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Modern Jazz Quartet: Bluesology: The Atlantic Years 1956-1988
by Chris May
Asked to name the most insurrectionary artists associated with the Atlantic label, most jazz fans would probably think first of saxophonists John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman. Pianist John Lewis' Modern Jazz Quartet would come much further down the list. Yet in its own, more velvet manner, the MJQ was as radical as Coltrane and Coleman. When ...
Nathan Davis: The Best of Nathan Davis '65-'76
by Clifford Allen
Nathan Davis The Best of Nathan Davis '65-'76 Jazzman 2009 The concept of a “Best Of" album seems like it should be set aside for those musicians who have entered the popular consciousness to the degree that a sampler disc would be an easy sell. In jazz, canonical ...
Ray Brown Defined the Modern Jazz Rhythm Section
Grammy Award-winning double-bassist Ray Brown was a leader in defining the modern jazz rhythm section -- in addition to being a first-rate soloist. His unique dynamic and innate sense of swing graced performances by Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson and countless others. Raymond Matthews Brown was born October 13, 1926, in Pittsburgh, PA ...
Klook's The Man
By Kenny Clarke
Label: Proper Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: CD1: I Found A New Baby; Once In A While; You're A Sweetheart; Sweet Sue; Epistrophy; 52nd Street Theme; Oop-Bop-Sh'Bam; Rue Chaptal (Royal Roost); Confirmation; A La Colette (Cheryl); Jumpin' There (Listen Here); Jay Mac; Algerian Cynicism; Laurenzology; Doria; I'll Tell You In A Minute; Working Eyes; Stuffy; The Man I Love; I Surrender Dear; Love In The Sun; Iambic Pentameter; Assy Panassy; Robbins' Nest; I'll Get You Let; Be Good, Girl. CD2: Sonor; Strollin'; Blues Mood; Skoot; Klook's Nook; Inhibitions; Baggin' The Blues; Telefunken Blues; Summer Evening; Oz The Wizzard; I Dig You The Most; Pru's Blooze; Plenty For Kenny; Cute Tomato; Now's The Time. CD3: With Apologies To Oscar; Hear Me Talkin' To Ya; Willow Weep For Me; Bohemia After Dark; Chasm; Late Entry; Will Wail; Volcano; La Poria Thority; I Hear A Rhapsody; Yesterdays; Play, Fiddle, Play. CD4: Cottontail; Your Host; Tricotism; Tom's Thumb; You Turned The Tables On Me; Afternoon In Paris; Apothegm; 'Round Midnight; On A Riff; When Lights Are Low; Oblique; Jeru; Eronel; Tahiti; Bemsha Swing; Blue Serge; Swing Spring; The Squirrel; Cadenze.
Kenny Clarke: Klook's The Man
by Chris May
Kenny Clarke Klook's The Man Proper Records 2007 Of the three great African American drummers whose work in the early and mid 1940s shaped the contours of bop--Kenny Clarke, Max Roach and Art Blakey--it was “Klook" Clarke who lit the first and fattest fuse: taking timekeeping away from the bass ...
Change of Scenes
By Kenny Clarke
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2002
Track listing: Extravagances; Symptones; Quiproquos; Escarmouches; Touchstone; Provocations
Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band: Change of Scenes
by William Grim
This amazing album was the last recording by the Clarke-Boland Big Band and features six original compositions by Francy Boland with Stan Getz as featured soloist. The album was originally released only in Europe and its current CD re-release is now out of print, which is regrettable because it features some of the finest big band ...
Jazz In Paris
By Rhoda Scott
Label: Sunnyside
Released: 2000
Track listing: Bitter Street;Satin Doll;It's Impossible;Speak Low; Now's The Time;Out Of Nowhere;What Are You Doing The Rest Of
Your Life;Toe Jam; On Green Dolphin Street
The Quintessence . Stockholm - New York Paris 1938 - 1949
By Kenny Clarke
Label: Blue Note
Released: 2000
Walkin'
By Miles Davis
Label: Prestige Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Walkin'; Blue 'n' Boogie; Solar, You Don't Know What Love Is; Love Me or Leave Me.
