{"id":3998,"date":"2015-08-05T10:48:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T10:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/martinblack.com\/?p=3998"},"modified":"2016-11-15T13:28:40","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T13:28:40","slug":"adventures-in-collecting-jazz-vinyl-andre-previn-shelly-manne-herb-ellis-ray-brown-4-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/2015\/08\/adventures-in-collecting-jazz-vinyl-andre-previn-shelly-manne-herb-ellis-ray-brown-4-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz vinyl &#8211; Andr\u00e9 Previn &#8211; 4 to Go!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andr\u00e9 Previn is usually associated with classical music, who knew\u00a0he was a hep jazz piano man back in his youth? \u00a0I didn&#8217;t for one.<\/p>\n<p>So, I purchased this album for mainly the Previn connection, the fact that it features the great drummer Shelly Manne helped my decision, as did\u00a0the nice cover artwork.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3999\" src=\"http:\/\/martinblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Andre-Previn-4-To-Go-Stereo-512807.jpg\" alt=\"back cover of album\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Andre-Previn-4-To-Go-Stereo-512807.jpg 500w, https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Andre-Previn-4-To-Go-Stereo-512807-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Andre-Previn-4-To-Go-Stereo-512807-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I hadn&#8217;t heard of\u00a0Herb Ellis or Ray Brown before. \u00a0I&#8217;m not sure how much I enjoy jazz guitar and I really can&#8217;t tell the difference between bassists, which\u00a0partially explains my ignorance.<\/p>\n<p>The back cover has an essay written by the great jazz writer, Leonard Feather, who was at the recording session. \u00a0It sounds as if they all had a great time together.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4001\" src=\"http:\/\/martinblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/previn-back-compressor-1-1024x896.jpg\" alt=\"Back of album cover\" width=\"511\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/previn-back-compressor-1-1024x896.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/previn-back-compressor-1-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/previn-back-compressor-1.jpg 1507w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first track,\u00a0<strong>No Moon at All<\/strong>, is probably my favourite from the album. Previn&#8217;s piano is quite magnificent, full of joy and enthusiasm, exactly what great jazz is all about.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to\u00a0keep an eye out for more from Previn.<\/p>\n<h2>Ratings<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Overall hepness: <\/strong>4\/5<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cover art<\/strong>: 4\/5<\/li>\n<li><strong>Condition of vinyl<\/strong>: 3<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cost:<\/strong>\u00a03\/5<\/li>\n<li><strong>Overall rating: <\/strong>14 \/ 20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s No Moon At All<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1040\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-k84_2i4aAU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andr\u00e9 Previn is usually associated with classical music, who knew\u00a0he was a hep jazz piano man back in his youth?&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[125,5],"tags":[133,134],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3998"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5947,"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998\/revisions\/5947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}