A mix of jazz and hip-hop in the form of a fantastic generational tribute to Nat King Cole. Jazz, swing, and the blues are the cornerstone to pretty much all our modern music. It has certainly morphed from its original roots, but rock, hip-hop, pop, and all their sub-genres can attribute some part of their style to the smoke filled lounges of the 20s and 30s. However, while today’s music has the indistinguishable jazz flare, the CD...
Kinda like the fool who goes to the opera to listen to the orchestra.
For those who don’t know Bob Koester, here’s the capsule version.Bob Koester runs Jazz Record Mart, the nation’s oldest and largest jazz and blues music store. The accepted quip about Bob’s stock is, “If he ain’t got it, nobody gots it!” Bob also is the mad scientist behind Delmark Records. Hundreds of...
A lavish boxed set of music produced by Atlantic Jazz legend Nesuhi Ertegun.
Rhino Handmade's exclusive release Hommage A Nesuhi is a five-CD boxed set honoring legendary Atlantic Records producer Nesuhi Ertegun. This release contains 61 songs by various artists dating from 1955-76. These artists were all part of the sterling roster assembled by Ertegun during his tenure as head of Atlantic's jazz division. The...
A unique perspective of the evolution of jazz and blues over the last fifty-five years.
When Bob Koester started selling old jazz and blues recordings scrounged from second-hand stores out of a box in his college dormitory back in the early 1950s I doubt he would have believed it you if you told him that years later he would not only still be selling records, but would also be the owner of one of the oldest independent record labels...
