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VA - Rolling Stone Rare Trax Vol. 12 - Let's Swing
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Label/Cat#: None, Promo | Country/Year: Germany 1999
Genre: Jazz | Style: Swing

RARE TRAX is a continued series of promotional samplers given away with the german edition of Rolling Stone magazine since the 1990's and has reached volume 80 already. Each version covers a special topic and presents lesser known songs and/or artists.

Inaugurated back in autumn 2000, the Jazz in Paris collection has marked the past decade as a reference in the French capital's jazz recordings. Thanks to the unrivalled quality of the albums it features, the series provides a complete panorama of Parisian jazz from the 30s to the 70s.

The leader of the modern blues, which has had a tremendous impact on the development of blues-rock guitarist, singer and composer. The CD contains 20 classic tracks B.B. King, including his first loud hit "Three O'Clock Blues".

A distinctive trombonist with a sly wit and the ability to sound as if he were playing underwater, Vic Dickenson was an asset to any session on which he appeared. He stated out in the 1920s and '30s playing in the Midwest. Associations with Blanche Calloway (1933-1936), Claude Hopkins (1936-1939), Benny Carter (1939), Count Basie (1940), Carter again (1941), and Frankie Newton (1941-1943) preceded a high-profile gig with Eddie Heywood's popular sextet (1943-1946); Dickenson also played and recorded with Sidney Bechet. From then on he was a freelancing soloist who spent time on the West Coast, Boston, and New York, appearing on many recordings (including some notable dates for Vanguard) and on the legendary Sound of Jazz telecast (1957)…

Released during the historic and unusual 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign, "Swing The Vote!" offers an antidote to election fatigue with some of the most fun Postmodern Jukebox remakes, recorded at the collective's Los Angeles "Bro Mountain" studio. Newcomer Addie Hamilton leads off the collection with a hard swingin' remake of Jet's "Are You Gonna Be My Girl", and Robyn Adele Anderson's vocals on "Hollaback Girl" remind the listener why she was PMJ's first breakout star vocalist. Clark Beckham joins the cast for a classy soul remake of the notorious "Rick roll" theme, "Never Gonna Give You Up", and Casey Abrams' take on "Sweet Child O' Mine" showcases his vocal chops and charismatic personality. There's even a debut from the youngest PMJ member - 14 year old vocal prodigy Caroline Baran, in her first commercially available recording.

Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing (1957) {2013 Japan Jazz The Best Series 24-bit Remaster UCCU-9960}
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Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / Swing / Saxophone

Sophisticated Swing is the fifth album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, and his fourth released on the EmArcy label, featuring performances with Nat Adderley, Junior Mance, Sam Jones, and Jimmy Cobb. A couple of decades ago Sophisicated Swing was the title of an instrumental tune - by Will Hudson, if our memory holds up - and the music that corresponded with it had a certain sleekness that probably justified the title by the standards of that era. But today sophistication in jazz has a somewhat deeper meaning. The true jazz sophisticate has absorbed the lessons of a new musical generation, one that brought with it great advances in harmonic, melodic and rhythmic subtlety. The word "swing", too, has acquired a significance mare far-reaching than any of us could have imagined in the days of monotonous four-to-the-bar rhythm sections and comparatively limited and unimaginative syncopation.