Results for "Pierre Dorge"

Pierre Dorge

Born: February 28, 1946

The Jazz Critic: Neil Tesser

by B.D. Lenz
May 1, 2023

For as long as there has been art and artists there have been critics to give their opinions about their work. There is even that famous joke about everyone having an opinion. But, clearly, some opinions are more informed than others and when it comes to being a competent jazz critic one needs to have a ...

Mike Westbrook, Prince Lasha and More

by Jerome Wilson
February 8, 2023

This show features several British jazz musicians such as Mike Westbrook and Yazz Ahmed. There is also music from Prince Lasha, Dan Pugach and Dave Douglas among others. Playlist Henry Threadgilll Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic} 00:00 Schapiro ...

C.M. Musictrain

By Carsten Meinert

Label: Stunt Records/Sundance Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: San Sebastian; Before Sunrise; C.M. Music Train; This Time I’m Going To Valby By The Railroad Track; San Sebastian take 1; Before Sunrise take 1; C.M. Music Train take 4

Allegra Levy: Lose My Number

by Jerome Wilson
December 7, 2020

Allegra Levy is a young singer who has made a reputation for herself through her witty songwriting and performing. She has sung a lot of her own songs on previous releases but on this one, she changes things slightly by writing her own lyrics to the music of trumpet player John McNeil. McNeil was ...

The Hall Overton Centennial & More

by Marc Cohn
February 28, 2020

February birthdays on Gift & Messages with the Hall Overton centennial. We feature his arrangement of “Little Rootie Tootie" for the Thelonious Monk Orchestra, where Hall takes the piano solo from the Monk's first trio recording and orchestrates it for the entire big band! You'll hear both back-to-back. Stunning, for the arrangement and the playing, is ...

Bitches Brew @ 50, Sonny Rollins with Brownie & Max (& More)

by Marc Cohn
August 23, 2019

This week we have recent music from Akiko Tsuruga (her best yet!), Pierre Dorge, Chris Rogers, Anthony Fung and Conrad Herwig. But the big news is that Bitches Brew was recorded in August, 1969 over three days. This week we offer the sessions recorded on August 19, 1969. The edit log for the title track (on ...

Mellow Side of the Blue Note Review & More

by Marc Cohn
February 1, 2019

This week, we finish tracking Volume 1 of the Blue Note Review, which is now out-of-print. Volume 2 just arrived and you can listen for it in the months ahead. We also feature selections from Sonny Rollins at his first full recording date as a leader from December 1951. But, of course, there's more--see for yourself, ...

Blue Note 50th Anniversaries: November 1968 & More

by Marc Cohn
November 9, 2018

We celebrate the 50th anniversary of Blue Note sessions recorded in November, 1968 from Lou Donaldson (with Charles Earland, Blue Mitchell, Jimmy Ponder and Idris Muhammad), Bobby Hutcherson (with Stanley Cowell and Harold Land) and McCoy Tyner. Bien sur, there's more, including 78 rpm recordings of The Port Of Harlem Jazz Men from 1939--the ...

Tjak Tjaka Tchicai

By Pierre Dorge

Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: How Is the Sunsetrise Up There?; A Rose for Laurent; Dualities; Mozombo; A Rufous Mot Mot; Jungle Sketches; Tjak Tjaka Tchicai; Largo Lapidarius; Kera Dorong; Autobahn Tchicai Zwei; Lucianus in Congo.