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Charlie Parker: Birth Of Bebop - Celebrating Bird At 100
by Mark Corroto
Let's face it, there is absolutely nothing new to say about the music of Charlie Parker, unless (insert joke here) you happen to be Phil Schaap. Lao Tzu's quote The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long" is fitting. John Coltrane was 40 when he died in 1967, Eric Dolphy 36 in 1964, and Clifford Brown died at 25 in 1956. Parker was dead at the age of thirty-five in 1955. His legend has grown larger with ...
read moreCal Tjader: Plays Harold Arlen and West Side Story
by David Rickert
Like the recently reissued Our Blues, this double CD presents Cal Tjader before he seriously delved into the Latin tunes that made his name in jazz circles. Unlike the previous album, which presented the vibraphonist as a serious improviser, Tjader is content to let the songs take the center stage; about three-fourths of this CD features a string section in the background. The strategy works well. Tjader cuts loose on a few Arlen standards before settling into melodic passages on ...
read moreLA JAM SESSION RECORDED: James Moody, Shirley Horn, Jon Hendricks, Kenny Burrell, Cedar Walton, Al McKibbon, Ernie Andrews, etc......
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All About Jazz
Jazz Crusaders drummer and founder Stix Hooper has just produced what will be a classic jazz CD for jazz lovers and the uninitiated, alike!
This remarkable collection of artists, a signature recording for the Mack Avenue Records label, features the living foundations of the house that is jazz.
The two CD set includes: James Moody on sax, George Bohanon on trombone, Kenny Burrell on guitar, Cedar Walton on ...
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