Saturday, June 07, 2025

Listening to Prestige 720: Charles McPherson

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LISTEN TO ONE: Chasin' The Bird  This is McPherson's second Prestige album, and he hasn't lost his love for pure bebop....
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Wednesday, April 03, 2024

Listening to Prestige 719: Richard "Groove" Holmes

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LISTEN TO ONE: Misty (hit version)  Richard Holmes had found his groove by the time he arrived at Prestige. Although he came from s...

Listening to Prestige 718: Don Patterson

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LISTEN TO ONE: Satisfaction  This is the first example of a jazz cover of a contemporary rock sone by a Prestige artist, and Don P...
Thursday, March 14, 2024

Listening to Prestige 717: Bobby Timmons

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LISTEN TO ONE: Chicken & Dumplin's Bobby Timmons is remembered largely for two things: a handful of compositions, most not...
Saturday, January 27, 2024

Listening to Prestige 716: Benny Golson / Jimmy Witherspoon

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LISTEN TO ONE: Love Me Right  Benny Golson and a full orchestra had backed Jimmy Witherspoon in Stockholm in 1964, and now in Lon...
Friday, January 19, 2024

Listening to Prestige 715: Montego Joe

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LISTEN TO ONE: Haitian Lady Montego Joe's two albums for Prestige were his only two as a leader, though he continued to be in ...
Sunday, January 14, 2024

Listening to Prestige 714: Morris Nanton

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LISTEN TO ONE: Something We've Got  Next up in the Prestige chronology we have the debut album by a pianist-composer who has f...
Friday, November 24, 2023

Listening to Prestige 713: Carmell Jones

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LISTEN TO ONE: Flyin' Home  Another one of those definitely worthy figures who made a brief name for himself and faded in...