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Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane: At Carnegie Hall
by Samuel Chell
I don't recall a jazz CD ever receiving as much pre-release publicity as this one, Newsweek even referring to it as the “musical equivalent of the discovery of a new Mount Everest." Consequently, a listener couldn't be faulted for some anticlimactic sentiments, if not outright disappointment, at having the product in hand. Not to worry. Even ...
Christina Crerar: Little Jazz Bird
by Samuel Chell
These days there's hardly a shortage of aspiring female songbirds or recordings that document their efforts. What's rare is to come upon an artist with as much talent and taste as Christina Crerar and an album as carefully conceived, produced, and executed as this one. Little Jazz Bird soars above most other debuts because ...
Wynton Kelly Trio with Wes Montgomery: Smokin' at the Half Note
by Samuel Chell
This remastered, expanded edition of the classic 1965 Wes Montgomery-Wynton Kelly Trio session is essentially an economy-priced version of the import The Complete Live at the Half Note. If you have the original Smokin' at the Half Note and are not a Wes completist intent on picking up the six extra tunes (expendable, with the exception ...
Marian McPartland & Friends: 85 Candles - Live in New York
by Samuel Chell
As might be expected, this is a quite uneven collection, capturing the festive occasion that was Marian McPartland's 85th birthday party. There are no truly “low" points, but a few are inessential. Norah Jones reprises Hoagy Carmichael's “The Nearness of You," the single standard from her gold record “Come Away with Me" (Karrin Allyson, despite having ...
Ellyn Rucker: Live in New Orleans
by Samuel Chell
Ellyn Rucker Live in New Orleans Leisure Jazz Video 2005 If you're unfamiliar with Denver-based Ellyn Rucker, prepare yourself for a revelation. Line up the best of the current crop of female jazz vocalists, and Ellyn has to be among them. Do the same with pianists. The line thins out, ...
Hank Mobley: Hi Voltage
by Samuel Chell
I'm one of those listeners so addicted to the blues-drenched, butterscotch-smooth sound of Hank Mobley's tenor that I can scarcely last a week without playing one of his recordings. The newly reissued Hi Voltage, unfortunately, turns out to be a negligible session by the “middleweight champion" of the tenor saxophone. When the recording was ...
Monty Alexander: Live at the Iridium
by Samuel Chell
Take equal parts of Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, and Gene Harris, add a jigger of Jamaican rum, steep the mix in the spirits of Louis, Nat, and the Count--and you've got a master musician, not to mention a superior piano album and an inspired live recording session that is already looking like one of the outstanding ...
Miles Davis: In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk Complete
by Samuel Chell
Possession of previous editions of this singular set simply won't do. After the Ellington at Newport and The Complete Lady Day reissues, the engineers at Columbia/Sony command respect as experts when it comes to authoritative, definitive, faithfully represented remasters of indispensable jazz recordings. This “transitional" group, between Miles' first great quintet with Coltrane and his second ...
Kenny Barron: Live at Bradley's
by Samuel Chell
One of a handful of truly great living jazz pianists, Kenny Barron has never sounded better to me on record. After listening to him in this setting, I'm beginning to understand why so many musicians lamented the passing of Bradley's, the Manhattan night spot that featured a grand piano handpicked and donated by Paul Desmond. If ...
Dave Schnitter: Sketch
by Samuel Chell
Dave Schnitter Sketch Sunnyside Records 2004 Not only did David Schnitter have the longest tenure of any tenor saxophonist in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers but he was always present on the most exciting and memorable of Bu's sets that I was privileged to catch. His return to music and recording ...
