Jazz

This is pretty self-explanitory. Jazz records!

  • Pair Extaordinaire - Recorded Live Pair Extaordinaire - Recorded Live

    I don’t know all that much about these guys or this record (so I hope it’s not super common in the US) but I do know that it is friggin’ cool. It’s essentially a musical comedy routine captured live performing versions of a number of pop hits of the day as well as some more […]

  • Guy Des Joncs / Guido Giovagnoli - Flute And Sax Guy Des Joncs / Guido Giovagnoli - Flute And Sax

    Regency Line were a small library label based in Brighton, England (home of Fatboy Slim and Brad Pitt designed architecture) who issued a run of 30 LPs before disappearing into the ether. Their albums are some of the lesser known and tougher to find UK library LPs and were often issues of obscure mainland European […]

  • Marty Paich - Piano Quartet Marty Paich - Piano Quartet

    Lush, Latin & Cool, mmm.  As disastrous as a “Piano Quartet” may sound in theory, this record is actually pretty listenable.  Marty Paich gathered three other jazz pianists, Pete Jolly, Jimmie Rowles & John Williams (maybe the soundtrack guy??) as well as a swinging jazz combo including horns to make this record.  They really tackle […]

  • Dannie Richmond: In Jazz For The Culture Set Dannie Richmond: In Jazz For The Culture Set

    Interesting stab at pop-jazz by longtime Mingus Associate Dannie Richmond. The album consists of about half pop and rock (Dylan’s “Blowin’ In The Wind”, Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen”, etc) covers which actually work into jazz better than one would expect, and half light originals penned by various players and contributors to the date. Gary […]

  • Jack Marshall & Shelly Manne - Sounds! Jack Marshall & Shelly Manne - Sounds!

    I forget where I got this record from, but I have probably had it for around 3 years & have listened to it about 3 times (two of those times were in preparation for this review). I do know that it was one of the records I “discovered” in my shelves when I had […]

  • Evelyn Lohoefer DeBoeck: Music For Movement Expression Evelyn Lohoefer DeBoeck: Music For Movement Expression

    I was totally unprepared for an avant-jazz freakout on an Educatinal Activities Inc. record - but that is exactly what a couple tracks on here are. Prepared piano with bass and percussion that reminds me of something you might hear on an ESP-Disk lp. I was amazed to say the least. The rest is quite […]

  • U.S. Atlantic Fleet Navy Show Band - Hand Clappin' Music U.S. Atlantic Fleet Navy Show Band - Hand Clappin’ Music

    Banda Unitas ‘78 - Simiiar to the “Port Authority” group in concept & execution but they try harder. Released for Puerto Rican recruitement, it was not distributed as widely as other US armed forces groups. Groovy song selection includes Negro Jose, Opener (Hand Clappin’ Music), Oye Mama, synthed out Theme From Rocky and Star Wars […]

  • College of the Redwoods Stage Band: Family of Man College of the Redwoods Stage Band: Family of Man

    Local NorCal High School jazz lp. Half of this is pretty standard school kid cheese. IE: horrible selection of covers (the Flinstones theme) sloppily executed - but without the reckless abandon that would make it interesting. The second side it better. An original side-long jazz suite with tinges of exotica. Based on the short clip […]

  • The Awakening - Mirage The Awakening - Mirage

    Solid Black Jazz release, 1973 with Arlington Davis Jr and Drasheer Khalid keeping the beats interesting. Glad i picked it up, listen to the jazzy and funky moves

  • Bobby Naughton Units - Understanding Bobby Naughton Units - Understanding

    This release came out in 1972 on Otic records. It’s one of those records I always revisit and hear something new and fresh everytime. The album is split into half originals and half Carla Bley songs. Naughton gets down on the vibes, piano and clavinet, Mario Pavone is on bass and nice clarinet interplay by […]

  • Russ Vines and the Contemporary Music Ensemble - Gemini Russ Vines and the Contemporary Music Ensemble - Gemini

    I have no clue what Russ was aiming for when he put this out. A majority of this record is tepid jazz, the track “zippy’s night out” gets pretty funky but then goes downhill. Here’s a soundclip of one of the spacy electronic tracks on the record - “Gemini 1″

  • Jasis - Spontaneous Improvisation Jasis - Spontaneous Improvisation

    Here’s one of my favorite private press albums to emerge out of Seattle. Vibist Milton Simons composed this album which consists of 3 long tracks, the two songs on the A side are 13+ minutes long and the B side is just shy of 27 minutes long. The tracks range from mellow and brooding and […]

  • Lloyd McNeill - Treasures Lloyd McNeill - Treasures

    New York spiritual jazz with trippy flute backed by Cecil McBee, Dom Salvador, Brian Brake, Ray Armando & Portinho. 1975 recording on Baobob, the known & sampled parts are hard but all 4 tunes move with the strong players, it’s growing on me, give a listen to Griot

  • Lloyd McNeill - Tori Lloyd McNeill - Tori

    1978 Baobob pressing of “spiritual” jazz flute with a dash of latin percussions. Featuring Buster Williams on bass, Dom Salvador on piano, Victor Lewis, Dom Um Romao & Nana Vasconceios on rhythm. Acquired on the high recommendation of a mr hipster know it all, he may be on to something. Not too free, but flowing […]

  • Muirlands Jazz/Rock Ensemble - 1973 Muirlands Jazz/Rock Ensemble - 1973

    I picked this 7″ up mainly because it has a Frank Zappa cover on it, but it actually turned out to be a solid record all the way through. I have no idea what the Muirlands Jazz/Rock Ensemble was (probably a High School Stage Band I am guessing) and from what the label tells […]

  • Lee Gagnon - Jeremie Lee Gagnon - Jeremie

    Jeremie was a Quebecois ballet scored by Lee Gagnon. It is a known and sought-after jazz-funk album with plenty of wha-wha and breaks (nobody ever seems to mention the nice mellow folk parts on the album though). However, I’m not here to talk about this record (even though it is, in itself, kind of interesting). […]

  • The 44th Street Portable Flower Factory - S/T The 44th Street Portable Flower Factory - S/T

    Picked this one up based on the fact that I noticed Bob Dorough was the vocalist and Steve Swallow arranged, produced, and played bass and keyboards on this. The Peter Max styled cover was another draw. A fairly strong 45 EP of covers including: Let’s Get Together, Atlantis, Runaway Child, and Blackbird. I’ve always been […]

  • The Battle Of The Bands: 1970 (Custom Fidelity) The Battle Of The Bands: 1970 (Custom Fidelity)

    Here’s a recording of an 11th annual concert hosted by the Hollywood Bowl to showcase teenage musicians and singers. The participants are either independent or associated with high schools. There’s your standard horn heavy stage band numbers from Montebello, Dorsey and Pico Rivera High Schools, as well as contributions from folk duos, such as Two […]

  • Cool Box Lunch (TY-CA) Cool Box Lunch (TY-CA)

    This is a Los Angeles based jazz quartet from 1976, which consists of drums, upright bass, alto sax and piano. This one’s pretty straight forward except a creative version of Art Blakey’s “Moanin’”, which features a beaty intro and refrain that sounds like “Dead”.

  • Ronnie Brown-S/T Ronnie Brown-S/T

    This album is a recording of a live concert performance which took place at the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach, CA, circa 1976. I didn’t see any label information on the record or the sleeve. As a matter of fact, the only thing on the sleeve is what you see in the picture that […]

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