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Jonah Jones - At The Embers (1956) {Mosaic MCD-1017 rel 2008}
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© 1956, 2008 Mosaic Records / Sony BMG Music | MCD-1017 | Mosaic Singles Series
Jazz / Classic Jazz / Swing / Trumpet

In 1956, Jonah Jones started to become an unlikely commercial success. A veteran swing trumpeter not known to the general public despite being an exciting player, Jones caught on playing frequently muted solos with a quartet at the Embers in New York. His music often featured a shuffle rhythm and mixed Dixieland, swing and show tunes. This first recording by the quartet (also including pianist George Rhodes, bassist John Browne and drummer Harold Austin) was popular, although it would soon be dwarfed by Jones' successes for Capitol. Highlights of the date, which was also released by Groove and Victor, include "It's All Right With Me," "All of You," "High Society" and "At Sundown."

Watazumi Doso Roshi - Sokoinrancho (1971) {Philips Japan, 30LD-1017, Early Press}
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© 1971, 1987 Philips / Nippon Phonogram Japan | 30LD-1017
Folk / Japanese / Religious / World Music / Traditional / Bamboo Flute

Before Watazumi-do was named Watazumi-do, his name was Tanaka Masaru. When he was twenty years old, he studied from a man named Nakamura Kikufu who studied with Sakurai Muteki, who studied with Okamoto Chikugai. He is also said to have studied under Uramoto.

Keith Jarrett's first solo acoustic piano recording remains one of his best. At this point in late 1971, Jarrett had just started improvising completely freely. That does not mean that his solos were necessarily atonal but simply that they were not planned in any way in advance. The music on these eight improvisations are often quite melodic, very rhythmic and bluesy. This set makes for a perfect introduction to Jarrett's many solo piano recordings.