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Vol. 5: The Sextet
Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2002
Track listing: Thou Swell, I Wished On the Moon, Knee Deep, Fond Memories, Take It From Me, Belle of the Ball, As Long as I Live, Ill Wind, Three of a Kind, Elbow Room.
Volume 5: The Sextet
Label: Contemporary Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Thou Swell; I Wished On the Moon; Knee Deep; Fond Memories; Take It From Me; Belle of the Ball; As Long as I Live; Ill Wind; Three of a Kind; Elbow Room.
Lennie Niehaus: Volume 5: The Sextet

by Craig Jolley
Lennie Niehaus is best known these days for his Hollywood film scores. He came up on the 1950's California scene and joined the Kenton band, replacing Lee Konitz as the primary alto soloist. After establishing himself as a player he began writing for the band as well. Simultaneously he led a series of fondly-remembered small band ...
Lennie Niehaus: Vol. 5: The Sextet

by AAJ Staff
The West Coast scene of the fifties produced few big names and ever fewer classic albums, but nevertheless provided fertile soil for some of the most stylish and consistent music in the history of jazz. For the most part, the artists working in the sunny climes of California were content to work within the established boundaries ...
Vol. 1: The Quintets

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2001
Track listing: I Remember You, Poinciana, Whose Blues, Prime Rib, I Should CAre, Inside Out, I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me, You Stepped Out Of A Dream, I'll Take Romance, Happy Times, Day By Day, Bottoms Up.
Lennie Niehaus: Vol. 1: The Quintets

by David Rickert
Cool jazz has always represented the tweed jacket and horn-rimmed glasses approach to the music and has often been criticized for stealing jazz away from smoky bars to college lecture halls and living room hifis. A style that could only have been conceived during the optimistic bliss of the Eisenhower administration and the warm breezes of ...