Polished white voices and black country blues are served up on the two latest anthologies from AVID. The poster child for pure and polished pop, Doris Day shows that she was a child on the Swing Era on these five…
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The Jazz Bakery Presents: Jeremy Pelt@The Kirk Douglas Theatre 10.13.24
Between songs of his 1 ¾ hour concert, trumpet veteran Jeremy Pelt reminded the packed Kirk Douglas Theatre that it’s been 30 years since he started his career in Los Angeles. And though he’s currently living on the other side…
****DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR****YOU CAN TAKE THE BIRD OUT OF KANSAS CITY…Charlie Parker: Bird In Kansas City
Get out your transcription papers, because you’re going to want to learn these recently unearthed solos from Charlie Parker. Recorded at various stages of Parker’s early career, such as Vic Damon’s studio in 1944 with the Spartan support of Edward…
Emmet Cohen: Vibe Provider
Pianist Emmet Cohen mixes trios work with Philip Norris/b and Kyle Poole-Joe Farnsworth/dr while bringing in some horns once in awhile on this swinging session. His touch is almost Mozartian, giving hints of Brubeck on pieces like “Lion Song” and…
Robert Gordon, Link Wray & The Wildcats: Live at Rockpalast 1979
Back in the late 1970s there was a musical reaction to the bombastic production bands like Queen and the disco synth pulse of Donna Summer. Punk and New wave stripped music back to its essentials, with a diving back into…
WHEN LA WAS TRULY “LA LA LAND”… Sam Most: Undercurrent Blues-Sextettes 1952-1954, Buddy Collette and Teddy Edwards: The Crown Sessions
When LA was…LA! Jazz musicians had it nice in LA in the 1950s and 60s, making good money playing in the studios for movies and TV shows and then hitting the clubs at night for hip gigs. And they could…
John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers: Up Close and Personal-Live In Texas
While best known for his 1960s and early 70s work, John Mayall was still in excellent form during hi later years, exemplified well by this collection of concerts in Texas from 1999-98. His working band at the time, Buddy Whittington/g,…
David Friesen: A Light Shining Through
A rich tapestry of ideas both concise and drawn out are delivered by David Friesen, who plays the Hemage bass, piano and percussion with a mix and match team of saxist Joe Manis, percussionists Alex Fantaev & Charlie Dogget and…
Danny Jonokuchi Sextet w/ Christian Wiggs@The Grape Ventura 10.10.24
On the last leg of a cross country tour to promote his latest album, Decade, trumpeter Danny Jonokuchi returns home to La La Land with his group of locals, but unlike his album, and his last nights gig in “the…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK***Charlie Apicella & Iron City meet The Griots Speak: Call To Action/Call To Prayer
A meeting of minds and souls takes place with the duo of Brad Whiteley/org and Austin Walker/dr joining musical forces with Daniel Carter/wwinds-tp-p, William Parker/b-reeds-tp, Charlie Apicella/dr-perc and Juma Sultan/perc . There is a surfeit of various traditional reed, string…