The Blues," Blues Fell and That the Derivative Wonderful

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

The Blues, Kessel first place 1956,1957 and 1958 Down Beat, Metronome and Playboy polls recordexclusivelsy for Contemporary —and has since 1953! MUSIC TO LISTEN TO BARNEY KESSEL BY "to swing or not to swing" CONTEMPORARY C3521 """mi"""""""" Barney Kessel Vol. 3 LI-"• tililHlt, Barney's first CR album, with Barney & quintet featuring Barney in a free-wheeling ses- Barney and his arrangements Bud Shank or Buddy Collette Bob Cooper, oboe & tenor sax, sion with"Sweets" Edison, Bill of standards for woodwind or- featured on alto sax & flute, on 12 favorites like My Old Perkins, Georgie Auld, Red chestra. Laura, Makin' Whoo- Red Mitchell,Claude William- Flame, Speak Low, Love Is Mitchell, Jimmie Rowles, pee, Carioca, Indian Summer, son, Shelly Manne, etc. C3511 Here To Stay, etc. C3512 Shelly Manne, etc. C3513 etc. C3521 & Stereo S7001 Barney, with Shelly Manne & Barney, Shelly and Ray again Great standards from the hit The first modern jazz album Ray Brown (who also were 1st demonstrate their supremacy. movie done in modern jazz ... of an opera—Barney's adapta• in the '56, '57, and '58 Down Volare, Be Deedle Dee Do, The Runnin' Wild, Sweet Sue, etc., tion of Bizet's music with or• Beat, Metronome, Playboy Merry Go Round Broke Down, with Art Pepper, Joe Gordon, chestra & stars like Previn, polls). C3535 and Stereo S7010 etc. C3556 and Stereo S7029 etc. M3565 and Stereo S7565 Manne. M3563, Stereo S7563 monophonic albums, $4.98; stereophonic albums, $5.98 —at dealers everywhere (nationally advertised manufacturer's suggested list prices) 8481 MELROSE PLACE CONTEMPORARY RECORDS LOS ANGELES 46. CALIFORNIA for a jazz-oriented audience, why does he regularly take such pains to describe the personal appearance of the artist under review? Is it really necessary to write an insulting description of Erroll Garner for people who, if they haven't actually seen him in person, must have seen at least a thousand photographs of him? Whoever Whitney Balliett thinks he is- writing for, the fact is that his work is read by a general (as opposed to jazz- minded) audience, which naturally must include a few jazz enthusiasts as well as other interested parties. For one thing, the jazz reviews only appear every four weeks or so, and sometimes at even longer intervals that that. Very few jazz enthusiasts are going to take out a subscription to a magazine solely to catch a critic who isn't in it 75% of the time—especially if they aren't particularly interested in the rest of the magazine. Apart from a few people who happen to be jazz enthu• siasts and regular New Yorker readers, it is the general reader who is on the receiving end of Mr. Balliett's articles, and it is for the benefit of this same reader that well-known musicians have LETTERS their names prefaced by descriptions like 'the saxophonist', and that ex• planations of expressions like 'lay out' are given. PERSONNEL PROBLEM Miles Davis (tp); Herbie Fields (as); In regard to Mr. Ira Gitler's review of Arnett Cobb (ts); Lionel Hampton (pi); Mr. Balliett may feel that he is en• the Miles Davis discography by Jorgen Al Casey (g): Slam Stewart (b); Fred riching the English language with Grunnet Jepsen. Radcliffe (d). words like 'thunk' (isn't 'thunk' the First, Kenny Dorham never recorded 5818 Just Relaxin' Sav 592 past tense of 'think'?), and maybe he with the Eckstine band; the personnel 5819 Run Down (remake?) Sav 591 is, but he still hasn't explained what a listed was given by Billy Eckstine him• 5820 Camp Meeting (remake?) Sav 591 'tufted' tone is, and if he should ever self and published in The Discophile 5821 Four O'Clock Blues Sav 592 decide to do so, he might also explain some time back! New York, May 6, 1945. what 'tweedy' chords are, or what Josh Jackson is Josh Jackson and he 'snaky' emotion is. He should not as• plays tenor sax on the recording listed; (Note: masters 5805-5808 are by Rub• sume that because he has great skill Josh also recorded with Louis Jordan ber Legs Williams; no trumpet.) with words, his creations carry some on Decca. John Jackson, alto sax, was Miles once stated in Down Beat that kind of built-in expiicitness. It's pos• on some earlier Eckstine recording be• his first record date was with Fields, sible to know what a crab is, and what fore Miles joined the band. but that he was too nervous to play, grapesfiot is (a grapeshot?), and still As in the Ellington discography there and only played in the ensembles, no fail to see the connection, or be en• are a few minor typographical errors, solos. lightened by their use as an attempt which are partly my fault, for I sent Ernie Edwards, Jr. at musical description. "Lester Young information to Mr. Jepsen, when we Los Angeles, Calif. frequently turns the beat inside out, as first started compiling these disco- if looking for change in it" is a very graphies. clever idea, I suppose, but what does Below is the correct information on HIPPY it convey, apart from the fact that its the Herbie Fields Savoys. author has been working hard? Please remove my name from your "My style is ... an attempt to describe Snooky Young (tp); Al Hayes (tb); mailing list. I've discovered a magazine Herbie Fields (as, ts); Manny Albam music, an essential that has fallen which is much hipper than your—one largely into disuse," says Mr. Balliett. (bs); Milt Buckner (p); Billy Mackel which uses the term "mother" at least (g); Charlie Harris (b); Freddy Rad- But you can't describe music this way, five hundred times per monthly issue: if at all. You can only try to get across cliffe (d). The Ladies Home Journal. 5774 Jumpin' For Savoy Sav 560 to the reader what certain things sound 5775 How Herbie Feels Bob Freedman like to you. Observations such as "the 5776 Mel's Riff Sav 540 Medford, Mass. bass drum (in Bebop) . gives off a 5777 Buck's Boogie Woogie pinched, final sound, like a distant New York, January 16, 1945. door slamming," and, "Sidney Catlett's cymbals . sound like curtains rustling Fields (as, ts); John Mehegan (p); Al in the breeze" may be very good as BROADSIDE? Casey (g); Slam Stewart (b); Lionel 'poetry', but from a musical point of Hampton, Fred Radcliffe (d). It was kind of Whitney Balliett to reveal view, the end result of this sort of 5809 OK Sarge Sav 654 that he is trying to make his readers writing can hardly amount to more 5810 It's The Talk Of the Town uniss. hear what jazz is. Which readers would than a catalog of insignificant irrele- 5811 Star Dust Sav 654 those be? Dizzy Gillespie, Pee Wee vancies. 5812 Camp Meeting (???) Sav 591 Russell, and the others he mentions, 5813 Run Down (???) Sav 591 or the non-jazz audience alleged by Peter Turley New York, May 4, 1945. Max Harrison? If Mr. Balliett is writing New York City 3 Press' next list? JAZZ IN PRINT The Newport Youth Band ostensibly is primarily an educational undertaking, but education for what? I cite this Billboard review of their Coral single of Jazz Me Blues: "The young jazz ork turns to a rock arrangement on this catchy theme..." Is Marshall going to try a rock arrangement of 'Round Midnight soon?... Cashbox reviews Paul Clayton's Monument single of This Land Is Your Land as a "fine inspirational- patriotic oldie." The trade didn't always say that when the Weavers used to sing it. Songs of Work and Freedom Not generally advertised (Roosevelt University, are Victor's Gold Standard Chicago, Labor Education series of $1.29 EPS: Division.) Most of the Ellington's I Got It Bad vintage anthems are here and three other tunes ; with music and lyrics in a Fats Waller's Your Feet's loose-leaf binding that is Too Big and three others ; geared for piano racks. and Great Theme Songs. Talking Union. The Boll including Artie Shaw's Weevil, Dark as a Dungeon Nightmare... Jet reports: - all the songs of my "A new law forbids the militant, ineffectual beating of tom-toms and youth... The Louisiana State the holding of tribal University Press, which is dances on public days in building a record as the the West African French- by NAT HENTOFF publisher of the worst books on jazz (Stephen associated Dahomey Republic. From now on Longstreet' s The Real Jazz t Old and Hew appeared under citizens who wish to beat its imprint) is now tom-toms must apply for responsible for H. 0. a special permit." Brunn's The Story of the Washington Square, yes, Fred Ramsey's Been Here Original Dixieland Band. but Congo Square? and Gone, a record of his A couple of years ago, Said Dinah Washington to Southern trips, will be another publisher (also a Ralph Gleason in the published by Rutgers university press) asked me San Francisco Chronicle: University Press in June. to read the manuscript, "...Billie Holiday was a Pictures and text. Sam and I strongly advised great influence on me. Charters, who has seen the against their publishing I had two of her records proofs regards it as the it. I feel the same way when I was a kid and best boot k of its kind yet. now. The book reads as if almost wore them out. I ...Paul Oliver's book on Louis Armstrong and King used to listen to them "the meaning and content Oliver had never existed over and over.
Recommended publications
  • Booker Little
    1 The TRUMPET of BOOKER LITTLE Solographer: Jan Evensmo Last update: Feb. 11, 2020 2 Born: Memphis, April 2, 1938 Died: NYC. Oct. 5, 1961 Introduction: You may not believe this, but the vintage Oslo Jazz Circle, firmly founded on the swinging thirties, was very interested in the modern trends represented by Eric Dolphy and through him, was introduced to the magnificent trumpet playing by the young Booker Little. Even those sceptical in the beginning gave in and agreed that here was something very special. History: Born into a musical family and played clarinet for a few months before taking up the trumpet at the age of 12; he took part in jam sessions with Phineas Newborn while still in his teens. Graduated from Manassas High School. While attending the Chicago Conservatory (1956-58) he played with Johnny Griffin and Walter Perkins’s group MJT+3; he then played with Max Roach (June 1958 to February 1959), worked as a freelancer in New York with, among others, Mal Waldron, and from February 1960 worked again with Roach. With Eric Dolphy he took part in the recording of John Coltrane’s album “Africa Brass” (1961) and led a quintet at the Five Spot in New York in July 1961. Booker Little’s playing was characterized by an open, gentle tone, a breathy attack on individual notes, a nd a subtle vibrato. His soli had the brisk tempi, wide range, and clean lines of hard bop, but he also enlarged his musical vocabulary by making sophisticated use of dissonance, which, especially in his collaborations with Dolphy, brought his playing close to free jazz.
    [Show full text]
  • Victory and Sorrow: the Music & Life of Booker Little
    ii VICTORY AND SORROW: THE MUSIC & LIFE OF BOOKER LITTLE by DYLAN LAGAMMA A Dissertation submitted to the Graduate School-Newark Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Graduate Program in Jazz History & Research written under the direction of Henry Martin and approved by _________________________ _________________________ Newark, New Jersey October 2017 i ©2017 Dylan LaGamma ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION VICTORY AND SORROW: THE MUSICAL LIFE OF BOOKER LITTLE BY DYLAN LAGAMMA Dissertation Director: Henry Martin Booker Little, a masterful trumpeter and composer, passed away in 1961 at the age of twenty-three. Little's untimely death, and still yet extensive recording career,1 presents yet another example of early passing among innovative and influential trumpeters. Like Clifford Brown before him, Theodore “Fats” Navarro before him, Little's death left a gap the in jazz world as both a sophisticated technician and an inspiring composer. However, unlike his predecessors Little is hardly – if ever – mentioned in jazz texts and classrooms. His influence is all but non-existent except to those who have researched his work. More than likely he is the victim of too early a death: Brown passed away at twenty-five and Navarro, twenty-six. Bob Cranshaw, who is present on Little's first recording,2 remarks, “Nobody got a chance to really experience [him]...very few remember him because nobody got a chance to really hear him or see him.”3 Given this, and his later work with more avant-garde and dissonant harmonic/melodic structure as a writing partner with Eric Dolphy, it is no wonder that his remembered career has followed more the path of James P.
    [Show full text]
  • Johnny Hodges: an Analysis and Study of His Improvisational Style Through Selected Transcriptions
    HILL, AARON D., D.M.A. Johnny Hodges: An Analysis and Study of His Improvisational Style Through Selected Transcriptions. (2021) Directed by Dr. Steven Stusek. 82 pp This document investigates the improvisational style of Johnny Hodges based on improvised solos selected from a broad swath of his recording career. Hodges is widely considered one of the foundational voices of the alto saxophone, and yet there are no comprehensive studies of his style. This study includes the analysis of four solos recorded between 1928 and 1962 which have been divided into the categories of blues, swing, and ballads, and his harmonic, rhythmic, and affective tendencies will be discussed. Hodges’ harmonic approach regularly balanced diatonicism with the accentuation of locally significant non-diatonic tones, and his improvisations frequently relied on ornamentation of the melody. He demonstrated considerable rhythmic fluidity in terms of swing, polyrhythmic, and double time feel. The most individually identifiable quality of his style was his frequent and often exaggerated use of affectations, such as scoops, sighs, and glissandi. The resulting body of research highlights the identifiable characteristics of Hodges’ style, and it provides both musical and historical contributions to the scholarship. JOHNNY HODGES: AN ANALYSIS AND STUDY OF HIS IMPROVISATIONAL STYLE THROUGH SELECTED TRANSCRIPTIONS by Aaron D. Hill A Dissertation Submitted to The Faculty of the Graduate School at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Musical Arts Greensboro 2021 Approved by __________________________________ Committee Chair 2 APPROVAL PAGE This dissertation written by AARON D. HILL has been approved by the following committee of the Faculty of The Graduate School at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
    [Show full text]
  • Grant Green Grantstand Mp3, Flac, Wma
    Grant Green Grantstand mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Jazz Album: Grantstand Country: US Released: 1961 Style: Soul-Jazz, Hard Bop MP3 version RAR size: 1122 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1402 mb WMA version RAR size: 1247 mb Rating: 4.2 Votes: 707 Other Formats: WAV MP3 MP1 MIDI AIFF VQF DTS Tracklist Hide Credits Grantstand A1 Written-By – Green* My Funny Valentine A2 Written-By – Rodgers-Hart* Blues In Maude's Flat B1 Written-By – Green* Old Folks B2 Written-By – Hill*, Robison* Companies, etc. Published By – Groove Music Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Credits Drums – Al Harewood Guitar – Grant Green Liner Notes – Nat Hentoff Organ – Jack McDuff* Photography By [Cover Photo] – Francis Wolff Producer – Alfred Lion Recorded By [Recording By] – Rudy Van Gelder Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Yusef Lateef Notes Recorded on August 1, 1961, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Blue Note Records Inc., 43 W 61st St., New York 23 (Adress on Back Cover) Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): BN 4086-A Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): BN 4086-B Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout etched): BN-LP-4086-A Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout etched): BN-LP-4086-B Rights Society: BMI Other versions Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year Blue Grant Grantstand (LP, BN 84086, BN 4086 Note, BN 84086, BN 4086 Japan 1992 Green Album, Ltd, RE) Blue Note Grant Grantstand (CD, 7243 5 80913 2 8 Blue Note 7243 5 80913 2 8 US 2003 Green Album, RE, RM) Grantstand (CD, Blue TOCJ-9244,
    [Show full text]
  • Morgenstern, Dan. [Record Review: Thad Jones & Mel Lewis: Live at the Village Vanguard] Down Beat 35:8 (April 18, 1968)
    Records are reviewed by Don DeMicheal, Gilbert M. Erskine, Kenny Dorha m, Barbara Gardner, Bill Mathieu, Marian McPartland, Dan Mor 11e nslar Bill Quinn, Harvey Pekar, William Russo, Harvey Siders, Pete Welding, John S. Wilson, and Michael Zwerin. Reviews are signed by !lie Wr't n, I ers Ratings are : * * * * * excellent, * * * * very good, * * * good, * * fair, * poor . ' When two catalog numbers are listed, the first is mono, and the second is stereo . times (especially on Yellow Days) · his Thad Jones-Mel Lewis •- •- -. ... touch is uncannily close to the master 's. LIVE AT THE Vl.LLAGB VANGUA.ll." Solid S1A1e SS l80l6: L/lflc Pi:<lo ll; ,1 "/l'v..,. BIG BANDS Two ringers were brought in to beef up l'reodom; Barba l'eo/i11'; Do11'1 Git Sn1ty• tltl•, /0111 Tree; Samba Co11 Gde/m. ' "' 1I. Duke Ellington the trumpet section, currently the ban.d's weakest link. Everybody was on best be­ Personnel: Jone1, flu·cgelhoro; Snooky y 0 SOUL CALL-Verve V/V6·870l: La Pim Bell• Jimmy No1tingb3m, Marvin Stamm, Rkfiard ~•• Af.-i&11l11r;IVett litdia11 Pa11caltt; Soul C111/;Slti11 Jiavior, it seems-the band sounds tight Iiams, Bill Berry. trumpets; Bob Brool<o, II, Du/I; Jan, Will, Sm11. and together at all times. The superb ·re­ Garnett Bl'owo, Tom Mclmo,h, Cliff fi~a~yer, Personnel: Cnt Anderson, Herbie Jones, Cootie irombones; Jerome Richnrdson, Jerry Dad !>tr, \Villla 'ms. M,rccer I!llingron. uumpors; Buster cord ing brings out the foll flavor of the Joe Parcell, '.Eddie Daniels, -Pepper Adams r~t• lloiaod Hannn piano; Sam Herm an, • IM • Cooper, Lawrence Brown, Chuck Connors , rrom• magnificent Ellington sound; the reeds, in 1 bonci.: Russell Procope.
    [Show full text]
  • Jazzletter Jujy 1936, VOI
    Jazzletter Jujy 1936, VOI. 5 NO. 7 \ how much jazz had infused his playing. The miscegenation of Are You Reading jazz and hillbilly has longgone on in-Nashville. and some ofthe best of its players are at ease in both idioms. Someone Else’s Copy? Lenny Breau came up through country-and-western music. Each issue of The Underground Grammarian contains the his parents beingprofessionals in the field. and it was'Nashville above question. lt’s discouraging. in the struggle to keep a small that made him welcome. He is. like Garland,‘Carllile and Reed, publication alive. to hear someone say something like, “-1 just the result ofthejazz-country fusion, exceptythat Breau took it a love it. A friend sends me his copies when he’s through with step further and brought into his work the full range ofclassical them.” . A guitar technique. Chet Atkins was the first a&r man to givehim ' In publications supported by advertising. salesmen boast to his head, letting him record for RCAia milestone album in potential advertisers about how many people read each copy. which he showed 0-ff his startling. .for the time, jazz-classical and to the advertiser seeking exposure of his message. those ‘technique, Gene Bertoncini, who is ‘probably the best living figures have weight. He is less interested in how manyypeople exponent of jazz on the five-finger classical guitar. admires buy a periodical than in how many see it. An important Breau; but then you’ll search far to find a guitarist who doesn’t. phenomenon in periodical publishing is what is known as Lenny was a heroin addict.
    [Show full text]
  • Gerry Mulligan Discography
    GERRY MULLIGAN DISCOGRAPHY GERRY MULLIGAN RECORDINGS, CONCERTS AND WHEREABOUTS by Gérard Dugelay, France and Kenneth Hallqvist, Sweden January 2011 Gerry Mulligan DISCOGRAPHY - Recordings, Concerts and Whereabouts by Gérard Dugelay & Kenneth Hallqvist - page No. 1 PREFACE BY GERARD DUGELAY I fell in love when I was younger I was a young jazz fan, when I discovered the music of Gerry Mulligan through a birthday gift from my father. This album was “Gerry Mulligan & Astor Piazzolla”. But it was through “Song for Strayhorn” (Carnegie Hall concert CTI album) I fell in love with the music of Gerry Mulligan. My impressions were: “How great this man is to be able to compose so nicely!, to improvise so marvellously! and to give us such feelings!” Step by step my interest for the music increased I bought regularly his albums and I became crazy from the Concert Jazz Band LPs. Then I appreciated the pianoless Quartets with Bob Brookmeyer (The Pleyel Concerts, which are easily available in France) and with Chet Baker. Just married with Danielle, I spent some days of our honey moon at Antwerp (Belgium) and I had the chance to see the Gerry Mulligan Orchestra in concert. After the concert my wife said: “During some songs I had lost you, you were with the music of Gerry Mulligan!!!” During these 30 years of travel in the music of Jeru, I bought many bootleg albums. One was very important, because it gave me a new direction in my passion: the discographical part. This was the album “Gerry Mulligan – Vol. 2, Live in Stockholm, May 1957”.
    [Show full text]
  • Album Covers Through Jazz
    SantiagoAlbum LaRochelle Covers Through Jazz Album covers are an essential part to music as nowadays almost any project or single alike will be accompanied by album artwork or some form of artistic direction. This is the reality we live with in today’s digital age but in the age of vinyl this artwork held even more power as the consumer would not only own a physical copy of the music but a 12’’ x 12’’ print of the artwork as well. In the 40’s vinyl was sold in brown paper sleeves with the artists’ name printed in black type. The implementation of artwork on these vinyl encasings coincided with years of progress to be made in the genre as a whole, creating a marriage between the two mediums that is visible in the fact that many of the most acclaimed jazz albums are considered to have the greatest album covers visually as well. One is not responsible for the other but rather, they each amplify and highlight each other, both aspects playing a role in the artistic, musical, and historical success of the album. From Capitol Records’ first artistic director, Alex Steinweiss, and his predecessor S. Neil Fujita, to all artists to be recruited by Blue Note Records’ founder, Alfred Lion, these artists laid the groundwork for the role art plays in music today. Time Out Sadamitsu "S. Neil" Fujita Recorded June 1959 Columbia Records Born in Hawaii to japanese immigrants, Fujita began studying art Dave Brubeck- piano Paul Desmond- alto sax at an early age through his boarding school.
    [Show full text]
  • The Jazz Record
    oCtober 2019—ISSUe 210 YO Ur Free GUide TO tHe NYC JaZZ sCene nyCJaZZreCord.Com BLAKEYART INDESTRUCTIBLE LEGACY david andrew akira DR. billy torn lamb sakata taylor on tHe Cover ART BLAKEY A INDESTRUCTIBLE LEGACY L A N N by russ musto A H I G I A N The final set of this year’s Charlie Parker Jazz Festival and rhythmic vitality of bebop, took on a gospel-tinged and former band pianist Walter Davis, Jr. With the was by Carl Allen’s Art Blakey Centennial Project, playing melodicism buoyed by polyrhythmic drumming, giving replacement of Hardman by Russian trumpeter Valery songs from the Jazz Messengers songbook. Allen recalls, the music a more accessible sound that was dubbed Ponomarev and the addition of alto saxophonist Bobby “It was an honor to present the project at the festival. For hardbop, a name that would be used to describe the Watson to the band, Blakey once again had a stable me it was very fitting because Charlie Parker changed the Jazz Messengers style throughout its long existence. unit, replenishing his spirit, as can be heard on the direction of jazz as we know it and Art Blakey changed By 1955, following a slew of trio recordings as a album Gypsy Folk Tales. The drummer was soon touring my conceptual approach to playing music and leading a sideman with the day’s most inventive players, Blakey regularly again, feeling his oats, as reflected in the titles band. They were both trailblazers…Art represented in had taken over leadership of the band with Dorham, of his next records, In My Prime and Album of the Year.
    [Show full text]
  • Karaoke Songs by Title
    Songs by Title Title Artist Title Artist #9 Dream Lennon, John 1985 Bowling For Soup (Day Oh) The Banana Belefonte, Harry 1994 Aldean, Jason Boat Song 1999 Prince (I Would Do) Anything Meat Loaf 19th Nervous Rolling Stones, The For Love Breakdown (Kissed You) Gloriana 2 Become 1 Jewel Goodnight 2 Become 1 Spice Girls (Meet) The Flintstones B52's, The 2 Become 1 Spice Girls, The (Reach Up For The) Duran Duran 2 Faced Louise Sunrise 2 For The Show Trooper (Sitting On The) Dock Redding, Otis 2 Hearts Minogue, Kylie Of The Bay 2 In The Morning New Kids On The (There's Gotta Be) Orrico, Stacie Block More To Life 2 Step Dj Unk (Your Love Has Lifted Shelton, Ricky Van Me) Higher And 20 Good Reasons Thirsty Merc Higher 2001 Space Odyssey Presley, Elvis 03 Bonnie & Clyde Jay-Z & Beyonce 21 Questions 50 Cent & Nate Dogg 03 Bonnie And Clyde Jay-Z & Beyonce 24 Jem (M-F Mix) 24 7 Edmonds, Kevon 1 Thing Amerie 24 Hours At A Time Tucker, Marshall, 1, 2, 3, 4 (I Love You) Plain White T's Band 1,000 Faces Montana, Randy 24's Richgirl & Bun B 10,000 Promises Backstreet Boys 25 Miles Starr, Edwin 100 Years Five For Fighting 25 Or 6 To 4 Chicago 100% Pure Love Crystal Waters 26 Cents Wilkinsons, The 10th Ave Freeze Out Springsteen, Bruce 26 Miles Four Preps, The 123 Estefan, Gloria 3 Spears, Britney 1-2-3 Berry, Len 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Trooper 1-2-3 Estefan, Gloria 3 Libras Perfect Circle, A 1234 Feist 300 Am Matchbox 20 1251 Strokes, The 37 Stitches Drowning Pool 13 Is Uninvited Morissette, Alanis 4 Minutes Avant 15 Minutes Atkins, Rodney 4 Minutes Madonna & Justin 15 Minutes Of Shame Cook, Kristy Lee Timberlake 16 @ War Karina 4 Minutes Madonna & Justin Timberlake & 16th Avenue Dalton, Lacy J.
    [Show full text]
  • GIVING a JAZZ RECORD AS a GIFT by Eric Myers National Times, December 7, 1980 ______
    GIVING A JAZZ RECORD AS A GIFT by Eric Myers National Times, December 7, 1980 ______________________________________________________________ The National Times opera critic JOHN CARMODY, Sydney Morning Herald jazz critic ERIC MYERS and rock writer SHANE NICHOLS prepared this guide to records most likely to be gratefully received. They cover a range of tastes and should be available. ______________________________________________________________ f you are buying a jazz record as a gift, you should determine the style preferred. There are so many different, although related, idioms I congregating under the banner of "jazz" that it is rarely possible, these days, to buy a "jazz" album that suits all tastes. Duke Ellington At Fargo 1940 Live (Book Of The Month Records 305622). If the recipient likes big band jazz, you could do no better than the three-record set Duke Ellington At Fargo 1940 Live (Book Of The Month Records 305622). This was a performance at the Crystal Ballroom, Fargo, North Dakota, on 1 November 7, 1940. Many critics believe, with some justice, that this particular line-up of musicians was the greatest that Ellington ever assembled. This was a special performance - the first night Ray Nance played in the trumpet section, having just replaced Cootie Williams, who had left to join Benny Goodman. Rex Stewart is also in the section. The saxophones include Barney Bigard (clarinet), Johnny Hodges (alto) and Ben Webster (tenor) among others; Tricky Sam Nanton and Lawrence Brown are among the trombones; and the great Jimmy Blanton is on bass. It is a distinguished line-up, and the band roars through the Ellington repertoire with all the qualities that made it the greatest big band in jazz.
    [Show full text]
  • Bright Moments!
    Volume 46 • Issue 6 JUNE 2018 Journal of the New Jersey Jazz Society Dedicated to the performance, promotion and preservation of jazz. On stage at NJPAC performing Rahsaan Roland Kirk’s “Bright Moments” to close the tribute to Dorthaan Kirk on April 28 are (from left) Steve Turre, Mark Gross, musical director Don Braden, Antoinette Montague and Freddy Cole. Photo by Tony Graves. SNEAKING INTO SAN DIEGO BRIGHT MOMENTS! Pianist Donald Vega’s long, sometimes “Dorthaan At 80” Celebrating Newark’s “First harrowing journey from war-torn Nicaragua Lady of Jazz” Dorthaan Kirk with a star-filled gala to a spot in Ron Carter’s Quintet. Schaen concert and tribute at the New Jersey Performing Arts Fox’s interview begins on page 14. Center. Story and Tony Graves’s photos on page 24. New JerseyJazzSociety in this issue: New Jersey Jazz socIety Prez Sez . 2 Bulletin Board . 2 NJJS Calendar . 3 Jazz Trivia . 4 Prez sez Editor’s Pick/Deadlines/NJJS Info . 6 Change of Address/Support NJJS/ By Cydney Halpin President, NJJS Volunteer/Join NJJs . 43 Crow’s Nest . 44 t is with great delight that I announce Don commitment to jazz, and for keeping the music New/Renewed Members . 45 IBraden has joined the NJJS Board of Directors playing. (Information: www.arborsrecords.com) in an advisory capacity. As well as being a jazz storIes n The April Social at Shanghai Jazz showcased musician of the highest caliber on saxophone and Dorthaan at 80 . cover three generations of musicians, jazz guitar Big Band in the Sky . 8 flute, Don is an award-winning recording artist, virtuosi Gene Bertoncini and Roni Ben-Hur and Memories of Bob Dorough .
    [Show full text]