Dancing in the Garden of the Muses vol 1

Muse Records was an American record label active circa 1972 to 1996 which released jazz and blues music. Muse was founded by Joe Fields, previously an executive for Prestige Records in the 1960s. The label became a haven for producers who were leaving their failing major labels. Often they brought their musician relationships with them, as well as session tapes, some of the resulting releases were reissues from the failed labels, but most was new music.

We all have a special affinity for the music of our late teens and 20's. For me that includes a strong love of the independent Jazz labels of the 70's like Muse, Xanadu, Strata East and Black Jazz. These 16 tracks come from the first 18 albums issued by Muse (2 didn't work, but I had them!). Artists include James Moody, Roy Brooks, Jimmy Raney, Don Patterson, Eric Kloss, Jaki Byard, Tiny Grimes, Al Cohn/Zoot Sims, Pete LaRoca, Kenny Baron, Cecil Payne/Duke Jordan, Cedar Walton, Grant Green, Sonny Stitt, and Dom Um Romao.

Dancing In the Garden of the Muses #1 by Kingcake on Mixcloud