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George Shearing "Bossa Nova"
The Japanese branch of EMI Toshiba has just issued 50 budget-priced CDs as part of its “Jazz 999 Best & More" series, including the tremendous George Shearing Bossa Nova, the late pianist's lovely 1963 album, his first such experiment in the Brazilian fad that swept the Western world in the early half of the 1960s. Caught ...
Manu Dibango "Africadelic"
It's hard to believe there is a musician anywhere on this earth that could mix great jazz chops with a soulful outlook and a worldly attitude and still make it so fun and funky that it doesn't matter what allegiance you address. This stuff rocks. And, amazingly, it's just as timely now as it was back ...
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Impulse Records
Legendary producer Creed Taylor launched the legendary Impulse label 50 years ago, wrapping his roster in a definitive look and an instantly iconic logo. First Impulse: The Creed Taylor Collection, an exciting 4-disc collection from Verve Select, includes all six albums produced by Taylor for the label that proudly wore its signature colors of orange and ...
Marcin Wasilewski Trio "Faithful"
Polish pianist Marcin Wasilewski and his trio, featuring bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and drummer Michal Miskiewicz, continue to impress and astound, but never more so than on the group's newest ECM disc Faithful, a most remarkable feat of collective creativity and improvised music. After waxing some of Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko's more memorable recent outings (2002's notable ...
Colin Vallon Trio "Rruga"
French jazz pianist Colin Vallon's ECM debut is the third disc under his own name, following Les Ombres in 2004 and a disc on the Hatology label, Ailleurs in 2007. Needless to say, an appearance on ECM gives this trio a certain credibility—or cache (more on that later)—and an international presence the previous discs have not ...
Rediscovery: Brick
I was 13 years old when I first heard “Dazz" and I knew from the very first moment I heard this song on the radio that this was one of the very best songs I'd ever heard in my life. I seem to remember my wonderful grandmother (babysitting us at the time) taking me and the ...
Billy Bang - R.I.P.
The great jazz violinist and composer Billy Bang, born William Vincent Walker on September 20, 1947, in Mobile, Alabama, died at his home in Harlem on April 11. The cause of death was complications due to lung cancer. Billy Bang moved with his family to Harlem, New York while still an infant. He studied violin in ...
Celebrating CTI Records' 40th Anniversary - Part Three
Masterworks Jazz continues the 40th anniversary celebration of the legendary CTI Records legacy that began last October with an additional four titles issued this week: George Benson's Beyond the Blue Horizon, Freddie Hubbard's First Light, Don Sebesky's all-star Giant Box and Stanley Turrentine's Salt Song. While each of the releases have had previous American CD issues, ...
Philipp Van Endert Trio "Rosebud"
Cinema has long since rendered the word “rosebud" as something elusive and enigmatic that cannot possibly sum up what others want it to. From the moment that Orson Welles whispers the word in the film Citizen Kane, we embark on a mysterious journey of the purely unknowable. But what a journey. Titling his latest recording Rosebud, ...
The Warm World of Jack Sheldon
One of the finest yet least known albums of the sixties is The Warm World of Jack Sheldon (Dot, 1968), an elegant and groovy piece of lighter-than-air jazz that holds up much better than its title or its time period might suggest. Trumpeter Jack Sheldon was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on November 30, 1931, and has ...
