Don Cherry: Symphony For Improvisers
adminRelated: 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…
Read MoreChick Corea: Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968)
“Now He Sings, Now He Sobs” has long been considered one of Corea’s best recordings, featuring some of his best writing and a group (bassist Miroslav Vitous, drummer Roy Haynes)…
Read MoreCannonball Adderley: Cannonball Plays Zawinul
Cannonball Adderley encouraged Joe Zawinul to write for his band, and was receptive to the progressive sounds that Zawinul came up with. The result was a musical partnership that was…
Read MoreThad Jones/Mel Lewis/Consummation
This absolute classic album was just remastered by Blue Note in 2002, and it sounds great. Thad Jones/Mel Lewis was the big band of the 1970s (they were around much…
Read MoreChick Corea: The Complete “Is” Sessions
The music collected on the 2-disc Complete “Is” Sessions was recorded during three days of sessions in May of 1969. At the time the rhythm section, comprised of Corea, bassist…
Read MoreJune Christy: Ballads for Night People
Following the success of her signature recording Something Cool, originally recorded in 1953 as a ten inch and supplemented in ’55 with additional tracks for LP release, June Christy cut…
Read MoreStan Getz: Captain Marvel
By the time Stan Getz recorded the album Captain Marvel with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Tony Williams, and Airto Moreira, he had been in the music business for nearly thirty…
Read MoreLuciana Souza: The New Bossa Nova
Listening to Luciana Souza on The New Bossa Nova reminds one of the best elements of bossa, the music that American jazz musicians and listeners fell in love with some…
Read MoreAretha Arriving: Young, Gifted and Black
Aretha Franklin, great American singer, songwriter and pianist, passed away on August 16th. As a tribute, New Directions In Music takes a look at her landmark 1972 recording Young, Gifted…
Read MoreToo Cool For Words: June Christy and Something Cool
by Marshall Bowden Read June Christy/Ballads for Night People “Something cool…I’d like to order something cool” says the dame in the smoky, slightly seedy bar that is something out of…
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