Eddie Costa Memorial Concert

National Memorial Day Concert (2016)
360p HDTV | AVI | 640x360 | XviD@2424 Kbps | English MP3@128 Kbps | 2 channels | 1h 25mn | 1.52 GiB
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Genre: Documentary

Watch the National Memorial Day Concert, an American tradition honoring the military service of all our men and women in uniform, their families at home and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

Tal Farlow was hitting his stride in 1956; he was named by Down Beat magazine critics as the very best jazz guitarist in the world, and for all the right reasons. Where other similar players of his day combined rhythmic chords with linear melodies, Farlow preferred placing single notes together in clusters, varying between harmonically richened tones based on a startling new technique. His spider-like fingers handled the guitar in a way no other player could match, and this physical approach set Farlow apart from all others. The evidence is clearly heard on this trio recording sans drummer, ably helped by the wonderful pianist Eddie Costa and bassist Vinnie Burke…

Various Artists (John Coltrane) - Winner's Circle (1957) {1986 Bethlehem + 2007 Japan Mini LP 24-bit K2 HD Remaster}
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© 1986, 2007 Bethlehem Music / Victor Entert. | BR-5030/BCP-6066 / VICJ-61456
Jazz / Bop / Saxophone

Rare stuff from John Coltrane! The album features Trane playing tenor on only 4 of the album's 8 tracks – making it kind of surprising that they used his name in the title – but the album is a lesser-known batch of large group recordings that offer an interesting early chapter in his career! The main force behind the album is arranger Harry Tubbs – possibly not a name that's as sexy as John Coltrane, hence the billing – but a worthy leader for the date, given the quality of the music.

Charlie Parker Records: The Complete Collection, Vol. 13 - Allen Keller + Kevin Gavin (2012 CP Records 233193/13 rec 1962}
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© 1962, 2012 Charlie Parker Records / Membran Media / Documents | 233193 / 13
Jazz / Cool / Vocal Jazz / Swing / Mainstream Jazz

Exhaustive 30 CD collection from the Jazz legend's short-lived label. Contains 44 original albums (421 tracks) plus booklet. Every record-collector has run across an album with the little sax-playing bird in it's label-logo, right next to the brand name Charlie Parker Records or CP Parker Records. Turning the sleeve over, especially if it was one of the non-Parker releases, and seeing a '60s release date under the header Stereo-pact! Was as exciting an experience as it was confusing. Was the claim Bird Lives meant more literally than previously thought?

Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Swings Vol. 1 (1960) {Crown–Boplicity CDBOP015 rel 1991}
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© 1960, 1991 Crown / Boplicity / Ace Records | CDBOP 015
Jazz / Bop / Mainstream Jazz / Swing / Saxophone

The abiding contemporaneousness of Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969) became in the late Fifties something of a cliché. But cliché or not, he was a 56-year-old veteran who started in jazz 40 years earlier with Mamie Smiths Jazz Hounds, and whowhen he recorded these sessionsmore than held his own with younger jazzmen like Thad Jones and Eddie Costa. That is because Hawk was always ahead, harmonically. It was a thing of wonder, to be sure, to hear Hawkins blowing with those modernists in this relaxed set where none of the tempos rises above medium-up.

Tal Farlow - Tal (1956) {2016 Verve Japan SHM-CD UCCU-5594}
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© 1956, 2016 Norgran Records / Verve / Universal Japan | UCCU-5594 / LP MGV-8021
Jazz / Bop / Cool / Guitar

Reissue with SHM-CD format and the latest remastering. Tal Farlow was hitting his stride in 1956; he was named by Down Beat magazine critics as the very best jazz guitarist in the world, and for all the right reasons. Where other similar players of his day combined rhythmic chords with linear melodies, Farlow preferred placing single notes together in clusters, varying between harmonically richened tones based on a startling new technique. His spider-like fingers handled the guitar in a way no other player could match, and this physical approach set Farlow apart from all others.

Although he gets equal billing with the Belgian flutist Bobby Jaspar, Herbie Mann only appears on two tracks of this re-release of a pair of 1957 sessions. The session that included Mann also features Jaspar, pianist Tommy Flanagan, guitarist Joe Puma, bassist Endell Marshall and drummer Bobby Donaldson.
Though Mann's only aboard for two cuts, they make up half of the playing time, and it's a treat to hear him solo on alto flute on his own "Tutti Flutie" and to trade solos with Jaspar on Puma's "Bo-Do." It's a welcome reminder that long before he achieved crossover success and soul jazz stardom, Herbie Mann was an accomplished straight ahead player and composer, with exceptional touch and tone.

Reviewed by Shaun Dale