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Sonny Stitt: Low Flame
by Derek Taylor
Despite its periodic popularity and its tenable ties to today’s acid jazz scene 60s soul jazz has a checkered history when it comes to critical acceptance. Denigrated as simplistic and repetitive the music was often judged on unequal footing with more ‘scholarly’ schools of jazz such as be-bop and cool. The Hammond B-3 players who were ...
Taft Jordan: Mood Indigo
by Derek Taylor
Metaphorically equating the Ellington Orchestra with the Amazon River is an easy prospect. The hundreds of players who passed through its ranks are as numerous as the tributaries that pour into the mighty South American waterway. Ellington’s skill at shaping and sculpting his sidemen into his monumental sound and vision is legendary and with good reason. ...
Bill Jennings/Jack McDuff: Glide On
by Derek Taylor
To most readers Brother Jack is probably the more recognizable name on this double billing disc. Jennings was something of an obscurity even when these sessions were originally released, but not because of a lack of talent. His easy, blues-based style and clean touch on the strings contrast his anonymity and describe a musician who really ...
Johnny "Hammond" Smith: Soul Flowers
by Derek Taylor
P>Considering the sometimes-swaggering braggadocio of the soul jazz scene any B-3 player audacious enough to attach the instrument to his name was begging for a fracas from his peers. Fortunately for Smith he had several decades of experience at the organ under his belt when he cut this pair of sessions and the requisite chops to ...
Shirley Scott: Soul Sister
by Derek Taylor
Like the larger Jazz universe of which it was a part, the soul jazz scene of the 60s was a male-dominated musical milieu. Any female presence was often confined to a vocalist’s role. Shirley Scott was one of the few instrumentalists who broke through these circumscribed boundaries and thrived as both a popular and technically accomplished ...
Teddy Charles: New Directions
by Derek Taylor
Perhaps the most rarefied release in Prestige’s new string of limited edition reissues, this disc gathers three incredibly scarce ten-inch recordings by vibraphonist Teddy Charles. Each of the sessions collected provides a stimulating glimpse into realms of experimentation often overlooked by jazz fans and historians alike. Charles was one of the most active members of a ...
Jaki Byard: On the Spot!
by Derek Taylor
When Jaki Byard was murdered early in 1999 it was a blow to jazz music felt by many, but one that is softened slightly when one considers the incredible legacy and eclectic body of work the man left behind as an outcome of his nearly seven decades behind the keys. Over the last several years Prestige ...
Barry Harris: Magnificent!
by C. Andrew Hovan
By the time pianist Barry Harris recorded his first session as a leader in 1958, Breakin' It Up for the Argo label, Charlie Parker had already been dead for three years and the be-bop movement that he had helped usher in was already giving way to the more visceral advance of hard bop and the beginning ...
Jaki Byard: On the Spot!
by C. Andrew Hovan
It is without exaggeration to suggest that the late Jaki Byard was probably one of the most complete pianists that jazz has seen or will likely ever see again. For this iconoclast, everything from the stride of James P. Johnson to the thundering cacophony of Cecil Taylor was fair game for further maturation and he managed ...
Barry Harris: Magnificent!
by Derek Taylor
Despite the suspicious absence of modesty in the title of this disc this is one trio that definitely lives up to their chosen moniker. One tour through the eight tunes that these three players hew to their own devices is all that’s necessary to discover that their contention is no idle boast. Harris is the comparative ...
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