December 2008
Tatum Art
Art Tatum
Art Tatum had the ability to scare people, especially other pianists...
The Archivist
April 2009 • By Scott Yanow
Classic OKeh & Columbia Benny Goodman
Comprehensive collections of the King of Swing
April 2009 • By Scott Yanow
Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band
Mosaic Records
While pianist-arranger-composer Toshiko Akiyoshi headed a fine big band in New York after moving cross-country in 1982, the orchestra that she led in Los Angeles in the 1970s was arguably her greatest accomplishment. The three-CD Mosaic Select set Toshiko...
April 2009 • By Scott Yanow
Zoot Sims With Bucky Pizzarelli
Inner City
In the late 1970s and ’80s, Inner City was a label whose quality and quantity of releases were consistently impressive. Irv Kratka recorded and leased music that spanned from swing and Dixieland to bop, hard bop, fusion and unclassifiable mood music. Out...
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December 2008
Jonah Jones at the Embers
Jonah Jones
From Mosaic Singles comes Jonah Jones’ At the Embers and George...
December 2008
Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition
Miles Davis
It’s back! Actually, Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue has never gone...
December 2008
To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story
Nina Simone
Nina Simone, a classically trained pianist and a very socially...
December 2008
Live at the 1994 Monterey Jazz Festival
Shirley Horn
The second batch of music drawn from the Monterey Jazz Festival...
December 2008
Giants of the Big Band Era
Benny Goodman
The Acrobat Music label has been leasing and putting out vintage...
October 2008
Fleischmann’s Yeast Show & Louis’ Home-Recorded Tapes
Louis Armstrong
One of Louis Armstrong’s favorite hobbies was taping things that...
October 2008
Eight Bar Riff ’43-’50
Harry James
The U.K.-based Hep label has been steadily reissuing valuable...
October 2008
Charlie Parker & Arne Domnerus in Sweden
Charlie Parker & Arne Domnerus
The Swedish Oktav label has two recent reissues of strong interest...
October 2008
Here ’Tis
Lou Donaldson
Most of the vintage Blue Note catalog has now been reissued, although...
October 2008
Whippin’ the Keys
Wally Rose
Bob Koester’s Delmark label may be most famous for its groundbreaking...
October 2008
Percussion Ensemble
Milford Graves
In recent times, nearly the entire catalog of the 1960s avant...