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Various Artists: Telarc Jazz: Celebrating 25 Years
by Dave Nathan
Cleveland-based Telarc has issued a 2 for 1 CD recapitulation of its 2 years as one of the leading jazz labels. Although founded in 1977, it focused on the classical music literature. It didn't turn to jazz until the late 1980's but has made up for the later entry by releasing a horn of plenty recording ...
Various Artists: Freedom In The City 2001 Large Groups/Small Groups
by Mark Corroto
I have to disagree with my Buddhist, musician friend Pilcher. He believes that the proper way to listen to free improvisation recordings is to replicate the spontaneity of the performance by only spinning the disc once! Pilcher understands the experience should be fleeting, with only the memory sense? impression as a reference. He argues, you only ...
Various Artists: The Legacy Lives On
by Jack Bowers
The album’s title refers, we surmise, to the straight–ahead idiom developed by modern Jazz’s founding fathers and bequeathed to their contemporary successors who are carrying it into the new millennium. As is true of most compilations, this two–disc set from Mack Avenue Records is an up–and–down experience with a number of engaging selections and others that ...
Various Artists: Signature Songs
by C. Michael Bailey
An effective compilation... Like many of the independent jazz labels, the major-label Telarc is beginning to produce compilation discs culled from their considerable inventory of music. The immense popularity of the Now that's What I Call Music series in the pop music arena is hope to translate into the jazz arena. Compilations offer a number of ...
Various Artists: Signature Songs
by Dave Nathan
Telarc has issued a compilation of well-known performances associated with specific jazz artists. But the difference with this release is that it isn't the specific performance one usually has in mind, but another one, all in live performance. Erroll Garner's signature song “Misty" comes not from his 1954 recording in Chicago nor his 1956 recording with ...
Various Artists: Verve//Remixed
by AAJ Staff
This ambitious project throws the doors of the Verve vault wide open, to be raided by the cream of the crop electronic producers. The Verve Records catalog boasts a plethora of classic jazz vocalists, from Billie Holiday to Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone and more. It almost sounds sacrilegious to allow such classics to be ...
Various Artists: Vocal Blues & Jazz Volume Four 1938-1949
by Jim Sangrey
The 1940s were a pivotal decade for jazz. As they began, jazz was very much a popular music, with even the increasingly advanced work of Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins meeting with great popular approval. By 1949, the music had clearly been divided into “populist” and “art” camps. There was much audience crossover between the two, ...
Various Artists: CTI: The Master Collection
by Jim Santella
More reissues from the CTI catalog are due out next month, and this 2-CD overview gives one a pretty good idea of what's going on. Saucy and hip, Creed Taylor's label provided many adventures over the years. The 1970s were undeniably different. Hairstyles, hemlines and sparkling wardrobe colors combined with new electronic keyboards, guitars and basses ...
Various Artists: Everyone Has a Story: The Songs of Adryan Russ
by Dave Nathan
The musical creations of lyricist/composer Adryan Russ have found their way into the scores and productions of musical revues, off Broadway shows, cabaret and the movies. Among her credits for the latter is “Save the Earth," which she penned for the English language version of the Japanese cult film Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster. Presenting her ...
Various Artists: Music From And Inspired By Spider-Man
by Jim Santella
Heroes allow us to model portions of our lives after what we perceive as good. Superheroes go a step further, giving us pause to reflect on the big “what if." We've grown up with superheroes. They're fantasy, but it's all a part of learning right from wrong. That, we've done since early childhood. ...
