Sound of Jazz, Vol. 1

From the Label
The concept of Who's Who In Jazz was as natural and inviting as a clear, invigorating spring day. Why not assemble an array of great jazz figures in relaxed settings and let them groove? Not only would the resultant music greatly enrich our permanent record of jazz, but sessions would also enable the rising number of jazz listeners in the 70's to really focus on a sizable number of the most influential and durable improvisers in the music. The idea was Lionel Hampton's, and who else would be the most logical implementer of the idea? Hampton, after all, has already shown the way in a historic series of small combo recordings in a six-volume Bluebird set. These all-star dates, with participants ranging from Coleman Hawkins and Johnny Hodges to Dizzy Gillespie, have lost none of their zest and freshness through the years because Hampton knew whom to select and also knew how to create an easy mood that let everyone stretch out to a much larger extent than had been possible for these musicians at other recording sessions. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Description
It was almost a decade ago that an off-the-cuff suggestion by legendary vibraphone master Lionel Hampton inspires the Who's Who In Jazz album series, a classic collection of recordings the likes of which can't be found under any other label.

These aren't after-the-fact compilations of existing recordings. These are performances done expressly for the Who's Who In Jazz series by artists known to music lovers the world over; Wynton Marsalis playing with Art Blakey, Carmen McRae, Charles Mingus, Sonny Stitt, Lionel Hampton, and more.

Presented here is the first gathering of selections from the first decade of Who's Who In Jazz recordings. These are unique performances, some live, all memorable. The sampling of the best of Who's Who In Jazz soon will be considered a necessary part of any fine music collection. Enjoy! --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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Average customer rating: If you like West Coast, this is a fine choice. West Coast Ain't So Bad Now Is It!!!!!!! Texas tenor at his very best Shelly Swings with the Best of the West

The West Coast Sound, Vol. 1 Shelly Manne & His Men Manufacturer: Ojc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: At the Manne-Hole, Vol. 1 At the Blackhawk, Vol. 3 At the Manne-Hole, Vol. 2 At the Blackhawk, Vol. 5 At the Blackhawk, Vol. 2 ASIN: B000000Y8T Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. Grasshopper
2. La Mucura
3. Summer Night
4. Afrodesia
5. You And The Night And The Music
6. Gazelle
7. Sweets
8. Spring Is Here
9. Mallets
10. You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
11. You're My Thrill
12. Fugue

Customer Reviews:

If you like West Coast, this is a fine choice........2006-08-20

Shelly Manne had a distinguished career as a drummer and here he works with a kind of Who's Who in West Coast Jazz -- Bob Cooper, Jimmy Giuffre, Marty Paich, Art Pepper and Bud Shank, among others.

The sound we mostly associate with West Coast jazz comes less from the solos than from the smooth arrangements. They sound more like miniature versions of Woody Herman and Stan Kenton than like home-grown small ensembles designed around a few instruments. And they tended to use oddball instruments -- French horns and whatnot. You ought to hear Bob Cooper on another album struggling with a jazz interpretation of "I Can't Get Started" -- on an oboe!

Most of the soloists are competent and professional musicians without being particularly innovative. Gerry Mulligan (not heard here) was an exception. So was Jimmy Giuffre who went on a few years after this recording to come out with a very personal breakthrough album that included a couple of tunes by Jerome Kern in which Giuffre shook of the cliches and did some extraordinary things. And after that went on to play experimental jazz in empty night clubs because evidently no one but musical theorists could understand them.

But here everyone is pretty much at his peak. It was 1953 and 1955 after all, the heyday of West Coast Jazz and its popularity. Aficionados had Howard Rumsey and his Lighthouse All-Stars in their minds constantly.

The musicians all seemed to know one another and to have worked together at various times in different venues. This is a good example of their having fun while producing some memorable work.

West Coast Ain't So Bad Now Is It!!!!!!!.......2003-06-24

Black be bop musicians thought that whites could not pull it off. Whites also got criticised like, they weren't true jazz people, didn't have the soul and backrounds to be jazz musicians. Blacks were right, in a way. Even though just the visual difference was the color of skin, blacks had the soulful backround. Miles Davis once said, I can tell if its not black people, It just wont go through me. Blacks said go find your own music. Well, whites came to play west coast, and still got criticised. They claimed it was bland, and wasn't real. West coasts got more money, so maybee it was envy, but blacks are said to be true jazz musicians. To me, this isn't so. Blacks told WHITES to find their own way of preaching jazz, and they did and still got badly criticised. This Shelly Manne album is proof that west coast isn't bland. It swings just as violently as any other. Critic, Nat Hentoff once said west coast was bland, but to me it isn't so. Whites should have an outlet of expression. I still love Miles and Trane though.

Texas tenor at his very best.......2001-09-24

Buddy Tate (1913-2001) ranks among the great masters of classic tenor sax.He played in Count Basie's orchestra after Lester left the band,and belongs to the family of the great players of the swing era, with Don Byas,Arnett Cobb,Illinois Jacquet,Ben Webster and Chu Berry.THis CD combines two different sessions originally issued on Swingville : "Tate's date" (tracks 1-6) and "Groovin' with Buddy Tate" (tracks 7-13).For the first session,Buddy plays with the rare Ben Richardson (alto,baritone and clarinet),Sadik Hakim (piano),Wendell Marshall (bass) and Osie Johnson,a very talented drummer.The second session shows us Buddy on tenor sax,of course,but also on clarinet (a magnificent version of Duke's "I'm just a lucky so and so"),with pianist Ronnell Bright,guitarist Wally Richardson,bassist George Tucker and Roy Brooks on drums.The spirit of Kansas City's music is everywhere in this record: blues and jumping tunes in which Buddy's saxophone shines from the beginning to the end.In the second session,the blues alternates with three beautiful standards: Duke's "lucky" (beautiful chorus by Wally Richardson),"East of the sun" and "makin' whoopee".The recording engineer was Rudy Van Gelder, so the sound quality is irreprochable. An essential reissue,and a milestone in Buddy Tate's very long musical carreer.

Shelly Swings with the Best of the West.......2000-12-28

No one could swing a pair of brushes like Shelly Manne. No disrespect to Buddy, Gene, Jo, Mel or the other giants of the engine room, but Shelly Manne was just so smooth. This disc, a reissue of Contemporary 3507, is a gem of west coast jazz and features arrangements by several of the people who defined the style in the 1950's (Marty Paich, Bill Holman, Shorty Rogers etc.). Originally recorded in 1955, Manne has surrounded himself with several west coast studio fraternity members including Bob Cooper, Curtis Counce, Bob Enevoldsen, Russ Freeman, Jimmy Giuffre, Bill Holman, Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Marty Paich and others. 12 tracks in all and every one features nice tight clever orchestrations over swing tempos or ballad treatments. I only really disliked one track (Fugue) which was a little too experimental for me. Highly recommended, especially for lovers of California Cool.

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The West Coast Sound, Vol. 1 Shelly Manne & His Men Manufacturer: Contemporary ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000FZDNOK Release Date: 2006-08-07

Tracks:

1. Grasshopper [#]
2. Murcura
3. Summer Night [#]
4. Afrodesia
5. You and the Night and the Music
6. Gazzelle
7. Sweets
8. Spring Is Here [#]
9. Mallets
10. You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me [#]
11. You're My Thrill
12. Fugue

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

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Da Undaground Sound, Vol. 1: East Side Various Artists Manufacturer: Priority Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1990-1999 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000003AIW Release Date: 1996-07-02

Tracks:

1. C.R.E.A.M. - Wu-Tang Clan
2. Tonight's Da Night - Redman
3. They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) - Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
4. Mic Checka - Das EFX
5. Bonita Applebum - A Tribe Called Quest
6. Call Me D-Nice - D-Nice
7. Ex Girl To Next Girl - Gang Starr
8. Hip Hop Junkies - Nice & Smooth
9. Ring The Alarm - Fu-Schnickens
10. What's On Your Mind - Eric B. & Rakim
11. Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down - Brand Nubian
12. I Shouldn't Have Done That - Slick Rick
13. Letha Brainz Blo - Heltah Skeltah
14. Sound Of Da Police - KRS-One

Average customer rating: A very nice compilation

Future Sound of Jazz, Vol. 1 Various Artists Manufacturer: Compost ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Drum & Bass | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music IDM | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Future Sound of Jazz, Vol. 4 The Future Sound of Jazz, Vol. 2 Future Sounds of Jazz, Vol. 6 Future Sounds of Jazz, Vol. 9 ASIN: B00000J5X7 Release Date: 1998-02-23

Tracks:

1. Theme Sax - Jimi Tenor
2. City Lights, Pt. 2 (City of Starsign) - Patrick Pulsinger
3. Is This the Place? - The Hunches
4. Vibrations Mystiques - The Mighty Bop
5. I Wish I Had You
6. On the Sly
7. High Priestess [Tarot Session] - Karma
8. Mucho Chocolate - Planet Jazz, Planet Jazz
9. Gato de Oro [High Moon Mix] - Louis M. Sapienza
10. Sierra [Deep Underworld Mix]
11. Move Ya [Born Free-Coldcut-Mix] - Plavka,
12. Inside Out - Wagon Christ
13. Nova Sola (Bahia Blunt) - Shantel

Customer Reviews:

A very nice compilation.......2005-09-25

After hearing volume 4 of this series I just had to get some more. This first volume contains more electro oriented stuff than volume 4 did, and that's not a bad thing. Excellent chillout factor for the whole album with the exception of "The Deep Child - Sierra" which is a total piece of garbage. The author must have paid a lot of money to get his track on such an otherwise excellent compilation. Highly recommended album if you're into that slow, downbeat electro/triphop groovy stuff!

Average customer rating: Mystical, exotic and meditative

Degung-mojang Priangan: Sudanese Music of West Java, Vol. 1 Various Artists Manufacturer: Sound ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Degung-sabilulungan: Sudanese Music of West Java, Vol. 2 Degung-Bulan Dagoan ASIN: B000024PSL Release Date: 1999-11-12

Tracks:

1. Mojang Priangan
2. Warung Pojok
3. Kedah Kesaha
4. Gupay Panjajab

Album Details

Part of Sound of the World Series.

Customer Reviews:

Mystical, exotic and meditative.......2004-03-05

Since i'm not familiar with Sundanese music, i don't know exact name of each instrument.But briefly and simply; the instruments consist of some kind of gongs and metallophones, an xylophone like instrument, a bamboo flute and some drums. The music is composed of layers of simple melody lines,created by gongs, xylophone and flute, and accompanied with simple and repetetive rhythm patterns by drums. The music contains mystical, exotic, and meditative low tempo melodies. Fine piece of music but there is nothing outstanding in my opinion.

Average customer rating: Master groove CD unbelievable! brokkenjoe@yahoo.com Average consumer

The Future Sound of Jazz, Vol. 1 Various Artists Manufacturer: Instinct Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip Hop | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Acid Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Future Sound of Jazz, Vol. 2 The Future Sound of Jazz, Vol. 4 Future Sounds of Jazz, Vol. 8 Future Sounds of jazz, Vol 7 Future Sounds of Jazz, Vol. 9 ASIN: B000001UWF Release Date: 1996-07-16

Tracks:

1. Tabla Rasa - Sven Van Hees
2. Journey (Aphex Twin Care Mix) - Gentle People
3. Nights Interlude - Nightmares On Wax
4. Quiddity (Last Visit) - Max 404
5. Sexual Attraction - Fauna Flash
6. All That Jazz - 12-10 Series MK 1
7. Sides Of Iron - Chaser
8. Nova Sola (Bahia Blunt) - Shantel
9. P.M.2/SM2 - Lazer Musik-A Pulsinger/Tunakan Prod.
10. 1992 Live - B. Low feat. Richard Dorfmeiser
11. Hector's House - U-ziq
12. Tranquilizer - Turntable Terranova

Customer Reviews:

Master groove CD.......2002-03-02

This is just about my favorite cd these days. I will be buying the other volumes!! I am a musician and a dancer, many times a rare combination!! This album can save your LIFE and MIND!!!!!

unbelievable!.......1999-07-29

what a super album! it's quite mellow and beautifully done! i've had hundreds of CDs, and this is easily in the top three. it amazes me that it hasn't caught on. you won't regret buying it if you're looking for mellow, perfect acid-jazz.

brokkenjoe@yahoo.com Average consumer.......1999-02-25

This is where it all started for shadow records. I rate this disk as an esential part of any music collectors library. Asid jazz has never sounded so good... nor will it ever again. just check out #6 all that jazz. Trust me, you'll love this disk.

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Jamaica Soul Shake, Vol. 1 Sound Dimension Manufacturer: Soul Jazz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music Rocksteady | Reggae | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | Compilations | International | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Downbeat the Ruler: Killer Instrumentals from Studio One Studio One Scorcher Vol. 2 (Instrumentals) Last Train to Skaville Studio One Ska Reggae with the Hippy Boys ASIN: B000CDGTIW Release Date: 2006-04-03

Tracks:

1. Heavy Beat
2. Federated Backdrop
3. Baby Face
4. Rathid
5. Bitter Blood
6. Love Land
7. Full Up
8. Upsetters Dream
9. Soul Shake
10. Thing
11. My Heart in Rhythm
12. Man Pon Spot
13. Holy Moses
14. Doctor Sappa Too
15. Hail Don D
16. Solas

Album Description

The Sound Dimension were the second most important musical group at Studio One Records (after The Skatalites) and in the late 1960s created the funkiest reggae known to mankind, featuring a classic line-up that included Jackie Mittoo & Leroy Sibbles among others. Soul Jazz. 2006.

Album Details

The Sound Dimension were the Second Most Important Musical Group at Studio One Records (After the Skatalites) and in the Late 1960s Created the Funkiest Reggae Known to Mankind. Featuring a Classic Line-up that Included Jackie Mittoo, Leroy Sibbles, Cedric Brooks, Vin Gordon (A/K/A Don Drummond Jnr), Ernest Ranglin, Leroy 'horsemouth' Wallace and More, the Sound Dimension Literally Invented the Sound of Reggae with their Unique Style.

Average customer rating: Five decades later and still swinging!

Jazz in Paris: Lionel Hampton & His French New Sound, Vol. 1 Lionel Hampton Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Swing Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Jazz in Paris: Lionel Hampton & His French New Sound, Vol. 2 ASIN: B000051TLB Release Date: 2001-01-29

Tracks:

1. Voice of the North
2. la French
3. Crazy Rhythm
4. Zebu

Album Details

Mid-fifties recording by the so-called 'King of the Vibraphone'. Hampton, himself mentored by Louis Armstrong, help guide the career of many important jazz & r&b musicians such as Quincy Jones, Dexter Gordon, Dinah Washington & Aretha Franklin.

Customer Reviews:

Five decades later and still swinging!.......2004-08-15

Lionel Hampton recorded this super CD (and volume two) in Paris during a 1955 European trip and both CDs are unusual in that they feature long tracks, up to twelve minutes on 'A la French' (and fourteen for 'I cover the waterfront' on the second CD) which allow the musicians to develop their improvisations.

The ten musicians with Hampton are French except for Benny Bailey and Nat Adderley from the Hampton orchestra and they all contribute some beautiful playing. One reason I like these two discs is the rhythm section (Sacha Distel is on guitar) which never intrudes but supports the rest of the group.

Hampton's playing throughout is superb and on the ten minute 'Zebu' he plays with just the rhythm section, improvising with Distel and pianist Rene Urtreger for extended choruses. The uptempo 'Voice of the North' and 'Crazy Rhythm' gives everyone a chance to shine, even French horn (was this a jazz first?) player Dave Amram.

I originally bought these tracks on two French Felsted LPs in the late fifties and played them into the ground so I'm particularly pleased that they are now on CD. This is swinging jazz, so good that you don't want it to end!

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Soundscape Gallery Series, Vol. 1 Various Artists Manufacturer: Lektronic Sound ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | Compilations | New Age | Styles | Music Space Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Electronic | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Soundscape Gallery Series, Vol. 3 ASIN: B000003U9R Release Date: 1997-01-14

Tracks:

1. Sanctuaries - Jonn Serrie
2. Badlands - Todd Fletcher
3. Dwell - A Produce
4. Sirius - Giles Reaves
5. The Nourished Unknown - Vidna Obmana
6. Requiem - Robert Rich
7. Jurassic Rain - Tony Gerber
8. This And The Other - Steve Roach

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Good: Adventures in Extreme Optimism, Vol. 1 Holiday & The Adventure Pop Manufacturer: Adventure Pop Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CADD9S Release Date: 2003-07-01

Tracks:

1. Julius Caesar Had It Coming
2. Revolving Doors
3. Strength of Years
4. Knowledge
5. Motorcylcle: A Prelude to Evel
6. Evel Knievel Can Fly
7. Her Daze
8. Memory
9. Kangaroo
10. Vaingloria
11. Number 5

Jazz Music:

1. Standing on Fishes
2. Steppin' Out
3. Stop and Listen
4. Suite: The Music of Claude Bolling
5. Swing Shift
6. Swing That Music
7. The Best of Bobbi Humphrey
8. The Indispensable Fats Waller, Vols. 3-4: 1935-1936 [Import]
9. The New Orleans King of the Stroll
10. The Other Side of the Sun

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