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Oscar Peterson: Debut: The Clef / Mercury Duo Recordings 1949-1951
by Ken Dryden
Oscar PetersonDebut: The Clef / Mercury Duo Recordings 1949-1951Verve Music Group2010 Piano giant Oscar Peterson's professional career spanned approximately 60 years and produced a prolific amount of recordings, though most of what he waxed during his first two decades was for labels launched by jazz impresario Norman Granz. But Peterson's ...
Judy Carmichael: Come and Get It
by Ken Dryden
Judy Carmichael has been on the jazz scene for a long time. She has produced the radio series Jazz Inspired for a number of years and played piano for over a quarter-century with a number of CDs under her belt, most of them issued on her own label. Her specialties are stride and swing (one of ...
Dick Hyman: In Concert at the Old Mill Inn
by Ken Dryden
During his lengthy professional career, pianist Dick Hyman has been a first-call studio player for many kinds of music, in addition to being able to play any style in the history of jazz. As well as being a sideman with Benny Goodman, Hyman worked in a duo with the late cornetist Ruby Braff, played pipe, Hammond ...
Rufus Reid: Out Front
by Ken Dryden
Long a first-call bassist, Rufus Reid has played with numerous greats since arriving on the jazz scene in the early '70s, including Dizzy Gillespie, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Dexter Gordon, Lee Konitz, Art Farmer and Jimmy Heath, to name just a few, in addition to a number of dates as a leader. His fat tone ...
Fats Waller: Fats Waller on the Air 1938 Broadcasts
by Ken Dryden
Fats Waller was one of the top Harlem stride pianists as well as a prolific composer. Waller discographer Stephen Taylor uncovered 15 unreleased tracks in his quest to remaster several of Waller's 1938 broadcasts for this compilation. Three separate broadcasts are heard in complete form. The first is a studio session featuring Fats ...
Lew Tabackin
by Ken Dryden
Lew Tabackin needs no introduction to serious jazz fans. The tenor saxophonist and flutist worked with Maynard Ferguson, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, Joe Henderson, Duke Pearson, Donald Byrd, Elvin Jones and The Tonight Show Band; was a star soloist with the Danish Radio Orchestra in the late '60s; and joined alto saxophonist Phil Woods for a ...
Joe Locke: For the Love of You
by Ken Dryden
Over the past decade Joe Locke has become one of the most heralded vibraphonists on the jazz scene. For this CD, Locke is joined by pianist Geoffrey Keezer, bassist George Mraz, drummer Clarence Penn and vocalist Kenny Washington, who is featured generously throughout. Locke heard Washington performing at Half Moon Bay in California and invited him ...
Bill Mays: Solo and Trio
by Ken Dryden
Bill MaysSolo!s/r2009 Bill MaysAt the MoviesSteeplechase2009 Bill Mays is a veteran artist with an extensive musical resumé, having taken part in all kinds of session work, ranging from movie ...
Svend Asmussen
by Ken Dryden
Svend Asmussen is the last of the great swing violinists who emerged during the '30s. The “Fiddling Viking" turns 94 on Feb. 28th, splitting time between his native Denmark and Sarasota, Florida. Recently the violinist performed at the Second Annual Arbors Records Invitational Jazz Party and released new CDs, one a compilation on Storyville (Rhythm Is ...
In Love With Voices: A Jazz Memoir
by Ken Dryden
In Love With Voices: A Jazz Memoir Brian Torff Softcover; 236 pages ISBN: 1440112851 iUniverse 2009 Brian Torff is a widely experienced jazz bassist who has recorded and played with numerous greats, including violinist Stephane Grappelli, clarinetist Benny Goodman, singers Frank Sinatra and Mel Torme, and ...
