Jazz Goes To Broadway: Billy Taylor Trio - "My Fair Lady Loves Jazz"

Jazz Goes To Broadway: Billy Taylor Trio - "My Fair Lady Loves Jazz"

At the time Taylor went into the studio with Quincy Jones to record jazz versions of songs from My Fair Lady, the 1956 musical was a monster hit on Broadway. The outsize talents of the Taylor trio and Jones are respectful of the originals while undoubtedly adding the flair of modern jazz to the proceedings. 

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The Creed Taylor Orchestra - "Panic: The Son Of Shock"

The Creed Taylor Orchestra - "Panic: The Son Of Shock"

Many readers will be familiar with Creed Taylor and his impressive jazz resume. Panic: The Son Of Shock definitely has jazzy elements to it, but it certainly falls more into the novelty and exotica/space-age genre of records released in the late 1950's and 1960's. That is fine by me, I collect the LPs of Les Baxter, Martin Denny and Esquivel, although this record doesn't come close to reaching the heights of the best work by those artists.

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