Posted in Jazz Notes on Jun 18th, 2008
Mosaic Records has posted information, including discographies, about new sets featuring Dave Liebman’s Pendelum group and some Helen Merrill jazz-vocal sides on their upcoming releases page, along with more details about the forthcoming early-1950s Oscar Peterson collection.
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Posted in Jazz Notes on Feb 26th, 2008
Mosaic Records, that fine purveyor of jazz box-set goods from the East (as in Stamford, Connecticut), has reportedly long been trying to put together some kind of collection featuring pianist Ahmad Jamal’s influential 1950s trio. (If you’ve never experienced the good fortune and pleasure of hearing Jamal’s trio work from the 1950s and 60s–widely noted for its elegant use of space and its influence upon trumpeter Miles Davis…
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Posted in Shows on Dec 18th, 2004
The first-ever Night Lights Christmas program features music from Booker Ervin (”White Christmas” from his 1966 album Solid Structure), Ahmad Jamal (”Snowfall,” written by Terre Haute, Indiana native Claude Thornhill), Sonny Rollins (”Winter Wonderland”), Babs Gonzalez (”Bebop Santa Claus”), Bill Evans (a rare and amusing vocal take…
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