Sonny Rollins Volume One
adminAt the end of 1956 Sonny Rollins ended his six-year period of recording at Prestige Records, and he proceeded to record prolifically for the next two years for a variety…
Read MoreSam Rivers: Fuchsia Swing Song
In the autumn of 1964 tenor saxophonist Sam Rivers spent two months on tour with the Miles Davis quintet. This was the group that, with the addition of Wayne Shorter,…
Read MoreCharlie Rouse: Bossa Nova Bacchanal
I 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 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…
Read MoreIke Quebec
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 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…
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…
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