Each month Peter Batten recommends a recording that jazz fans may wish to add to their personal library. Recently I spent a lot of time reconsidering the career of Gerry Mulligan. At the end I was filled with even more admiration for his contribution to our music. Gerry was much more than a […]
Each month Peter Batten recommends a recording that jazz fans may wish to add to their personal library. Stéphane Grappelli & Oscar Peterson: Jazz In Paris On a summer evening in 1957 I fell in love with the jazz violin of Stéphane Grappelli. It was at a jazz concert in the […]
Each month Peter Batten recommends a recording that jazz fans may wish to add to their personal library. In the summer of 2011 Claire Martin was in New York for a very special recording session. She decided to take the opportunity to put together an album of great standard songs. To this end […]
Pete Recommends…The Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall Each month Peter Batten recommends a recording that jazz fans may wish to add to their personal library. When I moved to Hove in 1999 I decided to make my library of jazz recordings more specialised. The first step was to collect […]
Each month Peter Batten recommends a recording that jazz fans may wish to add to their personal library. Kenny Davern, Art Hodes, Don DeMichael/ The Hot Three One for the traditionalists this month. During the second half of the 20th century Kenny and Art kept alive the true spirit of early jazz. Not for them […]
Each month Peter Batten recommends a recording that jazz fans may wish to add to their personal library. Kenny Barron & Charlie Haden: Night and the City This is a wonderful live session which many fans seem to have missed. It was recorded in September 1996 at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York. Since […]
Each month Peter Batten recommends a recording that jazz fans may wish to add to their personal library. This month it is time to recommend some British jazz. My choice is Stan Tracey. In the 1980s I enjoyed his duo performances with bassist Roy Babbington. Then in his last 20 years he made club […]
Each month Peter Batten recommends a recording that jazz fans may wish to add to their personal library. Jazz fans have always had mixed feelings about the impresario Norman Granz. His “Jazz at the Philharmonic” concerts, which began in the 1940s, certainly provided work and public recognition for some outstanding musicians. Unfortunately, although […]