Exploring vintage jazz vinyl with a focus on label and pressing details, discographical information and critical musings on the music found within the grooves.
Like many jazz heads, I’ve been listening to plenty of Dr. Lonnie Smith tunes after his passing last week at the age of 79. He was an undisputed pioneer of the soul-jazz sound, and had a run of five classic albums for Blue Note…
Read MoreHarold Land and Blue Mitchell, two legends from the golden age of jazz, team up to lead a talented quintet through a set of tunes that result in an excellent late-1970s post bop jazz album.
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."
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