Where to start READ:JAZZ? The obvious choices would have been Louis Armstrong or Miles, but this shouldn't be about the obvious. I like this Retrieval set of Freddie Keppard because I don't know it that well, having just bought it this morning. Good that way, since I don't have any critical attachment to it, and no one needs yet another jazz critic. (There will never be anyone better than Amiri Baraka, so why try?) So here no analysis or historical context, or any firm understanding of what I'm listening to, imagine the thrill. Dude sounds like he's the source, and that's probably because he is. Jazz is popping, but no hard edges like you here on the 5s and 7s or King Oliver. Just smooth horn. Dude's definitely the source. Suggested Wine Pairing: '53 Chateau Lafitte (a very good, yet not totally memorable vintage, so you're not quite sure what to expect, the bottle's old and the wine slightly corked, but you can still taste the complexity buried deep down and it's still clearly great.)
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