Calvin Jackson Jazz Variations

This box is a musical treat for all jazz fans, as no less than 20 original albums by the Modern Jazz Quartet are released here on ten CDs…

Enrico Zanisi Trio - Life Variations (2012) {CAM Jazz CAMJ 3313-2}
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Jazz / Modern Jazz / Post Bop / Progressive Jazz / Piano Trio

The first sound on Italian pianist Enrico Zanisi’s deeply satisfying trio CD is the resonant, woody bass of Joe Rehmer. Unaccompanied and playing almost to himself, he lays down a short, four-bar phrase of loping quarter and half notes, a figure that bleeds over bar lines and establishes a smooth, easy feel to the tune. Zanisi, who can bring a subtle touch to his piano for one phrase and then sharp, steady accents the next, echoes the line with his left hand while drilling eighth-note chords to move the piece along. What once was drifting now has a groove, aided by Alessandro Paternesi’s funky kit work, and “Life Variations” takes off.

Summer 1988 and as Acid House raged across the UK pockets of resistance began springing up delicated to a very different beat. Inspired by Hip-Hop, Jazz and a wealth of Soul and Funk recordings stretching back to the 60's America, young musicians breathed life into old sounds, recorded new ones and set about spreading their message worldwide. Soul Jazz Sessions celebrates those bands, producers, and DJ's who took the next step into the studio and produced some dancefloor magic in the process.

Milt Jackson & John Coltrane - Bags & Trane +3 (1959) {2012 Japan Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series 24bit Remaster WPCR-27051}
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Jazz / Hard Bop / Mainstream Jazz / Saxophone / Vibes

Features 24 bit remastering and comes with a mini-description. An incredible collaboration from John Coltrane and Milt Jackson – and one that gives Milt one of his sharpest records ever! The setting is relatively straight – tenor from Coltrane, vibes from Jackson – plus rhythm from Hank Jones on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Connie Kay on drums. Yet there's also a sense of openness here that you'd hardly ever expect on other records by Jackson – especially his contemporaneous sides with the Modern Jazz Quartet – and Coltrane's tenor gets as much room to roam here as it did on Prestige – really cutting some beautifully soulful, open, and flowing lines throughout!

Milt Jackson & Coleman Hawkins - Bean Bags (1958) {2012 Japan Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series WPCR-27161}
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© 1958, 2012 Atlantic / Warner Japan / Rhino | WPCR-27161 | Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series
Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / Saxophone / Vibes

Features 24 bit remastering and comes with a mini-description. A wonderful little record – a real standout in both the careers of Milt Jackson and Coleman Hawkins! The album captures Hawk during his great later years – that time when his sound was even more soulful and inventive than ever – with lots of odd modern undercurrents that really work nicely with the album's slight Latin inflections – a bit like those you might hear on some of Hawkins' Impulse Records material from the same generation.

Vibrations is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1960 and 1961 and released on the Atlantic label in 1964.

Milt Jackson - The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson (1959) {2012 Japan Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series WPCR-27117}
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© 1959, 2012 Atlantic / Rhino / Warner Japan / WEA | WPCR-27117 | Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series
Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / Vibes / Strings

Features 24 bit remastering and comes with a mini-description. A sweet set of ballads from vibist Milt Jackson that we dig as much for the silky smooth orchestrations by Quincy Jones as Milt's agile and crisp approach to the vibes. The strings and horns buoy the group nicely, which also features Connie Kay and under recorded guitarist Barry Galbraith on a number of tunes. Ten mellow numbers: "The Cylinder", "Makin Whoopee", "Alone Together", "Tenderly", "Don't Worry Bout Me", "Nuages", "Deep In A Dream", "I'm A Fool To Want You", "The Midnight Will Never Set" and "Tomorrow".