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Contents may settle during shipping. (Surveying The Soundscape).
Contents May Settle During Shipping: I spotted Time-Life's "Essential Jazz" box in one of the wholesale club stores, plunked down a $20, got some change back, and walked out with a package of CDs purporting to offer "the very best music collection available in stores today!" and promising "All original recordings, all original artists."
I'll let others debate the first point, but there's indisputable ambiguity in that second claim. In many cases, the buyer does NOT get the original recordings--at least not in complete original form. Horace Silver's "Song For My Father," Lee Morgan's "The Sidewinder," and Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island" are faded out after the leaders' solos. "Take the `A' Train" is not Duke Ellington's original 1941 recording but a 1966 remake. Illinois Jacquet's remake of "Flying Home" does offer a ...
- CD reviews: Sax player's 'Plainville' is anything but
- Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review July 19, 2009 700+ words
...the 10 tunes. Both albums are made up entirely of post-modern originals and show the strength of their headliners' jazz conceptions. -- Bob Karlovits 'BLACKsummers'night' Maxwell (Columbia) You'd think feathery falsettoed soul man Maxwell...
- suburban clubs.(Time Out!)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) August 21, 2008 700+ words
...670-6890 or bigshotpianolounge.com. Cafe Pyrenees, |1762 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville: Kurt Yost and the Jazz Conceptions, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 22; Jim Jacobs and His Jazz Trio, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 23; Terry Breen, 5 p.m. Aug. 26...
- Beating a path to excellence // Jack DeJohnette revels in leadership
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Lloyd Sachs June 18, 1987 700+ words
...Eric Dolphy's "Outward Bound," "Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins," Clifford Brown's "Memorial," Tadd Dameron's "Fontainebleau" and Bill Evans' "New Jazz Conceptions." These accompany a batch of new OJC albums.
- RESOURCES
- Magazine article from: International Musician Anonymous July 1, 2009 700+ words
JAZZ PIANO HANDBOOK: ESSENTIAL JAZZ PIANO SKILLS FOR ALL MUSICIANS For any musician or teacher...choice for any aspiring accompanist. Jazz Piano Handbook: Essential Jazz Piano Skills for All Musicians, by Michele Weir, Alfred...
- MCA RECORDS CELEBRATES THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF DECCA RECORDS WITH EXTENSIVE...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 15, 1994 700+ words
...many feel was the definitive jazz singer of the 1930s, '40s and '50s -- and, or course Louis Armstrong's absolutely essential jazz and pop recordings. All in all, we believe we have provided the jazz audience with some of the most definitive collections...
- Tune Up for Summer With Music Boulevard's Summer Blowout Sale!! Lowest Prices,...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 15, 1998 700+ words
...George Strait and many more. June is "Jazz Month" and Music Boulevard customers can take advantage of extra savings on essential Jazz titles from legendary artists such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker...
- Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey continues musical journey.(Entertainment)(The trio's...
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) April 11, 2008 700+ words
...stuff and kind of gradually worked my way back to 1924." (Mathis recently posted on his MySpace blog a list of 60-plus essential jazz records to explore. Those are now available to read on the Ticket blog.) Lil' Tae is Meyulks' 7-year-old son...
- Record reviews
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London June 16, 1996 700+ words
...Larson's "The Far Side". Emphatically post-modern, yet as satisfyingly aware of jazz-styles as any contemporary music, this is perhaps Frisell's best-ever set and likely to remain one of the year's essential jazz albums. PJ
Source: HighBeam Research, Contents may settle during shipping. (Surveying The Soundscape).