Nights at the Turntable

These reviews ran together in the Nights at the Turntable column in our print edition. 

the following albums were reviewed in Scott Yanow’s Nights at the Turntable column. Click an image to read and share the individual review.

THE RIVERMONT LABEL DIGS DEEP Bryan Wright’s Rivermont label has released many rewarding recordings featuring hot jazz combos, ragtime, and novelty ragtime pianists, bands from

KEN GRAYSON MILLS Ken Grayson Mills (1937-2004) is a name that should be known by anyone interested in New Orleans jazz of the 1960s. He

The following reviews appeared in the February 2019 Nights at the Turntable column Jazz Classic of the Month

THE SECOND ACT OF OSCAR “PAPA” CELESTIN Trumpeter Oscar Celestin (1884-1954) was part of the New Orleans jazz scene as early as 1906, leading several

TOMMY DORSEY’S CLAMBAKE SEVEN During the swing era, many of the more jazz-oriented big band leaders enjoyed playing occasional songs with small combos drawn out

DUKE ELLINGTON’S TREASURY SHOWS From Apr. 7, 1945 through Nov. 1945 and again from Apr-Oct. 1946, Duke Ellington and his orchestra appeared on a weekly

TOM HOOK’S UNUSUAL DREAM PROJECT Tom Hook is best known as a fluent and good-humored stride pianist and singer. In his career he was a

LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND GENE KRUPA The Dot Time label recently came out with a disc apiece of previously unreleased material by Louis Armstrong and Gene

MIKE DANIELS AND STEVE LANE The British trad movement of the 1950s and ’60s found dozens of jazz bands popping up throughout England. The music

In every issue of The Syncopated Times, this monthly column features reviews of CDs by classic jazz, 1920s and ‘30s, New Orleans Jazz, Swing and

CORRECTION OF AN OVERSIGHT In my review of the Hep CD The Unheard Artie Shaw (which is in the January issue), I neglected to mention

THREE GREAT CLARINETISTS Three recent releases each feature a clarinetist in a trio or quartet. Taken as a whole, they could make the case that,

JEAN-FRANCOIS BONNEL PLAYS BENNY CARTER Jean-Francois Bonnel is a reed player best known for his decade as one of the solo stars of the Hot

TOM LORD’S JAZZ DISCOGRAPHY Imagine being able to find within seconds all of the information that exists about the music on a particular 78, LP,

LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S DECCA SINGLES 46 years after his death, Louis Armstrong is still the most famous, beloved and influential figure in jazz history. As an

SWING TODAY That New Old Sound by Multiple Artists Guitarist-banjoist Glenn Crytzer had two causes in mind when he organized That New Old Sound. He wanted

MICHAEL GAMBLE AND THE RHYTHM SERENADERS Do you enjoy hot small-group swing? Then Michael Gamble and the Rhythm Serenaders’ self-titled CD is definitely for you.

SHUFFLE ALONG PIECED TOGETHER Due to its recent revival and modernization on Broadway, the pioneering Eubie Blake/Noble Sissle Shuffle Along show has been getting a

Catherine Russell It is always a bit bewildering from the math standpoint. Pianist-bandleader Luis Russell recorded in 1926 while his daughter Catherine Russell first emerged

TWO RELEASES FROM KRIS TOKARSKI AND HAL SMITH A superior up-and-coming jazz pianist, Kris Tokarski is developing his own style which includes aspects of Jelly

THE PEARLY GATES MARCHING BAND Dean Norman came up with an unusual but very musical idea for the self-titled CD by The Pearly Gates Marching

THE FAMOUS BLACKBIRD REVUES The recent revival of 1921’s Shuffle Along, the first Broadway show to be written and performed by African-Americans, is a welcome

TWO VERY DISTINCTIVE MUSICIANS One of the main goals of every jazz musician, no matter what their style, is that they develop their own recognizable

These five items appeared in the May 2016 Nights at the Turntable column. Click the image to see an individual, sharable, review of the item.

The albums that appeared in Scott Yanow’s April 2016 review column.