Tag: Hank Jones

  • Milt Jackson & John Coltrane, Bags & Trane, 1961 on Atlantic

    Milt Jackson & John Coltrane, Bags & Trane, 1961 on Atlantic

    Jackson and Coltrane are joined by Hank Jones (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Connie Kay (drums). Recording supervised by Nesuhi Ertegun, engineered by Tom Dowd. Great LP, bringing together Milt Jackson (Bags) of The Modern Jazz Quartet and John Coltrane (Trane) who had a year earlier put out Giant Steps. I’m not always a fan…

  • Art Farmer, Portrait of Art Farmer, 1958 on Stereo Records

    Art Farmer, Portrait of Art Farmer, 1958 on Stereo Records

    “Stereo Records” was a jazz label made by Contemporary Records in 1958 to push records made with the new-fangled stereo technology: Stereophonic two-channel disc recording utilizing Westrex 45-45 “StereoDisc” cutting system. To be reproduced only with stereophonic cartridge. Warning: use of conventional monaural cartridge without sufficient vertical compliance may well result in damage to this…

  • Do they no longer teach people about type kerning?

    Do they no longer teach people about type kerning?

    Do they no longer teach people about type kerning? Front cover, iconic, from Blue Note in the 50s. Rear cover, done 2012 for a reissue. What’s up with the E and T bumping into each other? Feels like someone has to go out of their way