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Rahsaan Roland Kirk: A Standing Eight
by Robert Spencer
These two CD's include the last three albums recorded by this most extraordinary of extraordinary musicians: The Return of the 5000 lb. Man, Kirkatron, and Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real. They're particularly poignant because of the circumstances in which they appeared: 5000 lb. Man landed in the can only a short time before Kirk's debilitating stroke; ...
Quartette Indigo: Quartette Indigo
by Jim Santella
A string quartet implies precision and complete adherence to a written manuscript. Quartette Indigo, however, combines the sentiment of the blues with composed jazz music, both improvised and arranged. Cellist Akua Dixon Turre leads the quartet. Her sister Gayle Dixon plays violin, and John Blake plays the second violin part. The three have been together for ...
Eddie Harris: Greater Than The Sum Of His Parts
by Douglas Payne
Chicago tenor man Eddie Harris (1934-1996) already had nearly a dozen albums and one huge hit single ("Exodus") to his credit when he signed to Atlantic Records in 1965. Over the following 12 years, Atlantic released more than 20 Eddie Harris records. Some of these were innovative (1967's The Electrifying Eddie Harris and 1974's Is It ...
Russell Gunn: Young Gunn Plus
by Jim Santella
Recorded in 1994 when young lion Russell Gunn was a mere 23 years old, the Muse album Young Gunn is a quintet session with tenor saxophonist Sam Newsome, pianist John Hicks, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Cecil Brooks III. This 32 Jazz reissue adds three tracks with a different quintet. Coming from a background that like ...
Jimmy Ponder: Steel City Soul
by Douglas Payne
Despite sterling work over the last three decades with such luminaries as Johnny Hodges, Lou Donaldson, Jimmy McGriff and Stanley Turrentine and a baker's dozen albums on his own since 1973, talented Pittsburgh-based guitarist Jimmy Ponder has yet to receive his due. The guitarist clearly recalls Wes Montgomery because he too plays the guitar with his ...
Russell Gunn: Young Gunn Plus
by Douglas Payne
This solid and engaging mainstream debut was first issued on Muse Records in 1995 when trumpeter Russell Gunn was 24 years old. That disc didn't attract much attention and Gunn went on to work with Wynton ( Blood on the Fields ) and Brandford Marsalis ( Buckshot LeFonque ) then followed up his debut with last ...
Nat Adderley: Talkin' About You
by Douglas Payne
Seems like coronetist Nat Adderley (born 1931) has been around forever. But no one really started listening to him in his own right him until the unfortunate early death of his older brother in 1975. It's a true shame. Because there is ample evidence of this guy's gifts on many Cannonball records (1959-1975) and, surprisingly, nearly ...
Sonny Stitt: Best of the Rest
by Ed Kopp
1/2 The first bebop album I ever bought was Sonny Stitt with Bud Powell and J.J. Johnson, a 1950 release that remains one of my favorite all-time recordings. Seconds after I heard Stitt rip into “Fine And Dandy" I was completely smitten. Sure Stitt borrowed a great deal from Charlie Parker, but he was an immensely ...
Mose Allison: The Sage Of Tippo
by Jim Santella
Recorded between 1963 and 1968, four of Mose Allison's Atlantic LPs are placed on one two-CD package, presented with their original liner notes and remastered sound: Swingin' Machine, The Word From Mose, Wild Man On The Loose, and I've Been Doin' Some Thinkin'. On the first session, Allison used a quintet; the others are with bass ...
Richie Cole & Phil Woods: Richie And Phil & Richie
by Jim Santella
This reissue offers seventy-five minutes of material that was originally recorded between 1976 and 1981. The first half dozen tracks are from Side By Side, a live session with Richie Cole and Phil Woods at The Historic Paramount Theater in Denver. The other half dozen tracks are from several of Richie Cole's Muse albums: Alto Madness, ...
