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Tom Waits: Small Change
by Trevor MacLaren
Tom Waits Small Change Asylum 1976 Tom Waits is unlike any singer/songwriter before or since he burst on the scene with Closing Time in 1973. His music has always been original and eclectic, guiding his audience along an evolution from drunken skid row crooner to his present role as western ...
Frank Sinatra: Frank Sinatra with The Count Basie Orchestra: Sinatra at the Sands
by Trevor MacLaren
Following a career revival marked by signing to Capitol, Frank Sinatra fell into a downward spiral not long after starting his own label, Reprise Records. After some of his weakest recordings since the Columbia singles in the late forties, Frankie struck gold. Sinatra at The Sands was, simply put, brilliant!Although his Capitol years, 1954-1962, ...
The Sting: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
by Trevor MacLaren
The Sting: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Marvin Hamlisch A&M 1973 Who doesn't know “The Entertainer"? If you don't, then you haven't been doing your musical homework. The theme of the great twenties crime caper The Sting is one of the best-known songs in the amazing repertoire of pre-jazz composer ...
Louis Armstrong: Louis 'Country and Western' Armstrong
by Trevor MacLaren
Louis Armstrong Louis “Country & Western" Armstrong Avco Embassy 1970 Many jazzites make the mistake of dismissing country and Americana as simpleton music made by and for simpletons. Fortunately there have been musicians in both jazz and country who have embraced each other's genres to create some beautiful ...
Sting: Bring on the Night
by Trevor MacLaren
Sting Bring on the Night A&M 1986 With pop/rock group The Police, Sting (aka Gordon Sumner) created some of the greatest pop songs ever. These songs were a mix of pop, rock and ska meshed with articulate lyrics that would render the band's catalogue legendary. But as the band had ...
Sun Ra: Atlantis
by Trevor MacLaren
Sun Ra and the Astro Infinity Arkestra AtlantisSaturn 1967 With Mars now in sight with the naked eye, no time is better than the present to turn to the planets. During his tenure on Earth, Saturnian Sun Ra created some trailblazing sounds that helped to change not only the sound ...
Chet Baker: My Funny Valentine
by Trevor MacLaren
Chet BakerMy Funny ValentineBlue Note1953 Soft, delicate and serene, Chet Baker's voice is one of jazz's overlooked talents. Every serious jazz fan is well aware of his trumpet playing, both solo and with Gerry Mulligan's Quartet. His legendary style on the instrument helped establish his standing as one ...
Mike Tyson: Round 1: Jazz From the School of Hard Knock Outs
by Trevor MacLaren
With records from boxing champions past (Oscar De LaHoya) and present (Roy Jones Jr.), heavyweight legend Mike Tyson has finally come to release his own unique vision. Tyson gives his all on a breakout vocal performance using his unique soprano range. Featuring liner notes by Tyson and manager Don King, the musical pugilist gives perspective on ...
Frank Sinatra with The Count Basie Orchestra: Sinatra at the Hands
by Trevor MacLaren
Finally a definitive remastered version of Sinarta's classic live record with The Count Basie Orchestra arranged and conducted by genius Quincy Jones. It's all here in SACD quality sound approved by Frank Sinatra shortly before his untimely death. The surprise here for collectors is a second disc of previously thought lost sound checks and outtakes with ...
Frank Zappa: Hot Rats
by Trevor MacLaren
Frank ZappaHot RatsReprise1969The name Frank Zappa tends to bring to mind abstract symphonic pieces or rock music filled with comical and obscene lyrics. Those more familiar with Zappa's work know he was also one of finest guitar players ever, a musical visionary who created one ...
