Various Artists - Live On Mountain Stage: Outlaws & Outliers (Various Artists) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Jacob Artved is the youngest of a very talented new generation of Danish jazz guitar players. At the age of 20 he has already been a working musician for years, being introduced on the scene by Danish guitar legend Jacob Fischer at the age of 15. He was admitted to the Royal Academy of Music as the youngest student ever, but chose to drop out, move to New York and spent the long nights jamming instead. The present is a live recording from Jazzhus Montmartre/ Copenhagen, taken from July5-7, 2019. It is always a joy when a young musician decides to focus on passing on a strong jazz-tradition. Guitarist Jacob Artved lives in the tradition, but has definitely obtained inspirations from guitar players of today. His playing is skilled and honest, and he has a fine career ahead of him. These three days Artved is heard with no other than a legend; the American drummer Louis Hayes, whose strong playing was the driving force in groups led by Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver and Woody Shaw. What a scoop! The group is completed by two incredible musicians from NYC; pianist Jeb Patton and bassist David Wong.

Hank Jones was a consummate musician. As is so often the case, that description carries the implication that such a person is unflamboyant, somewhat reserved, and that their artistry is more appreciated by fellow workers than by the public. A Musicians musician. In discussing Jones, this is compounded by the fact that, as well as a brilliant and inventive soloist, he was also a sensitive and stimulating accompanist. It was that aspect of his work which was often assumed to be his most significant contribution to the music - an aspect at least implied by the comments of other musicians - and yet, when he appeared front and centre, he was clearly a fully rounded personality in his own right.

My Rough and Rowdy Ways Vol. 1 features classic recordings of ealy American rural music on the subject of badmen and hellraisers. Songs about outlaws, gamblers, drinkers and womanizers performed by many of the finest traditional musicialns and singers evre recorded such as Uncle Dave Macon and Cannons Jug.