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 »