A few years ago Fresh Sound Records came up with the brilliant idea of reissuing soundtracks from vintage B movies. This latest disc is a honey of a set, led by a pair of relatively unknown band leaders, Bob Freedman…
Month: February 2020
SOUTHERN SWAMP…Lightnin’ Slim: The Complete Singles As & Bs 1954-62
Before there were guys like Tony Joe White or The Allman Brothers, the swampy southern blues were created by Otis Hicks, aka LIghtnin’ Slim (1913-1974),with this 2 cd, 46 song collection of his singles a fitting testament to his still…
Kyle Eastwood: Cinematic
Hard bopping bassist Kyle Eastwood uses his working team of Quentin Collins/tp, Brandon Allen/ts-ss, Andrew McCormack/p and Chris Higginbottom/dr for some swinging and clever arrangements of soundtracks. Only a couple are from movies that he’s actually been involved with, being…
Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York: Entity
Satoko Fujii leads a freewheeling 13 member orchestra that includes all stars Tony Malaby/ts, Joe Fielder/tb and Nels Cline/g through 5 wild and whooly intuitive compositions. Ches Smith’s hard rock drumming pushes through the thick splaltering horns and acid rick…
HOW SOUL AND BOSSA SAVED AM AIRWAVES…
I sometimes shudder to think what popular music in general, and jazz in particular, would be if music from the church, namely “gospel” and the liliting pulse of Brazil’s bossa nova had not been delivered from God to breath new…