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Cannonball Adderley with Milt Jackson: Things Are Getting Better
by David Rickert
Despite the title, with a lineup like this, it’s hard to believe that things could get any better. The obvious attraction is the chance to see two gifted improvisers in Adderley and Jackson trade licks, and the results sure don’t disappoint. The format is familiar; mostly a selection of blues, soul, and standard tunes played with ...
The Centennial Collections: Waller and Miller
by David Rickert
The new Centennial Collections from Bluebird celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of some of its biggest artists in a novel format. In addition to a CD featuring the best recordings of each artist, the package also includes a DVD with performances, movie appearances, and home movie footage. Each set also includes rare or ...
Chet Baker: Plays The Best of Lerner & Loewe
by David Rickert
Shelly Manne’s album of tunes from My Fair Lady was a huge success, and thus it was a natural move to follow it with other swingin’ Broadway records. Chet Baker was an obvious fit for this type of project, an artist whose handsomeness and fragile playing pegged him as a boyishly romantic interpreter of songs. He ...
Art Pepper: Smack Up
by David Rickert
Art Pepper's reckless lifestyle tended to overshadow his superb musicianship, and the circumstances surrounding Smack Up are certainly no exception. Shortly after recording it in 1960, he spent three years in jail for heroin possession, and one can only wonder if the title of the record is a play on words. Nevertheless, Pepper is in good ...
The Gloria Coleman Quartet: Soul Sisters
by David Rickert
Gloria Coleman is about as obscure as it gets; she put out a pair of albums as a leader and that’s about it. As an organist, she’s clearly below greats like Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff; she can pound out a few chords and put together a decent solo, but lacks the inventiveness or energy of ...
Mel Brown: Chicken Fat
by David Rickert
When you get a couple of guitar players together you’re often going to get the kind of finger-busting interplay heard on Chicken Fat ; the question is whether it will be interesting enough to listen to or too self-indulgent. For the most part, Mel Brown succeeds in creating a pleasant piece of soul jazz that, on ...
Clark Terry & Chico O: Spanish Rice
by David Rickert
Spanish Rice has all the ingredients for a successful Latin music session: clattering percussionists, a couple of guitars, peppy horns—there’s even a recipe for Spanish rice included for the curious. And one can assume that Chico O’Farrill, who almost singlehandedly pioneered the use of Latin music in a big band context, is certainly up to the ...
Oddities From Impulse!: New LPRs
by David Rickert
The Impulse! label became synonymous with the avant-garde since artists like Coltrane, Archie Shepp, and Pharaoh Sanders were in their roster. However, this latest batch of LPRs contains sessions that are quite different from what Impulse! normally offered, and show that Bob Thiele and company had a wide range of interests when they sought out fresh ...
Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
by David Rickert
Alfred Lion was so captivated by Monk that once he got him in the studio, he recorded everything he had. However, most of the jazz listening public wasn’t quite open to such a maverick approach, and Monk struggled to find an audience early on. Once Monk hopped to Riverside after a brief stint at Prestige, producer ...
Nifty Fifties: Basie and Washington
by David Rickert
Count Basie at Newport Count Basie 1957 Those who already own April in Paris and The Atomic Mr. Basie already have the best of the fifties Basie band. However, a live Newport set has a large amount of appeal no matter who the artist is, since most recordings from the various festivals ...
