Art Farmer & Bill Evans: Modern Art
A point of interest in this 1958 session is hearing Bill Evans playing soul jazz and hard bop, styles he's not usually associated with
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A point of interest in this 1958 session is hearing Bill Evans playing soul jazz and hard bop, styles he's not usually associated with
Two CDs collect four albums by the sextet which co-leader Art Farmer saw as the antidote to the jam session
The four 'classics' by the trumpeter feature him with Gigi Gryce, with Quincy Jones and on the albums Farmer's Market and Art
Tonight's Jazz Feature is by a fine pianist/composer who literally played with everyone of importance from Charles Mingus, Max Roach, John Coltrane to Billie Holiday and many more. Mal was the "house pianist" for Prestige Records in the mid and late 50's and recorded prolifically as a sideman and leader. Tonight's album is arguably his finest as a leader up to the time yet it is unfairly overlooked. It was done on March 20, 1958 at RVG Studios. His trio has Addison Farmer on bass and Albert "Tootie" Heath on drums and it's a very cohesive date. The album was called "Im...
/PRNewswire/ -- Throughout his brief but influential life, Charlie "Bird" Parker made an enormous impact on popular music as one of the architects of modern...