Oscar Peterson Trio – On a Clear Day(Mack Avenue 1199. Live in Zurich, 1971. Album review by Len Weinreich) Oscar Peterson (known as OP) was a piano giant with phenomenal technique who […]
Oscar Peterson Trio – ‘On a Clear Day’ (rec. 1971)
‘Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band In Concert’ (rec. 1960)
‘Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band In Concert’(SteepleChase SCCD 36502. Album review by Len Weinreich) Sometime during the late 1940s, jazz hipperati first clocked Gerry Mulligan as a fledging composer and arranger slyly […]
‘Classic Black & White Jazz Sessions’ (recordings from 1943-1949)
Classic Black & White Jazz Sessions(Mosaic Records MD-273. Limited Edition 11-CD Set. Album Review by Len Weinreich) Mosaic Records is a Connecticut record company which reissues carefully curated sections of jazz history […]
Emma Smith – ‘Meshuga Baby’
Emma Smith – Meshuga Baby(Wingsor Castle Records. Album review by Leonard Weinreich) Call me a pedant, but shouldn’t this album title read ‘Meshuga Bubbele’? For non-Yiddish speakers, the expression ‘meshuga’ has multiple […]
Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk Deluxe Edition (rec. 1957)
Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk Deluxe Edition (Atlantic R2 670841/RHINO 603497842384, released 20 May. Album review by Leonard Weinreich)When some empty head on TV exclaims “I’m going to raise my […]
Alyn Shipton’s New Orleans Friends – ‘In Concert’
Alyn Shipton’s New Orleans Friends – In Concert(The Last Music Company, BCLB 002. Review by Leonard Weinreich)Jazz, as we know it, first surfaced in New Orleans, a city unique in its country. […]
Malcolm Earle Smith – ‘Vocal Intent’
Malcolm Earle Smith – Vocal Intent(Self-released via Bandcamp. Album review by Leonard Weinreich) Few jazz instrumentalists were consummate jazz vocalists, most notably Louis Armstrong (who invented the art), Fats Waller, Nat Cole […]
Erroll Garner – ‘Symphony Hall Concert’ (from 1959)
Erroll Garner – Symphony Hall Concert (Mack Avenue/Octave Music. Recorded live 17 January 1959 at Symphony Hall, Boston, Ma., U.S.A. Album review by Len Weinreich)Have you ever dreamed that you’re standing on […]
Brandon Goldberg – ‘In Good Time’
Brandon Goldberg – In Good Time (SR – BSG10002. Album review by Leonard Weinreich) Brandon Goldberg is fifteen years old. That’s right, fifteen. Afficionados don’t often witness the earliest performances of jazz prodigies, nearly […]
Harvey/O’Higgins Project – ‘That’s The Way To Live’
Harvey/O’Higgins Project – That’s The Way To Live (Ubuntu Music UBU0094. Review by Leonard Weinreich) My late chum, Al, an omnivorous jazz fan, often referred wistfully to the kind of music that, if you were […]
‘The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Studio Sessions 1946-1966’ (Mosaic)
The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Studio Sessions 1946-1966 (Mosaic Records Limited Edition. Review by Leonard Weinreich) This Mosaic collection, limited to 3,500 copies worldwide, chronicles two fascinating decades of Louis […]
Alyn Shipton – “The Art of Jazz: A Visual History”
Alyn Shipton – The Art of Jazz: A Visual History (Imagine! Publishing. 256 pp. Book review by Leonard Weinreich) In this sumptuous book, jazz historian, broadcaster and double-bassist Alyn Shipton celebrates the […]
Peggy Lee – “The Capitol Transcriptions 1946-1949”
Peggy Lee – The Capitol Transcriptions 1946-1949 (Capitol/Universal. Download review by Leonard Weinreich) 72 restricted Capitol Transcriptions from the 40s constitute a lavish banquet for Peggy Lee admirers. However, if you’re the […]
Tricotism (Craig Milverton/ Sandy Suchodolski/ Nigel Price) – “Nostalgia”
Tricotism (Craig Milverton/ Sandy Suchodolski/ Nigel Price) – Nostalgia (Nervy CD002, available via Bandcamp. CD Review by Leonard Weinreich) No shame here. And no pretence. The inspiration for Nostalgia is announced upfront: […]
Digby Fairweather – “Notes From A Jazz Life”
Digby Fairweather – Notes From A Jazz Life (Acrobat ADDCD3322. Double CD. Review by Leonard Weinreich) Thirty-three tracks over two CDs performed by various combinations of artists include John Barnes, Roy Williams, […]
