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Wycliffe Gordon: United Soul Experience & Dig This!!
by C. Andrew Hovan
Straight out of the Wynton Marsalis school of jazz, trombone man Wycliffe Gordon cut his teeth with the ubiquitous trumpeter, yet unlike many from the Marsalis clan, Gordon has shown over the past few years that his musical personality takes in far more far reaching influences than the retro styled swing that Marsalis chooses as his ...
Keyboard Bonanza: Oscar Peterson, Jimmy Smith, Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal and Ramsey Lewis
by David Rickert
The Oscar Peterson Trio A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra Verve 1959 Like many of us, Oscar Peterson is a huge Sinatra fan. Along the way he decided to record an album of songs as a portrait of Ol' Blue Eyes, featuring renditions of songs like “Witchcraft" and “Love Is ...
Guitarslingers On Criss Cross Jazz
by C. Andrew Hovan
I don't know for certain, but it sure seems that Criss Cross Jazz producer Gerry Teekens has a thing for guitar players. Among the first musicians signed to his label back in the early '80s was the legendary Jimmy Raney and over the years the number of guitarists to record for Teekens has grown to include ...
Herbie Hancock: VSOP Live Under The Sky and The Piano
by Colin Fleming
Strange, sometimes, an artist's need to revisit his creative past and experiment with the new technologies of the present, both within a short period of time. These two Herbie Hancock albums, recorded in the late seventies, are oppositional concepts--the VSOP date from Tokyo, a reunion of Miles Davis' second great quintet, with Freddie Hubbard replacing Davis ...
Half Note Records: Elvin Jones and Jeff "Tain" Watts
by Mark F. Turner
Two outstanding live recordings by two dynamic drummers. Elvin Jones Jazz Machine The Truth: Heard Live at the Blue Note Half Note Records 2004 The spirit of the esteemed and beloved drummer Elvin Jones will continue in the hearts of fans and musicians in spite of his untimely death in ...
Dave Stryker: Rides Again & Shades Beyond
by Elliott Simon
Each built around a different celebrated drummer, these follow-ups from guitarist Dave Stryker maintain his partnership with saxophonist Steve Slagle and portray two sides of this many faceted player. Trio Mundo, created to underscore the potent percussive power of Manolo Badrena, definitely Rides Again while Shades Beyond continues Stryker's personal exploration of electric Miles Davis with ...
Bing & Rosie: Bluebird's Best
by David Rickert
One of the first of the Bluebird's Best series was a recording that Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney did together. Now Bluebird has reissued an album apiece by each artist, both likely to be among the best vocal jazz CDs to come out this year. Bing Crosby Bing With A Beat 1957 ...
Four New Bluebird Centennial Collections: Coleman Hawkins, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington & Artie Shaw
by Charlie B. Dahan
Bluebird / RCA continues its 100 year celebration with four new Centennial Collections. The two past packages focused on the works of Fats Waller and Glenn Miller; The new ones examine the recordings Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins and Duke Ellington made with Bluebird, RCA and its affiliates. In addition to including newly remastered sides ...
Tangerine Dream: The Bootmoon Series
by John Kelman
Tangerine Dream was always considered to be a trend-setting group, but looking back on their work retrospectively, the full impact of their innovations is more than a little remarkable. Ranging from thumping techno beats to New Age meanderings to pure noise to ambient soundscapes, Tangerine Dream were not the first group to make extensive use of ...
Hard Bop Extravaganza
by David Rickert
Personal Appearance Sonny Stitt 1957 Few artists recorded as prolifically as Stitt; over the course over 100+ albums, he seemed to play with anybody willing to pick up an instrument and join him in the studio. Inevitably, there was a lot of mediocre material released, and it can be a ...
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