Before politics completely prevents it, here's another album that was not made in America, but in the land out back, down under, but not in the upside down- Australia! There's not much more to add, so to the music we go! The Music The Tune: "Decidedly" Recorded: 1960 in Sydney, Australia Personnel: Don Burrows- Clarinet [...]
This is an album I've been looking forward to writing about from the moment I created this blog. The product of Playboy Magazine's first jazz poll, Hugh Hefner decided to create an album to honor the winners of the poll. By releasing such a project, Hefner and the folks at Playboy provided a snapshot of [...]
Full disclosure. This post was completely inspired by the World Cup, specifically the winners of the World Cup. If you weren't happy with the outcome of the game/series, don't get mad at me. I've been looking for an excuse to profile this album, and the World Cup gave me that excuse. I'll try not to [...]
Whenever I travel, I like to find the local record store and see what's what. You never know what you'll find. On a recent trip to San Francisco, not only did I want to check out a local record store- I wanted to find records by San Francisco's native jazz sons. I succeeded, in more [...]
Taking a (momentary) break from Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond, here's another college concert album, this time recorded on the Best Coast in California. Following the example of his one-time leader Dave Brubeck (told you it was momentary), Cal Tjader took his good vibes directly to the students via college appearances. Luckily, Fantasy had a [...]
The appearance of an original Blue Note record has caused a stir in the Raggy Waltz office. The excitement coupled with the all-around greatness of the album made a write-up necessary. To the music we go! The Music The Tune: Scrapple From The Apple Recorded: 23 May, 1963 in Paris, France Personnel: Dexter Gordon- Tenor [...]
No, this is not deja vu. Well, it is but it isn't. This may technically be the same album as the one I just wrote about, but there's a two-inch difference that is rather significant. Does size matter? To the music! The Music The Tune: "The Way You Look Tonight" Recorded: 2 March, 1953 at [...]
Due to recent events, I decided to switch gears a bit and delve into another form of live jazz: Jazz with a learned twist. And if you want to talk about jazz at college, there's no better place to start than the granddaddy of all college jazz albums.The Music The Tune: "Perdido" Recorded: 2 March, [...]
Continuing the exploration of jazz clubs via records in my collection, and after checking clubs out on the eastern side of the United States, this post marks our foray into the West Coast scene. Naturally, we start in California, and if we're in California, naturally we begin in San Francisco. And if we're in San [...]
Regular readers of my blog know that while I'm a jazz record collector as well as a jazz fan in general, I'm a huge Paul Desmond/Dave Brubeck fan. HUGE. This passion for their music has resulted in me scouring the internet for rare music, photos, information, anything pertaining to Paul Desmond and Dave Brubeck. I've [...]
