Jazz Piano Lessons

Mose Allison - Lessons In Living (1982) {Discovery Records 71014 rel 1994}
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© 1982, 1994 Elektra-Musician / Discovery Records 71014
Jazz / Hard Bop / Jazz Blues / Vocal Jazz / Piano

Recorded in a live setting in 1982 – the same year as his Middle Class White Boy album – Lessons in Living is a mixed bag. The material is terrific, and Mose Allison is in typically fine form. The issue lies more with the "all-star" band assembled for the date: bassist Jack Bruce, drummer Billy Cobham, and soloists Eric Gale (guitarist) and Lou Donaldson ( alto saxophonist). For starters, Allison didn't need a large band –or any band, really – to shine. Though he had been absent from the recording scene for six years until that point, he had continued to perform live and his chops as both a pianist and a singer are stellar.

Dick Katz - Piano & Pen (1959) {2012 Japan Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series WPCR-27165}
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© 1959, 2012 Atlantic / Rhino / Warner Japan / WEA | WPCR-27165
Jazz / Bop / Piano / Guitar

Features 24 bit remastering and comes with a mini-description. Interesting session. Worth a listen. A versatile pianist and arranger, Dick Katz has been responsible for many stimulating and memorable recordings through the years, often as an important sideman and/or producer. He studied at the Peabody Institute, the Manhattan School of Music, and Juilliard, in addition to taking piano lessons from Teddy Wilson. In the 1950s, he picked up important experience as a member of the house rhythm section of the Café Bohemia, with the groups of Ben Webster and Kenny Dorham, the Oscar Pettiford big band, and later with Carmen McRae.