“Along with Julius Watkins, John Graas was one of the first jazz French horn soloists. After playing some classical music, in 1942 he became a member of the Claude Thornhill Orchestra. A period in the [More]
Tanganyika (subtitled Modern Afro-American Jazz) is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Buddy Collette recorded at sessions in late 1956 and released on Johnny Otis’ short-lived Dig label. “This set, presented by disc jockey Sleepy [More]
Track listing: 00:00 Take The “A” Train & Perdido 03:36 Everything But You 08:07 Lucky So And So 13:00 Azure 16:29 I’m Beginning To See The Light 20:30 In A Mellow Tone 24:08 Sittin’ And [More]
Track listing: A1 Tenderly 3:22 A2 Ain’t Gonna Study War No More 3:28 A3 I’ll Be Around 3:04 A4 My Man’s Gone Now 3:30 B1 Speak Low 4:18 B2 Take Me In Your Arms 3:35 [More]
“Blue Moon” ( Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart). Taken from the Frank Sinatra Remastered album: Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session!!! Personnel: Frank Sinatra – vocals Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor Buddy Collette – tenor saxophone, flutes ____________________________ [More]
During a 1961 trek to Italy to perform at the annual San Remo Jazz Festival, Buddy Collette detoured to Milan long enough to record The Polyhedric, a superb if virtually unknown session that fuses the [More]
Julie is an LP album by Julie London, released by Liberty Records under catalog numbers LRP-3096 (monaural) in 1957 and LST-7004 (stereophonic) in 1958. The cover by art director Charles Ward was nominated at the [More]
Man of Many Parts is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Buddy Collette recorded at sessions in 1956 and released on the Contemporary label. AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow: This CD reissue of a Contemporary [More]
One of the least known jazz-bossa albums was Buddy Collette’s Bossa Nova, recorded in 1962 for Los Angeles’s Crown label. The flutist and saxophonist was joined by Howard Roberts (g), Jim Helms (g,arr,cond), Mel Pollan [More]
AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow: This LP is a reprise of Benny Carter’s brilliant Further Definitions session of 1961 and, like most sequels, it is not quite on the same level as the original. Utilizing [More]
