Wednesday, December 31, 2008
January 2009: Tribute to Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard, one of the most creative and innovative trumpet players in jazz, died on December 29th 2008 age 70.It is remarkable just how many of the best jazz albums of the past fifty years have been informed by his great musical vision. As our own modest tribute to his great talent, here is a listing of the albums that he has featured on in our reviews: "Ready For Freddie" Here To
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Updated Jazz Gig Guide
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Monday, December 29, 2008
Jazz Albums of the Year 2009
Top 10 best jazz albums of the past year 1 Gonzalo Rubalcaba "Avatar" (Blue Note) Review 2 Pat Metheny "Day Trip" / "Tokyo Day Trip"(Nonesuch) Review 1 Review 2 3 Brad Mehldau Trio "Live At The Village Vanguard" (Nonesuch) Review 4 Aaron Parks "Invisible Cinema" (Blue Note) Review 5 Bennie Maupin Quartet "Early Reflections" (Cryptogramophone) Review 6
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life
ECM
Recording date: December 1975 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
Release date 1976
Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes
Personnel:
Pat Metheny (6-string guitar and 12- sting electric guitar)
Jaco Pastorius (electric bass)
Bob Moses (drums)
Tracks:
Bright Size Life; Sirabhorn; Unity Village; Missouri Uncompromised; Midwestern Nights Dream; Unquity Road; Omaha Celebration; Round Trip
Recording date: December 1975 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
Release date 1976
Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes
Personnel:
Pat Metheny (6-string guitar and 12- sting electric guitar)
Jaco Pastorius (electric bass)
Bob Moses (drums)
Tracks:
Bright Size Life; Sirabhorn; Unity Village; Missouri Uncompromised; Midwestern Nights Dream; Unquity Road; Omaha Celebration; Round Trip
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Sonny Rollins - Road Shows Vol. 1
Doxy / EmarcyRelease date: October 28th 2008Availability: CD, MP3 Download, iTunes Being a saxophone legend at the forefront of jazz for over 50 years is good but not as good as having a vast archive of the hundreds of hours of great live performances that you have made during that time. That's the enviable position that Sonny Rollins finds himself in with a host of hitherto unreleased material
Saturday, December 6, 2008
December 2008: Focus on Lee Morgan
One of hard bop's greatest trumpeters, here is where Lee Morgan features on 100 Greatest Jazz Albums:"The Sidewinder""Peckin' Time""Delightfulee""Lee Morgan Volume 2""Lee Morgan Volume 3""City Lights"Earlier:September 2008: Focus on Hank MobleyOctober 2008: Focus on Miles DavisNovember 2008: Focus on John Coltrane var addthis_pub = 'kgw';
Eric Alexander Quartet - Prime Time
HighnoteRecorded Live at the Diana Wortham Theatre, Asheville NC on April 22nd 2007Release date: March 4th 2008Availability: CD+DVD, MP3 Download, iTunes The Eric Alexander/ David Hazeltine / Joe Farnsworth collaboration has endured for over ten years, via the band One For All and numerous sessions with Eric Alexander or David Hazeltine as leader. So, remarkable then that this release - a CD and
Monday, December 1, 2008
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Christian Scott -Live At Newport
ConcordRelease date: November 4th 2008Recorded live at the JVC Jazz Festival, Newport RI, August 9th, 2008 Availability: CD+DVD, MP3 Download, iTunesRecorded almost fifty years to the day that Miles Davis scored his Newport Jazz Festival triumph, Christian Scott should win almost equal acclaim for this fine live set at the August 2008 event.The core of the band is the same as that for the
Sunday, November 9, 2008
November 2008: Feature on John Coltrane
In the month that we add "Blue Train" to our listing of the 100 Greatest Jazz albums, it is a good time to round up the coverage of John Coltrane's music Four entries feature in our selection of the 100 greatest jazz albums of all time:"Blue Train""The Heavyweight Champion""The Classic Quartet""The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings""One Down One Up""Settin' The Pace"John Coltrane also
Saturday, November 8, 2008
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Blue Note
Recording date: September 15th, 1957 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
RVG Remaster (with alternate takes): 1997
Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes, Vinyl LP
Personnel:
John Coltrane (tenor saxophone)
Lee Morgan (trumpet)
Curtis Fuller (trombone)
Kenny Drew (piano)
Paul Chambers (bass)
Philly Joe Jones (drums)
Tracks:
Blue Train; Moment's Notice; Locomotion; I'm
Recording date: September 15th, 1957 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
RVG Remaster (with alternate takes): 1997
Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes, Vinyl LP
Personnel:
John Coltrane (tenor saxophone)
Lee Morgan (trumpet)
Curtis Fuller (trombone)
Kenny Drew (piano)
Paul Chambers (bass)
Philly Joe Jones (drums)
Tracks:
Blue Train; Moment's Notice; Locomotion; I'm
Friday, October 17, 2008
Dave Holland Quartet - Extensions
ECMRecorded at Power Station, New York, in September 1989Original release date: September 1989Re-release date: August 26th 2008Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunesGerman label ECM has moved to embrace the digital culture with the repackaging and release (at budget price on disc and on MP3) of much of its back catalogue as the series ECM Touchtones. This should be a real opportunity to engage
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Kenny Garrett - Sketches Of MD
Mack AvenueRelease date: September 23rd 2008Availability: CD, MP3 Download, iTunes Recorded live at New York's Iridium Club, one time Miles Davis band member Kenny Garrett teams up with John Coltrane collaborator Pharoah Saunders on five substantial tracks that are quite different in their take on keeping alive the spirit of Miles' music.The band – Kenny Garrett (alto sax, sax synth), Pharoah
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Feature on Miles Davis
Almost 50 years since the recording of "Kind Of Blue" - the best selling jazz album of all time - and Miles Davis' music is still as innovative and influential as ever.This month, October 2008, we highlight some of his finest work:Four of Miles' albums feature in our selection of the 100 greatest jazz albums of all time:"Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue""Miles Davis: The Complete Concert""Miles Davis:
Monday, September 15, 2008
Feature on Hank Mobley
Much listened to by hard bop fans but critically undervalued, Hank Mobley's music deserves more attention than it gets. This month, September 2008, we attempt to redress the balance a little:We select and review in detail Hank Mobley's "Soul Station" as one of the 100 greatest jazz albums of all time:"Hank Mobley: Soul Station"Blue Note release remastered versions of three albums featuring Hank
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Hank Mobley - Soul Station
Blue NoteRecording date: February 7th, 1960 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs RVG Remaster: March 23rd 1999Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes Personnel: Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone)Wynton Kelly (piano)Paul Chambers (bass)Art Blakey (drums) Tracks: Remember, This I Dig Of You, Dig Dis, Split Feelin's, Soul Station, If I Should Lose You Review: Hank Mobley was extensively recorded by
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Hank Mobley - The Missing Album
Blue NoteRecording date: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 7, 1963Release date: Not yet released as a single album As Hank Mobley's career stagnated in the 1970's, he looked back to the music he had made in the previous decade and could not understand why so much of it had remained unreleased in the Blue Note vaults. As he told John Litweiler in a rere interview in 1973, the
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Curtis Fuller - The Opener
Blue NoteRecording Date: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, June 16, 1957 Re-release date (RVG Edition): September 2nd 2008Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunesCurtis Fuller burst onto the New York jazz scene in 1957 aged just 23 after starting out in Yusef Lateef's quintet. In June he played at Café Bohemia with Miles Davis and was signed by Alfred Lion who had joined the audience. "The
Hank Mobley / Lee Morgan -Peckin' Time
Blue NoteRecording Date: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, February 9, 1958Re-release date (RVG Edition): September 16th 2008Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes"Peckin' Time", badged as a Hank Mobley-Lee Morgan joint effort, is really a Hank Mobley album; all the compositions (except for the Weil/Nash standard "Speak Low") are Hank Mobley originals. Not that Lee Morgan does not play with
Hank Mobley - Quintet
Blue NoteRecording Date: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 8, 1957Re-release date (RVG Edition): September 2nd 2008Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunesThe revival of interest in Hank Mobley's music gains pace with release in the same month of three remastered albums featuring the undervalued tenor sax player and composer."Quintet" essentially features the typical Art Blakey Jazz
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Roy Hargrove - Earfood
Earfood Roy HargroveEmarcyRelease date: June 2nd 2008Availability: CD, MP3 Download, iTunes "Earfood" features Roy Hargrove's working band - Roy Hargrove (trumpet, flugelhorn), Justin Robinson (alto sax and flute), Gerald Clayton (piano), Danton Boller (bass) and Montez Coleman (drums)."My goal in this project is to have a recording that is steeped in tradition and sophistication, while
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Aaron Parks - Invisible Cinema
Blue NoteRelease date: August 19th 2008Recorded January 20th – 22nd at Brooklyn Recording, NYAvailability: CD, MP3 Download, iTunes Following notable work in Terrence Blanchard's band, this is pianist Aaron Parks' debut for Blue Note. It is an original solution to the known challenge of voicing a piano/guitar quartet, this achieved by subtle use of synthesized effects on Mike Moreno's expressive
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Alex Sipiagin - Out of the Circle
Sunny SideRelease date: March 4th 2008Availability: CD, MP3 Download, iTunes Following a very strong run of albums with Criss Cross (peaking, perhaps, with "Equilibrium"), Russian born trumpet and flugelhorn player Alex Sipiagin strikes out in new directions with this his first major label output. Those earlier Criss Cross releases had produced lucid, inventive jazz in the tradition of Art Farmer
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Sunday, July 27, 2008
Sonny Rollins - Freedom Suite
RiversideRecording Date: February 27th and March 7th, 1958Re-release date (Keepnews Collection): June 3rd 2008Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes"Freedom Suite" shows all the virtues of Sonny Rollins' take on the pianoless trio approach that he had developed with "Way Out West" and "A Night At The Village Vanguard". Partnered just by Max Roach on drums and Oscar Pettiford on bass, there is
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Wes Montgomery - Incredible Jazz Guitar
RiversideRecording Date: January 26th and 28th, 1960Re-release date (Keepnews Collection): June 3rd 2008Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes Rated by many as even better than the two 'live' classics "Full House" and "Smokin' At The Half Note", Wes Montgomery's second studio album for Orrin Keepnews' Riverside label is a tour de force that fully lives up to its title - "incredible jazz guitar"
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Sunday, June 29, 2008
Wynton Kelly Trio with Wes Montgomery - Smokin' At The Half Note
VerveOriginal Release Date: May 31st 1965Re-release date (with added tracks): February 15th 2005Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes Personnel: Wynton Kelly (piano), Wes Montgomery (guitar), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums). Tracks: No Blues, If You Could See Me Now, Unit 7, Four on Six, What's New?, Willow Weep for Me, Portrait of Jenny, Surrey With the Fringe on Top, Oh, You Crazy
Grant Green - Solid
Blue Note
Recording date: June 12, 1964 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Release date: 1979
RVG Remaster: March 9th 2004
Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes
Personnel:
Grant Green (guitar)
James Spaulding (alto saxophone)
Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone)
McCoy Tyner (piano)
Bob Cranshaw (bass)
Elvin Jones (drums)
Tracks:
Minor League, Ezz-Thetic, Grant's Tune, Solid, The
Recording date: June 12, 1964 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Release date: 1979
RVG Remaster: March 9th 2004
Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes
Personnel:
Grant Green (guitar)
James Spaulding (alto saxophone)
Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone)
McCoy Tyner (piano)
Bob Cranshaw (bass)
Elvin Jones (drums)
Tracks:
Minor League, Ezz-Thetic, Grant's Tune, Solid, The
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Return To Forever - The Anthology
ConcordRelease date: May 27th 2008Availability: CD, MP3 Download, iTunes The growth of interest in fusion (which increasingly dominates the jazz charts) is being further fuelled by the reformation of "Return To Forever" around a sell out 2008 world tour. The band (Chick Corea (keyboards), Al Di Meola (guitar), Stanley Clarke (bass) and Lenny White (drums)) were one of the five main offshoots of
Saturday, June 7, 2008
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Saxophone Summit - Seraphic Light
TelarcRelease date: June 3rd 2008Availability: CD, MP3 Download, iTunes Michael Brecker, Dave Liebman and Joe Lovano came together in 2004 as "Saxophone Summit" to pay tribute to John Coltrane's late music, made in the last two years of his life (1965 – 1967). The resulting album "Gathering of Spirits" was a critical success which showed that the innovations being pioneered by John
Friday, June 6, 2008
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
Columbia
Personnel:
Miles Davis (trumpet)
Julian "Cannonball" Adderly (alto sax)
John Coltrane (tenor sax)
Bill Evans (piano)
Paul Chambers (bass)
James Cobb (drums)
(Wynton Kelly replaces Bill Evans on piano on “Freddie Freeloader”; Julian Addderly does not play on ‘Blue In Green”)
Recorded 3rd February and 22nd April 1959 in New York City
Availability: CD, iTunes
Tracks:
So
Personnel:
Miles Davis (trumpet)
Julian "Cannonball" Adderly (alto sax)
John Coltrane (tenor sax)
Bill Evans (piano)
Paul Chambers (bass)
James Cobb (drums)
(Wynton Kelly replaces Bill Evans on piano on “Freddie Freeloader”; Julian Addderly does not play on ‘Blue In Green”)
Recorded 3rd February and 22nd April 1959 in New York City
Availability: CD, iTunes
Tracks:
So
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Suggest the Next Greatest Jazz Album
Suggestions received so far:Wellington New Zealand: My choice: "Jazz at Massey Hall" - The Quintet Ther Quintet comprises Dizzie Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charlie Mingus and Max Roach.Port Jervis NY: Wes Montgomery, Live At the Half Note/Verve RecordsAustin, TX:I would have to recommend the more recently discovered and released At Carnegie Hall featuring the Thelonious Monk Quartet
Monday, May 26, 2008
David Sanchez - Cultural Survival
Concord PicanteRelease date: May 20th 2008Availability: CD, MP3 Download, iTunes David Sanchez arrives with his eigth album as leader at a point of new artistic authority in this inspirational album. Part of that authority lies in the enhanced soundscape of his tenor sax (aided by reeds from Francois Louis and superb recording by Don Murray at Sear Sound NY). This is a revelation compared
Louis Smith - Smithville
Blue NoteOriginal release date: March 30th 1958Re-release date (with added tracks): May 13th 2008Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes The revaluation of Louis Smith continues after his 'rediscovery' on the Horace Silver album "Live At Newport '58' and the re-release of the "Here Comes Louis Smith" album in March 2008.Featuring Louis Smith (trumpet), Charlie Rouse (tenor sax) Sonny Clark (
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Tokyo Day Trip – Live EP Pat MethenyNonesuchRelease date: May 13th 2008Availability: CD, MP3 Download Following the success of "Day Trip", this disc brings together for the first time five additional tracks recorded live in Tokyo in late 2004 featuring the same trio (Pat Metheny (guitars), Chrisitian McBride (bass) and Antonio Sanchez (drums)).At over 40 minutes playing time this is a
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Bobby Hutcherson - Head On
Blue NoteRecording Date: July 1971Re-release date (with added tracks): May 13th 2008Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes Centred on Bobby Hutcherson's collaboration with tenor sax player Harold Land, "Head On" is an almost forgotten major work of early 70's jazz that draws on the artistic freedom opened up by Miles Davis' breakthroughs with "In A Silent Way" and "Bitches Brew". Most of the
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Scott Hamilton and Friends - Across The Tracks
ConcordRelease date: May 6th 2008Availability: CD, MP3 Download, iTunes Scott Hamilton and Duke Robillard first made each other's acquaintance in the late sixties when both were involved in blues bands. Forty years later they have been brought together at Rudy Van Gelder's Englewood Cliffs studio to record an album of blues based jazz. If Scott Hamilton pulls Duke Robillard in the
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Taylor Eigsti- Let It Come To You
ConcordRelease date: May 6th 2008Availability: CD, MP3 Download, iTunes 23 year old Taylor Eigsti hits a new peak in an already remarkable career with "Let It Come To You". Based around his working band (Taylor Eigsti (piano), Julian Lage (guitar), Rueben Rogers (bass) and Eric Harland (drums)) there are really two concepts, both successfully worked through. The first, encompassing the first
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Bennie Maupin Quartet - Early Reflections
CryptogramophoneRelease date: April 22nd 2008Availability: CD, MP3 Download, iTunes Bennie Maupin's rediscovery gathers pace with this fine follow up to his memorable 2006 album "Penumbra". It is no longer enough to talk about the talented multi-instrumentalist who featured on Miles Davis' "Bitches Brew", "Big Fun" and "Jack Johnson", appeared with Herbie Hancock in "Headhunters" and then
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Bill Evans - Portrait In Jazz
Riverside/ConcordRecording date: December 28th 1959Re-release date (Keepnews Remaster): March 4th 2008Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes Bill Evans refused producer Orrin Keepnews' invitation to record a follow up album to his 1956 debut "New Jazz Conceptions" for over two years, stating that he had nothing new to say. He joined the Miles Davis quintet, participating in "Kind Of Blue",
Sunday, April 13, 2008
John Coltrane - Settin' The Pace
Prestige/ConcordRelease date: March 1958Re-release date (RVG Remaster): April 1st 2008Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes In one sense, "Settin' The Pace" is not much more than a throwaway session from 1958 in which John Coltrane delivered on his contract with Prestige, sufferring, as with most of their musicians at this time, from no paid time for rehearsals. The band - John Coltrane (tenor
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Brad Mehldau Trio - Live
NonesuchRelease date: March 25th 2008Availability: CD, MP3 Download, iTunes The first album for three years with the reformed trio (Jeff Ballard having replaced Jorge Rossy on drums) follows Brad Mehldau's now well established pattern of alternating studio and 'live' albums. Returning to the Village Vanguard for four nights in October 2006 for his fourth 'live' recording there, he once again
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Freddie Hubbard - Ready For Freddie
Blue Note
Recording date: August 21st 1961 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
RVG Remaster: March 9th 2004
Personnel:
Freddie Hubbbard (trumpet)
Bernard McKinney (euphonium)
Wayne Shorter (tenor sax)
McCoy Tyner(piano)
Art Davis (bass)
Elvin Jones (drums)
Tracks:
Arietis, Weaver of Dreams, Marie Antoinette, Birdlike, Crisis. (Alternate takes of Arietis and Marie
Recording date: August 21st 1961 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
RVG Remaster: March 9th 2004
Personnel:
Freddie Hubbbard (trumpet)
Bernard McKinney (euphonium)
Wayne Shorter (tenor sax)
McCoy Tyner(piano)
Art Davis (bass)
Elvin Jones (drums)
Tracks:
Arietis, Weaver of Dreams, Marie Antoinette, Birdlike, Crisis. (Alternate takes of Arietis and Marie
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Wayne Shorter - The Soothsayer
Blue NoteRecording date: March 4th 1965 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood CliffsRe-release date (RVG remaster): March 25th 2008Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes If back in 1965 Blue Note's Alfred Lion may have had a moment's thought that "The Soothsayer" was going to be another money-spinner like Lee Morgan's "The Sidewinder", one listen would have told him that the music on this album was
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery - Bags Meets Wes!
Riverside/Concord
Release date: December 18th 1961
Re-release date (Keepnews Edition): March 4th 2008
Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes
Backed by an excellent rhythm section (Wynton Kelly on piano, Sam Jones on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums), this 1961 session sparkles with straight ahead, blues based jazz at its best. The cool approach favoured in Milt Jackson's vibe playing (he
Release date: December 18th 1961
Re-release date (Keepnews Edition): March 4th 2008
Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes
Backed by an excellent rhythm section (Wynton Kelly on piano, Sam Jones on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums), this 1961 session sparkles with straight ahead, blues based jazz at its best. The cool approach favoured in Milt Jackson's vibe playing (he
Joe Locke Quartet - Sticks and Strings
Jazz EyesRelease date: October 23rd 2007Availability: CD, MP3 Download, iTunesYou could be forgiven for thinking that vibes player Joe Locke had gone for a "Bird With Strings" approach but the good news is that the 'strings' in question are guitar from Jonathan Kreisberg and bass from Jay Anderson with added drums from Joe La Barbera – a tight quartet with not a symphonic instrument in sight.The
Sunday, March 2, 2008
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Saturday, February 23, 2008
Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
Riverside / ConcordRelease date: December 17th 1956Re-release date (Keepnews remaster): March 4th 2008Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes "Brilliant Corners" is at one and the same time full of the idiosyncracy that typifies so much of Thelonious Monk's music and then again simply one of the greatest jazz albums ever produced. The band is essentially a quintet: Thelonious Monk (piano), Sonny
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Avatar
Blue NoteRelease date: February 5th 2008Availability: CD, MP3 Download, iTunes Discovered by Charlie Haden on a tour of Cuba, Gonzalo Rubalcaba was pronounced a major undiscovered jazz talent at the 1990 Montreux Jazz festival. Signed by Blue Note and twelve albums later somehow his music has not succeeded in having quite the impact promised by that early breakthrough.This is surely set to
Horace Silver - Further Explorations By the Horace Silver Quintet
Blue Note (RVG)Release date: 1958Re-release date (RVG remaster): March 25th, 2008Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes "Further Explorations" was released in 1958, the same year as Horace Silver's appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival. As on the Festival appearance, Louis Hayes is on drums. However, the front line here with Art Farmer (trumpet) and Clifford Jordan (tenor sax) is more
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Chick Corea and Gary Burton - The New Crystal Silence
ConcordRelease date: February 5th 2008Availability: CD, MP3 Download, iTunes The original "Crystal Silence" was a landmark album in 1972 that crossed the traditional boundaries of jazz into a wider audience without sacrificing any integrity. It also signposted the remarkable understanding between Chick Corea (piano) and Gary Burton (vibraphone). As Pat Metheny remarks on his liner notes to the
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Horace Silver - Live At Newport '58
Blue NoteRelease date: February 5th 2008Availability: CD, MP3 Download, iTunes This is not a re-release of previously known Horace Silver material but rather a re-discovery of a very strong set played at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958 and released now for the first time (with the exception of one track "Tippin'" that had appeared on the long unavailable Newport Jazz Festival compilation album
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Pat Metheny - Day Trip
NonesuchRelease date: January 29th 2008Availability: CD, MP3 Download, iTunes With the exception of two fine recent albums with Brad Mehldau, "Day Trip" is Pat Metheny's most accomplished straight ahead jazz outing since his emblematic debut, "Bright Size Life".As with that breakthrough album, the trio format (here with Christian McBride (bass) and Antonio Sanchez (drums)) allows the jazz to
Ron Blake - Shayari
Mack AvenueRelease date: January 29th 2008Availability: CD, MP3 Download, iTunes"Shayari" is essentially a two hander from Ron Blake (saxophone) and Michael Cain (piano/ producer) with star support from Christian McBride (bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums), Regina Carter (violin) and Gilmar Gomes (perscussion) added sparingly and just where required. The overall feel is somewhat similar to the 'less
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Duke Ellington and John Coltrane - Duke Ellington and John Coltrane
Impulse!Release date: September 26th, 1962Re-release date: February 19th, 2008Availabilty: CD, MP3 download, iTunes Bob Thiele (John Coltrane's producer at Impulse!) took seriously his project of arranging musical meetings between Duke Ellington and jazz greats and in addition to sessions with Louis Armstrong and Coleman Hawkins he also produced this session with John Coltrane. As John Coltrane
Kenny Werner - Lawn Chair Society
Blue NoteRelease date: March 6th, 2007Availabilty: CD, MP3 download "Lawn Chair Society" with its Rene Magritte-like cover and challenging take on jazz appeared in early 2007 to deserved acclaim. It is now enjoying the kind of continued exposure via MP3 download and iTunes that it deserves.The band is mouthwateringly talented: Kenny Werner (piano), Chris Potter (tenor and soprano sax), Dave
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100 최고의 재즈 앨범을 현재를 한국어로 번역하는 기능이 도시의 모든 기사와 기능을 위대한 재즈와 재즈 음악가를 포함한 새 릴리스는 최고의 재즈 재즈 앨범을 다시 - 릴리즈합니다. 플래그를 클릭하기만하면이 위대한 사이트 전체를 보려면 한국합니다. 기능을 포함할 : 100 최고의 재즈 앨범을; 재즈의 새 릴리즈; 재즈 다시 - 보도 자료; 붙임성이 재즈의 새 릴리즈를 다시 - 보도 자료;는 인기있는 100 개의 재즈 앨범 차트;는 인기있는 100 개의 재즈 앨범을 새 릴리스 차트; 아마존 3 재즈를 다운로드 차트; 위대한 무료로 재즈 podcast를; 재즈 뉴스; 재즈를 dvd; 재즈 링크 (링크를 포함하여 재즈 연주의 홈 페이지를 무료로 재즈를 연주하는 방법, 재즈 잡지; 재즈 교육을; 재즈 음반, 재즈
日本の偉大なジャズ
100の最大の特徴ジャズアルバムには、今すぐに全ての記事を日本語に訳すと機能して偉大なジャズやジャズの巨匠、ジャズをはじめとザベストオブニューリリースのジャズアルバムを再リリースした。ただ国旗をクリックして全体を表示するサイトでは、この偉大な日本人です。 主な特徴:最大のジャズアルバム、 100 ;ジャズニューリリース;ジャズ再リリース;来るべきジャズのニューリリースや再リリース;ジャズアルバムチャートのトップ100 ;新しいリリースのジャズアルバムチャートのトップ100 ;アマゾンジャズmp3ダウンロードチャート;偉大フリージャズポッドキャスト;ジャズニュース;ジャズをDVD ;ジャズリンク(ジャズ演奏者のホームページへのリンクを含むページには、無料でジャズを演奏する方法を、ジャズ雑誌;ジャズ教育;ジャズのレコードレーベル、ジャズのラジオ/テレビ)と、ジャズ演奏をガイドします。 を開始
Great Jazz em Português
100 Greatest Jazz Álbuns agora tem uma característica de traduzir em Português todos os seus artigos e recursos em grande jazz e do jazz grandes, incluindo jazz novos lançamentos e os melhores álbuns de jazz a re-lançamentos. Basta clicar na bandeira para ver a totalidade deste grande site em Português. As características incluem: Os 100 maiores álbuns jazz; jazz novos lançamentos; jazz
Grande jazz in Italia
100 Greatest Jazz Album adesso ha una funzione di tradurre in Italia tutti i suoi articoli e le caratteristiche della grande jazz e la musica jazz più grandi del jazz tra cui nuove versioni e il meglio del jazz album re-release. Basta cliccare sulla bandiera per visualizzare l'intero sito di questo grande in Italia. Le caratteristiche includono: I 100 album più grande del jazz; jazz nuove
Great Jazz in Deutsch
100 Greatest Jazz-Alben jetzt verfügt über eine Funktion zur Übersetzung ins Deutsche von allen seinen Artikeln und Funktionen auf den großen Jazz-und Jazz-Größen, darunter Jazz neuen Releases und das Beste aus der Jazz-Album-Releases. Klicken Sie einfach auf die Flagge, um die ganze dieses großartigen Website in deutscher Sprache. Eigenschaften umfassen: Die 100 größten Jazz-Alben; Jazz neue
Great jazz en français
100 Greatest Albums Jazz dispose désormais d'une fonctionnalité de traduire en français tous ses articles sur le jazz et le grand plus grands jazzmen, notamment les nouvelles versions de jazz et le meilleur album de jazz de la re-releases. Il suffit de cliquer sur le drapeau pour voir l'ensemble de ce grand site en français.
Les dispositifs incluent: Les 100 plus grands albums de jazz, jazz
Les dispositifs incluent: Les 100 plus grands albums de jazz, jazz
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100 Greatest Jazz Álbumes ahora dispone de una función para traducir al español todos sus artículos y reportajes sobre los grandes del jazz y grandes del jazz, incluyendo las nuevas versiones del jazz y el mejor álbum de jazz de la re-versiones. Basta con hacer clic en la bandera para ver la totalidad de esta gran página en español. Las características incluyen: Las 100 más grandes álbumes de
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Weather Report - Live at Montreux 1976
Eagle Eye Media
Release date: April 17th, 2007
Recorded July 8th, 1976 at Montreux Casino, Montreux, Switzerland as part of the Montreux Jazz Festival
Personnel:
Joe Zawinul (Fender Rhodes, keyboards, synthesizers, piano)
Wayne Shorter (tenor and soprano saxophones)
Jaco Pastorius (bass)
Alex Acuña (drums)
Manolo Badrena (percussion)
Tracks:
Elegant People; Scarlet Woman; Barbary
Release date: April 17th, 2007
Recorded July 8th, 1976 at Montreux Casino, Montreux, Switzerland as part of the Montreux Jazz Festival
Personnel:
Joe Zawinul (Fender Rhodes, keyboards, synthesizers, piano)
Wayne Shorter (tenor and soprano saxophones)
Jaco Pastorius (bass)
Alex Acuña (drums)
Manolo Badrena (percussion)
Tracks:
Elegant People; Scarlet Woman; Barbary
Wes Montgomery - Wes Montgomery Live in '65
Jazz Icons
Release date: September 4th, 2007
Recorded in Holland, Belgium and UK in 1965
Personnel:
Holland 1965
Wes Montgomery (Guitar)
Pim Jacobs (Piano)
Ruud Jacobs (Bass)
Han Bennink (Drums)
Belgium 1965
Wes Montgomery (Guitar)
Arthur Harper (Bass)
Harold Mabern (Piano)
Jimmy Lovelace (Drums)
UK 1965
Wes Montgomery (Guitar)
Rick Laird (Bass)
Stan Tracey (Piano)
Jackie Dougan
Release date: September 4th, 2007
Recorded in Holland, Belgium and UK in 1965
Personnel:
Holland 1965
Wes Montgomery (Guitar)
Pim Jacobs (Piano)
Ruud Jacobs (Bass)
Han Bennink (Drums)
Belgium 1965
Wes Montgomery (Guitar)
Arthur Harper (Bass)
Harold Mabern (Piano)
Jimmy Lovelace (Drums)
UK 1965
Wes Montgomery (Guitar)
Rick Laird (Bass)
Stan Tracey (Piano)
Jackie Dougan
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Dexter Gordon - Dexter Gordon Live in '63 & '64
Jazz Icons
Release date: September 4th, 2007
Recorded in Amersfoort, Holland, July 29th 1964, Lugano, Switzerland, September 20th 1963 and Belgium, January 8th 1964
Personnel:
Amersfoort, Holland, July 29th 1964
Dexter Gordon (tenor sax)
George Grunz (piano)
Guy Pedersen (bass)
Daniel Humair (drums)
Lugano, Switzerland, September 20th 1963
Dexter Gordon (tenor sax)
Kenny Drew (
Release date: September 4th, 2007
Recorded in Amersfoort, Holland, July 29th 1964, Lugano, Switzerland, September 20th 1963 and Belgium, January 8th 1964
Personnel:
Amersfoort, Holland, July 29th 1964
Dexter Gordon (tenor sax)
George Grunz (piano)
Guy Pedersen (bass)
Daniel Humair (drums)
Lugano, Switzerland, September 20th 1963
Dexter Gordon (tenor sax)
Kenny Drew (
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin'
Blue NoteRelease date: January 5th 1958 Personnel: Sonny Clark (piano), Art Farmer (trumpet), Jackie McLean (alto saxophone),Paul Chambers (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums). Tracks: Cool Struttin', Blue Minor, Sippin' At Bells, Deep Night, Royal Flush, Lover (the last two tracks added to post 1987 CD releases) Review: With the single exception of "Kind of Blue", Sonny Clark's "Cool Struttin'''
Marty Ehrlich and Myra Melford - Spark!
Palmetto RecordsRelease date: September 4th 2007Availability: CD, iTunes Playing as a duo since 2000, Marty Ehrlich (bass clarinet) and Myra Melford (piano) have been proving for some years what a number of jazz musicians are just beginning to appreciate; given the right understanding and approach, less can be more. The paired down effect of just their two instruments playing off each other
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