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Duane Allman: Studio Picker
The name Duane Allman makes you think of the Allman Brothers Band and the birth of Southern rock—which uses the blues to create long, improvised electric guitar solos. But as I write in today's Wall Street Journal—in a preview of Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective, a new seven-CD boxed set—the late guitarist actually paid his dues ...
Melvin Rhyne (1936-2013)
Organist Melvin Rhyne—who died of lung cancer on March 5 at age 76 in his hometown of Indianapolis—is perhaps best known for the four spectacular Riverside albums he recorded with Wes Montgomery between 1960 and 1963. Thanks to Resonance Records, we also have recordings with Rhyne and Montgomery from Indianapolis circa 1957 or '58—just before producer ...
Giants of Jazz: Denmark 1971
Back in July 1972, at age 16, I caught what was touted at the time as The Giants of Jazz at the Newport Jazz Festival in New York. Sounds like a bland term today—like “world's best pizza" or “trial of the century." But these guys actually were jazz giants, and together they brought me as close ...
Anderson Twins: "Correspondence"
Well, add another CD to your stack of favorites for the year. This one is by Peter and Will Anderson—identical saxophone-playing twins in their mid-20s who sound as though they were weaned on vinyl and raised by Woody Herman's sax section. They hail from Washington, D.C., where they were mentored by Paul Carr—a solid local saxophonist ...
Warne Marsh: "Ballad Album"
If you don't care much for the jazz recordings of tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh because you've found the music a tad hairy—with all its Lennie Tristano theory and freewheeling feel—I have just the album for you. This one will allow you to finally appreciate Marsh's qualities—seamless solos that don't seem to require a breath and highly ...
Sammy Davis Jr.: "Hey There"
The Pajama Game—an improbable musical love story about two pajama-factory employees—opened on Broadway in May 1954. In the play, Sid (the factory manager) is spurned by Babe (the grievance committee head) and moons his feelings into a Dictaphone. There were three hit covers of the song out that year. [Pictured above: Sammy Davis Jr. and Eartha ...
Five New Killer Blues CDs
At the heart of all great jazz, R&B and rock is the blues. Unlike many other music forms, the blues is timeless—relying largely on the creativity and ingenuity of the artist rather than wholesale re-invention. [Illustration above by R. Crumb] Here are five terrific new blues CDs that crossed my desk in the past few weeks: ...
Jesse Belvin: "Mr. Easy"
Back in the 1950s, the record industry was thrown open to hundreds of black songwriters, musicians and performers. Thanks to the rise of magnetic tape, the LP and vinyl 45, there was a sudden demand for talent in the blues, R&B and jazz categories to meet increased production quotas. Los Angeles quickly became a center of ...
Interview: Ernie Felice
The accordion's post-war popularity in America starts with Ernie Felice in 1946. Though George Shearing had recorded on the instrument in London in '39 followed by Art Van Damme on two sides in '45 and Joe Mooney in mid-'46, it's not until after Ernie's success with the Benny Goodman Sextet in late '46 and early '47 ...
Earl Hines Sessions: 1928-45
Earl “Fatha" Hines is all but forgotten today. A dashing pre-war pianist and bandleader, Hines spent much of his post-war career as the stride era's most daunting practitioner. He didn't have hits the way Louis Armstrong did, he never saw much value in film acting, and he didn't bother embracing modern jazz forms. Nevertheless, Hines was ...
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