Art Blakey —
Golden Boy ... LP Colpix, 1963. Near Mint- ...
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An obscure Jazz Messengers session – but a great one! The album is ostensibly a set of jazz versions of tunes from the musical Golden Boy, and the group this time is a larger one than usual – a total of 10 players, led by Blakey – and playing beautifully over arrangements from ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(2021 EU reissue on Honey Pie. Cover has lightly bent corners and a barcode sticker in back.)
Art Blakey —
Golden Boy ... CD Colpix/EMI (Japan), 1963. Used ...
Out Of Stock
An obscure Jazz Messengers session – but a great one! The album is ostensibly a set of jazz versions of tunes from the musical Golden Boy, and the group this time is a larger one than usual – a total of 10 players, led by Blakey – and playing beautifully over arrangements from ... read moreCD
Orchestra USA/John Lewis —
Debut ... LP Colpix, 1963. Near Mint- ...
$13.99
The first recordings ever from Orchestra USA – the landmark third stream jazz group co-led by John Lewis and Gunther Schuller! The group sprang out of Schuller and Lewis' preoccupations with bringing jazz to a more serious environment – merging traits of 20th century classical with ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great chapter in 60s bossa jazz – Zoot Sims "answer" to Stan Getz's bossa work on Verve – recorded in a similar jazz-meets-bossa style, with some great guitar work by Jim Hall! Zoot's solos are a bit tighter and not as laidback as Stan's – giving a more jazz-based ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Jazz from the heart of the cold war – not actually recorded in Moscow, but featuring a bunch of hip players on their return from a tour of the Soviet Union – a historic moment in which west met east, with some groovy jazz in the offing! Apart from the tenor of Zoot Sims and alto of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Late 70s yellow label Ghent pressing. Cover has two corner bumps.)
A lost Sonny Stitt session from the 60s – but wonderfully swinging, and with a groove that really works well! The album's a set of Broadway tunes played jazz-wise – but in the hands of Stitt, they come up wonderfully – stretching out with soulful intensity that's mighty nice, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(White label promo. Cover has light wear and an ink promo stamp.)
An interesting tribute to the passing of pianist Eddie Costa – mostly because the overall feel is much more in a soulful hardbop mode, quite different than the modern and chamber sides that Costa cut during the 50s! Side one features work by the Clark Terry quartet – with Terry on ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Gold label pressing – in great shape! Cover has a small name near the bottom, but is very nice overall.)