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Various Artists: Funky Pieces Of Silver: The Horace Silver Songbook
by John Barron
In the first of a series called The Composer Collection, High Note Records pays tribute to pianist and jazz great Horace Silver with a collection of soulful classics called Funky Pieces Of Silver: The Horace Silver Songbook. The disc, a compilation of tracks from various High Note recordings, features swinging interpretations of Silver compositions led by ...
Various Artists: Creative Outlaws. U.S. Underground 1962-70
by Nic Jones
A themed compilation like this is revealing not only of the highs, but also the lows in arguably the most important decade in the history of popular music. As defined here it reveals also that the U.S. underground of that time was as open to cynical opportunists as it was to fervent idealists. Thus for every ...
Various Artists: New York Is Our Home
by Chris May
One of four themed, double-CD compilations from the Blue Note vaults released in the same month--the others are African Rhythms (1960s hard bop homages to Africa), The Funk Jazz Brothers (early 1970s funk-jazz) and On The Corner (early 1970s fusion)--New York Is Our Home brings together twenty tracks recorded by Blue Note artists between 1953-58 which ...
Various Artists: African Rhythms: Afro-Centric Homages to a Spiritual Homeland
by Chris May
One of four themed, double-CD compilations from the Blue Note vaults released in the same month--the others are New York Is Our Home (dealing with emergent hard bop), The Funk Jazz Brothers (early 1970s funk-jazz) and On The Corner (early 1970s fusion)--African Rhythms brings together 17 tracks recorded by Blue Note artists between 1957-70 which paid ...
Sylvia Bennett, Aniya, Lauren White, Perez: A Quartet of Standards
by C. Michael Bailey
Standards are still the bread and butter of jazz. Whether from Tin Pan Alley's American songbook or specifically composed as jazz and assimilated into the jazz repertoire, the standard offers musicians a proven, tried and true vehicle with which to ply their artistic trade. This is never more the case than in the realm of jazz ...
Various Artists: Doom & Gloom. Early Songs Of Angst & Disaster 1927-1945
by Nic Jones
We might be living in troubled times but this compilation proves they're not unprecedented. Every misery is covered here, ranging from the wrath of nature to the eclipse of humanity's highest practical achievements, with a side order of war and conflict thrown in for good measure. The thematic approach means the music straddles the racial divide; ...
Various Artists: Miles From India
by Jeff Stockton
Miles Davis' electric period is his most controversial among critics and most divisive among listeners. Since Sony started reissuing complete session box sets (2001's In a Silent Way, 1998's Bitches Brew, 2003's Jack Johnson), however, reassessment and reconsideration have helped to broaden the respect and enjoyment of the originals. By the time of 2007's Complete On ...
Various Artists: Brazil Classics at 20: Anti-Aging Solutions Revealed
by Greg Camphire
Following the release of its seventh installment, What's Happening in Pernambuco, Luaka Bop's Brazil Classics is celebrating its 20th anniversary with the series-spanning Brazil Classics at 20: Anti-Aging Solutions Revealed. Cherry-picked from previous editions, the tracks feature folkloric street samba alongside rural forró and eclectic, post-rock tropicalia, with pop superstars like Jorge Ben and Gilberto Gil ...
Various Artists: People Take Warning! Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs, 1913-1938
by David Rickert
Ever since the Titanic sunk we have been fascinated by this disaster, memorializing it in several books, television shows, and movies. But long before Leonardo DiCaprio was born, the earliest pioneers of records were cutting musical eulogies to the passengers of the ship. These balladeers were the tabloid writers of the day, often stretching the truth ...
Various Artists: Brazil Classics 7: What's Happening in Pernambuco - New Sounds of the Brazilian Northeast
by Greg Camphire
Exemplifying a true melting pot aesthetic, Brazilian music has always been comprised of diverse ingredients. From the first Portuguese settlers and their African slaves mixing it up with the Native Americans, through the continual influx of immigrants from around the world, Brazil's musicians have always been adept at expressing omnivorous tastes and integrating every flavor of ...
