jazz Archive
29 Mar 2013
Album Review: Eddie Roberts’ West Coast Sounds – It’s About Time
What’s that you say? You want some new music that features the expert precision and passion of jazz, and the oomph and fire of rock, but you don’t want the […]
11 Mar 2013
Album Review: Jutta Hipp – The German Recordings 1952-1955
Had the life and career of Jutta Hipp not happened, pop culture might have had to fabricate them. Hers is such a unique, compelling, mystifying and ultimately frustrating story that […]
28 Feb 2013
Album Review: Gene Harris – The Three Sounds
The venerable Blue Note label has long been a trademark of quality; even if you’re not familiar with the artist or the recorded work, chances are that if it came […]
19 Feb 2013
Album Review: Tony Bennett – As Time Goes By
In 2005, Concord Music Group brought together all of the music Tony Bennett cut for his own label and issued a sprawling, four-plus-hour box set called The Complete Improv Recordings. […]
13 Feb 2013
Album Review: Bobbi Humphrey – Dig This!
Some jazz purists might look down their noses and sniff at the style known as soul jazz. And while I don’t share their point of view, I understand where they’re […]
08 Feb 2013
Album Review: Duke Ellington Orchestra – Big Bands Live
Duke Ellington is one of the most important figures in American music, let alone within the jazz idiom. Bandleader, arranger, pianist, composer, popularizer of jazz…Ellington’s influence is incalculable. His vast […]
27 Dec 2012
Old (But Previously Unreleased) Jazz, New Vinyl
Recently, I devoted an entire week’s worth of coverage to vinyl releases. But as it turns out, a clutch of recent jazz releases on the new-but-already-venerable Jazzhaus label are also […]
05 Dec 2012
Album Review: Clayton Brothers and Friends – The Gathering
Over the last several years, I’ve been developing a taste for – and appreciation of – jazz. Not the smooth “jazz flavours” stuff of 70s/80s late-night FM radio; my new-found […]
16 Nov 2012
One You May Have Missed: Miles From India
I don’t claim to understand jazz. I think, I believe — and this is the thought, the belief of a rock fan, please understand — that at its most successful, […]
15 Nov 2012
Archival Recordings from Jazzhaus
This decade is looking to be an important one for unearthing of landmark vintage jazz recordings. Resonance has unearthed an early Wes Montgomery set and a pair of amazing Bill […]