bing: Bing Crosby's Lost Radio Performances
by David Rickert
Bing Crosby Swingin' With Bing: Bing Crosby's Lost Radio Performances Shout! Factory 2004 There's a well-known photograph from the early 20th century of a middle-class family huddled around a radio listening to one of the many programs that provided entertainment then. We laugh at this picture today, recognizing that the ...
Red Garland: Red Garland's Piano
by David Rickert
Red Garland's career got a boost with a stint in Miles Davis's first great quintet, where his laid-back, bluesy style perfectly suited the small group swing of the classic Prestige dates. But Garland was also capable of holding the spotlight all on his own and crafted a series of appealing trio recordings for the same label. ...
Bing & Rosie: Bluebird's Best
by David Rickert
One of the first of the Bluebird's Best series was a recording that Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney did together. Now Bluebird has reissued an album apiece by each artist, both likely to be among the best vocal jazz CDs to come out this year. Bing Crosby Bing With A Beat 1957 ...
The Billy Taylor Trio: Warming Up!
by David Rickert
Billy Taylor is primarily known for bringing jazz to a wider audience through radio, television, and, in the case of the Jazzmobile, the streets of the city. But along the way he also recorded some fine jazz albums as well. The two sessions featured on this reissue are trio dates that are a little ...
Various Artists: It's De Lovely: The Authentic Cole Porter Collection
by David Rickert
One of the criticisms of the movie De Lovely was that Cole Porter's music was sung by pop stars who weren't quite up to the task of interpreting his tunes. Bluebird has wisely issued an alternative to the soundtrack with It's De Lovely: The Authentic Cole Porter Collection, a compilation which features renditions of Porter tunes ...
Roland Kirk: Kirk In Copenhagen
by David Rickert
To fully appreciate his artistry, Roland Kirk truly needed to be experienced live. Sure, playing three instruments at once is an incredible feat, but wouldn't it be great to have seen it? Unfortunately for most of us, we can only be satisfied with recordings such as this one from Club Montmarte, Denmark's famous jazz club.
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: 'S Make It
by David Rickert
The Blue Note Jazz Messengers recordings are so highly regarded that the ones the group did for other labels at around the same time tend to fall by the wayside. This shouldn't be the case; Blakey was such a determined taskmaster that he was able to get great performances out of his players on just about ...
Johnny Griffin: Johnny Griffin
by David Rickert
Johnny Griffin was a bop-influenced player who was capable of handling the rigors of both Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and a stint with Thelonious Monk. Often given credit as the world's fastest tenor player (at least for a time), Griffin enjoyed a good tenor battle as much as the next guy, but he also could deliver ...
Sonny Stitt: Personal Appearance
by David Rickert
Few artists recorded as prolifically as Sonny Stitt; over the course over 100+ albums, he seemed to play with anybody willing to pick up an instrument and join him in the studio. Inevitably, there was a lot of mediocre material released, and it can be a little tricky finding Stitt's best stuff. Personal Appearance ...
