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Leo Smith – Rastafari
Leo Smith – Rastafari Boxholder Records BXH035 (2003) Compact Disc This 1983 recording, originally issued on Sackville LP, features jazz trumpeter Leo Smith with the Bill Smith Ensemble. “The playing by these adventurous musicians is advanced ad quite free on the four group originals, and all five players share equally in the creation of these…
The Jimmy Coe Big Band – Say What?!
The Jimmy Coe Big Band – Say What?! Time TR011 Jazz saxophonist and band leader Jimmy Coe began his career as an Indianapolis teenager in the late 1930’s. In 1942 he joined Jay McShann’s band, which included the legendary Charlie “Bird” Parker, whom Coe replaced as sax soloist later that year. In the ’40s, he…
Art Hodes – Friar’s Inn Revisited
Art Hodes – Friar’s Inn Revisited Delmark DE 215 Compact Disc
George Lewis – Hello Central…Give Me Doctor Jazz
George Lewis – Hello Central…Give Me Doctor Jazz Delmark DD 201 Compact Disc (2001) This album contains definitive 1953 recordings of clarinetist George Lewis who led the most authentic New Orleans jazz band. It’s a sound that led via English Skiffle groups to Rock music of the ’60s. It’s a New Orleans Brass Band that’s…