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December 30, 2005
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Shelly Manne 2-3-4 (Impulse!). This isn’t new, or even a new reissue. It is a timeless album made in 1962 that should not be allowed to get lost in the shuffle. The west coast drummer from New York and the great tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins had been colleagues on 52nd Street in the forties. Pianist Hank Jones and bassist George Duvivier joined them for this reunion. It was no nostalgia trip. The four played with a sense of adventure that reflected the changes blowing through jazz in the early sixties. The CD includes Hawkins’ only recorded appearance as a pianist and two tracks with the luminous vibraharpist and pianist Eddie Costa, who died in a car wreck later that year.
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CD Shelly Manne 2-3-4 (Impulse!). This isn’t new, or even a new reissue. It is a timeless album made in 1962 that should not be allowed to get lost in the shuffle. The west coast drummer from New York and the great tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins had been colleagues on 52nd Street in the forties. Pianist Hank Jones and bassist George Duvivier joined them for this reunion. It was no nostalgia trip. The four played with a sense of adventure that reflected the changes blowing through jazz in the early sixties. The CD includes Hawkins’ only recorded appearance as a pianist and two tracks with the luminous vibraharpist and pianist Eddie Costa, who died in a car wreck later that year. DVD Book
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Michel Petrucciani, The Power of Three (Blue Note). Two-second cuts, segmented screens, endless dissolves, clever post-production effects: we are spared all of those manifestations of digital-age video virtuosity in this superb, straightforward account of the late pianist’s meeting with Jim Hall and Wayne Shorter at the 1986 Montreux Jazz Festival. The music is the same as that on the CD of the same title, but sensitive camera work, directing and editing allow us the intimacy of being all but inside the music as it is made. It’s the best kind of video; no gimmicks, just watching talented people do what they do best.
Peter J. Levinson, Tommy Dorsey: Livin’ In a Great Big Way (Da Capo). Levinson digs deep into the life and career of the poor kid from Pennsylvania who became a trombonist with a magical sound, then a bandleader who turned out hit after hit. He spares few details of Dorsey’s legendary drive, ambition, nastiness and unyielding discipline of his band. Look elsewhere for extensive analysis of Dorsey’s music, but Levinson’s research is exhaustive in this rounded picture of Dorsey’s importance in the popular music of the swing era and of his contentious personality. He is particularly effective on Dorsey’s relationship with Frank Sinatra. The anecdotes are fascinating.
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