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Post by tom1960 on Jan 19, 2013 6:13:56 GMT -5
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Post by tom1960 on Jan 19, 2013 16:53:47 GMT -5
Excellent choice! Right now listening to: Going to see Mulgrew perform tonight in Windham, New York about 50 minutes away from me. It should be an excellent show.
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Post by Admin on Jan 20, 2013 13:57:43 GMT -5
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Post by tom1960 on Jan 20, 2013 17:54:15 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Jan 22, 2013 10:30:51 GMT -5
What a great record. This one has it all! The recording is top notch. The music, a mix of blues and jazz, is lively and entertaining! The performances are flawless. The musicians are all consumate proffessionals, each basking in their respective time in the spot light, and yet they all flow together to form a tight ensemble. It all makes for one fantastic experience. Note, I picked up my copy used on vinyl that was produced by the Musical Heritage Society, so it may be a little different than the version offered here. Highly recommended!
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Post by tom1960 on Jan 22, 2013 16:41:46 GMT -5
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Post by tom1960 on Jan 22, 2013 19:11:41 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Jan 23, 2013 16:42:20 GMT -5
Looking back through some of my old vinyl albums, I ran across a Bobby Hackett album from the 40's - At The Jazzband Ball. I hadn't thought of Bobby in years and this one was covered in dust. After I listened to a couple of his songs, I remember just how great he was in the "Swing" era. Now I want this box set of his complete solo sessions on Mosaic. Most of these hard-to-come-by Capitol sessions have been long forgotten and unavailable for decades. However, we've decided it was high time to bring the beauty and charm of these 10 classic Hackett LPs back in the public eye with a box set of five CDs that include 5 previously unissued performances. The bulk of these featured his quartet, which included Dave McKenna, Denzil Best and Buzzy Drootin at various times. At The Embers, Quartet and Easy Beat featured the quartet alone; Soft Lights featured them with tastefully scored backdrops like a string quintet; and In A Mellow Mood and Rendezvous Soft Lights featured a woodwind ensemble. The selection of tunes is outstanding, and Hackett's lyrical cornet work is magnificent. Gotham Jazz Scene features an unusual and interesting band that included Bob Wilber, Ernie Caceres, Milt Hinton and Dick Cary in a number of standards and originals. Even the rare Blues With A Kick and Hawaii Swings albums showcase Bobby in delightful settings, proving that he could make divine music out of any genre. Note: This set does not include "Coast Concert" and "Jazz Ultimate" which were already included in Mosaic's out-of-print Teagarden set.
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Post by Admin on Jan 24, 2013 17:21:37 GMT -5
Artie Shaw - The Complete Grammercy Park Sessions
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Post by Admin on Jan 25, 2013 10:02:59 GMT -5
Roy Eldridge - The Big Sound of Little Jazz
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Post by poetrylover3 on Jan 25, 2013 10:27:23 GMT -5
What a great record. This one has it all! The recording is top notch. The music, a mix of blues and jazz, is lively and entertaining! The performances are flawless. The musicians are all consumate proffessionals, each basking in their respective time in the spot light, and yet they all flow together to form a tight ensemble. It all makes for one fantastic experience. Note, I picked up my copy used on vinyl that was produced by the Musical Heritage Society, so it may be a little different than the version offered here. Highly recommended! I quite agree. Big Joe Turner was always a favorite of mine. This trumpet esemble also appears to great advantage with Oscar Peterson on "Jousts", if I'm not mistaken-give or take Freddie Hubbard.
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Post by poetrylover3 on Jan 25, 2013 10:29:47 GMT -5
Roy Eldridge - The Big Sound of Little Jazz Could you give me a synopsis of this compilation, I'm anxious to obtain some of Roy's 50s material for Verve.
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Post by Admin on Jan 25, 2013 11:07:07 GMT -5
Roy Eldridge - The Big Sound of Little Jazz Could you give me a synopsis of this compilation, I'm anxious to obtain some of Roy's 50s material for Verve. Recorded between 1935 and 1943 this album is vintage Roy with his signature sharp trumpet. Personnel includes: Roy Eldridge (trumpet); Dicky Wells, Russell Procope, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Omer Simeon, Big Sid Catlett, Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins. The album includes many of Roy's better songs. Tracks on this compilation include: Here Comes Cookie (Lookie, Lookie, Lookie) Sweet Lorraine I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music Swing Is Here Christopher Columbus Jangled Nerves Blues in C Sharp Minor Wabash Stomp Florida Stomp Heckler's Hop Where the Lazy River Goes By Sittin' In Body and Soul Forty-Six West Fifty Two I Surrender Dear I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me Let Me off Uptown After You've Gone Rockin' Chair Knock Me a Kiss The Gasser Star Dust
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Post by poetrylover3 on Jan 25, 2013 12:08:57 GMT -5
Thanks.
Right Now: Terry Gibbs Dreamband (Volume Six)-One More Time
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Post by Admin on Jan 25, 2013 16:24:03 GMT -5
AFTER HOURS Essential, historical, and timeless. February 21, 2001
By "jazzfanmn"
In 1941 a young man named, Jerry Newman brought a portable recorder to the legendary jazz club in Harlem called Minton's. What he recorded is little short of priceless. Cut in May of 1941 this music features, among others, electric guitar pioneer Charlie Christian, Dizzy Gillespie then a young trumpeter just beginning to emerge from Roy Eldridge's shadow, the cool toned tenor of Don Byas, a young drummer who was radically altering the approach of jazz drummers named Kenny Clarke, and a little known house pianst named Thelonious Monk. There are two reasons this music is so vital. First, the performances are outstanding. Christian is transcendant in his soloing. His lines are crisp, and swing hard as anyone, and for this listener THE reason to pick up this disc. He is afforded the opprotunity to really stretch out and dig into the music that the standard three minute record of the day simply could not allow, just listen to "Swing to Bop" and "Up on Teddy's Hill". Gillespie is in a transitional phase of his playing, only just beginning to come into his own, but one hears glimpses of his greatness on "Kerouac". Monk is identified as the pianist on "Swing to Bop" and "Stomping at the Savoy". One has to strain to listen even as he solos as the piano is very soft, most likely far from the mic, but one hears enough to tell his playing is still stride based and displays little of his trademark style. These performances of Monk and Gillespie at such a stage gives the fan a perspective of just how young they were, and how far they would come. The second reason to pick this cd up is for it's historical value. At the time this music was very much underground and ignored by nearly everyone outside of the musicians and a small base of dedicated fans. This recording gives us the briefest glimpse of the music that would become "be-bop" in it's infancy, and is an indespencable historical document. The sound quality is suprisingly high considering the source materials are the discs mr. Newman cut on his portable, and then listened to countless times. While not in the catagory of audiophile quality, there is very little audible analog hiss, and most of the musicians (save the rhythm section, which is muffled thorughout) come through loud and clear. This disc is a must for fans of bop, Christian, Gillespie, and fans looking to fill holes in the development of jazz styles, I recommend it highly.
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