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Rich Corpolongo Trio - Get Happy (Delmark)

Source: Master of a Small House
June 17, 2010

Tenor, bass and drums projects will probably forever be name checked against Sonny Rollins' pioneering parables with the form. In the case of Rich Corpolongo the connection fits. As one of the younger “old reliables" of Delmark's current tenor stable, his latest release is a long overdue showcase for his talents sans piano. Along for the ride, but also willing to take the wheel when tapped are bassist Dan Shapera and drummer Rusty Jones, Chicago-based session men who fill their ...

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Domenic Landolf - New Brighton (Pirouet)

Source: Master of a Small House
June 17, 2010

The cover shot to Swiss-born saxophonist Domenic Landolf's Pirouet debut offers a clever visual analogue to his music with a stark sepia tone view of Coney Island's Hell Hole attraction, now defunct some 15 years. Landolf's overarching concept on the date is an intriguing variant on chamber jazz past and present. Bassist Patrice Moret and drummer Dejan Terzic come at the thirteen pieces from comparable trajectories of introspection and restraint without slipping into the maudlin or moribund. There's a mood ...

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Geri Allen and Timeline - Live (Motema)

Source: Master of a Small House
June 16, 2010

Pianist Geri Allen is in the midst of an artistic and creative roll. Recorded at Oberlin Conservatory, this densely-packed and highly satisfying performance follows the release of a solo recital, also on Motma and carries forward in a similar vein with some marked departures. Chief among them is her crew of assembled accompanists. Bassist Kenny Davis competes a bit with the cavernous acoustics of the concert hall and there are moments during the more stentorian ensemble passages where his strings ...

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Tom Rainey Trio - Pool School (Clean Feed)

Source: Master of a Small House
June 16, 2010

A much-belated case of “giving the drummer some", Tom Rainey's debut as a leader is long-overdue formal recognition of his substantial talents. Leave it to the relentlessly prolific Clean Feed label to recognize and rectify the lapse. Rainey's appeared on a number of the imprint's releases over the years and his gig docket remains reliably full via projects with Tim Berne and a host of others. Typical to form and true to the press blurb on the CF website, this ...

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Air - Air Raid (Why Not)

Source: Master of a Small House
June 16, 2010

Cue the bugles and bata drums: We're in the midst of a full blown Henry Threadgill renaissance thanks to a recent compiling of the multi-reedist/composer's Black Saint/Soul Note albums and another from Mosaic gathering his work for Arista, RCA and Columbia slated for the immediate horizon. Add to that copious bounty the reissue by Candid of a pair of AIR dates on the Japanese Why Not label and nearly all of the man's major works magically return to print, at ...

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Row: Warne Marsh - Warne out (Interplay)

Source: Master of a Small House
June 16, 2010

An inventory of Warne Marsh's discography immediately reveals a heavy skew toward the Seventies. Decades prior weren't nearly as kind toward the documenting of the tenorist's art. This set remains rarity even within the context of the comparative bounty of offerings that accompany his later years. Recorded over three days in the spring of 1977 in drummer Nick Ceroli's home studio, it's a bit of a mixed affair in regards to audio fidelity. The extended opportunity to hear Marsh extol ...

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Chris Massey's "Nue Jazz Project" - Vibrainium (Self-Released)

Source: Master of a Small House
June 16, 2010

Saxophonist Wayne Shorter is one of the few jazz icons on record as a self-admitted comic book fan. The fantastic four-color mythologies of both Marvel and D.C. imprints have at least indirectly inspired several of his compositions over the decades, most conspicuously with the classic “Kryptonite." Drummer Chris Massey appears in possession of a similar admiration as the title of this self-released album makes clear. Vibrainium is a pun on Vibranium, one of a host of rarified fictional metals perhaps ...

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The New World Jazz Composers Octet Releases Second CD: Transitions

Source: Michael Ricci
June 15, 2010

The New World Jazz Composers Octet is releasing its second CD, TRANSITIONS, on the Big and Phat Jazz Productions label. This exciting new CD features eight stylistically diverse compositions written by five of the most talented jazz composers on the scene today. Each piece is presented with a combination of precise ensemble performance and inspired solos. The New World Jazz Composers Octet is led by saxophonist/flutist Daniel Ian Smith. Most of the featured composers and performers are part of a ...

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