Exploring vintage jazz vinyl with a focus on label and pressing details, discographical information and critical musings on the music found within the grooves.
Stanley Turrentine and Milt Jackson lead a group of ultra-talented players on one of the better early CTI recordings, with tracks that range from soulful hard bop to funky soul-jazz delight.
Read MoreOne of the creators and masters of bossa nova teams up with Creed Taylor and Deodato to produce a creative masterpiece a decade after the genre's original burst of popularity.
Read MoreArt Farmer's Something You Got is not a record that will make anyone's list of classic or must-have jazz LPs, but it is nonetheless an excellent example of a late 1970s jazz funk recording by a true jazz legend.
Read MoreCanned Funk would be Joe Farrell's sixth (and second-to-last) album for CTI, and his last truly jazz-funk recording for the label. While it is not quite up to the awesome heights of his earlier CTI recordings, it is still a quality '70s funky outing that stays rooted in some excellent improvisation despite it's electric jazz and fusiony flourishes
Read MoreThis record is a sweet little gem that came towards the end of Freddie Hubbard's time with CTI Records (it would be the second to last studio album he would cut for the label). It tends to get overlooked in the trumpeter's CTI discography, as his earlier electric jazz outings for Creed Taylor's imprint are generally the one's that get the most attention.
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