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Bobby Troup and Bob Enevoldsen
As the recording industry shifted its focus from the jukebox to the home market starting in 1949, a new generation of singers emerged to win over the slippers and sofa set. Rather than croon standards passionately like Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, these new singers were more likely to record material by new songwriters and deliver ...
Box Sets for the Holidays
Looking back, we're likely to view 2012 as the year of the box set. Almost weekly over the past 12 months, boxes of CDs were released documenting a year in an artist's life, a classic album with all of the outtakes, or everything the artist ever recorded. This year Sony even unveiled PopMarket.com, which features the complete ...
Urbie Green: A Cool Yuletide
It's that time of year again when I pick my favorite classic jazz holiday album. I always try to select obscure albums you may have overlooked, forgotten about or weren't even aware existed. This year, the winner is trombonist Urbie Green's A Cool Yuletide, recorded for RCA's “X" label in 1954. Originally a 10-inch disc, the ...
6 New Hip Holiday CDs
Last week the Wall Street Journal asked me for a roundup of my six favorite holiday CDs. The result appears in today's “Friday Journal" section of the paper—or at WSJ.com if you're a subscriber. Yesterday, WSJ Live's Lunch Break had me in to talk with anchor Kelsey Hubbard about my picks. The video clip is below ...
Amy Winehouse: Lioness
At the time of Amy Winehouse's death on July 23, the celebrated soul-ska singer hadn't really released much in the way of music. Though Frank was recorded in 2003, the album wasn't released in the U.S. until late 2007—after her second album, Back to Black, became an American sensation in 2006, winning her five Grammys. As ...
Why Sonny Rollins Matters
Last Sunday, Sonny Rollins was at the White House to receive the 2011 Kennedy Center Honors from President Obama and then at the annual Kennedy Center gala, which will be broadcast on Dec. 27 on CBS. Sonny must be on a first-name basis with front-gate guards by now, since he was just at the White House ...
Dick Collins: Hidden Treasure
Trumpeter Dick Collins had a gorgeous sound in the '50s. Like trumpeters Don Fagerquist and Doug Mettome, Dick had a lyrical quality to his playing that was part brass, part vocalist. Dick's note choices on solos often roamed in just the right places, punctuating distinctly as he ran up and down chords. And Dick always managed ...
Tony Bennett Complete Collection
A bit of Tony Bennett news was lost in the shuffle earlier this fall. Between the media blitz for Bennett's Duets II CD and damage control following his unfortunate 9/11 attack remarks on Howard Stern's radio show, word came that Sony was releasing a box set. Out now is Tony Bennett: The Complete Collection (Sony)—an aircraft ...
Interview: Burt Bacharach (Part 5)
What's it like to write a song with Burt Bacharach? Well, I can tell you from firsthand knowledge that it's amazing, because we did just that during my visit to Burt's home in September. Just before I left for Los Angeles for the Wall Street Journal, I asked myself what thrill I could experience with Burt ...
Interview: Burt Bacharach (Part 4)
The story goes something like this: Driving home from ice hockey practice, Mike Myers flipped on the radio and heard The Look of Love by Dusty Springfield. When it was finished, the comedian said to himself, “Where have all the swingers gone?" He also must have realized that the movie it was for,Casino Royale, was a ...
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