COREY WILKES Drop It Delmark DE 582 Corey Wilkes – tpt/flg/cnt; Jabari Liu – as (3, 7, 9, 10, 11); Chelsea Baratz (2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10), Kevin Nabors (3, 5, 6) – ts; Robert “Baabe” Irving III – … Continue reading
JOE “KING” OLIVER The Complete 1923 Creole Jazz Band Recordings … Continue reading
VARIOUS ARTISTS Jazz on Disques Vogue Sony Music/Disques Vogue/Legacy 88725443772 This box is just what it says it is: “LEGACY ressuscite les trésors du jazz enregistrés en 33t (25 et 30 cm) sur le prestigieux label VOGUE. – 35 chefs-d’oeuvre … Continue reading
THAT’S GOT ‘EM: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman Mark Berresford University Press of Mississippi (2010) Jackson, MS. 230 pp. – US$50.00 (hardback) As time goes on, the realization that jazz was NOT something that sprang full-fledged from … Continue reading
JAZZ Gary Giddins and Scott DeVeaux Norton (2009); New York & London US$39.95 This is a book that claims to cover the history of jazz from “go” to “whoa” – or at least to 2008! Both authors’ names should be … Continue reading
The Norton JAZZ Recordings Sony Special Products A742914 – A742917: four CDs 79 tracks – US$60.00. The breakdown of the Norton collection CDs is: #I; 24 tracks @ 72 min: #II; 24 tracks @ 72 min: #III; 16 tracks @ … Continue reading
REALLY THE BLUES? A Blues History, 1893 – 1959 Vol. 1 (1893 – 1929) West Hill Radio Archives WHRA-6028 [9 CDs] Some of you with a broader focus than “merely” blues may be aware of Allen Lowe, a jazz tenor … Continue reading
