kam grad per E-Mail von Mosaic… das wird teuer (werde wohl noch das Carter/Bradford Select beilegen, um die Versandkosten auszunutzen):
January 25th, 2011
Running Low
[B]Buddy Rich: Classic Argo, Emarcy and Verve Small Group Sessions
With all the international fame and his musical legacy, it’s amazing that there was never a major retrospective on CD. This limited edition collection is a complete look at Rich when he was, without question, a top star. The seven-CDs features studio dates and live performances from 1953 to 1961 in quartet, quintet, sextet, septet, and octet settings – plus, an 11-piece orchestra. A few tracks only issued in Japan.
There are delightful surprises from a sea of known talents that include :
• A 1954 session includes inspired playing by Harry „Sweets“ Edison.
• Ben Webster’s and Oscar Peterson’s presence on a 1955 date with borrowed Basie-ites; Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Frank Wess, and Freddie Green, make for exciting listening.
• The „orchestra“ assembled in 1956 includes two sets of great Basie tunes with an all-star band featuring Frank Rosolino, Pete Candoli, Buddy Collete, Jimmy Rowles, and others.
• A highlight of the set is a live 1957 quartet date with fabulous blowing by Flip Phillips.„Rich is a Jazz Juggernaut! From the heavy swing of ‚Broadway‘ to the crisp, scorching bop of ‚Pent-Up House‘ this set’s a real treat, full of passion…snap up a copy of this drummer’s dream come true. It’s well worth shelling out for.“ – Sebastian Palmer, Drummer Magazine
„You either swing a band or don’t swing a band and that’s what’s lacking today. There aren’t any guys who get back there and play with any kind of guts. And I like a heavyweight. I’m not a flyweight. I like heavyweights and in my music I like emotionally good, strong heavyweight type of jazz“. – Buddy Rich, Metronome Magazine, March/April 1956
(#232) 7 CDs – $119The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions
The set includes 178 recordings on 8 CDs.and as these recordings attest, while he loved bebop and could rip through a blistering series of notes, he could be remarkably restrained and tasteful when a tune called for it. Listen, for instance, to his recording of „My Funny Valentine,“ just one of the many standards Johnny interpreted for record. His rendition is so straight, unadorned and direct that it cuts directly to the emotion of the song. It’s hard to imagine a better way to play it.
„As far as I’m concerned, no one in the world plays the guitar better than he. They might play it differently, but nobody plays better. Johnny could easily overplay because he’s got chops unlimited, but his musical taste would not allow him to make an overstatement. As a result, he makes beautiful music.“ – Barney Kessel
„Virtually every jazz-oriented cut in the Mosaic set, Johnny’s complex but listenable single-note improvisations are legendary in the annals of guitar lore.“ – Wolf Marshall, Vintage Guitar Magazine
„Smith’s warm, glowing tone, rapid linear lines and advanced chordal conception, sensitive dynamics and trademark pristine execution are very much in evidence on the 178 tracks that comprise this impressive Mosaic set.“ – Bill Milkowski, Jazz Times
(#216) 8 CDs – $136
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