Results for "Walter Perkins"
Duck Walks Dog (With Mixed Results)

Label: NoBusiness Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Duck Walks Dog; Mixed Results Part I; Mixed Results Part II.
DUX Orchestra: Duck Walks Dog (With Mixed Results)

The cover of the 1994 archival recording Duck Walks Dog (With Mixed Results) by the DUX Orchestra presents an intriguing line up which combines American free jazzers with Swedish baritone saxophonist Mats Gustafsson. Even within the New York City contingent there is diversity, as veteran stickman Walter Perkins (who played with Sonny Rollins, Roland Kirk and ...
John Scofield: One For Swallow

From time to time in his storied career John Scofield will take a look over his shoulder and re-examine some of the music that has fed into his own, personal brand of jazz. The influences are many, for no matter the context that Scofield engineers, his distinctive sound always carries something of the blues, a little ...
Denny Zeitlin: Balancing Act

Denny Zeitlin is a true Renaissance man with many interests, in addition to balancing his careers in medicine and music. Although his medical practice and teaching have limited his abilities to tour beyond brief trips east or playing near his home in California, he has recorded regularly in recent years, releasing a variety of projects for ...
Harold Mabern: The Iron Man: Live At Smoke

Hard-bopping pianist Harold Mabern may have made his recording debut in 1959 with drummer Walter Perkins' quintet and led his first session in 1968 for Blue Note on the soulful A Few Miles From Memphis but here he is, at 82, playing with straight-ahead, youthful joie de vivre on the story telling, life affirming, two-disc set ...
Ron Carter: Always at the Center of the Action

Great jazz bassists can always be identified by the fact that you really listen to them! A good jazz bassist keeps good time and gets the chords right, but a great bassist, going as far back as Jimmy Blanton, Scott LaFaro, Charlie Haden, or Jimmy Garrison, catches your ear because you're surprised and moved by what ...
The Great Migration Centennial Tribute To The Musicians Of Captain Walter H. Dyett on July 23

The Great Migration Centennial Tribute July 23, 2016 • VIP Reception 7-8PM & Concert 8-11PM DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 E. 56th Place, jny: Chicago The Great Migration, A Centennial Tribute" To the Illustrious career of Captain Walter H. Dyett, a true pioneer and mentor to over 20,000 Chicago musicians. ...
Roland Kirk: The Limelight/Verve Albums

Several years ago when this writer was looking for rarities to include in the column Jazz From the Vinyl Junkyard, the chances for the medium to make a huge comeback seemed to be slim at best. Fast forward and it seems that vinyl is the new black, with efforts to market it to a fresh and ...
Impulse! Records Introduces Newest Batch in 2-on-1 Series from Legendary Impulse! Artists

Impulse!/Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) recently introduced the second batch of its 2-On-1 series. Each CD features two classic albums from some of Impulse! Records' legendary jazz and blues artists. Included in this first batch are releases from Alice Coltrane, Blue Mitchell, Charles Mingus, Chico Hamilton, Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard, Howard Roberts, John Handy, Keith Jarrett, Marion ...