This is the one jazz record owned by people who don't listen to jazz, and with good reason. The band itself is extraordinary (proof of Miles Davis's masterful casting skills, if not of God...
Many thought that Miles Davis's contributions to Charlie Parker's mid-1940s bebop quintet were insignificant if not disastrous, but his promise became clear on the 1949-50 nonet sides which ...
Great stuff!. Somethin' Else: Remastered
Quite by chance I caught just three or four bars of the theme of "Autumn Leaves" on the radio. It was so obviously Miles, and at his very best. I i...
Mysterious and haunting, mesmersing and hypnotic - this is more than just music. Like the sea itself, Maiden Voyage is vast and epic- flirting with adventure and myth. It is Herbie Hancock's...
A musical chameleon, pianist Keith Jarrett was at his finest when he recorded these sustained solo improvisations in a German concert hall in 1975, the first lasting 26 minutes, the second 4...
This 1962 recording represents Oscar Peterson at his most commercially accommodating, yet his trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen never fails to swing. The program includes such familiar melo...
One of the finest singers of his--or any--age, Nat "King" Cole performed the definitive versions of many vocal standards. This collection gathers 22 of the velvety-voiced crooner's...
Kinda blue, kinda cool.... As far as remastering goes, this is one of the most pleasant listening experiences I've heard recently (although I'm not a hi-tec geek - just a music geek). As far...
On this 1964 session, Speak No Evil, Wayne Shorter's band is a quintessential Blue Note group of the period combining Shorter's most frequent and effective collaborators. Wayne Shorter's com...
Defintive Blue Note groove. "The Sidewinder," is probably Jazz's,"Smells like Teen Spirit." It's undeniably brilliant but it's been so over-exposed, covered and plagiarised down the years ...
