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Bill Evans in Oslo
Bill Evans Trio: The Oslo Concerts (2006) presents two Bill Evans dates, one filmed at the Oslo Munch Museum in 1966 and the other at the Molde Jazz Festival in 1980. Evans is one of the least dynamic of performers, so filming him playing is almost a waste of film. But the music is a different ...
After Hours - A Great Blowing Session
I recently listened to an obscure Prestige album from 1957 called After Hours. It is a group blowing session without a true leader but with a stellar lineup: Thad Jones (trumpet), Frank Wess (flute and tenor sax), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Mal Waldron (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Arthur Taylor (drums). This is a wonderful collection of ...
I Like Ike
Saxophonist Ike Quebec, born August 17, 1918, was one of my favorite soul-jazz artists on Blue Note Records in the early 1960s. He had a full-throated sound (in the Coleman Hawkins vein), a sensuous and firm tone, rhythmically dynamic, and swinging. Quebec can be heard on breathy ballads, quiet bossa nova tunes, and more aggressive blues. ...
Great Stuff
Stuff Smith, born on this date in 1909, was one of the three great pre-bop jazz violinists (along with Joe Venuti and Stephane Grappelli). In an era when the violin was considered a bit old-fashioned sounding for jazz, Smith's playing was more raw and rhythmic, using a more Texas blues feel to knock any whiff of ...
Aural History
For fans of Miles Davis's legendary 1959 record, and for jazz fans in general, Ashley Kahn's Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece is a compelling read. It's an insider's look at people involved in the recording of this most popular of jazz records, including never-before-seen session photos. Kahn provides some historical context ...
A Showcase for Benny Carter
Sax ala Carter! (Capitol, 1960) was released fifty years ago and remains one of saxophonist Benny Carter's most easy-going and enjoyable sessions. Backed by Jimmy Rowles on piano, Leroy Vinnegar on bass, and Mel Lewis on drums—an absolutely stellar rhythm section—Carter takes a swinging stroll through a number of standards as well as a few surprises. ...
A Note on Mitch Miller
Jazz fans owe a debt of gratitude to Mitch Miller, who passed away at the age of 99 on July 31. Miller may have been known to many from his shlocky 1960s television show, Sing Along With Mitch, but he played an indirect role in the success of jazz in the 1950s. Miller was an oboist ...
Jazz Poetry - "Trane"
"Trane" by Kamau Brathwaite Propped against the crowded barhe pours into the curved and silver hornhis old unhappy longing for a home the dancers twist and turnhe leans and wishes he could burnhis memories to ashes like some old notorious emperorof rome. but no stars blazed across the sky when he was bornno wise ...
