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Jutta Hipp in Germany: 1952-'55
Jutta Hipp is another forgotten '50s jazz pianist with an odd past. She recorded briefly but gave up on jazz in 1956 for reasons that remain mysterious. The German-born Hipp spent her teens under Nazi rule and performed in Germany after the war. She recorded in Germany sporadically from 1952 to '55, and a year later ...
Interview: Nils Lindberg
Yesterday I posted on composer, arranger and pianist Nils Lindberg's 1963 album Trisection, a superb but almost unknown orchestral jazz recording. I also provided a bit of background on Sweden's 100-year love affair with jazz. Today, a conversation with Nils on Sax Appeal (1960) and Trisection (1963)—two of his early jazz albums recorded in Stockholm: JazzWax: ...
Nils Lindberg: "Trisection" (1962)
Today I'm going to tell you about one of the finest jazz albums recorded in the early '60s—an album that is likely unfamiliar to you but will surely become one of your favorites. The album is Trisection by Swedish composer, arranger and pianist Nils Lindberg. (Tomorrow I'll have an interview with Nils from Stockholm about the ...
Buddy Featherstonhaugh: '56
The future of jazz for the jazz listener is foreign jazz. As good as American players were and are, there's a world of jazz past, present and future out there that will likely be a revelation to you. For those readers who tire of buying the same historic recordings over and over again in different packages, ...
George Shearing at Home
In January 1983, George Shearing and bassist Don Thompson began a six week engagement at Michael's Pub on East 55th St. in New York. Thompson and Shearing had been working as a duo since June '82 and had developed a strong and trusting musical bond. During this period in early '83, Shearing and Thompson often rehearsed ...
Swingadelic: Toussaintville
One of the most surprisingly imaginative CDs to cross my desk in some time is Swingadelic's Toussaintville (Zoho). The album—released today—pays tribute to the songs of Allen Toussaint [pictured], who turned 75 in January. The music is an intelligent and swinging fusion of big band jazz and soul-pop. The album not only skillfully reminds the listener ...
Herbie Mann: Bossa Nova '62
Nearly two years after the fall of Cuba in 1959, Congress passed the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act, which mandated an increase in governmental programs “to enhance mutual understanding between the United States and other countries." Many of those “other countries" were in Latin America. [Pictured above: Herbie Mann] In July 1961, jazz promoter Monty ...
Interview: Huey Lewis
In the Mansion section of today's Wall Street Journal (go here), I catch up with Huey Lewis in an interview about his Montana ranch. Huey, of course, rocketed to fame and fortune with the release of Sports in late 1983—an iconic rock-soul album that has just been remastered and will be re-issued as a two-CD set ...
Blossom Dearie: '61 And '65
In 1961 and 1965, singer-songwriter and pianist Blossom Dearie returned to Paris on tour. She had first lived there from 1952 to '57—when she sang, played and recorded with the vocal group Les Blue Stars. In Paris, she also met and married Belgian saxophonist Bobby Jaspar and was introduced to producer Norman Granz, who signed her ...
Tito Puente: "Quatro"
Over the years, Tito Puente's Latin-jazz albums for RCA have been in and out of print. The 2001 Complete RCA Recordings, Vols. 1 and 2 (6 CDs each) are going for hundreds of dollars each—if you can find them. Now, to celebrate the late percussionist-bandleader's 90th birthday, RCA has released Tito Puente, Quatro: The Definitive Collection—a ...
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