Thursday, June 13, 2013

CD Review: Buddy DeFranco * Mr. Clarinet * Verve * 1953

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As with many recordings from the early 1950s, the tunes collected on Buddy DeFranco's Mr. Clarinet album were released in many package...
Monday, June 10, 2013

Review: Pete Fountain * I Love Paris * Coral Records (CRL 757378) * 1963

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Side A I Love Paris Comme Ci, Comme Ca Frere Jazz Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes) La Vie en Rose April in Paris Side B C'...
Wednesday, June 5, 2013

CD Review: Benny Goodman * The Complete 1937 Madhattan Room Broadcasts

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  Once upon a time, there was a six disc box set of Benny Goodman's 1937 broadcasts from the Madhattan Room of the Hotel Pennsylvania i...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Pete Fountain's French Quarter * Coral Records (CRL 757359) * 1961

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Side A Summertime Dear Old Southland Oh, Didn't He Ramble Bye Bye Blackbird Lazy Bones Someday, Sweetheart Side B Is It True ...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Bill Smith with the Dave Brubeck Quartet * The Riddle * Columbia (CL 1454) * 1960

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Side A Hey, Ho, Nobody at Home The Twig Blue Ground Offshoot Side B Swingin' Round Quiet Mood The Riddle Yet We Shall Be M...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

CD Review: Benny Goodman 10-Disc Box * "I Had To Do It" * Membran

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There are many box sets of Benny Goodman's recordings from the 1930s, and nearly all of them are worthwhile. The 3-Disc Complete RCA Vic...
Friday, May 24, 2013

CD Review: Artie Shaw and His Orchestra * Hollywood Palladium * 1941

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It's been said of Lord Byron's Don Juan, "No matter where you are in it, you've already read the best part." Most jazz...