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Dinah Washington: Singles (1943-53)
There never was any doubt that Dinah Washington was going to be a star. The big surprise was how fast celebrity came and how far she went in the 78-rpm era. In three short years after leaving Lionel Hampton's band in late '45, Washington was crowned Queen of the Jukebox by music critics based on revenue ...
Chet Baker: Sesjun Radio Shows
Chet Baker's recording career divides neatly into two broad categories: the helpless romantic of the '50s and life's punching bag of the mid-'70s and '80s. By now you're certainly familiar with the charmer of the '50s—a West Coast natural trumpeter and singer whose look of youthful vulnerability and confusion was adapted by James Dean, Montgomery Clift ...
Gene Krupa: '46 and '47 Bands
To truly understand the big band era, you have to think of orchestra leaders as inventors. Instead of building better mousetraps, they assembled bands. And reassembled them. And reassembled them again. Three factors drove the tinkering: First were the commercial pressures to create music that large numbers of people would pay to hear. Second was the ...
Jazzwax List: 7 for Thanksgiving
Hungry? Here's the downloadable version of a Thanksgiving TV dinner, complete with all the trimmings. Dig in, drive safe and have a great holiday! For my readers outside of the U.S., don't be shy. Pull up a chair: Turkey Hop—Johnny Otis (1950) Yams—Jackie McLean (1963) Stuffin'—Willis Jackson (1963) Cranberries—Paul Williams (1949) Pumpkin Pie—Organissimo (2005) Family Talk—Muhal Richard ...
Bird: Complete Savoy and Dial
What better time than Thanksgiving week to rave about Bird and a feast. Bird, of course, is alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, and the feast is Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings, an eight-CD set that was released in 2000. I finally grabbed a copy after years spent listening to the master takes in ...
Interview: Albert Maysles (Part 2)
Watching Gimme Shelter with director Albert Maysles was one of my crazier long-shot ideas. But Albert immediately saw the value and agreed to do it. As we settled in several weeks ago and the film began to roll, I couldn't help but feel this electric surge. As with Sonny Rollins agreeing to take a drive uptown ...
Interview: David Amram at 80
David Amram turned 80 yesterday. If you know David, you know that hitting that age is almost a ridiculous concept. The musician and composer has the metabolism and mind of a 25-year old, and he's constantly traveling the country like jazz's Johnny Appleseed, performing and motivating all who cross his path. One grows winded just listening ...
Jazzwax List: Pardon My Bop
If you're familiar with the music of the Doors, then you know that Jim Morrison was a fairly competent lyricist, in a drug-haze sort of way. His Warren Beatty looks made him highly charismatic, and his deep, masculine voice and bedroom eyes had a particularly hypnotic effect on women. On March 1, 1969, a stoned Morrison, ...
Interview: Albert Maysles (Part 1)
Forty years ago on December 5, Albert Maysles' Gimme Shelter was released. The searing documentary about the last leg of the Rolling Stones 1969 tour culminated with the group's concert appearance at the Altamont Speedway near San Francisco. Today, in my Wall Street Journal article here, Albert, 83, talks with me about the film that accidentally ...
Interview: Phil Ramone (Part 5)
Phil Ramone is known among musicians for his artistic sensibility, his confidence and his cool. When tension runs high at recording sessions—either because musicians can't seem to pull the music together or time is running out—Phil is always the deep voice of reason. His take-charge style and patient tone usually puts everyone at ease and back ...
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