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Jan Johansson: From Small Acorns...

by Ian Patterson
November 24, 2008

Upon hearing the news and in a state of disbelief, Randi Hultin the legendary Norwegian jazz journalist rang pianist Reinhold Svensson who confirmed the worst: “Yes. Swedish jazz has just died."1 Reinhold's reaction to the death in a car accident of fellow pianist Jan Johansson whilst melodramatic reflected Jan Johansson's importance in the contemporary Swedish jazz ...

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Nonet & Octet

By Oscar Pettiford

Label: Telarc
Released: 2007

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The Complete Big Band Studio Recordings

By Oscar Pettiford

Label: Lone Hill Jazz
Released: 2006
Track listing: Nica's Tempo; Deep Passion; Smoke Signal; Sunrise-Sunset; Not So Sleepy; Perdido; Speculation; Two French Fries; Pendulum At Falcon's Lair; Gentle Art Of Love; Now See How You Are; I Remember Clifford; Aw! Come On; Somewhere; Laura; Little Niles; Seabreeze; Gentle Art Of Love (Theme); Aw! Come On; I Remember Clifford.

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Oscar Pettiford: The Complete Big Band Studio Recordings

Read "The Complete Big Band Studio Recordings" reviewed by Michael Steinman

by Michael Steinman
May 14, 2006

Whether playing bass or cello, Oscar Pettiford was an extraordinary soloist and ensemble player with a singlar sound and focused attack who levitated sessions with Coleman Hawkins, Miles Davis and Duke Ellington, among many others. In '56 and '57, when Swing Era big bands had given way to small groups and singers, it may have seemed ...

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The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet

By Oscar Pettiford

Label: Debut
Released: 2000
Track listing: Pendulum At Falcon

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Oscar Pettiford: The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet

by Derek Taylor
January 1, 2000

Pettiford and Mingus together, reason enough alone to rush out and purchase this disc. A chance to hear these two string giants on the same session is a rare occasion and should not be passed up. Previously only available in part on the exhaustive Complete Mingus Debut Recordings box set these recordings have been long overdue ...

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