Each month Peter Batten recommends a recording that jazz fans may wish to add to their personal library. Charlie Haden Quartet West – Haunted Heart My choice this month is a rather unusual session which you may have missed. Recorded in France in 1991 and later mixed in San Francisco, it features […]
Each month Peter Batten recommends a recording that jazz fans may wish to add to their personal library. Ella Fitzgerald The Intimate Ella In 1964 Ella won 2 Grammy Awards for the album Ella in Berlin. She was 42 and at the climax of her career. That year she also released this […]
Each month Peter Batten recommends a recording that jazz fans may wish to add to their personal library. Peggy Lee Black Coffee There were many great albums by singers in the 1950s as the era of the long playing record began: Billie Holiday Lady in Satin, Mel Torme with the Marty Paich […]
Each month Peter Batten recommends a recording that jazz fans may wish to add to their personal library. Ahmad Jamal Poinciana In the early 1960s I decided to listen to much more Miles. To start I went in search of his recordings from the early 1950s. This was a difficult time for […]
Each month Peter Batten recommends a recording that jazz fans may wish to add to their personal library. Zoot Sims & Joe Pass Blues For Two This year I began to weed out my collection and to limit my purchases. Anything new would have to make a very strong impression. That was the […]
Each month Peter Batten recommends a recording that jazz fans may wish to add to their personal library. Tadd Dameron & John Coltrane Mating Call Here is another little gem to match last month’s “Thelonica”. Some reissues of this session have sold it as a Coltrane session, but it is definitely Tadd’s date from […]
Each month Peter Batten recommends a recording that jazz fans may wish to add to their personal library. Tommy Flanagan Thelonica Recently I decided to buy a proper piano and practise seriously after some years of tinkering on a cheap keyboard. Like many fans of my generation the pianist I listen to […]
Each month Peter Batten recommends a recording that jazz fans may wish to add to their personal library. Stephane Grappelli Parisian Thoroughfare My recent recommendations keep bringing back memories of the critic Alun Morgan. When I acquired this CD, quite recently in a sale, my memory took me back to an evening in […]
Each month Peter Batten recommends a recording that jazz fans may wish to add to their personal library. Lennie Tristano The Lennie Tristano Quintet Live at Birdland 1949 + Lennie Tristano Solos 1945 When I wrote my recommendation for last month it brought back many memories. Both Mike Shera and Alun Morgan […]
Each month Peter Batten recommends a recording that jazz fans may wish to add to their personal library. Stan Getz Tempus Fugit While I was a university student, in the 1950s, my jazz education progressed very rapidly. I arrived with a record collection dominated by Jelly Roll Morton and Bunk Johnson. My […]