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As a debut album, Little Girl Blue is a curate’s egg of a recording. Simone was in her mid-20s and still hopeful of a career as a classical pianist. Needing to support herself, she reluctantly started to play the local clubs, adopting a new identity so that her family would not know she was playing jazz, folk and blues.
Lavish presentation on vinyl and CD and in an 80-page book of the singing trumpeter who was the antithesis of Louis Armstrong.
Arrangements for the singer by Quincy Jones, Ralph Burns and others transform his voice, with Burns's mastery breathtaking.
A balanced selection from the singer's celebrated 1956 double album is presented on high-quality yellow vinyl.
A book that brings together the analysis of the authoritative critic Brian Morton, who in 92 pages reveals the epiphany of this masterpiece in notes and reflections accompanied by photographs of true masters in the calibre of Jean-Pierre Leloir, Herb Snitzer, Martin Koner and David Redfern, among others.
Bonus tracks added to the modal bestseller allow the genial Hank Jones to impinge on the world of the merchant of gloom.
“Kind of Blue” est le best-seller du trompettiste Miles Davis et l’un des albums les plus vénérés de l’histoire du jazz. Dans ce livre, le célèbre écrivain du “Penguin Guide to Jazz” et de la BBC, Brian Morton, explore la réalisation de ce chef-d'œuvre emblématique du jazz.
Lyrical doesn't have to be slow, but it is here, with most of the tunes plodding along at a little over 24 bpm, a tempo that doesn't faze Baker.
“Chet Baker Sings” fue el álbum más vendido de la carrera de Chet Baker y a día de hoy, sigue siendo uno de los discos de jazz más vendidos. En este libro Brian Morton (colaborador de la Penguin Guide to Jazz), analiza todo el proceso de creación de esta obra icónica.
Special Radio Show on The Making of Chet Baker Sings browsing through the 80-page history about the iconic album, listening to some tracks and reading extracts from the specially written essay by bassist Riccardo Del Fra.
La musique classique peut swinguer, le jazz peut être classique. Quels que soient vos goûts et curiosités, que vous soyez plutôt big band ou be bop, musique de chambre, symphonique ou opéra, voici une petite sélection de belles réalisations à piocher dans les rayons classique et jazz.
Back in the mid-fifties I recall a Melody Maker headline that read "Chet Baker to appear in London - But only to sing!" This was, at the time, akin to saying that Fred Astaire would be appearing but wouldn't be dancing.