Named after the husband and wife team of vocalist Jean Baylor and drummer Marcus Baylor, TBP is a rotating collaboration that takes jazz and all of its roots tributaries on this thrilling musical journey. Hymns, spirituals, standards and originals all…
Category: Ringer of the Week
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****SERBIAN JAZZ? Szilard Mezei Tul A Tiszan Innen Ensemble: Nem Fustol A Zentaji Gyar Kemenye
You usually don’t think of Serbia as a hotbed for jazz, but that’s where Szilard Mezei was born. He plays viola, and uses Hungarian folk songs as the basis for the twelve pieces on this two disc set. The ensemble…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****FEVER! Peggy Lee: Swingin’ Brightly and Gently
Miss Peggy Lee is always guaranteed to stump listeners on Blindfold Tests. Depending on the record, people mistake her for a young Billie Holiday, but never a white singer, as she’s got a delivery that was years ahead of most…
WHERE’S SHE BEEN HIDING?!? Mary Ann McCall: Complete Recordings 1950-1959
Just when you think you’ve heard every jazz vocalist, Fresh Sound Records finds another mother lode. This time it’s Mary Ann McCall, who was a “canary” for Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman and Charlie Barnet before doing a few short stings…
THIS IS A BEBOP ALTO SAX 101…Art Pepper: Volume 1 Featuring Sonny Stitt, Volume 2 Featuring Pete Jolly
Laurie Pepper continues to keep the sound and vision of alto sax legend Art Pepper alive. She’s dug up a plethora of wonderful concert recordings the past years, and now she’s written the liner notes for these two delicious 1980-era…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****THIS IS A TENOR SAX 101… Jeff Rupert & Richard Drexler: Imagination
Once in awhile, and album comes out that reminds everyone how a tenor sax is supposed to sound. This album of duets between Jeff Rupert and pianist Richard Drexler is a perfect example of what the standard of sound should…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Bobby Previte: Mass
The first thing you need to be reminded about an album that is given the Ringer of the Week award is that it sticks out above all the others that have been heard during that time. This album,if nothing else,…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****SUI GENERIS x2…Art Pepper & Warne Marsh: Unreleased Art Volume 9
This is Volume 9 of the continuing series of previously unreleased recordings of the legendary Art Pepper culled from the storage depot of his faithful wife Laurie. For my money, this is the best one yet for a couple of…
REVENGE OF THE SESSION MEN…Dennis Coffey: Hot Coffey In The D
Usually known for mining the vaults of jazz Hall of Famers like Wes Montgomery and Bill Evans, Resonance Records producers Zev Feldman, Kevin Goins and George Klabin occasionally throw us material by an artist undeservedly overlooked over the years. This…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Carol Robbins: Taylor Street
Most of the time you think of a harp in the jazz scene, you either think of contrived bop lines that try too hard to fit in, or wild strums by the likes of Alice Coltrane. Carol Robbins is the…