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Incense & Peppermints
by Derek Taylor
When jazz critics calibrated their cross hairs on the covey of bands arising out of the Hammond B-3 organ explosion of the Sixties, chances are Trudy Pitts caught her share of shots. Pitts’ brand of music embraced many of the qualities that made purists cringe and carp in protest. A light, almost gossamer attack on her ...
Bluebird's Best: Ellington, Goodman, & Shaw
by David Rickert
Here are three more compilations from the “Bluebird’s Best” series. The Legendary Small Groups Benny Goodman The Benny Goodman Small Groups were born at a party thrown for Mildred Bailey, where Goodman, Teddy Wilson, and Gene Krupa (on telephone book) improvised a few numbers for the benefit of the party goers. The ...
Seven Slices of Early Lateef
by Derek Taylor
Born Bill Evans, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the man who would later adopt the Muslim moniker Yusef Lateef and become one of the earliest pioneers in the fusion of world music to jazz idioms got his start in the music under more modest circumstances. Gigging as a sideman in the bands of Lucky Millander and Roy Eldridge, ...
More Unusual Reissues from Verve: Mini-LPs
by David Rickert
At Newport The Gigi Gryce/Donald Byrd Jazz Laboratory & The Cecil Taylor Quartet 1957 A strange pairing, to be sure, but also a reminder of how diverse and exciting the Newport Jazz Festival used to be. One could go to hear Louis Armstrong, for instance, yet get turned on to the unknown ...
When the Sun Goes Down: The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll
by David Rickert
A few decades ago in England a bunch of ambitious youth influenced by American blues music created records that took the world by storm and which served as testimony to the rich musical heritage of the United States. After the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, popular music was never the same again. A few years later, ...
Dialogue and Consummation
by David Adler
Recorded five years apart, these two Blue Note reissues highlight jazz creativity of very different kinds. Bobby Hutcherson's Dialogue is a shining example of what can be called the Andrew Hill aesthetic. Thad Jones & Mel Lewis's Consummation features the highly original big-band craftsmanship of the late Thad Jones. Interestingly, Richard Davis is the bassist on ...
The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra: Traditions & Swingin' Together
by Jack Bowers
Here are two superlative recordings by one of the country's most accomplished community-based ensembles, the sixteen-year-old Cleveland Jazz Orchestra. Traditions , recorded in June 1999, refers to a nearly century-long tradition of world-class Jazz in that bustling city on the shores of Lake Erie, admirably summarized by Jazz historian and author Joe Mosbrook in an informative ...
Swingtime! / The Re-discovered Louis and Bix
by C. Michael Bailey
Archiving with a Difference. The German label Nagel Heyer is beginning to make a name for itself by documenting that rococo period in jazz between traditional and big band swing. My introduction to the label was the Terrie Richards Alden vocal release Voice With Heart (Nagel Heyer 048). I said in that review that, “In the ...
Holiday Music '99
by Dave Hughes
It's been a rather lean year in terms of new jazz holiday CDs this year. I confess that I haven't visited many CD stores yet this season, and most of what has arrived in the mail for me to review bears copyright dates of 1998 or earlier. So I'll cover what I have, then supplement the ...
The Rudy Van Gelder Blue Note Editions-Part 3
by C. Andrew Hovan
Unless you've been out of town for many months, you're probably aware of what has become one of the most spirited jazz industry events in recent memory. Specifically, accomplished recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder was asked by Toshiba-EMI in Japan to personally remaster a great number of the Blue Notes that he almost single-handedly recorded during ...
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