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 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…
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