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Lester Young: Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio
by AAJ Staff
Many things have been dubbed “American classics" over the years: Corvettes, hamburgers, milkshakes, the New York Yankees, blue jeans. But perhaps the term “American classic" can be no more fitting than in describing Lester Young. A jazzman who came from Louisiana, was famous for his “Kansas City" sound, yet spent a great deal of time in ...
Harry Edison & Buck Clayton, Red Allen, and Roy Eldridge: Swing Trumpet Kings
by AAJ Staff
Verve's “Take 2" series has been reissuing collections of material in two disc sets for a few years now, and many of the selections in the series have been collections of the work of well known artists -- people like Maz Roach, Clifford Brown, Charlie Parker, and Joe Williams. However, recently, Verve has moved the focus ...
Ben Webster / Oscar Peterson: Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson
by AAJ Staff
It was once remarked that Miles Davis “knew how to play all the pretty notes." While this may be undeniably true, if there was ever a man who knew how to play all the pretty songs, it was Ben Webster. No other jazzman has ever mastered the art of the ballad as definitively as Webster. This ...
Return to Forever: Return to the Seventh Galaxy: The Anthology
by Dave Hughes
This two-disc set chronicles the recorded work of the first two editions of Return to Forever. The music is taken from four albums recorded from October, 1972 through January, 1975 for Polydor records. The set also includes live versions of four tunes that were recorded while being broadcast on the radio. Return to Forever is often ...
Grant Green with Sonny Clark: Grant Green: The Complete Quarets with Sonny Clark
by Wayne Zade
Blue Note has reissued guitarist Grant Green's recordings with Sonny Clark on piano, made originally for that label in December 1961 and January 1962. These recordings were recently available again on Mosaic in a stylish limited edition that sold out quickly. Many more listeners will have the opportunity now to catch these wonderful sessions, whose history ...
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve
by AAJ Staff
The craft of producing a top quality compact disc box set has steadily developed over the last dozen or so years. From their humble beginnings as enticements to fans to “come over" to this new format, box sets have evolved over time into multi-dimensional tributes to the artists they feature. Today's best box sets include not ...
Roy Hargrove: Habana
by Jim Santella
From the cigar band across the cover of the compact disc to the inclusion of Cuban pianist and leader Chucho Valdes, as well as the title itself, Roy Hargrove's change in direction toward irresistible dance music in the Afro-Cuban tradition has fans all over wondering, “Is this for real?" Yes, it certainly is, and the appearance ...
Various Artists: That Old Black Magic - The Harold Arlen Songbook
by AAJ Staff
The latest homage in Verve's outstanding songwriter's songbook series is paid To Harold Arlen. Not as well known, even among musicians and singers, as Gershwin, Porter, and Kern, Harold Arlen nevertheless produced a body of work that is as ingrained in American musical culture as any of his better know piers. Born into a Jewish family ...
Stephen Scott: The Beautiful Thing
by AAJ Staff
One of the new breed of “neo-classic" artists that have emerged on the jazz scene in recent years, Stephen Scott is impressive in his approach to the subtle styling of his chosen instrument, piano. Just in his mid twenties, Scott has proven he can play with the masters (Joe Henderson - Lush Life ) and can ...
Various Artists: Blues In the Night - The Johnny Mercer Songbook
by AAJ Staff
What is it about the jazz standard that makes it so affecting? Jazz fans can be moved to tears, shouts, and everything in-between by exceptional renditions of their favorite “classics." Generations of people have attached memories and significance to songs such as “Autumn Leaves" and “Mood Indigo." The ability to produce such a song, ...
