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The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions 1956-62
by David Rickert
Ahmad JamalThe Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions 1956-62Mosaic Records2010 If you're familiar with pianist Ahmad Jamal, it's more likely through his reputation and not through his music. Trumpeter Miles Davis famously remarked that Jamal taught him to be more economical in his playing: that the notes that ...
Ton Van Bergeyk / John James / Sam Mitchell / Dale Miller: I Got Rhythm
by David Rickert
Back in the seventies, a group of acoustic guitar players in England hit upon the ingenious idea of mining the early twentieth century for songs that would make for pleasant finger-style arrangements. Given the heavy syncopation and catchy melodies of the novelty tunes and rags from that era, they figured correctly that such songs would translate ...
Rev. Gary Davis: At Home and At Church 1962-1967
by David Rickert
The Rev. Gary Davis was, by all accounts, an incredible guitarist--one who influenced everyone from Taj Mahal to the Grateful Dead--who seemingly mastered everything he wanted to do with the instrument. However, over his long career he was recorded only sporadically, and most of his recordings have been released posthumously. Davis was more of a live ...
Stefan Grossman: Aunt Molly's Murray Farm/The Gramercy Park Shiek
by David Rickert
It's a well-known irony that if you were interested in playing traditional blues in the sixties, one of the best places you could be was overseas in England. Fed up with the Vietnam War, Stefan Grossman headed across the pond and began running around the town with the likes of Cream going to see new blues ...
Ton Van Bergeyk: Famous Fingerpicking Guitar Solos From the Golden Era of American Pop Music
by David Rickert
Ton Van Bergeyk is one of those artists who will forever toil in obscurity, known only amongst his fellow musicians as a true master--if he is recognized at all. Sadly, there isn't much demand for his style of music, and he will always be admired more for his complete mastery of finger-style guitar than for any ...
The Jazz Book
by David Rickert
The Jazz Book Joachim-Ernst Berendt and Gunther Huesmann Softcover; 816 pages ISBN: 155652823X Lawrence Hill Books 2009 The first edition of The Jazz Book came out in 1952, the earnest work of European jazz scholar Joachim-Ernst Berendt. At the time, of course, saxophonist Charlie Parker and ...
Louis Armstrong: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946)
by David Rickert
Louis Armstrong The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946) Mosaic Records 2009 As far as recordings by trumpeter Louis Armstrong go, the Decca recordings don't generate much interest. Prior to them came the Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings, the most influential jazz recordings ever made and ...
But Beautiful
by David Rickert
But Beautiful Geoff Dyer Softcover; 240 pages ISBN 9780312429478 Picador 2009 (1991) There is nothing beautiful about the stories in Geoff Dyer's But Beautiful. Dyer has fashioned portraits of several key jazz players, all of whose stories show how pursuing the jazz muse can isolate and ...
Bing Crosby: Bing Crosby: The CBS Radio Recordings 1954-56
by David Rickert
For many years, in millions of homes, singer Bing Crosby ruled the airwaves. A large chunk of the US listened to his Kraft Music Hall on a weekly basis and as a result Crosby was able to dominate the music industry (and later the movie industry) without serious rivals. Aside from developing the template for radio ...
John Moulder: Bifrost
by David Rickert
It's probably inevitable that any review of any of John Moulder's recordings will mention that he is a Catholic priest. Not only is this an interesting dichotomy for most of us to reconcile--a century ago, people in Moulder's profession were calling jazz the devil's music--but it's also an indication that, just maybe, in exchange for his ...
