Stories from Barry Galbraith

  1. Alone Together: The Best Of The Mercury Years | Album

    Barry Galbraith &bull Apr 10, 2009

    The Clifford Brown - Max Roach Quintet was a landmark unit.  It had an uncanny ability to convey the tumbling melodicism of bebop while it introduced a strong blues element - the very characteristics that came to define the hard-bop… Full Story »

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  2. Trumpet Caliente | Album

    Barry Galbraith &bull May 8, 2007

    For "Trumpet Caliente" Don Goldie chose sidemen with whom he felt most in rapport. Manny Albam's score for the three "bossa nova" numbers are accurrately fitted to Don's approach to jazz. "Manny" Don points out is expert at simplicity. "Fast… Full Story »

  3. The Complete Verve Studio Master Takes | Album

    Barry Galbraith &bull Dec 13, 2005

    Billie Holiday Ringtones are now available for your cell phone!  Click here to get ringtones. For many people, Billie Holiday (aka “Lady Day”) wasn’t just a jazz singer. She was the jazz singer, and remains so today. Thanks to her lifelong struggles with men, alcohol, and drug addiction, Holiday is often viewed as an archetypal example of the suffering artist — a singer who… Full Story »

  4. Gypsy '66 | Album

    Barry Galbraith &bull May 3, 2005

    Available Exclusively At iTunes! Gabor Szabo, a Hungarian born guitarist originally known for his work with Charles Lloyd and Chico Hamilton, came to the United States in 1956 at the age of twenty and immediately began turning heads with his… Full Story »


  5. The Tal Farlow Album | Album

    Barry Galbraith &bull May 3, 2005

    Available Exclusively At iTunes! Tal Farlow, a young prodigal guitarist of the early 1950's, was originally heard with jazz greats Artie Shaw and Red Norvo.  This recording, one of his first as a leader, features the legendary Oscar Pettiford on bass,… Full Story »


  6. Into The Hot | Album

    Barry Galbraith &bull May 3, 2005

    Available Exclusively At iTunes! In 1961, Gil Evans, most notable for his work in the late 1950's with Miles Davis, gathered yet another set of stellar musicians together for a project he intended to serve as a tribute to two of… Full Story »


  7. Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements | Album

    Barry Galbraith &bull Apr 26, 2005

    Beyond the perspective these scores lend to the saga of Gerry Mulligan, they remain musically sound creations that are obviously a ball for musicians to play. Gerry Mulligan wrote some of his first arrangements for Gene Krupa's big band in… Full Story »


  8. Listen To Art Farmer and the Orchestra | Album

    Barry Galbraith &bull Nov 30, 2004

    Available Exclusively At iTunes! From the opening measures of "Street of Dreams", it becomes obvious that the marriage of Art Farmer's trumpet and Oliver Nelson's pen is destined to work out blissfully. Listen to Art Farmer and the orchestra Hear… Full Story »


  9. Jazz in the Space Age | Album

    Barry Galbraith &bull Oct 5, 2004

    Available Exclusively At iTunes! This album points the way to the future. It is prophetic because George Russell felt compelled to make it so. "Jazz is changing; the '60s could well be a crucial decade," says the composer. "One thing… Full Story »


  10. Little Jazz | Album

    Barry Galbraith &bull Oct 5, 2004

    Available Exclusively At iTunes! Norman Granz, who supervised all of the recordings on this disc, wrote that he knew  "no other musician whose playing better depicts and typifies the spirit of jazz than Roy Eldridge," and indeed Little Jazz was… Full Story »

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