'Round Midnight

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Total Tracks: 13   Total Length: 37:02

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Atlantic Jazz in the 1960s

By Kevin Whitehead, eMusic Contributor

Atlantic may have blossomed as a jazz label in the 1950s, but it established an even stronger presence in the 1960s. As the decade dawned, in-house innovators Charles Mingus, John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman delivered standout work before moving on. The '60s also saw a fresh crop of breakout stars, some of whom started elsewhere but blossomed at Atlantic — among them, blues poet Mose Allison, multi-instrumental roaring lion Rahsaan Roland Kirk, the sly (and… more »

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Betty Carter recorded only two albums during the 1961-1968 period. Her chance-taking style and unusual voice were mostly ignored and it would not be until the late ’70s that she was finally “discovered.” This Atlantic CD finds Carter backed by orchestras arranged by Claus Ogerman and Oliver Nelson. Her style was a lot freer than it had been in her earlier records but was still more accessible than it would be. Her repertoire, which includes the title cut, “Theme from Dr. Kildare,” “Two Cigarettes in the Dark” and her own “Who What Why Where When” was already becoming eclectic. This is an interesting historic release. – Scott Yanow