Venus is a Japanese label. Very high standards so anything you get will sound terrific. Eddie Higgins recorded for them. Great pianist. Scott Hamilton. Bill Charlap if memory serves recorded for them. Nicki Parrott, fabulous bass player and singer. There are a lot of others too.
Recommended Venus Label Recordings
Big fan of well recorded jazz on vinyl but have not tried any from the Venus label. I would appreciate recommendations. Not a big fan of cocktail music or schmalzy vocals but do love standards when played and sung with feeling and style.
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Venus is a very good vinyl label, as far as production quality is concerned. All the stuff I have (really small collection) is very well recorded. That said, I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "cocktail music"... but I recommend Eric Alexander "Lazy Afternoon" and "My Favorite Things", Pharoah Sanders Quartet, Romantic Jazz Trio (you might call that cocktail music). I have three of their albums; one is a nice tribute to Thelonius Monk. Matt Hazeltine does a decent cover of Burt Bacharach tunes - easy listening. I have a few others not worth mentioning. Production quality only take you so far. Hope this helps. Happy Listening! |
@dodgealum Oops! I said Matt Hazeltine (formerly of SF 49er's). I meant David Hazeltine |
@BillStevenson, do I remember correctly that you used to live in the VT-NH Upper Valley, but maybe moved a bit east from there? Bill Charlap's performing with Dee Dee Bridgewater at the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth tonight. There were still seats available when I bought mine yesterday. After a performance of Italian Renaissance madrigals--Gesualdo, Monteverdi--in Woodstock this afternoon. Busy live music day! |
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