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Milton Nascimento with the Jobim Trio: Novas Bossas
by David Rickert
The Bossa Nova craze has been over for several years, but every so often an album comes out that proves there is still much to explore within the genre. Novas Bossas, a collaboration between Milton Nascimento and the Jobim Trio, certainly has the pedigree to turn out a classic; Nascimento was one of the late stars ...
Art Tatum: Piano Starts Here: Live at the Shrine
by David Rickert
The Zenph recording technology will be the most important aspect in deciding whether you will give this Tatum album a spin, so here are the details; the engineers have taken Tatum's Piano Starts Here, a fifty year old live recording, and rerecorded it by digitized the music, capturing every single nuance from touch to pedal action, ...
Dave Brubeck: Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1958-2007
by David Rickert
If there is any artist perfectly suited to jazz festivals, it's pianist Dave Brubeck. He gained notoriety through playing for eager tweed jacketed undergrads at college concert halls instead of for barflies at dingy clubs and recorded a few hit songs without losing his jazz cred. It makes sense, then, that Brubeck has performed several times ...
Miles Davis, Miles Smiles, and the Invention of Post Bop
by David Rickert
Miles Davis, Miles Smiles, and the Invention of Post Bop Jeremy Yudkin Indiana University Press ISBN: 978-0-253-21952-7 184 pages More books have been written about trumpeter Miles Davis than any other jazz musician, leaving authors who want to tackle him with little option other than to present their ...
Jazz: An Introduction to the History and Legends Behind America's Music
by David Rickert
Jazz: An Introduction to the History and Legends Behind America's Music Bob Blumenthal Collins ISBN: 0061241792 192 pages 2008 Most jazz fans probably walked by accident into the first disc which got them hooked, then maybe picked up a few more under their own ...
Duke Ellington: Live in Zurich, Switzerland 2.5.1950
by David Rickert
The end of the Swing Era and the advent of small group jazz signaled the death for many of the big bands, but some, like Duke Ellington's, were able to soldier on and continue to produce some compelling work. In 1950 Ellington toured Europe to enthusiastic crowds; Zurich, where this concert was recorded was no exception. ...
The Puppini Sisters: The Rise and Fall of Ruby Woo
by David Rickert
For those who have been longing for a revival of the Andrews Sisters style of singing (and surely Christina Aguilera's “Candyman" whetted a few appetites) the Puppini Sisters' second album, The Rise and Fall of Ruby Woo, will be right up their alley. The Sisters, one from Italy and two from England and none related, employ ...
Louis Armstrong All Stars: Live in Zurich, Switzerland 18.10.1949
by David Rickert
Just how good was Armstrong's band in 1949? For one thing look at the lineup; you have some of the best players associated with him, like Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, and the crack rhythm section of Earl Hines, Cozy Cole, and Arvell Shaw. This version of the All-Stars, weaned on Armstrong's music, was very familiar with ...
Various Artists: People Take Warning! Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs, 1913-1938
by David Rickert
Ever since the Titanic sunk we have been fascinated by this disaster, memorializing it in several books, television shows, and movies. But long before Leonardo DiCaprio was born, the earliest pioneers of records were cutting musical eulogies to the passengers of the ship. These balladeers were the tabloid writers of the day, often stretching the truth ...
Frank Sinatra: A Voice In Time (1939-1952)
by David Rickert
Eventually we are all forced to realize that, no matter who we are, we will never be as cool as Sinatra. A Voice In Time, a four-CD box set that captures the period from 1939-1952, helps to show why. While these are not his most well-known recordings--and arguably his best recordings came immediately after this period, ...
