Getting back to my series on old record advertisements from vintage jazz magazines, here's a new installment. Clef magazine (April to July 1946) is the source and labels are West Coast Recordings, Excelsior and Cadet.
THE GOLDEN AGE IS NOW (Part Two): ‘WAY DOWN YONDER IN BUSHWICK: JON-ERIK
KELLSO, DAVE BLENKHORN, DAN WEISSELBERG, MARK SHANE, KEVIN DORN (Cafe
Ornithology, 1037 Broadway, Bushwick, Brooklyn, February 16 and June 25,
2025)
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I think of these five musicians as Anointed Guardians of Medium-Tempo
Swing. It’s fashionable to play fast, and occasionally take time for a
ballad, but th...
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From Donald Clarke:
ResponderEliminar"Interesting. Mingus had 78s on Excelsior too, I think."
Yes, Donald. The Mingus Sextet (1945) and Mingus & his Orchestra (1946) sessions, both included in the Uptown CD "Charles Baron Mingus - West Coast 1945-1949".
ResponderEliminarFrom Donald Clarke:
ResponderEliminar"That Uptown release was very exciting; I remember Chuck Nessa showing me the booklet before the CD came out. We were at the Chicago Jazz Festival, must have been 2000. I thought the booklet alone was almost worth the price!"