Readers familiar with Jeff Sultanof’s essays for Rifftides on Pete Rugolo and Russ Garcia know the depth of his knowledge and wisdom about arranging and composing. Professionals in many areas of music admire him for his analyses and editing of scores and for his teaching about major figures … [Read more...]
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Mulligan’s “Yardbird Suite,” Continued
MULLIGAN AND “YARDBIRD SUITE" Part 2 By Jeff Sultanof When Jazz Lines began operation, Rob DuBoff had a meeting with Franca Mulligan and made an agreement. I contacted him about what Mulligan had said to me, and became his editor. Obviously the CJB library was a priority, but Jazz Lines … [Read more...]
Benny Carter, An Appreciation, Continued
Please see the previous post for the first installment. BENNY CARTER, PART 2 By Jeff Sultanof In 1999, I went to Los Angeles to celebrate New Year’s Eve with Jerry Graff, my mentor and second father, as well as to visit with Gene Lees and Roger Kellaway. I got a call from Ed Berger to … [Read more...]
The Old Catch-Up Game
Now and then, the Rifftides staff calls your attention to recordings selected from the stacks of more or less recent arrivals. Comments are brief, in an effort—no doubt doomed—to catch up with worthwhile releases. Dutch Jazz Orchestra, Moon Dreams: Rediscovered Music of Gil … [Read more...]
Correspondence: Clifford And Soupy
Mark Stryker, the jazz columnist of the Detroit Free Press, read the Clifford Brown posting and wrote: Given Soupy's Detroit connections, I once wrote a story about Soupy and the Clifford tape not long after it first surfaced in 1996. There's no link but I've copied some details below, as well as … [Read more...]