Portishead - Third - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

11-track version includes 'It's a Fire' not featured on the 10-track version. Universal. 1994.

This is a session originally issued on cornet player Jim Cullum's own American Jazz tag, which Jazzology purchased a number of years ago. It's an example of the early years of Cullum's career when his band was known as Jim Cullum's Happy Jazz Band. His father, Jim Sr. (who was an important jazz artist long before Jim Jr.. became musically active) plays clarinet on this session, which includes some of Jim Jr.'s earliest recordings. Features Gene McKinney, Cliff Gillette, Ben Valfre, Wilson Davis and Harvey Kindervater.

2007 digitally remastered and expanded reissue of this 1970 album from UK legends Soft Machine features a bonus disc that contains a BBC Live Session recorded at the Royal Albert Hall. In the history of Rock music, few bands underwent such a stylistic musical transformation as Soft Machine. Starting life as a band that absorbed Soul and Jazz influences, the group were one of the first to embrace Psychedelia before heading off on a Jazz influenced tangent. In hindsight Soft Machine's evolution could have only taken place in the musical free thinking environment that was the music business of the late 60's / early 70's. It was an evolution that would produce some of the most startlingly brilliant and innovative music of the period. Sony/BMG. 2007.