The Interpretations Of Tal Farlow by Tal Farlow, released on Norgran Records in 1955.

Down Beat : 06/29/1955
Nat Hentoff : 4 stars

Another well-conceived collection of Farlow performances with Tal receiving expert backing from Claude Williamson, Red Mitchell, and Stan Levey. Mitchell and Williamson also contribute a few tasteful solos. One of Farlow’s highlights is his unaccompanied Autumn Leaves. Recording quality of this set is improved over Tal’s previous two albums for this label. This one’s called The Interpretations of Tal Farlow and is further proof that Tal’s ideas, beat, and tone place him among the best modern jazz guitarists.

https://thejazztome.info/tal-farlow-the-interpretations-of-tal-farlow/

Cover Artwork: David Stone Martin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbGNIMAbOo&list=PLfJndz0utgOO9R_WDuN825oV2vumHY_nE&index=1

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Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite by Machito, released on Mercury in 1951.

A seminal bit of Latin jazz from the early 50s – Machito's first "Afro Cuban Jazz Suite", written by Chico O'Farrill, and packaged here in the original 10" LP on Mercury, complete with the David Stone Martin cover! The set features a stunning mix of jazz and Latin playing, in a manner that was to forever shape the future of both musics – with solo work by Flip Phillips and Charlie Parker, and Latin percussion by Mario Bauza, Jose Mangual, Candido, and Machito. The writing and playing is superb, and Chico O'Farrill arranged the whole thing with an energy level matching his best early work! - Dusty Groove

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlbapnFHczs&list=PLZGc_ONM98vDsCK0TOw_8XkCA2ZEzstqg&index=1

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Charlie Parker, The Mercury & Clef 10-inch LP Collection

This 2021 box collects / reproduces the 10″ LPs put out in the early 1950s:

• Charlie Parker With Strings (1950)
• Charlie Parker With Strings #2 (1954)
• Bird and Diz (1952)
• Charlie Parker Plays South of the Border (1952)
• Charlie Parker (1954)

I don’t normally collect 10″ records, but got a good deal on this box, which is very well made, reproducing original covers and labels, and with an included book. Neither of the two “Charlie Parker With Strings” LPs actually has the #2 on it which can get confusing – the one with the two birds on it is the second. Most of these reproduce their Mercury labels except for the one just titled Charlie Parker which was only on Clef.

Artwork on all these covers by David Stone Martin. Players with Charlie Parker include Bernie Leighton, Buddy Rich, Ray Brown, Mitch Miller, Max Roach, Al Haig, Percy Heath, Thelonius Monk, Curly Russell, and Dizzy Gillespie (among others). Norman Granz wrote most (all?) the sleeve notes and supervised the recordings.

Still available in the Verve Store (and elsewhere I’m sure) it is well worth picking up.

#10_ #1950s #2 #2021 #AlHaig #BernieLeighton #boxSet #BuddyRich #CharlieParker #Clef #CurlyRussell #DavidStoneMartin #DizzyGillespie #jazz #MaxRoach #Mercury #MitchMiller #NormanGranz #PercyHeath #RayBrown #Reissue #TheloniousMonk #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds