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Tony Williams Lifetime: Tony Williams Lifetime Emergency! Reference: With John McLaughlin & Larry Young

Read "Tony Williams Lifetime Emergency! Reference: With John McLaughlin & Larry Young" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
August 11, 2026

Tony Williams was barely twenty-three when he put the Lifetime trio together in 1969, only five years past his stint as the engine of the Miles Davis Quintet. Emergency!, the group's sprawling doublealbum debut, paired Williams with organist Larry Young and a littleknown British guitarist named John McLaughlin, and the record still stands as one of the founding documents of jazzrock fusion--loud, unruly, ahead of where the rest of the music was standing. The original Polydor LP, mixed by Gene ...

Radio & Podcasts

Larry Young, Steven Bernstein, and Karrin Allyson

by Jerome Wilson
April 17, 2024

Despite an equipment malfunction during the third set, this show covers a variety of artists from the last seventy years of jazz. Musicians heard include Larry Young, Steven Bernstein, Dennis Gonzalez, Karrin Allyson, and Hampton Hawes. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Dennis Gonzalez “The Earth and the Heart Suite: Part 3--The Earth and the Heart" from The Earth ...

Album Review

Elvin Jones: Revival: Live at Pookie's Pub

Read "Revival: Live at Pookie's Pub" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
December 12, 2022

Non c'è solo la musica --tumultuosa e avvincente-- a porre in primo piano questo doppio CD (o triplo LP) del quintetto di Elvin Jones, ripreso in un piccolo club di Manhattan dal 28 al 30 luglio 1967. L'edizione fortemente voluta da Zev Feldman (dopo 11 anni di tentativi presso varie etichette) illustra il punto di svolta del batterista da illustre sideman a leader e illumina la singolare condizione del jazz a New York nella seconda metà dei ...

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Elvin Jones: Revival: Live At Pookie’s Pub

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by Mike Jurkovic
November 11, 2022

No matter your format of choice—the deluxe 180g 3-LP set, streaming, or a 2-CD package--there is some serious, late '60s hard bop soul-searching happening on this eye-opening, mind-expanding, previously unreleased Revival: Live at Pookie's Pub. Elvin Jones cleared the cobwebs just two weeks after John Coltrane's passing and the resounding end to the classic quartet of Coltrane, Jones, McCoy Tyner and Jimmy Garrison. The writing had been on the wall that Coltrane was more than ready and eager ...

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Elvin Jones: Revival: Live At Pookie’s Pub

Read "Revival: Live At Pookie’s Pub" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
November 4, 2022

A welcome addition to Elvin Jones' catalogue, the previously unissued 2 x CD / 4 x LP Revival: Live At Pookie's Pub was recorded in New York in July 1967. The gig was just two weeks after the passing of John Coltrane, with whom Jones had played from 1960 to 1966. Jones' quartet includes the gritty but underrated tenor saxophonist Joe Farrell, who had the unenviable job of standing in Coltrane's shadow. But he rises to the occasion magnificently. Jones ...

Radio & Podcasts

Mother Ship's 50th Anniversary, Bu @ 100 & More

by Marc Cohn
February 8, 2019

Who took the happiness out? Not Gifts & Messages! This week we celebrate the 50th anniversary for the Blue Note album Mother Ship by Larry Young. Also featured is Blue Note No. 6 from Sidney Bechet and three tracks to start the Art Blakey centennial celebration, including a rare (and powerful) one from Gypsy Folk Tales. Oczywiście, there's more! Gifts & Messages is the antidote for the Polar Vortex.... Playlist Dirty Dozen Brass Band “Who Took ...

Extended Analysis

In Paris: The ORTF Recordings

by Maurizio Comandini
March 14, 2016

Ogni tanto gli archivi sparsi nel nostro pianeta si aprono per regalare belle e rare emozioni agli attenti cittadini del mondo della musica. Non è cosa così semplice come potrebbe apparire superficialmente: per trovare questi tesori nascosti serve anche l'energia di un gruppo di persone che si appassiona e si mette a caccia delle cose nascoste nelle pieghe del tempo e della storia. In questo caso l'archivio è quello della radio e televisione francese (ORTF) e il manipolo di appassionati ...