These last few posts have been an exploration in the sub-genres of jazz, using these unofficial categories as fun way to rediscover my record collection (as well as provide a systematic way to decide which record to write about next). This post continues my focus on 'arranger jazz' with an interesting album from Gerry Mulligan. [...]
Continuing with the theme of 'arranger jazz', here's an album that is exactly that: an arranger's jazz album, taken to the extreme. So far, I've spotlighted albums that featured different tunes by an arranger, made for a small group of musicians. But what if different arrangers and groups made an album of one song... The [...]
Another Clifford Brown album? There's a method to my madness. The method? Jazz is connected! Continuing with the theme of 'arranger jazz', here's another album that features a small group of musicians playing material specially written and arranged for them, this time featuring an arranger that has been making headlines recently. To the music! The [...]
As a record collector, I collect records. Obviously, right? But as my friends say, there's a message in there somewhere. In the course of collecting records, there are albums that get played once, twice, or for a season, only to be put back on the shelf, forgotten and neglected. Having bought a new turntable that's [...]
It's A Raggy Waltz 