Jack Sheldon Discography

Recording information: Stadthalle Freiburg (10/15/1959). Translator: Alan Seaton. Arranger: Benny Goodman. Personnel: Jimmy Wyble (guitar); Jerry Dodgion (flute); Benny Goodman (clarinet); Flip Phillips (tenor saxophone); Jack Sheldon (trumpet); Bill Harris (trombone); Russ Freeman (piano); Red Norvo (vibraphone); John Markhan (drums). Liner Note Author: Michael ...

This continually interesting set finds Jimmy Giuffre sticking exclusively to his cool-toned clarinet, mostly playing in the lower register, in several settings. The thought-provoking and generally relaxed works feature a wide variety of instrumentation. Giuffre takes "So Low" as an ...

In 1978, Benny Goodman celebrated the 40th anniversary of his original pioneering Carnegie Hall concert with an anniversary performance at the palace of classical music. From reviews of the actual event, the music and presentation were quite erratic, but this ...

Includes liner notes by Charles Schwab, Hal Wilner, Jon Landau. While Tom Waits would come to be best known for the innovative work that followed his stylistic reinvention/deconstruction in the 1980s, that material could not have existed without the groundwork he ...

Fantasy's The Art of the Ballad series continues with a chronologically wide-ranging look at Art Pepper's way with standard tunes, splitting time almost equally between the two divisions of his career and striking emotional gold frequently. As good as the ...

Considering his talents, arranger Bill Holman has led relatively few recording sessions through the years. This formerly rare big-band set from 1958 (originally on the Andex label and reissued on CD by V.S.O.P.) features a 15-piece band filled with West ...

Tom Kubis' first recording as a leader is quite impressive. His arranging chops were already in their prime, his big band uses similar personnel to the one in existence more than a dozen years later, and he makes several standards ...

This double-disc compilation of jazz classics includes several recordings from 1957 and features jazz greates from both coasts. Manny Albam led many fine all-star big bands assembled specifically for recording sessions, and this compilation combines two related Coral LPs into a ...

Track Listing: That Face; I'm Afraid the Masquerade Is Over; Feeling Good; I Was a Fool; Spice; Girl Talk; Cry Me a River; What a Diff'rence a Day Made; You'll Never Know; Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise; Trouble with ...

On this reissue CD, pianist/arranger Marty Paich heads a septet that consists of trumpeters Jack Sheldon and Don Fagerquist, valve trombonists Stu Williamson and Bob Enevoldsen, and a quiet rhythm section with bassist Buddy Clark and drummer Mel Lewis. While ...

Recording information: Capitol Records, Hollywood CA (06/24/1978). Personnel: Benny Goodman (clarinet); Cal Collins (guitar); Buddy Tate (saxophone); Jack Sheldon (trumpet); Wayne Andre (trombone); John Bunch (piano). Liner Note Author: Herb Wong.

Digitally remastered by Joe Tarantino (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). One of the high points of Helen Humes' career, this Contemporary set (reissued on CD) features superior songs, superb backup, and very suitable and swinging arrangements by Marty Paich. Humes' versions of ...

The ubiquitous Bud Shank played on many of arranger Marty Paich's sessions, including this West Coast answer to BIRTH OF THE COOL. MODERN JAZZ CLASSICS is more accurately described as a brilliantly executed homage to bebop itself, with its fresh ...

Track Listing: Mama's Boy Blues; That's Where I Am; Hey Bartender; Willie; One More Cowboy; Barstool Boogie; C'mon-A-My House; First I Lost My Marbles; That Ain't Right; Cue the Violins; I'll See You in My Dreams; Texas Kinda Attitude; That's ...

Includes liner notes by Charles Schwab, Hal Wilner, Jon Landau. While Tom Waits would come to be best known for the innovative work that followed his stylistic reinvention/deconstruction in the 1980s, that material could not have existed without the groundwork he ...

This 13-track set covers almost 20 years in the tumultuous career of alto saxophonist Art Pepper. From the lead-off track "Smack Up," Pepper's remarkable style is apparent--lyrical, dexterous, and full of a wild, mercurial passion that recalls Charlie Parker, but ...

Uptown was one of the first independent jazz labels to come out with a multi-artist Christmas jazz collection. This enjoyable CD has performances by the Claudio Roditi-Don Sickler quintet, Frank Wess, Johnny Coles, Kenny Barron, Charlie Rouse, Richard Wyands, Maria ...

Most jazz aficionados will rank Anita O'Day as one the very best vocalists that the genre had to offer in the 1940s and 1950s. Her satiny tone, natural sense of rhythm, and improvisational skills placed her alongside the elite voices ...

In 1997, Blue Moon released My Son the Folk Swinger/Jazz Kaleidoscope, which contained two albums -- My Son the Folk Swinger (1963, originally released on Vee Jay) and Jazz Kaleidoscope (1962, also originally on Vee Jay) -- by Bill Marx ...

Track Listing: What Is This Thing Called Love?; Ten Cents a Dance; Waiter, Make Mine Blues; Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered; Tea for Two; Honeysuckle Rose; Love Me or Leave Me; It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream; Miss Brown to You; ...

The accomplished jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton interprets a variety of songs on the subject of happiness on this subtle, nuanced set. Unique readings of standards such as "Happy Days Are Here Again," presented here in upbeat and more muted versions, ...

This '93 session reunites O'Day with a big band for the first time in many years and also with Buddy Bregman, who produced her first Verve recording (the label's debut) in 1956. Her voice has deepened and perhaps lost some ...

PERFORMED BY AN ALL-STAR TENTET FEATURING JACK SHELDON, BILL HARRIS, FLIP PHILLIPS AND RED NORVO, IT CONTAINS THE FIRST JAZZ VERSION EVER OF "MY FAVORITE THINGS", TAPED NEARLY A YEAR BEFORE JOHN COLTRANE'S CELEBRATED RENDITION.A LIVE SET BY THE EXACT ...

IN THE STUDIO AND IN CONCERT contains the two previously released albums REUNION (1988) and IN CONCERT TOKYO (1989) in one 2-disc package. Includes liner notes by Chris Albertson and Jonathan Schwartz. Recorded live at Kan-i Hoken Hall, Tokyo, Japan in December ...

Out of print on cassette on Verve [422 849 266] as of December, 1993. For more than a half-century, Anita O'Day has been the most adventurous jazz singer of them all. Though Betty Carter may have bent more notes or stretched ...