Hip Jazz standards, drumming Aeronautics and Bernstein reimagined in this month s Jazzology
Mike Greenblatt is jazzed up to give you the latest in what he thinks are the best releases to cover this month: hip Jazz standards, drumming Aeronautics and Bernstein reimagined.
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Henry Robinett wait 20 years to release
Jazz Standards Volume #2(Nefertiti Records)? His quartet with pianist Joe Gilman, bassist Chris Symer and drummer Michael Stephans is sterling, the best of the best of the Northern California scene. Mingus was his cousin. He lived with the legend for three months in New York City where he got to know Sonny Rollins and Joni Mitchell. His playing is reminiscent of Joe Pass and Barney Kessel. The material has been elevated from the dated to the sublime.
David Angel Jazz Ensemble –
Out On The Coast (Basset Hound Music): “David Angel is a Los Angeles composer and arranger. He has had a rehearsal band for over 50 years. David spent many years composing and arranging for the Hollywood Film and TV world and later spent many years as a composition professor in Europe. His unique music is described as Gil Evans meets J.S. Bach. Over the years dozens of the greatest jazz musicians on the west coast have been members.The David Angel Jazz Ensemble is a Los Angeles based 13 piece jazz band, “Out on the Coast” is a TRIPLE CD set and all of the music is composed or arranged by David Angel. The style is described as “Gil Evans meets J.S.Bach” with all 13 musicians playing polyphonic lines. The band members are among the finest jazz musicians on the west coast. It is swing and Latin music reminiscent of the 60′ west coast jazz scene with impressionistic classical elements.” (https://www.bassethoundmusic.com/product/out-on-the-c
Rolling Stone Phil Spector, Famed ‘Wall of Sound’ Producer Convicted of Murder, Dead at 81
Revolutionary producer behind some of pop music’s most enduring songs dies from natural causes while serving prison sentence
By Michael Ochs Archives
Phil Spector, the monumentally influential music producer whose “Wall of Sound” style revolutionized the way rock music was recorded in the early 1960s, died Saturday at the age of 81. Spector’s life was tumultuous and ultimately tragic; as groundbreaking as his studio accomplishments were, those achievements were all but overshadowed by his 2009 conviction for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson.
Spector’s death was confirmed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. “California Health Care Facility inmate Phillip Spector was pronounced deceased of natural causes at 6:35 p.m. on Saturday, January 16, 2021, at an outside hospital,” officials said in a statement. “His official cause o