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Charles Earland: Black Talk!
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
One of the all-time classic soul-jazz records gets its turn at remastering by Rudy van Gelder, the original engineer of the 1969 session. Charles Earland had a strong affinity for the organ, though he didn't start on the instrument. He began his career as a saxophonist, playing in groups with organists like Jimmy ...
Miles Davis: Workin' With the Miles Davis Quintet
by David Miller
It usually takes me two listens to determine what I think of an album. The great ones usually convince me with one run-through, though. Upon popping Workin' With the Miles Davis Quintet into the stereo, I knew from the opening notes of “It Never Entered My Mind that I was in for something special. The rest ...
Mose Allison: Mose Allison Sings
by Riel Lazarus
Working through Prestige Records' reissue of Mose Allison Sings, the challenge arises of describing the pianist/vocalist's unique sound. The salty-sweet taste of butter and jam on toast is at once an unspectacular metaphor and right on the mark. Allison's music is a delicious blend of tart and tang, as enjoyable in the morning ...
Eric Dolphy Quintet: Outward Bound
by J Hunter
Unlike Ornette Coleman--who wanted to blow orthodox jazz form out of the water--John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy initially worked to change the system from within, making music that fit the jazz standards of the time while injecting their own unique spin. This is why Outward Bound, Dolphy's first recording as a leader, is a not-so-distant relative ...
Sonny Rollins Quartet: Tenor Madness
by J Hunter
He wasn't scheduled to play, but John Coltrane had his axe in hand when he came to watch Miles Davis' rhythm section record with Sonny Rollins. Trane not only played on the date, but the resulting duet is the centerpiece of Tenor Madness, one in Prestige's latest series of RVG-remastered releases. Theoretically, Coltrane's appearance ...
Miles Davis: The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions
by CJ Shearn
The Miles Davis Quintet The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions Prestige Records 2006 (1955-56) This box set includes the final five albums trumpeter Miles Davis made for Prestige. Davis recorded as a leader for the label from 1951-1956 and the albums capture an artist in the process of finding his own ...
John Coltrane: Fearless Leader
by John Kelman
John Coltrane Fearless Leader Prestige Records 2006 By the time saxophonist John Coltrane headed into the studio in May of 1957--for the first of nine sessions as a leader that would result in eleven albums released on Prestige between 1957 and 1965-- his reputation was already well-established. Coltrane was now ...
Mose Allison: Mose Allison Sings
by Jim Santella
There's nobody else quite like Mose Allison. Try to think of a musician who even comes close. He's so unique that we all know from the very start who we're listening to. And nobody else can fill that niche. But Allison didn't start out as a singer. He was Stan Getz's pianist in 1956-57, and he ...
John Coltrane: Fearless Leader
by Norman Weinstein
John Coltrane Fearless Leader Prestige 2006 This six-CD set of all of the original Prestige albums led by John Coltrane comes as a relief after the previous sixteen-disc box of every one of his preserved recordings on the label, as leader or sideman. Putting aside the daunting cost of that ...
Stitt's Bits: The Bebop Recordings, 1949-1952
by Jim Santella
Sonny Stitt Stitt's Bits: The Bebop Recordings, 1949-1952 Prestige 2006 Presented in chronological order, saxophonist Sonny Stitt's Prestige recordings, packaged here as a three-CD box set, reveal the pure tenor tone and fluid technique that Stitt always brought to a session. Most of the selections are from 1950, ...
