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Clare Fischer has always been known for his adventurousness. In his long and estimable career as pianist, organist, arranger, composer, and conductor, he's worked with everyone from Dizzy to Prince, and here duets with Bert van den Brink, the fine Dutch pianist, organist, and composer....

During the 1990s a great wave of historic blues reissues produced by Document brought dozens of long-overlooked artists out of obscurity, making hundreds of rare recordings available for classic blues lovers to enjoy and learn from. Eighteen records originally released under the name Frank...

Bert Williams was a gifted and convincingly expressive entertainer. His thematic repertoire speaks volumes about the nature of the entertainment industry at the beginning of the 20th century. Bert Williams: The Remaining Titles 1915-1921 (Document 5661)presents 23 vintage performances lifted...

The pioneering African-American performer Bert Williams was best-known for his humorous and philosophical monologues during various editions of the Ziegfeld Follies. He was also a decent singer (particularly in his early days), and the first solo, non-religious, African-American artist to be...

Belgian trumpeter/flugelhornist Bert Joris, who has worked with the Brussels Jazz Orchestra and guitarist Philip Catherine, gets an opportunity to lead a date of his own, including nine originals on this mostly studio-recorded CD. With veteran pianist Dado Moroni, bassist Philippe Aerts, and...

American tenor saxophonist Rick Margitza traveled to the Netherlands to record Conversations with Dutch pianist Bert van den Brink's trio in 1998, with exemplary results. One especially refreshing piece is the mid-tempo funky treatment of John Coltrane's normally slow-paced, emotional...

This remarkable CD has the first recordings of Bert Williams, the black comedian/actor/singer who was a pioneer in vaudeville and Broadway. The last of three Williams' CDs to be released by Archeophone but chronologically the first, this disc has extremely rare recordings (some taken from...

Elder Curry and Elder Beck both were singing evangelists, solid instrumentalists (Curry on guitar, Beck on piano and trumpet), and with their fervent, stomping approach to a sort of lues-tinged gospel, they inadvertently prefigured ock & roll. Many have sited Curry's 1930 recording of...

With Resonance, Bert Seager continues his train of beautiful successes. And though there are many similarities between this and his last album Second Spring, there are also a few refreshing and exciting alterations. While Seager is still exploring five original tunes and five variations on...

Originally released in 1963 at a time when Bobby Hackett was playing trumpet behind Tony Bennett, these are jazz-oriented versions of pop hits popularized by Henry Mancini and Bert Kaempfert. These sessions from the vaults of Columbia Records are not essential, but it's fun lite pop/jazz...

Bert van den Brink has a sizable discography, having recorded with a number of widely known artists including Lee Konitz, Denise Jannah, Chet Baker, Toots Thielemans, and Philip Catherine. This unusual solo piano date came about after the pianist created a number of musical fragments over a...

On the alto saxophone, Lee Konitz has been an undisputed master, and now in his seventies, he shows no signs of slowing down. His fresh, rambling melodicism is ever-present and strong. For this recording, he is inspired and summarily has the favor returned by his excellent Netherlands-based...

Archeophone presents a third volume of the complete recordings of Afro-American vaudeville legend Bert Williams, immaculately remastered and arranged in chronological order. The time line represented here extends from February 13, 1919, to February 24, 1922, eight days before his death in...

Drummer Ari Hoenig's light touch and crisp writing make Bert's Playground a fun session. With a constantly shifting cast of musicians throughout the date, the drummer primarily utilizes a trio with either Jonathan Kreisberg or Gilad Hekselman on guitar and Matt Penman or Orlando...

Other than an earlier four-song date, trombonist Eddie Bert's first three sessions as a leader are on this valuable LP (put out in 1987); some of the music has reappeared on CD, but not with as much coherence. The fine bop-oriented trombonist is heard at the head of quintets that include...

Boston pianist Seager, now 45 years old, has been heard with combos on other recordings, but here it's a trio setting, and the musicians live up to the title. Introspective, richly harmonic textures and freely associated ideas are stuck together with hints of rhythmic structure and swing....