Exploring vintage jazz vinyl with a focus on label and pressing details, discographical information and critical musings on the music found within the grooves.
The great Cannonball Adderley teams up with the legendary Bill Evans on this 1962 classic, a relaxed affair that shows off the immens skills of the two jazz giants.
Read MoreAn excellent album that often gets overlooked in Cannonball Adderley's long and varied career of producing sophisticated crowd-pleasing jazz music.
Read MoreBorn To Be Blue! was Bobby Timmons' final album released during his fruitful tenure with Riverside and it sums up his funky and bluesy approach to the piano, a sound that was so important to the development of the hard bop sound. He was joined by some top-shelf talent with either Sam Jones or Ron Carter in the bassist's chair and the MJQ's Connie Kay performing his magic on the drums.
Read MoreThis is a bit of an odd album, a jazz compilation of the kind that were popular in the late 1950's and early 1960's, but one that focuses on the compositions of a single artist. Just like today, I'm sure these were viewed as an economical way for the labels to make money without having to pay the musicians or book studio time. The Compositions of Benny Golson is part of the "Jazz Master-Composers" series that Riverside put out in 1962 and 1963 to highlight, as the liner notes put it: "the unique presentation of works by some of the most significant, interesting and influential writers of the world of modern jazz."
Read MoreThe very unfortunate news this morning on the passing of jazz producer, critic and label executive Orrin Keepnews. This dude was everywhere during the golden age of jazz, starting Riverside and Milestone Records, producing many classic sessions and writing some fantastic liner notes along the way...
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