Eric Dolphy, alto saxophone & bass clarinet. Booker Little, trumpet. Mal Waldron, piano. Richard Davis, bass. Ed Blackwell, drums.
Label: Original Jazz Classics. Format: cutout CD.
Label Number: 133. Daedalus Item Code: 27816
One night in 1961 during a two-week engagement in New York produced enough music of lasting merit for three albums. Eric Dolphy died in 1964, after establishing himself as an unforgettable reedman. ... (Read More)
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Recorded in 1960, this was jazz singer Etta Jones' first album for the independent jazz label Prestige. Jones was well into her second decade of performing when its elegant title tune went gold, ... (Read More)
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"In the quest to describe the music of Fred Hersch in a word," writes the New York Times, "you could do a lot worse than 'refinement.' Mr. Hersch, 56, is a pianist of cultivated taste and ... (Read More)
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Gerald Wiggins, piano. Eugene Wright, bass. Bill Douglass, drums.
Label: Specialty Records. Format: cutout CD.
Label Number: 17612. Daedalus Item Code: 07174
LPs in which a jazz ensemble improvised on the score of a Broadway musical were popular in the 1950s (Stan Kenton did a memorable one with the score of West Side Story). The all-too-rarely ... (Read More)
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This 1963 date showcases the baritone sax master's rich way with ballads. With a small group that includes trumpeter Art Farmer, trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, guitarist Jim Hall, bassist Bill Crow, and ... (Read More)
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The 1940s was a decade in which a preponderance of the population pretty much grooved to the same popular music. This is great stuff, and because there's so much of it here we'll devote our blurb ... (Read More)
Ian Shaw, vocals. Cedar Walton, piano. David Williams, bass. Iain Ballamy, sax.
Label: Milestone. Format: CD.
Label Number: 9297. Daedalus Item Code: 07674
For a small country, Wales' output of jaw-dropping singers is impressive: to a list topped by Bryn Terfel and Shirley Bassey one must add Ian Shaw, who launched his live career at Ronnie Scott's ... (Read More)
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Joe Henderson, tenor saxophone. Curtis Fuller, trombone. Herbie Hancock, piano. Ron Carter, bass, & others.
Label: Milestone. Format: 2 CDs.
Label Number: 30021. Daedalus Item Code: 27806
"One of the last great tenormen to emerge from the original hard-bop generation" (Penguin Guide), Joe Henderson (1937–2001) played for a time with Blood, Sweat, and Tears, and the compelling ... (Read More)
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"I revere Duke Ellington, but I didn't want this to be a reverent album," Joe Jackson says of this new tribute to the great American composer and orchestra leader. The Duke finds the ... (Read More)
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This recording came about through a long friendship between jazz pianist Tony Gould and classical composer and jazz pianist David Ward-Steinman. "In Memoriam" features a four-hand version of jazz ... (Read More)
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Joshua Redman, saxophone. Brad Mehldau, piano. Larry Grenadier, bass. Brian Blade, drums.
Label: Nonesuch. Format: CD.
Label Number: 532288. Daedalus Item Code: 38713
Redman's first recording to feature an orchestral ensemble, this set of 12 ballads includes the standards "Lush Life," "Easy Living," "Stardust," and "The Folks Who Live on the Hill" as well as ... (Read More)
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In the best sound ever, here are the recordings—many of them out of print—that laid the foundation for America's uniquely original art form. Satchmo's vocalizing and solo improvising gave birth to ... (Read More)
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