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CDs Discoveries of the Month
Now that the Grammys are over, here are some truly sensational albums. To feature as many as possible, I've kept my banter to a minimum... She sings, she plays bass and she writes songs. Katie Thiroux is a triple threat who also has chosen terrific material for her first album. I love the way she deals ...
Chet Baker: Italian Movies
Italy was an ideal setting for Chet Baker's romantic trumpet in 1959. When he arrived in Europe that year and began touring, Italy's art and passion held a special charm and allure for him. He had been to Rome briefly in 1958, comfortably getting his hooks into fans for cash, meals and narcotics. A second, longer ...
Mary Osborne: Phantom Guitarist
Despite the vast re-issue market both here and abroad, some jazz artists, sadly, continue to be overlooked. One of those is guitarist Mary Osborne. Despite appearing on 40 known jazz sessions and leading 10 dates, only a clutch of her sides is in print at iTunes and just a few at Spotify. Osborne led record dates ...
Super Bowl's Jazzy Halftimes
Yesterday's Super Bowl was amazing—perhaps the most astonishing finish in NFL history. But the halftime show was a bit of a disappointment. A little too playful and silly for me, and not nearly enough intensity or drama. Which reminded me that in the beginning, the Super Bowl halftime show was a modest jazzy affair. The turning ...
Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan: 1963
In 1962, Annie Ross had to take a health break from the wildly successful vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. In her place, Yolande Bavan (above) was hired. When I interviewed Yolande in 2007 three months after starting this blog, she told me the story of how she came to join the group (you can read ...
Video: Art Pepper, 1964
Right after recording Smack Up in October 1960, Art Pepper took the cash from the session and went to a friend's house to buy two condoms of heroin. What he didn't know when he exited is that the residence was under surveillance and that he was on the detectives' list of regular buyers. Busted, Pepper, a ...
Art Pepper's First 'Rainbow'
Jazz has always used the American Songbook as marble slabs to sculpt beautiful works of art. Jazz artists who recorded the most moving versions of these standards tended to be best associated with them. For example, Coleman Hawkins owned Body and Soul after his hit rendition in 1939, and Charlie Parker owned Just Friends and April ...
Video: Bill Evans in Iowa, 1979
Two months after appearing on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz radio show in November 1978, Bill Evans hit the road. Right after the new year, the pianist was in Iowa with his trio—bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Joe La Barbera—at the Maintenance Shop in Ames. During their run, the trio was taped for Public Television. You can ...
Blizzard of '78 Playlist
With a record-breaking snow storm bearing down on New York, I thought I'd share a story with you—and some music. On the morning of Monday, February 6, 1978, I lived in Boston. I was a junior at Northeastern University, a five-year school that allowed you to spend half the year working at a job related to ...
Interview: Jamie Cullum
I love writing the “Track Record" column for Wall Street Journal/Europe, which is based in London. The point of the column is to interview artists to see what obscure albums most influenced them. There are always surprises, and I'm constantly being turned on to music that escaped my radar. Case in point is my interview with ...
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