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Vince Guaraldi: A Charlie Brown Christmas
by Jim Santella
This 1965 soundtrack has become ingrained in our minds through repeated leisurely holiday seasons with the family in the living room. They're great memories, brought to us by a stellar jazz piano trio that was always on top of the situation. Together, they gave us a no-nonsense setting. Each traditional Christmas song and each Guaraldi original ...
November 2006
by Doug Collette
Pat Metheny/Brad Mehldau Metheny Mehldau Nonesuch 2006 A true synergy of exceptional musicians, Metheny Mehldau scores by demonstrating how guitarist Pat Metheny and pianist Brad Mehldau complement each other. In much the same way as the disc's cover art depicts dark colors flowing into lighter ones, the brooding ...
Vince Guaraldi: A Charlie Brown Christmas
by David Rickert
If you were born in the sixties or later, there's a good chance that your first exposure to jazz was through the Peanuts Christmas special. Today the whimsical music of Vince Guaraldi seems inseparable from this holiday classic, but it almost didn't happen that way; producer Lee Mendelson originally envisioned either Dave Brubeck or Cal Tjader ...
Florian Weber / Jeff Denson / Ziv Ravitz: Minsarah
by Glenn Astarita
The members of this young and well-schooled, multi-national piano trio convened at Boston's Berklee College of Music--and the rest is history, so to speak. They recorded Minsarah in Germany, on which youth, vigor and invention come to fruition. The title of this release refers to a prism, where translucent glass is used to separate ...
Djangology: Swing Guitar; A Tribute To Gypsy Swing; Hot Club of Detroit; In Solitaire
by Andrew Velez
Raphael Fays Swing Guitar Artpop-Le Chant Du Monde 2006 Harri Stojka A Tribute to Gypsy Swing Zoho 2006 Hot Club of Detroit Hot Club of Detroit Mack Avenue ...
Winard Harper: Multicultural Ambassador
by Franz A. Matzner
A tremendous force on the drums and percussion instruments of all kinds and a successful bandleader, Winard Harper has been beating on one kind of instrument or another since almost before he could walk. A child prodigy and now a veteran performer, Harper's music recognizes few stylistic, cultural, or genre boundaries. Comfortable in any setting--whether playing ...
John Coltrane: Fearless Leader
by John Kelman
John Coltrane Fearless Leader Prestige Records 2006 By the time saxophonist John Coltrane headed into the studio in May of 1957--for the first of nine sessions as a leader that would result in eleven albums released on Prestige between 1957 and 1965-- his reputation was already well-established. Coltrane was now ...
Prestige RVG Remasters, Part 2 of 2
by C. Andrew Hovan
Part 1 | Part 2 It's no surprise that following the success of his retooling of the classic Blue Note catalog that Rudy Van Gelder would eventually be asked by other labels to bring his touch to classics from vaults. Earlier this spring, the Concord Music Group decided to have Van Gelder take a ...
Prestige RVG Remasters, Part 1 of 2
by C. Andrew Hovan
Part 1 | Part 2 It's no surprise that following the success of his retooling of the classic Blue Note catalog that Rudy Van Gelder would eventually be asked by other labels to bring his touch to classics from vaults. Earlier this spring, the Concord Music Group decided to have Van Gelder take a ...
Branford Marsalis Quartet: Braggtown
by Ken Dryden
On his fourth release for his own Marsalis Music label, Branford Marsalis shows why his quartet is among the best small groups currently active. With pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Eric Revis and drummer Jeff “Tain Watts joining him once more, Marsalis encouraged his musicians to write for the band, resulting in a wide range of fresh ...
