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The Berkeley Item - #85

Source: All About Jazz

SONNY ROLLINS completed two four-hour sessions at a New York studio last week, and plans to mix the material at Fantasy's Berkeley studios in August, making a year-end release likely. (His most recent Milestone CD, “Global Warming," was released in May 1998.) http://www.fantasyjazz.com/html/rollinss9280.html

The new sessions feature two members of Rollins's working band--pianist STEPHEN SCOTT and bassist BOB CRANSHAW--plus drummer JACK DeJOHNETTE.

With the stress of recording behind him, Sonny is preparing to leave next week for Japan, where he ...

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Ten new titles have just been released in the ORIGINAL JAZZ CLASSICS series

Source: All About Jazz

Three from the Pablo catalog: “OSCAR PETERSON & JON FADDIS" (1975), one of a series of duo recordings Peterson made with trumpeters (including Faddis's mentor Dizzy Gillespie); COUNT BASIE's “Fancy Pants," recorded with his orchestra in December 1983, less than a year before his death; and “Eximious" by the JOE PASS TRIO, featuring Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen and Martin Drew (1982). . .

Three from Milestone: “Inner Voices," McCOY TYNER's 1977 album featuring Earl Klugh, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, and Tyner's ...

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