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...work. "I'm like a snowball rolling downhill," he says. He can even afford his own apartment now. Gettin' to It showcases his wide-ranging skills-in swing, bebop, blues, free jazz-and his full, throbbing sound. McBride may be the most promising and versatile new bassist since Charlie Mingus. To some people, that may not sound so sexy, but for jazz fans, it sure is exciting...
WOODY ALLEN, MAYA ANGELOU, Pearl Bailey, Harry Belafonte, Lenny Bruce, Betty Carter, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Woody Guthrie, Judy Holliday, Johnny Mathis, Wynton Marsalis, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Mort Sahl and Peter, Paul and Mary and countless other legendary jazz and folk musicians, poets and entertainers all have one thing in common. They made their name at a basement dive in New York City called the Village Vanguard. Last week what may be the oldest nightclub in America threw itself a 60th birthday party, and the joint was more jumping than ever...
...BEEN 23 YEARS since Joni Mitchell released Blue, a lapidary album that used vivid poetry and sun-washed melodies to enrich the palette of contemporary folk music. Now and then, over time, Mitchell's commercial fortunes have stalled, but her determination has never wavered. Her forays into jazz (Mingus, The Hissing of Summer Lawns) cost her some fans but cemented her reputation as a provocative innovator, and by 1985 her lyrics had taken on an increasingly political bite...
...Mingus's jaunty, powerful bass lines on classics such as "Haitian Fight Song," "Better Get Hit In Your Soul" and "Ecclusiastics" are truly inspiring in their power and realization...
...Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding, Rhino tries to achieve a balance between the all-encompassing Ornette set and the overviewish Mingus set; instead of giving you all of Otis, they'll give you all you could ever want...