Continuing with my habit of profiling Brubeck albums that are less-known, here's another rather obscure album that Brubeck appeared on. Literally. The Music Tune: One For The Kids Recorded: May and June 1960 Personnel: Bill Smith- Clarinet Dave Brubeck- Piano Eugene Wright- Bass Joe Morello- Drums If Paul Desmond isn't on hand, and another horn [...]
The Music Tune: Topsy Recorded: 14 June, 1955 in New York City Personnel: Lee Konitz- Alto Sax Warne Marsh- Tenor Sax Billy Bauer- Guitar Oscar Pettiford- Bass Kenny Clarke- Drums Yet again, the song I happened to profile happens to be one that identify with on spiritual level. It was unplanned and unintentional. This track [...]
The Music Tune: How Long Blues Recorded: 12 September, 1957 in New York City Personnel: Milt Jackson- Vibraharp, piano Ray Charles- Piano, alto sax Billy Mitchell- Tenor Sax Skeeter Best- Guitar Oscar Pettiford- Bass Connie Kay- Drums As the start of classes and all the stress and sleepless nights that go with it draws near, [...]
The Music Tune: Don't Worry 'Bout Me Recorded: Early (March?) 1954; location dubious Personnel: Paul Desmond- Alto Sax Dave Brubeck- Piano Bob Bates- Bass Joe Dodge- Drums Another Brubeck rarity and oddity, with a mysterious background to match. This 7" 45rpm contains just one performance, a live recording of the Brubeck quartet playing 'Don't Worry [...]
The Music Tune: Too Much Sake Recorded: 14 July, 1962 in New Jersey Personnel: Blue Mitchell- Trumpet Junior Cook- Tenor Sax Horace Silver- Piano Gene Taylor- Bass John Harris Jr.- Drums Look out world- here's my first post featuring a Blue Note album! An original (ish) at that? That's right, and it was within my [...]
After unexpected travel, I am back at my computer. And when I say unexpected, I mean exhausting, and when I'm exhausted, there's nothing like bossa nova to aurally scratch my back and help me relax. Out of the many jazz bossa nova albums out there, this relatively obscure title by one of those most unobscure [...]
I've been busy. So busy that I missed Cal Tjader's birthday, a wrong that is being writed (the pun makes up for the not good grammar) now. Cal was born 16 July, 1925, which woulda made him 92 this year. So here's to Cal Tjader! The Music Tune: Mambo Inn Tune: Bernie's Tune Personnel: Cal [...]
After much traveling, both planned and unplanned, I am back! While I did obtain quite a lot of 'new' records during my travels, here's a favorite of mine that I got by traveling to the local record store in my own neck of the woods. The Music Tune: Samba de Orpheus Tune: Manha de Carnival [...]
If it's cool jazz, but comes from the East Coast, is it still cool jazz? The Modern Jazz Quartet sure played as cool and as relaxed as any West Coast group during the 1950's, but somehow avoided the scathing criticism that most West Coast groups endured. At any rate, Milt Jackson's cooking vibes and John [...]
Another album featuring music from the Newport Jazz Festival, this time from the year 1956, and another live album from the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Like most jazz records, particularly Brubeck's, this album has a mysterious backstory. The Music Tune: 'In Your Own Sweet Way' Recorded 6 July, 1956 at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode [...]
It's A Raggy Waltz 