Jazz Articles about Henry Grimes

About Henry Grimes

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Albert Ayler Quartet: Reference: Albert Ayler Quartet Goin' Home 1964

Read "Reference: Albert Ayler Quartet Goin' Home 1964" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
October 12, 2026

On February 24, 1964, Albert Ayler entered Atlantic Studios in New York City to record a series of compositions that would help define the saxophonist's legacy and, arguably, alter the course of jazz. The Cleveland, Ohio, native had recently returned from Europe, where he had performed with Cecil Taylor's quartet and at the urging of Swedish saxophonist and clarinetist Bengt Nordström, Ayler recorded a program of jazz standards. That February New York session would eventually be released under ...

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Henry Grimes & Marzette Watts: The Call

Read "The Call" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
October 5, 2026

Long before Henry Grimes became known as jazz's great Lazarus story, he was simply one of the most technically astonishing bassists working in New York City's' free jazz underground. Recorded on December 28, 1965, and issued by ESP-Disk in 1966, The Call stands as his debut as a leader, and it remains a document of quiet audacity rather than the raw energy so often associated with the label's catalog. Teaming with clarinetist Perry Robinson and drummer Tom Price, Grimes assembled ...

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Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Vibrations In The Village: Live At The Village Gate

Read "Vibrations In The Village: Live At The Village Gate" reviewed by Joshua Weiner

by Joshua Weiner
November 28, 2025

Thankfully, fans of classic jazz rarely have long to wait before another wonderful, previously unreleased treasure drops from the indefatigable producer Zev Feldman and the folks at Resonance Records. A pair of live releases by multi-instrumentalist, showman, and musical conjuror Rahsaan Roland Kirk join the limited-edition vinyl lineup for Record Store Day's Black Friday 2025 event, with a standard CD release one week later. Seek & Listen: Live At The Penthouse (Resonance Records, 2025) documents 1967 performances, while ...

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Albert Ayler: Live Greenwich Village to Love Cry Revisited

Read "Live Greenwich Village to Love Cry Revisited" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala
December 2, 2024

Nel 1996, quando fu pubblicata la prima edizione della sua biografia dedicata ad Albert Ayler, Spirits Rejoice!, il contrabbassista e musicologo tedesco Peter Niklas Wilson scriveva nella prefazione: “La sua musica resta controversa: per alcuni fu un profeta, per altri un ciarlatano. (...) Ayler resta oggi tanto controverso quanto esile è la base per una discussione obiettiva sul suo contributo alla musica degli anni Sessanta." Anche tra i colleghi musicisti c'era chi ne apprezzava la potenza innovativa e propulsiva e ...

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McCoy Tyner / Joe Henderson: Forces Of Nature: Live At Slugs'

Read "Forces Of Nature: Live At Slugs'" reviewed by Joshua Weiner

by Joshua Weiner
November 27, 2024

How does one go about nominating Zev Feldman for a Nobel Peace Prize? Time and again, the intrepid “Jazz Detective" tracks down unknown, unheard, un-even-hoped-for sonic artifacts, painstakingly brushes away the audio dust and grime, and puts us front and center at events that rewrite the history of jazz. Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' another Feldman's project, in collaboration with Blue Note President Don Was, is quite possibly his greatest, a double album of such excitement, beauty, and power ...

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McCoy Tyner / Joe Henderson: Forces Of Nature: Live At Slugs'

Read "Forces Of Nature: Live At Slugs'" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
November 10, 2024

When recordings like Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' seemingly falls from yonder jazz sky, we must stop to thank those swinging stars above for our grand fortune. Because despite all our flaws--a broken politic, a poisoned planet, constant wartime bickering--we are a fortunate, if mostly undeserving, race of peculiarities. That becomes especially apparent when random, instantaneous works of art and human affinity like this grace our path. Located at 242 East 3rd Street between Avenue B and ...

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Hasaan Ibn Ali: Reaching For The Stars: Solos/Duos/Trios

Read "Reaching For The Stars: Solos/Duos/Trios" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
November 17, 2023

Since its inception in 2010, Omnivore Recordings has applied a most stringent set of standards to its archival efforts devoted to the disparate likes of Merle Haggard, Maynard Ferguson and the Posies (and no less so in the occasional preparation and release of new content such as Americana master Peter Case). The label has rightly been recognized for its exacting approach to vault exhumations. Perhaps the most laudable of all its campaigns is the one on behalf of ...