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The Death of Hideo Shiraki
Last week, I posted on Japanese drummer Hideo Shiraki, who died in 1972 at age 39. In 1962, Shiraki recorded two terrific albums, most notably Plays Horace Silver and Plays Bossa Nova. His other jazz albums are equally fabulous. Yet little is known about Shiraki in the States, since most information about him and his early ...
The History of Christmas
Christmas, as we know it, is a relatively modern holiday. How do we know this? The following documentary from the History Chanel does a good job of explaining. The only flaw is that it completely misses one of the most important factors in Christmas's spell over our culture—the rise of the holiday song through sheet music ...
Hideo Shiraki Plays Silver
Hideo Shiraki was a Japanese drummer who led a hard-bop quintet in Tokyo in the late 1950s and 1960s. Given Blue Note's strong distribution in Japan, Shiraki's group was widely popular there but not very well known here. In Sept. 1962, Shiraki recorded Hideo Shiraki Plays Horace Silver. The band, billed as the Hideo Quintet Plus ...
Julie London's Holiday Album
As most readers know, Julie London is one of my favorite female vocalists. She had a captivating, cool singing style. Her satiny delivery was nocturnal and relaxed, and she took on tough songs and aced them with a proud, detached strength and maturity. You may recall that last year, I wondered why London only released one ...
Shorty Rogers: "Dementia"
There were plenty of kitsch horror films made and released in 1953, including The Neanderthal Man, It Came From Outer Space and The Magnetic Monster. Among the exceptions, however, was Dementia, later known as Daughter of Horror. Completed in '53, the film wasn't released until '55 thanks to a tangle with Hollywood censors. The neo-expressionist film ...
Linton Garner: "Thanks"
When pianist Erroll Garner was growing up in Pittsburgh, Pa., he was overshadowed by his older brother Linton. In 1944, Erroll moved to New York and began his trio and solo career. Linton, meanwhile, played with Fletcher Henderson in the 1940s, followed by Billy Eckstine, Earl Coleman, Babs Gonzales, Fats Navarro and others. He led his ...
Jimmy Wormworth's Camera
Drummer Jimmy Wormworth recorded his first session in 1958 with the Jazz Modes, which featured Julius Watkins (fhr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Sahib Shihab (bar), Gildo Mahones (p), Martin Rivera (b) and Jimmy on drums. In the years that followed, Jimmy played with just about everyone and toured and recorded with Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. In the ...
9 Box Sets You Deserve
It's that time of year when music writers like me are bombarded with box sets. Some are superb, others not so much. Here are the ones I dig most and are well worth giving yourself for the holidays: John Coltrane: A Love Supreme, the Complete Masters (Verve). I always think of this album as a grown-up ...
Discovering Robert Campbell
Three years ago, Jessica Ferber called to tell me an incredible story. Jessica said that back in 2002 she was living in Burlington, Vt., when her roommate told her about a project she was too busy to take on. A local homeless shelter had contacted their former philosophy professor at the University of Vermont about a ...
Jeanne Lee: All About Ronnie
The song All About Ronnie has an interesting history. The song was written by Joe Greene, who worked extensively for Stan Kenton during the 1940s and 50s, when the band was in constant need of original vocal material. Greene typically wrote quasi novelty tunes like I Been Down in Texas, Across the Alley From the Alamo, ...
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