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Gene Ammons: Angel Eyes
by Robert Gilbert
Gene Ammons’ Angel Eyes leaves a nagging feeling that it was thrown together and dumped onto the marketplace with little or no thought. After all, when Angel Eyes was released in 1965, Ammons was in the middle of serving a long jail term for narcotics possession. These tunes are culled from two separate sessions, done in ...
Bill Evans Trio: Explorations
by David Rickert
An article in a men’s magazine once suggested an exercise regimen that consisted of a walk to the local record store to buy one Bill Evans CD every day. That way you would not only be in better shape, but you would also have a great collection of piano jazz as well. It’s an established fact ...
Cal Tjader: Concerts In the Sun
by David Rickert
Concerts in the Sun languished in the vaults for 42 years, but it's now finally available on CD. The recording finds Cal Tjader in a state of transition between the West Coast cool jazz he helmed with Dave Brubeck and a full-blown commitment to integrating Afro-Cuban rhythms into jazz. Culled from two concerts, one in Honolulu ...
The Stan Kenton Orchestra: Stompin' at Newport
by Jack Bowers
Today, more than four decades after the fact, the music on the Stan Kenton Orchestra’s memorable appearance at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival sounds as fresh and invigorating as ever, even though there is nothing on this long-overdue release from Pablo that Kenton fans won’t have heard perhaps hundreds of times on other occasions. From Bill ...
Afro Blue Band: Impressions
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Quick and to the Point: Free range testosterone jazz high.... When it was released, much was expected from this album given the talent on the recording. Such prospects were understandably imposed on Impressions. Heavy expectations come with talent and fame. Surely, every fan can come up with examples of jazz notables who failed to ...
Charlie Byrd: Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros
by David Rickert
Few Americans approached bossa nova with the commitment and understanding of Charlie Byrd. His classically influenced, unamplified style was perfectly suited to the Brazilian music that quickly became his forte after the success of Jazz Samba, after which he never looked back. Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros is his finest hour, a record’s worth of bossa nova ...
Chet Baker: It Could Happen To You: Chet Baker Sings
by David Rickert
Chet Baker had a distinctive trumpet style that even Miles admired, but many may not know he was also quite accomplished as a singer. Judging by the cover (Baker’s good looks were always prominently featured on his releases), the A&R people at Riverside saw an opportunity to market Baker as a romantic crooner along the lines ...
Cannonball Adderley/George Shearing: Quintets At Newport
by David Rickert
The 1957 Newport Jazz Festival must have been hopping; this is the second reissue in a year to pair two performances from that event (Verve released a Cecil Taylor/ Gigi Gryce & Donald Byrd set as part of their mini-LP series). The first performance comes courtesy of Cannonball Adderley, who had yet to make a name ...
Joe Pass: Virtuoso
by C. Michael Bailey
When considering all the talent that exists in jazz, there exist damn few musicians who can be deemed without peer. Art Tatum and Charlie Parker might be considered as such; Joe Pass might be the definition of a musician without peer. Pass arrived magically on the recording scene in 1962 with The Sound of Synanon (Pacific ...
Oliver Nelson: Straight Ahead
by Keiran Smalley
Contrast is everything. Think of food for example: A big salty hunk of mature cheese is nicely offset by a couple of sweet grapes. Gastronomes would never dream of eating a rich foie-gras without the accompaniment of the honeyed sweetness of a glass of Sauternes. The same is true with music; a whole ...
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