Posts Tagged ‘jazz’
Cuba: I Am Time
Trying to jam-pack roughly 100 years of a nation’s music history onto 4 CDs is never an easy task, and, as far as I know, has never been done successfully either. Of course, “Cuba – I Am Time” cannot succeed either, but for the more casual listener it is an excellent overview that only falls [...]
Buddy Rich Sessions
In November of 2005, Mosaic Records will release released ” The Complete Argo, Emarcy and Verve Small Group Buddy Rich Sessions” (MD7-232). This boxed set will contain 7 CDs at a list price of $119. Mosaic Records, who are known for their excellent quality work in both research and mastering, have assembled all available sessions [...]
Take Five
It is not all too often that excellent biographies of jazz musicians are written. “Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond”, published by Parkside Publications in February of 2005, is one of them. Doug Ramsey, a knowledgable jazz critic was a friend of Desmond’s for over 20 years up until Desmond’s passing [...]
Jazz Life
Chances are you’ve heard of William Claxton before, even without being a die-hard jazz fan. He’s one of the most famous photographers and has captured on film the likes of Steve McQueen and Chet Baker and worked for for LIFE, Paris Match, and Vogue. 45 years ago, Claxton and German musicologist Joachim Berendt traveled the [...]
Brian 4
Most cataloging and archiving applications available today are really good at helping you fill out a million data fields, automatically look up a CD on the Internet or download covers. But they have one big problem: they don’t produce reports suitable for displaying chronological recording sessions for print discographies. If you are used to those, [...]