Joseph W. Washek

2 months ago | trackingangle.com | Tom Dowd |Ryan Smith |Joseph W. Washek

Reissued at 45 rpm in Atlantic 75 seriesOn January 15, 1959, when John Coltrane recorded the album Bags & Trane at Atlantic Studios in New York City with Milt Jackson, he was nearly at the end of the sideman-apprentice stage of his career. For two years, he had been playing with the Miles Davis Quintet/Sextet, one of the most successful groups in jazz. His time with Miles had been controversial.

Sep 12, 2023 | trackingangle.com | Ray Kennedy |Joseph W. Washek

Comeback album from the great singer/songwriterBack in June, Michael Fremer and I discussed my next Tracking Angle piece, and we agreed that I should do something I hadn’t done in a while and review a new album. I did some research and decided that Lucinda Williams’ Stories From A Rock n Roll Heart would be a good choice. Michael agreed, and so it was decided. I hadn’t heard the album, but I’d admired Williams’ music dating back to the time before her 1998 breakthrough Car Wheels on a Gravel Road.