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Shelly Manne & His Men: Yesterdays: Live In Europe
by David Rickert
Shelly Manne’s Blackhawk recordings are the standard by which all other West Coast jazz projects are judged; they even earned the coveted coronet in the Penguin Guide. What a treat it is, then, that these live recordings from a year later have resurfaced. Norman Granz invited Manne to tour Europe with the JATP with virtually the ...
New Verve LPRs: Klemmer, Getz, Giuffre, Hodges & Mulligan
by David Rickert
Involvement John Klemmer 1967 John Klemmer came on the scene a little too late for the heyday of jazz, but Involvement, his debut as a leader, shows an artist dedicated to keeping the Coltrane style in all its permutations alive and kicking. From the lightning quick riffs and rapid fire ...
Johnny "Hammond" Smith: Good 'Nuff
by David Rickert
Good Nuff is a perfect title for a Johnny Smith record, given that it aptly describes most of his records. Johnny “Hammond” Smith never earned the acclaim of the other organist who bears his last name, and for good reason; he simply isn’t as talented or inventive as the one who carved out several dynamic sessions ...
Jack McDuff Big Band: Prelude
by David Rickert
McDuff was one of the artists able to capitalize on the success of Jimmy Smith, who briefly made organ combos fashionable in the sixties. Prelude is the third in a series of McDuff compilations that comb his prolific Prestige years for the best material. Whereas the first two were split between live and studio recordings, this ...
Vince Guaraldi: The Charlie Brown Suite & Other Favorites
by David Rickert
Vince Guaraldi has earned a large degree of renown and cemented his place in musical history as the composer of “Linus and Lucy” and the rest of the music for the Charlie Brown TV specials. Guaraldi died in 1976, and thus this new collection is the first by the pianist to appear in quite some time. ...
Thelonious Monk: Criss-Cross
by David Rickert
Monk’s first record for Columbia could be accused of being a safe bet since it features a selection of classic Monk tunes instead of new material. However, don’t dismiss it too quickly. On the original recordings of these songs, the pianist played as if he was chiseling the tunes out of marble, and part of the ...
Thelonious Monk: It's Monk's Time
by David Rickert
It's Monk's Time is in many ways the least compromising of Monk's Columbia records and the polar opposite of a record like Criss Cross (1962) due to the variety ' lengthy renditions of tunes, a couple of solo performances, and a few obscure originals dusted off for the occasion. The session kicks off with what appears ...
Thelonious Monk: Underground
by David Rickert
Underground was Monk’s final quartet recording, but instead of sounding like a last gasp, the modern jazz pioneer proved he had one truly great record left in him. The set kicks off with a rousing version of “Thelonious,” an old tune that has lost none of its freshness over the decades. However, the real treat is ...
Jim Hall: Live!
by David Rickert
Jim Hall was a sideman on countless sessions with jazz notables--Sonny Rollins and Bill Evans to name but two--yet his work as a leader remains largely unreissued. This makes the reappearance of this 1976 live recording a real treat for jazz guitar fans, for whom Hall is one of the greatest and most imitated legends. Hall ...
Jimmy Woods Sextet: Conflict
by David Rickert
Jimmy Woods was a talented musician who made few recorded appearances before vanishing into obscurity. Conflict is the second of two '60s solo records on Contemporary, the first already reissued in a previous batch of limited edition releases. It’s tempting to judge Woods solely on the company he keeps--certainly the likes of Andrew Hill, Elvin Jones, ...
