Tag jazz remixes

Billie Holiday Remixed Hits

Billie Holiday is receiving a good amount of press as she would have celebrated her 90th birthday this month. Among other things, she’s on the cover of the May issue of JazzTimes and an acclaimed 2-CD+DVD retrospective has been released.…

Review: Verve Remixed 3

Verve Remixed 3 came out yesterday. It sounds noticeably different from the first two. While the previous two had great diversity in the ways songs were remixed (often I would love or hate a remix), this one sounds more homogenized.…

Bird Up!: The Charlie Parker Remix Project

We’ve heard jazz classics from the Verve and Blue Note catalogs remixed and reworked. Now it’s Bird’s turn. On October 21, Savoy Records will release Bird Up: The Charlie Parker Remix Project. Dan the Automator, Me’shell Ndegeocello, Hal Willner, Rob…