I love Sammy Nestico’s music. All those crazy foot-tapping albums for Count Basie in the ’70s and ’80s: Photos, Videos BOOKS MUSICIANS VIDEOS I love Sammy Nestico’s music. All those crazy foot-tapping albums for Count Basie in the ’70s and ’80s: Photos, Videos https://JazzBlues.EU January 15, 2019 The swingin’est arranger around today is Sammy Nestico. In fact, Sammy probably has held that title since...Read More
Guitarist Mundell Lowe was a wonderful arranger with impeccable taste and intimate elegance: Photos, Videos BOOKS MUSICIANS VIDEOS Guitarist Mundell Lowe was a wonderful arranger with impeccable taste and intimate elegance: Photos, Videos https://JazzBlues.EU January 14, 2019 Guitarist Mundell Lowe was a wonderful arranger with impeccable taste and intimate elegance. This was true of...Read More
Johnny Richards session was highly challenging: Photos, Video BOOKS MUSICIANS VIDEOS Johnny Richards session was highly challenging: Photos, Video https://JazzBlues.EU January 10, 2019 The “Perfect Album” album I’ve selected remains one of my absolute favorite big-band recordings—Something Else by Johnny Richards....Read More
Brad McCuen had produced eight of Gary Burton’s superb albums: Photos, Videos BOOKS MUSICIANS VIDEOS Brad McCuen had produced eight of Gary Burton’s superb albums: Photos, Videos https://JazzBlues.EU January 9, 2019 The recording along with two other RCA gems by Davis in the late 1960s were produced by...Read More
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis was cunning and sly, with a brash blues attack, with roots in bop and jump blues: Photos, Video BLUES MUSICIANS VIDEOS Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis was cunning and sly, with a brash blues attack, with roots in bop and jump blues: Photos, Video https://JazzBlues.EU January 8, 2019 The three albums that tenor saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis recorded for RCA in the late-1960s. They maximized...Read More
Sal Salvador was pretty on ballads, he was exceptional: Photos, Video MUSICIANS VIDEOS Sal Salvador was pretty on ballads, he was exceptional: Photos, Video https://JazzBlues.EU January 7, 2019 Sal Salvador is best known as Stan Kenton’s guitarist from 1953 to 1955, at which point he...Read More