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Eric Kloss: First Class!
by David Rickert
The people at Prestige knew they had something special when they discovered Eric Kloss; here was a blind teenager who had grown up studying all the musical styles of the fifties and sixties and had the chops and ideas to hang with the best of them. To that end, the record label quickly recorded Kloss in ...
Hard Bop Extravaganza
by David Rickert
Personal Appearance Sonny Stitt 1957 Few artists recorded as prolifically as 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 ...
Dave Grusin: Now Playing: Movie Themes - Solo Piano
by David Rickert
Successful film music is designed to enhance rather than dominate a scene, and thus many soundtrack albums, when removed from the context of the movie, are little more than nice background music. However, Grusin, a talented and well-known composer of film scores, has created new interpretation of some of the themes from his past work, many ...
Hampton Hawes: Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes
by David Rickert
If everybody likes Hampton Hawes, why is he such a neglected figure today? Maybe it's because he is neither an innovator like Bud Powell nor an expressionist like Bill Evans. Maybe it was because he spent his time on the West Coast instead of the East Coast. Or maybe with covers like these, his albums get ...
Mundell Lowe: Guitar Moods
by David Rickert
For fans of jazz guitar, the trio setting holds a special appeal. Not the familiar Nat King Cole style trio of guitar, piano, and bass, but rather the format where the guitarist is accompanied by bass and drums only, a situation which forces him to use chords and single note soloing to fill up the space. ...
Tommy Flanagan/John Coltrane/Kenny Burrell: The Cats
by David Rickert
The Cats are John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, and Idrees Sulieman, heavyweights that clearly mark this as a Prestige All-Stars blowing session. However, this 1957 recording is actually a showcase for Flanagan, a rising star in his first major role. None of the tunes are all that challenging, following basic blues formulas that befit the ...
Bola Sete: Voodoo Village
by David Rickert
In the mid-sixties bossa nova was the second most popular music after rock and roll, a situation that gave talented artists like Bola Sete exposure that otherwise might have been elusive. Like Charlie Byrd, another artist who paid the rent with Brazilian music, Sete combined formidable classical and flamenco chops with a jazz sensibility to create ...
I've Got Rhythm: New LPRs
by David Rickert
Vacation at the Concord Machito 1958 The Concord is a luxurious resort located 90 miles outside of New York City on Kiamesha Lake. As a guest you will enjoy the Concord's wonderful recreational facilities that include swimming, skiing, and an authentic Swiss chalet. After a day of fun you can enjoy fine ...
James Brown: Soul On Top
by David Rickert
First off, don't be too quick to dismiss this album. James Brown gets his jazz credentials honestly, copping his stage antics from Louis Jordan and sprinkling his early releases with standards associated with the likes of Billy Eckstine and Nat King Cole. And with a band led by expert drummer Louis Bellson and arrangements by Oliver ...
Johnny "Hammond" Smith: Opus de Funk
by David Rickert
Johnny “Hammond" Smith will always be tagged as the other Smith on the B-3, grouped together with a host of other organists who never managed to break free from the club circuit into the realm of true infamy. However, Smith's recordings are slowly making their way back into print via generous two-fer CDs from Prestige, giving ...
