I was prompted to write this post after Doug Payne wrote about the Creed Taylor produced, Chet Baker, comeback album. It’s such an interesting review I wanted to make sure you’d seen it. Chet Baker first entered the popular zeitgeist in 1952 for a trumpet solo on a Gerry Mulligan recording of “My Funny Valentine”. Some 20-years later, Baker would […]
Julien Lourau – Power of Soul – The Music of CTI
I do enjoy rediscovering the music and people from the Creed Taylor era. I’ve often mused that I’d like to be able to redit and remix a set of classic CTI tracks from the stems of original masters. Not the later dance music fashioned tracks, but some of the earlier classic jazz tracks. The opportunity to bring them up to […]
Stonebone – Finally!
If you don’t have a copy, press play and read on, it’s a 1:52 sampler of the album tracks I’m delighted to have an exclusive long form review from CTI and Jazz Historian Doug Payne. I’m lucky to have been able to rip a copy of this album from a loaner a couple of years ago. It’s amazing. I’m heading […]
Gary Peacock – Gone, But Plenty To Remember
My only exposure to Gary Peacock was mid-1985, New York City. Sometime one hot Saturday, after wandering through a bunch of art galleries around the East Village, I came across a small cinema, probably on 2nd Ave. It was showing Michael Snow’s “New York Eye and Ear Control” film on repeat. I’d never heard of the film, but at just […]
On This Day: Black Out
(You can play Black Out while you read, via one of these streaming services. Youtube Music is free, but is ad-supported) My enthusiasm for CTI, and all things Creed Taylor was driven by two amazing websites put together by jazz historian and CTI enthusiast Douglas Payne. A few years ago, I was fortunate to make contact with Doug, and while […]