TODAY MONDAY MAY 28.

JAZZ IN THE AFTERNOON
- Crescent Club, 1 Huddleston, Cullercoats. NE30 4QS. 1:00pm. Free. 0191 2530242.
A fun filled afternoon of traditional jazz.
VIEUX CARRE JAZZMEN - Corner House Hotel, Heaton Rd., Heaton, Newcastle NE6 5RP. £3. 8:30pm.
A fun filled evening of traditional jazz.
THE BLAYDON ACES - Cherry Tree Restaurant, 9 Osborne Rd., Jesmond NE2 2AE.. 0191 2399924. Free.7:30pm.

Good food, traditional north east songs with a difference by Roly Veitch and James Birkett.

JAZZTONES - Darlington Forum. 8:00pm. Free. 01325 363135.

Swinging new band on the Teesside scene.

Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Warners' Original Album Series.

One of the better CD deals at the moment is Warner Brothers' Original Album series. These are 5 x CD packages comprising classic albums from Atlantic/Warners dating back to the 1950s.
The latest batch comprises:
John Coltrane - Giant Steps; Coltrane Jazz; My Favourite Things; Coltrane Plays The Blues; Coltrane's Sound.
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Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come; Change of the Century; This is Our Music; Free Jazz; Ornette!
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Herbie Mann - At The Village Gate; Do The Bossa Nova With Herbie Mann; Nirvana (w. Bill Evans' Trio); Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty; Hold on, I'm Comin'.
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Al Jarreau - We Got By; Glow; All Fly Home; This Time; Breakin' Away.
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Antonio Carlos Jobim - The Wonderful World of ACJ; Love, Strings and Jobim; A Certain Mr. Jobim; Urubu; Terra Brasilis.
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What can I say? The equivalent of 25 classic LPs that, give or take a couple, should be in every collection. Personally I was delighted to get my hands on Coltrane Plays the Blues. It's long been on my wish list and here it is.
Amazing that all these years later Ornette Coleman sounds almost mainstream - almost!
Al Jarreau, Jobim, Herbie Mann - unbeatable at their craft.
I've left the best till last - you can pick them up on Amazon for £6 - £12 each.
Maybe even cheaper elsewhere!
Lance.

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Modern Jazz Discographies

This link Jazz Discography Project connects to a site containing discographies of many of the greatest modern jazz musicians.
From Cannonball Adderley to Mal Waldren, the list also includes major record labels such as Blue Note, Prestige, Contemporary etc. and is frequently updated - the latest addition being Pat Metheny. We're talking complete discographies that are well laid out with personel, recording dates, alternate takes, labels, disc number etc.
Very browsable. More discographies here inc Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett.
Warne Marsh.
Carmen McRae.
NEW! Chris Connor.

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