Exploring vintage jazz vinyl with a focus on label and pressing details, discographical information and critical musings on the music found within the grooves.
The debut eponymous release by Eastern Rebellion in 1976 might have been destined to be one of those near-classic modern jazz recordings beloved by only a small cult audience of die-hard fans, but between the internet’s wide reach, digital streaming and the explosion of jazz vinyl collecting it seems to have found a wider audience and finally achieved it’s rightful status as a late period jazz masterpiece.
Read MoreI have been ridiculously short on time recently, thus the lack of any regular vintage vinyl postings, so let’s try something new and easy: some great jazz tracks I’m digging that I think you’ll enjoy as well. Sharing jazz music can only make the world a better place!
Read MoreThe great Cannonball Adderley teams up with the legendary Bill Evans on this 1962 classic, a relaxed affair that shows off the immens skills of the two jazz giants.
Read MoreArt is a subdued and laid back album featuring a quartet made up of a two members of Farmer’s famed Jazztet as well as the great Tommy Flanagan for this solo outing that rewards repeated listening and - like Farmer himself - certainly deseves more widespread recognition as one of the better hard bop albums of the early-1960s.
Read MoreThis hidden gem of a record was originally released in 1960 as Soulnik and credited to “The Doug Watkins Quintet featuring Yusef Lateef” while this reissue - under a new title - finds the two musicians sharing the leadership mantle now, with Lateef getting the top billing. The decision is not surprising considering Watkins died tragically in a car accident in 1962, with only two releases as a leader, while by 1970 Lateef was a well known figure to the jazz buying public.
Read MoreImagination is a 1988 release on Muse Records which would be Shaw’s ninth and final recording for a label he had worked with over a period of nearly fifteen years. It would, sadly, also be his final studio recording before he passed away the following year, but no need to listen to the record with any sadness though, instead it’s a time to relish in the sound of an elder master of his craft revisiting some well known standards with the sublime genius he had spent a lifetime perfecting.
Read MoreConsidered to be one of Mulligan's best albums, What Is There To Say? is a fantastic piano-less quartet session that benefits greatly from the underrated talents of Art Farmer and Dave Bailey.
Read MoreWhile he is better known for his later releases on the CTI Label, Hubert Laws actually started off his career with a run of straight-ahead jazz records that find him and his quartet (which included a young Chick Corea) in a nice hard bop setting.
Read MoreColtrane and the Red Garland Trio join forces on 1958's Soultrane, beginning a period of rapid musical growth for Trane that would result in him becoming the leading tenor player on the modern jazz scene on his way to cementing his status as a true jazz legend.
Read MoreOn his second to last recording for Blue Note, Herbie stays on the creative hot streak he was on with Maiden Voyage, this time employing some more complex arrangements to create an absolutely beautiful record that remains one of his great musical statements.
Read More
© 2014-2017 The Jazz Record
