Charlie Rouse: Bossa Nova Bacchanal
adminI love bossa jazz, but let’s face it, during the early 1960s there were so many instrumental boss nova albums cut that it’s sometimes hard to get enthusiastic when yet…
Read More10 Blue Note Records You May Not Know
by Marshall Bowden Many record collectors and jazz fans will tell you that there are really no obscure Blue Note records because, during its 80 year history, more ink has…
Read MoreFreedom Suite
The history of Sonny Rollins’ jazz classic by Marshall Bowden In 1956 Sonny Rollins was one of the best-known tenor saxophonists in jazz, released two classic jazz albums, Saxophone Colossus…
Read MoreSonny Rollins: Plus 4
1956 was a hell of a year for Sonny Rollins. Having already recorded a number of memorable dates for the Prestige label, both as a leader and a sideman, ’56…
Read MoreIke Quebec: Heavy Soul
Ike Quebec was a really great and sadly under-recorded tenor man of the Coleman Hawkins school, with nods to Ben Webster and Stan Getz as well. In the 1940s Quebec…
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The Forgotten Tenor by Marshall Bowden The story of Ike Quebec is in many ways the story of the prototypical working jazz musician who never quite catches a lucky break,…
Read MoreGato Barbieri
Fire and Ice Gato Barbieri is frequently remembered for his Academy Award winning soundtrack the 1972 Bernardo Bertolucci film Last Tango In Paris, but his musical career is much wider…
Read MoreThree by Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley Takes Charge In 1963 Julian “Cannonball” Adderley moved from the Riverside label, where he had recorded some fifteen albums of material, to Capitol Records, where he would find…
Read MoreCannonball Adderley: Somethin’ Else
Julian “Cannonball” Adderley burst upon the jazz scene in 1955, sitting in with Oscar Pettiford’s group at the Bohemia in New York and almost instantly being hailed as the “new…
Read MoreDon Cherry: Symphony For Improvisers
Related: Don Cherry: Musician of the World Trumpet player Don Cherry was pretty much Blue Note’s premiere find in the 60s avant-garde jazz sweepstakes. The label was a bit late…
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