JAZZ CORNER Presents: Et Cetera – Knirsch (1972)
On the album Knirsch [which means ‘crunch’ in German, and explains the album’s cover] Wolfgang Dauner sets out to complete some unfinished business, ideas that he’d been unable...
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JAZZ CORNER Presents: Hank Crawford – Mr. Blues (1967)
Both admired and unknown in the same circles, Hank Crawford had careers within careers within careers. Most notably was the sound he created for the legendary Ray Charles,...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Eddie Costa – Complete Studio Recordings [As Eddie Costa & Sal Salvador] (2005)
Eddie Costa: This is another set of recordings from an artist who died far too young, yet brought to the table a fine assortment of jazz concepts and...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Josh Berman – Old Idea (2009)
Ahhh, my dear friends with the sly eyes, the fast banter, tight gestures, and ever expanding minds... there’s an old saying that goes, “There’s nothing new under the...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Oscar Pettiford & Attila Zoller – The Legendary Oscar Pettiford Featuring Attilla Zoller (1959/1975)
Man-o-Man... there’s one sure way to know that you love a record, and that’s instantly wanting more as soon as it’s over. Case in point, this 1959 gem...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Charles Lloyd – The Water Is Wide (2000)
Charles Lloyd - The Water Is Wide (ECM, 2000) The soulful expression on The Water Is Wide, or should I be describing it as expressionism [?], lends itself...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Wayne Kramer and The Lexington Arts Ensemble – Lexington (2014)
Wayne Kramer and The Lexington Arts Ensemble - Lexington (Industrial Amusement, 2014) Wayne Kramer – Guitar, Producer Dr. Charles Moore - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Arranger Ralph “Buzzy” Jones –...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Dr. Lonnie Smith – Evolution (2015)
Dr. Lonnie Smith - Evolution (Blue Note, 2015) It’s been what [?], forty or forty-five years since Dr. Lonnie Smith, the godfather of the Hammond B3 organ, and...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Stanley Turrentine – A Bluish Bag (2007)
Recording in an endless variety of forms and genres, here, we find Stanley Turrentine creating a template for Blue Note Records, ushering a style known as Soul Jazz...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Dexter Gordon – Gettin’ Around (1966)
The proof that one can have a presence in jazz without being muscular is Dexter Gordon; especially so on “Gettin’ Around.” Of course there are those, and rightly...