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Various Artists: Newport Jazz Festival-50th Anniversary, Vol.1
by Michael P. Gladstone
On July 17, 1954 Impresario George Wein opened the gates to the first Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island and changed the face of jazz arena presentation for the second half of the Twentieth Century. He took what was essentially the concept of Jazz at the Philharmonic and moved it outdoors into a multi-day concert setting, ...
The Sound of Jazz
by Colin Fleming
Oddly omitting Thelonious Monk, this DVD presentation of CBS Television's The Sound of Jazz still rates near the top of jazz on the small screen, albeit in a somewhat diminished capacity, lagging behind the earlier VHS release. But for most jazz fans, any edition of The Sound of Jazz still boasts, regardless of drawbacks, the ultimate ...
Various Artists: Jazz For Kids: Sing, Clap, Wiggle and Shake
by Mark Sabbatini
It’s a rare album needing evaluation based on its chicken squawks. But Verve, in its latest effort to market an old collection of classics to a new audience at a full retail price, offers squawks, mumbles and a range of other nonsense in “Jazz For Kids,” along with the hype that the genre isn’t ...
The Contemporary Records Story
by Jack Bowers
Various Artists The Contemporary Records Story Contemporary 2004 Contemporary Records, the stylish West Coast label that flourished from 1952-77 under its founder, Lester Koenig, is wonderfully represented in this boxed set from Fantasy Records that ingeniously condenses the singular nature and quality of those twenty-five years into four remarkably comprehensive ...
Various Artists: The Contemporary Records Story
by Charlie B. Dahan
There is a huge difference between a good reissue package and a great one. Good packages contain a reason for its existence, such as unreleased takes or a new look at a recording or period/theme with a new compiling of tracks and in depth liner notes. A great one contains the preceding but it also plays ...
Various Artists: The Contemporary Records Story
by Russell Moon
Lester Koenig (pronounced KAY-nig) was a Hollywood movie executive who was blacklisted for refusing to testify before the HUAC. Having founded the Good Time Jazz label in 1949 to record Dixieland jazz, he created the Contemporary imprint in 1952 for modern classical music and modern jazz to keep himself busy. With The Contemporary Records Story, Fantasy ...
Various Artists: The Latin Jazz Side
by C. Michael Bailey
The Italian jazz record label founded by one Sergio Veschi, Red Records , turned 25 years old this past year. For the better part of that time, the label has avoided doing what many larger labels have made a science of?flooding the market with compilations from recent releases. That is until now. The label has mined ...
Various Artists: Brand New! Swedish Jazz, Vol. 9: 1960-1964
by Jack Bowers
Volume 9 in Caprice Records’ chronological survey of Swedish jazz offers a fascinating look backward at the eventful years 1960-64 and, as always, the four-disc set is not only brimming with wonderful music but is as generously timed as one could possibly want with none of the discs playing for less than 77 minutes. Sound quality ...
Various Artists: Rendezvous Lounge
by Brian Soergel
“Chill music" is rapidly becoming the next hybrid of smooth jazz and seems to be the perfect fit. It’s already a mainstay in Europe, heard in expensive restaurants and is starting to get heard on internet radio stations in the States. This compilation is a good starting point and features 14 deliciously intoxicating tracks compiled by ...
Various Artists: Voices of Concord Jazz: Live at Montreux
by Charlie B. Dahan
There is nothing better in music than a great vocal performance. With the advent of multi-track recording, singers can have many tries in the studio to fix or tweak their performance, thus ensuring a top of the line performance, but sometimes, the outcome loses immediacy and intimacy. This live collection of varied singers who have at ...
