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The DVD was recorded live at Village Vanguard in New York 1981
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New Release
JOHNNY ARNOLD GRIFFIN III IS HIS REAL NAME. He was also called the "The Little Giant" or "The Fastest Gun Alive" and "The Tough Tenors when he was playing with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis. Johnny Griffin was the fastest swinging tenorplayer in Jazz which you will hear when you listen to this 3 CD 1 DVD box set.
CD 1 was recorded in April 1964 when he played the Montmartre Club with Art Taylor, Kenny Drew and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen.
CD 2 was also from Montmartre recorded July 10, 1984 with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (The Tough Tenors) Harry Pickens, Curtis Lundy and Kenny Washington.
CD 3 was recorded at Jazzhus Slukefter in the Tivoli Garden July 15, 1989 with Kenny Drew, Jens Melgaard and Ole Streenberg.
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No. 2 on hmv.co.jp’s Jazz Top 20
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It is three well established Danish jazz musicians you will hear on the new CD from Storyville. The trio plays standards from the American songbook which they interpret in a very different way. Sometimes it is a slow ballad and after that a very swinging version where you will tap your feet listening to the trio. It is world-class music played by three Danish musicians that are equal to any of the American jazz-trios. No jazz fan can live without this CD in his collection. Listen to Carsten Dahl piano, Mad Vinding bass and Alex Riel drums.
The title of the CD is "In Your Own Sweet Way" which is also the first track on the CD followed by "Maria gennem torne går" (Maria walks through thorns) "It Could Happen To You" "Beautiful Friendship" "What Is This Thing Called Love" "Peace" and "Night And Day" The cover of the CD is a painting by Danish painter Erik Rasmussen.
IN YOUR OWN SWEET WAY er titlen på vor nye trio-CD med Carsten Dahl (p), Mads Vinding (b) og Alex Riel (dr). Det er toppen af dansk jazz, der her spiller.
De tre musikere har spillet sammen mange gange og disse optagelser er indspillet i Copenhagen Jazzhouse mellem 2005 og 2007. De syv titler på denne CD er: In Your Own Sweet Way, Maria gennem torne går, It Could Happen To You, Beautiful Friendship, What Is This Thing Called Love, Peace og Night And Day.
Thomas Michelsen POLITIKEN
Vældig livlig live-CD - I særklasse tæt sammenspil
 
Bent Stenbakken, Nordjyske
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After World War II, Voice of America radio broadcasts by Leonard Feather and Willis Conover helped to lay the foundation for subsequent tours. U.S. State Department sponsored the tours that sent America’s JAZZ AM-BASSADORS around the world. They travelled from 1955 to the 70’s and visited such different places as the Soviet Union, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, India, Thailand, Burma, Pakistan, Philippines, Ceylon, Japan, Ghana, Cameroon, Congo, Egypt, Senegal, Nigeria, Morocco, Kenya, Chile, Argentina and Europe. Everywhere they played they were very well received and did a fantastic job as "Good Will Jazz Ambassadors"
The Jam Session CD contains music with some of the Ambassadors:
LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS ALL STARS/ Someday You Will Be Sorry/When The Saints Go Marching In
DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET/The Golden Horn/Thank You
BENNY CARTER QUARTET/Blue Star/Summer Serenade
DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA/Perdido/Thing Ain’t What They Used To Be
DIZZY GILLESPIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA/Cool Breeze/Mantecca
WOODY HERMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA/Sleepy Serenade/Starlight Souvenirs
CLARK TERRY & HIS ORCHESTRA feat.
PAUL GONSALVES/Blues For The Champ Of Champs/Daniel’s Blues
JAZZ WEEKLY: These guys do more for international relations than Obama could ever dream of.
"Naturally, the cd brings you lots of nice music." - Bert Vuijsje, Doctor Jazz Magazine
Review
This is a working days worth of music by men who played it, lived it and loved it. The root of all American music is shown in the most fertile soil on these discs. Get it and feel the real deal.
George Harris, Jazzweekly
THE BLUES BOX 7CDs DVD
This is a box filled to the brim with performances by some of the most celebrated blues artists of the post war period, including some whose careers stretched back to earlier decades. What you hear—and see on the included DVD—is a kaleidoscope of approaches to this enduring music: songs molded from personal experiences that reflect good as well as bad times, snippets of autobiography and touches of humour. Yes, the blues is not restricted to tales of woe. There were good times to be had in the juke joints of the South and the watering holes of Chicago, an urban environment to which many of these artists gravitated.
Contains the following artists:
Sonnyboy Williamson, Champion Jack Dupree, Robert Lockwood Jr., Henry Gray, Boogie Bill Webb, Lonnie Johnson, Otis Spann, Speckled Red, Sunnyland Slim, Roosevelt Sykes, Sippie Wallace, Little Brother Montgomery, Big Joe Williams, Sleepy John Estes, Robert Pete Williams, Memphis Slim, Eddie Boyd, Jay McShann, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and many more …
Cat no.108 8604
Add in a 38 page booklet with potted biographies and great photos and you have a set that can only be described as essential. (www.storyvillerecords.com)
Rating 10
Mick Rainsford
Blues In Britain magazine
If I were awarding stars (as some publications do) I would have to award a whole galaxy.
Herb Young – IAJRC Journal
10 CDs are joined by a DVD that features Tatum on clips from The March of Time newsreels, The Fabulous Dorseys and a remarkable version of "Yesterdays" from The Spike Jones Show in 1954.
Scott Yanow, JazzTimes
JazzWise,
Downbeat The 10 CDs and bonus DVD that comprise Tatum Art would seem to be the perfect gift.
There is enough previously unknown and unissued material combined with reissued unknown and unissued material from a variety of obscure sources to make this of interest to any Tatum, student or would-be student.
Cadence
"A box with live recordings of the greatest jazzpianist ever? Priceless”.
Jazzism, Holland, Winter 2009.
Overwhelming, yes, but so is Mt. Everest. You've not heard the piano until you've heard Tatum.
George W. Harris - Jazz Weekly
Jazzthetik, Germany
The detailed liner notes and numerous photos add to the value of this
essential collection of rare Art Tatum.
On top ten list of top reissues/historical recordings posted at Jaazhouse.org
Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
Tatum's Art Changed Jazz - Tatum always sounds like he's got at least 20 fingers himself
Will Friedwald, Wall Street Journal
"Ellington's Band Is Heavenly In These 'Live'
'40s Recordings"
By Nat Hentoff
Mr. Hentoff writes about jazz for The Wall Street Journal.
A Masterpiece by Anyone's Standards
By Will Friedwald
The Duke Box: Duke Ellington in the Forties (8 CDs, Storyville Records, 2006)
Review by Michael Leddy - blog (Orange Crate Art)
27 Oct. 2007
NRC HANDELSBLAD HOLLAND
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DO RIGHT BY YOUR SOUL AND MAKE THE INVESTMENT all about JAZZ
More review at The official Ben Webster pages Click here
Anmeldelse på JAZZNET af Henrik Kaldahl
The Ben Webster Box has received the Edison Jazz Award 2008 (NL)
Ben Webster -- Dig Ben
Eric Alterman's review:
This eight-disc compilation of the famed tenor saxophonist Ben Webster's work is largely made of his European recordings, made from 1964-1973, mostly in Scandinavia. Webster went to Europe when he was 55 - a fear of flying prevented an earlier trip, but once there, Webster never returned to the United States. The compilation, released by Storyville Records, feature Webster at Copenhagen's famous Montmartre club as well as sessions from London, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Germany and several tracks recorded before he left New York. It's a real treasure. Nobody sounds like Ben and here you can just wallow in the stuff; thoughtful, intelligent and you know, warm. For an eight-CD box set, with excellent bibliographical material, though not much in the way of fancy packaging, it's pretty well priced too. You can read all about it here.
Releases autumn 2008
   
Briliant Soloklaver
Horace Parlan: In Copenhagen. Politiken DK
These four releases by Storyville are a testament to the timelessness of good quality jazz.
Wild Bill Davison
In CopenhagenTrumpeter Bill Davison is in an energized mood on this collection of studio tunes from February, 1974. Caught with a variety of Danish bands ranging from quintet to sextet, Davison exuberantly swings through standards like “If I Had You”, “Someday You’ll Be Sorry” and “I’m Confessin’” with a joyful brashness that bars no holds.
Jay McShann
In CopenhagenThis 1977 studio release by Jay McShann finds him in a cozy small group, and for my money, it’s own of his best, clearly personifying what Kansas City Jazz was all about.
"He puts up a solid game of blues and boogie while singing and playing." - C.P. Vincentius, Doctor Jazz Magazine
Review
Horace Parlan
In Copenhagen Pianist Horace has spent most of his career in Denmark after putting out a string of amazing Blue Note discs in the 60s. This 1999 solo recording finds him tackling material varying from Archie Shepp (“Déjà vu”) to Hoagy Carmichael (“Two Sleepy People”).
Despite a childhood bout of Polio that damaged his right hand, Parlan went on to become a piano master, and this 1999 solo set from Storyville finds him on top form playing a mixture of originals and very unusual takes on standards.
Jazzwise UK
Frank Rosolino
In Copenhagen Put out a mere 2 months before his tragic death in 1978, trombonist Frank Rosolino is found here in excellent form. A master of triple tonguing, and various other tightrope walking, Rosolino displays all his talents on this disc that ranges from a boppish “Blue Daniel” to an angular “Straight No Chaser”.
jazzweekly.com
All About Jazz Review
New autumn releases! 2008
Alt For Damerne DK
Kjeld Frandsen
JAZZWISE UK
En løfterig debut, helt bestemt. Thorbjørn Sjøgren
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THE TREASURY SHOWS VOL. 13 (More)
ALLABOUT JAZZ - Duke Ellington New York and Duke Ellington Treasury Show 13
There are some shining jewels on this cd." - Frank van Nus, Doctor Jazz Magazine
 
Ella Fitzgerald & Mildred Bailey - Legendary Radio Broadcasts - Review in Doctor Jazz Magazine
CD1 (Ella Fitzgerald): "Een uiterst genietbare combinatie, zowel de vocale stukken als de instrumentale laten swingmuziek op zijn best horen." - C.P. Vincentius, Doctor Jazz Magazine
"An extremely enjoyable combination, both the vocal pieces and the instrumental show swing music at its best." - C.P. Vincentius, Doctor Jazz Magazine
CD2 (Mildred Bailey): "Deze radio-opnamen blijken een platform voor enkele top jazzspelers van dat moment." - C.P. Vincentius, Doctor Jazz Magazine
"These radio recordings prove to be a platform for some top jazz players of that moment." - C.P. Vincentius, Doctor Jazz Magazine
 
Count Basie & Benny Carter««««Politiken DK
Jazz Weekly - Legendary Radio Broadcasts, Sounds Of New Orleans
 
 
Sweets & Lockjaw ««« Jazzwise UK
Benny Carter«««« Politiken DK - «««Jazzwise UK
Bud Powell«««««Politiken DK - ««««Jazzwise UK
Bud Powell Review in all about jazz click here
Sweets & Lockjaw «««« Politiken DK
Kenny Drew ««««Jazzwise UK
Summer release 2007
 
 
Zoot Sims In Copenhagen«««Jazzwise UK
Zoot Sims In Copenhagen«««««Boris Rabinowitsch Politiken CPH, Denmark,
Johnny Griffin & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis ««««Jazzwise UK
Johnny Griffin & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis In Copenhagen««««Kjeld Frandsen
Berlingske Tidende CPH, DK
Warne Marsh In Copenhagen««««« TOPAWARD Jazzman, France
Warne Marsh In Copenhagen«««Jazzwise UK
Teddy Wilson In Copenhagen «««Jazzwise UK (Review in All About Jazz) click here
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Bing & Louis 2CD BoxSet
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Boris Rabinowitsch Politiken Copenhagen Denmark
Louis Armstrong In Scandinavia (4CD set)
Keith Shadwick Jazzwise
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