Earlier this month, I posted about Sweden’s flirtation with American West Coast jazz and a box recently released by Fresh Sound that compiled the recordings—Swedish Cool and Modern Jazz: 1949-1959. Now, Fresh Sound is out with West Coast Jazz à la Française: 1954-1956
Good stuff! Thank you. I have been enjoying the Swedish set all week, and I'm excited for this one. I am especially interested to hear music from Raph Schecroun before he switched to drums and became "Errol Parker".
The roots of West Coast jazz rest with Claude Thornhill and his easy, cooler orchestral jazz sound in the late 1940s. The true formula for the genre begins with Shorty Rogers and Gerry Mulligan in the ealry 1950s. Talbert led bands with West Coast musicians in the '40s, but he really wasn't a dominant force influencing the genre. I'll post on him soon. For now, here's the start of West Coast jazz... https://www.jazzwax.com/p/west-coast-jazz-early-soundshtml
Good stuff! Thank you. I have been enjoying the Swedish set all week, and I'm excited for this one. I am especially interested to hear music from Raph Schecroun before he switched to drums and became "Errol Parker".
Is there anything to the claim that Tom Talbert started West Coast Jazz in the 40's?
The roots of West Coast jazz rest with Claude Thornhill and his easy, cooler orchestral jazz sound in the late 1940s. The true formula for the genre begins with Shorty Rogers and Gerry Mulligan in the ealry 1950s. Talbert led bands with West Coast musicians in the '40s, but he really wasn't a dominant force influencing the genre. I'll post on him soon. For now, here's the start of West Coast jazz... https://www.jazzwax.com/p/west-coast-jazz-early-soundshtml