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Joe Williams: A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry
by AAJ Staff
When Joe Williams passed away in March of 1999 while walking home in Las Vegas, he of course was acknowledged as one of the greatest vocalists in jazz. Legions of jazz musicians enjoyed performing with him and admired the way he crafted a song, not to mention the way he knew how to add character to ...
Hank Crawford: Low Flame High Heat
by AAJ Staff
If Low Flame High Heat proves nothing else, it proves the consistency of Hank Crawford. Listen to his most recent CD, The World Of Hank Crawford on Milestone. Then listen to Label M's Low Flame High Heat from the early 1960's. Crawford's urgent tone and spiritual feel haven't changed in decades, proving that he was extremely ...
Eddie Harris & Les McCann: Second Movement
by AAJ Staff
After Eddie Harris and Les McCann recorded the legendary album, Swiss Movement, they didn't rest on their laurels. Nor did they go their separate ways.They recorded another album, Second Movement. However, Second Movement never has been available on CD until now, now that Label M's Joel Dorn has revisited that session with yet another ...
Ray Bryant, Hank Crawford, Heavy Flute: Three By Label M
by Douglas Payne
I have a belief that all writing must avoid the nominative singular pronoun, “I.” This is particularly necessary in reviews or interviews. What is any reader to think of an article allegedly about something or someone else when it’s littered with references to “I,” “me” and “my”? Who cares? A good writer will reveal ...
Stan Getz: My Foolish Heart
by Jim Santella
Last month Label M released the first two albums from its series “Live” at the Left Bank. Sessions by Sonny Stitt and Stan Getz were recorded by members of the Left Bank Jazz Society in 1971 and 1975, respectively, at the Famous Ballroom in Baltimore, Maryland. Other artists in the series of weekly live performances include ...
Various: Heavy Flute: Funky Flute Grooves From The 60s And 70s
by AAJ Staff
Label M founder Joel Dorn is the same Joel Dorn who produced many of the great Atlantic jazz albums. Now that Dorn has access to that legendary Atlantic catalog, he's taking advantage of some of the classic flute tracks of that era to make a statement about that instrument's coming of age in the 1960's.
Stan Getz: Live At The Left Bank
by John Sharpe
The story behind how this session came to be is almost as exciting as the recording itself. Baltimore’s Left Bank Jazz Society was formed in 1964 by a group devoted to promoting and preserving jazz in the city. Soon the organization was hosting weekly concerts featuring outstanding local, national, and international jazz performers. In the mid-eighties ...
Stan Getz: My Foolish Heart: "Live" At The Left Bank
by AAJ Staff
Legendary album producer Joel Dorn has negotiated a canny deal.Hearing rumors about the existence of hundreds of tapes recorded by Baltimore's Left Bank Jazz Society, Dorn checked it out. The rumors were true. For whatever reasons, the Left Bank Jazz Society was one tough negotiator. The experienced negotiator Dorn has pursued the Society since ...
Sonny Stitt: Just The Way It Was - "Live" At The Left Bank
by AAJ Staff
Sonny Stitt is the other diamond in the deuce that Label M is releasing to introduce its brave new label. Another tenor sax powerhouse, Stan Getz, also is on the front line of releases. Each with his own distinctive sound, Stitt and Getz both knew how to command the attention of an audience in his own ...
