“Lookout Salsoul Orchestra!,” wrote DownBeat in its one-and-a-half-star review of the 1976 album The Man with the Sad Face (March 10, 1977), “Stanley Turrentine’s comin’ ta getcha! Yes folks, this may well be the most distinguished cast that ever bothered to lend its class to trash, spelled c-a-s-h. (…) As dubious consolation it must be…
Art Farmer with the Quincy Jones Orchestra – “Last Night When We Were Young” (1957)
Art Farmer (1928-99) was one of a number of great trumpeters who emerged in jazz during the 1950s. By the time he switched exclusively to flugelhorn in the early sixties, he had already become known for what journalist Leonard Feather described as “a style of rare lyricism” and a player whose “solos invariably show[ed] a…
“The Lalo Schifrin Collection Volume 2” (2026)
In the second volume of its Lalo Schifrin Collection series, the Dragon’s Domain label has paired two of the composer’s lesser-known outings, the soundtrack to “Escape to Athena” (1979) and the never-before-issued score to the 1984 film “Tank.” Aside from both boasting the talents of composer Lalo Schifrin (1932-2025), the two films would seem to…
Tip of the Iceberg (1975)
We believe that the musicians involved in this new group, TIP OF THE ICEBERG, are outstanding performers possessing fabulous talent. The preparation for this album extended over a period of seven months. Musical supervision and arrangements are by Jeff Hest. The album has a dynamic inner force and drive which could contribute greatly to the…
Gary McFarland – “America the Beautiful” (1969)
America the Beautiful, billed by its composer as “America’s first protest symphony,” is certainly Gary McFarland’s magnum opus. But it is not the McFarland album most people remember nearly some six decades later. That honor probably belongs to either the Stan Getz and Bill Evans albums he waxed for the jazz diehards or Soft Samba…
Lalo Schifrin – “The Venetian Affair” (1967)
It’s hard to fathom, but in 1966 alone Lalo Schifrin (1932-2025) composed the music for at least five theatrical films, including “Murderers Row” (which yielded a soundtrack album at the time), two TV movies, four TV documentaries, and four TV series, including “T.H.E. Cat” and, most memorably, “Mission: Impossible.” He also recorded the masterful Marquis…