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Various: Back In My Disc Jockey Days
by AAJ Staff
Allow a person to reminisce. No, not me. Rather, the person doing the reminiscing, in this case, is Joel Dorn, the reticent and inscrutable producer of Label M.I'm kidding. Joel Dorn isn't reticent, or else he couldn't have put together such legendary recordings throughout a career spanning four decades. And he isn't inscrutable. Anyone ...
Freddie Hubbard: Fastball
by Jim Santella
Freddie Hubbard was running at full strength when this was recorded in 1967. Label M's sixth installment of its “Live" At The Left Bank series features the trumpeter's powerful improvisation in a loose setting with complementary artists sharing the stage. Each of the five selections runs over ten minutes, allowing plenty of time for each member ...
Various: Have You Had Your Vitamin B-3 Today?
by AAJ Staff
It's too bad that Have You Had Your Vitamin B-3 Today? wasn't made on vinyl. Then it could be featured in John Corbett's “Vinyl Freak" column in Down Beat, wherein he rediscovers quirky platters with offbeat, outrageous or abstruse cover art.Label M realizes the value of that long-lost art form--the album cover--and has gone ...
The Modern Jazz Quartet: European Concert
by AAJ Staff
Ironically, The Modern Jazz Quartet's European Concert album finally is released on CD for the first time just before the passing of the third member of the legendary group, reducing the survivors to one: Percy Heath, who also is a member of one of the leading family triumvirates in jazz. Listed as one of the favorite ...
Freddie Hubbard: Fastball: "Live" At The Left Bank
by AAJ Staff
In 1967, after Freddie Hubbard had skyrocketed to the jazz listening public's attention with, it seemed, one legendary recording after another and after developing a high touring profile, he performed in Baltimore. As fate would have it, Vernon Welsh diligently recorded Hubbard's live recording at the Famous Ballroom, as he did for uncounted other thrilling performances. ...
Charles Mingus: Tonight At Noon
by Jim Santella
What a major, charismatic figure in jazz. His compositions were filled with fire and ice. His bass playing and piano mastery served to lead stellar ensembles and to reveal Mingus' inner feelings. This album was originally issued in 1964. The two recording dates include changes of personnel. Five compositions by Charles Mingus demonstrate quite well the ...
Various: Have You Had Your Vitamin B-3 Today?
by Derek Taylor
At the height of the soul jazz movement heavy hitter independent labels like Prestige and Blue Note were scrambling to cash in on the craze. Turned out in cookie cutter batches organ combo records only the relative skills and tastes of the musicians to differentiate them. The inevitable critical backlash that ensued swindled Soul Jazz out ...
Various: Have You Had Your Vitamin B-3 Today?
by AAJ Staff
It's too bad that Have You Had Your Vitamin B-3 Today? wasn't made on vinyl. Then it could be featured in John Corbett's “Vinyl Freak" column in Down Beat, wherein he rediscovers quirky platters with offbeat, outrageous or abstruse cover art.Label M realizes the value of that long-lost art form--the album cover--and has gone ...
The Buddy Rich Big Band: Wham!
by Jack Bowers
When a friend whose opinion I respect said Wham! contains the finest live performances by the Buddy Rich Big Band he’s ever heard, I had no choice but to acquire a copy and listen for myself. The good news — my friend was not mistaken; in spite of its unavoidable sonic shortcomings this is beyond a ...
Yusuf Lateef: The Blue Lateef
by AAJ Staff
Let me start out by saying this is one fine, tasty disc. For those unfamiliar with Lateef’s work, he is a multi-reedist, composer, arranger who has been working from at least the 1950s and is still going strong, making the textures of music richer for all. This is significant; Lateef is the one who brought the ...
