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Beach Boys: Mono/Stereo
The Beach Boys' recent 50th anniversary tour had its ups and downs. First Brian Wilson said he wasn't going to re-join the group. Then he agreed. The reunited band played Good Vibrations during the Grammy Awards with some technical difficulties. Then the band hit the road, where they took some heat for creakiness and rote renditions. ...
Jackie McLean: 'Jackie's Bag'
Not all Blue Note sessions are alike—even though label owner-producer Alfred Lion favored a cookie-cutter approach that resulted in hundreds of hard-bop albums carrying a distinctive, muscular sound. Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean's first leadership date for Blue Note was Jackie's Bag—a stand-out album that consisted of two different sessions separated by almost two years. [Pictured above: ...
Hidden Downloads: David Allyn
One of my favorite male vocal albums is A Sure Thing: David Allyn Sings Jerome Kern. Recorded originally for World Pacific 55 years ago this November, the album was arranged and conducted by Johnny Mandel. Johnny and David were both in Boyd Raeburn's band at the same time in the mid-1940s and maintained a lifelong friendship. A ...
Interview: Wanda Jackson (PT. 3)
Wanda Jackson is still on the road performing. She'll be at the Highline Ballroom in New York on October 12. I caught her at a one-room blues bar on the outskirts of Memphis when I was down there. She was escorted to the stage by her husband Wendell Goodman and she proceeded to rock the house. ...
Interview: Wanda Jackson (PT. 2)
What was it like to sit in the Jungle Room at Graceland with Wanda Jackson? Pretty neat. If you've visited Graceland, you know that this room—with its grass-green carpeting and Hawaiian theme—is off limits on tours. Small by today's McMansion standards—the Housewives of Any City, USA, have have larger and more elaborate homes—Graceland remains larger than ...
Interview: Wanda Jackson (PT. 1)
Rockabilly is nothing more than jazz, blues and country all mixed around. You can hear the jazz and blues influence in the Western swing artists of the late '40s and early '50s. And like blues players, many original rockabilly artists came from poverty, trying to use music as a way out of their family's plight. As ...
JazzClip: Tjader and Jackson
Let's travel back to the mid-1970s. As we settle in at our tables, expectations rise as we await performances by two vibraphonist giants—Cal Tjader and Milt Jackson—who will perform separately with their respective groups. Cal Tjader's band includes Clare Fischer on Fender Rhodes and Poncho Sanchez on percussion. Milt Jackson is backed by pianist Art Hillery, ...
Eddie Bert (1922-2012)
Eddie Bert, a swinging bebop trombonist whose aggressive, bouncing playing style was deeply influenced by his love for the instrument's singing voice and who found himself in steady demand from 1942 on, appearing on 336 known recording sessions, died on September 28. He was 90. Greatly assisted by fearless ambition and a quest for excellence, Eddie's ...
Joe Pass: Roy Clark Session (1994)
In 1994, guitarists Joe Pass and Roy Clark got together and recorded an album of Hank Williams songs. They recorded in Hollywood, at Sage & Sound, and the session was produced by Ralph Jungheim, who conceived the idea for the country-jazz date. JazzWax reader and Joe Pass fan Uwe Zänisch of Berlin sent along a wonderful ...
Frank Foster: 'Basie is Our Boss'
In between recording sessions and on days off, Count Basie had no problem with his musicians recording on their own. Basie knew that if he wanted to hang onto the titanium talent he had on board, he'd be well served to give his men the economic and creative freedom they wanted. Jazz fans are certainly better ...
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