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David "Fathead" Newman: It's Mister Fathead
by Douglas Payne
This excellent collection couldn't have a better title. It's Mister Fathead accords Texas tenor David Newman with the respect he deserves, but inexplicably has not yet achieved. His muscular and likable tenor sound is readily identifiable and has worked its charms for listeners of Ray Charles (1954-64 and 1970-71), Herbie Mann (1972-74) and non-jazz personalities like ...
Sonny Criss: Crisscraft
by Jim Santella
Alto saxophonist Sonny Criss was at his prime when he made this recording for Muse Records in 1975. Recently reissued by 32 Jazz, the session is just over a half hour long, but offers a rare opportunity to appreciate Criss's pure expressive sound, along with that of pianist Dolo Coker, guitarist Ray Crawford, bassist Larry Gales ...
Pete La Roca: Turkish Women at the Bath
by Jim Santella
This album has a strange history. As Joel Dorn reminds us in the liner notes, it was originally produced by Alan Douglas in 1967 with the current title. The quartet is led by drummer Pete LaRoca, and features the talents of pianist Chick Corea, bassist Walter Booker, and tenor saxophonist John Gilmore. However, the album was ...
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Dog Years In The Fourth Ring
by AAJ Staff
Rahsaan Roland Kirk was a man, at least by the technical definition of the word. However, the ranks of men are often left by a chosen few, whose very greatness elevates them to the status of genius, prophet, or legend. Rarely however, is a man considered all three. Rahsaan Roland Kirk, however, was such a man. ...
Richard "Groove" Holmes: Groove's Groove
by Jim Santella
Based in the blues and gaining popularity early in his career with a 1965 version of “Misty," Groove Holmes was one of the premier artists to employ the Hammond B3 organ. Starting out as a bassist and teaching himself organ as he went along, Holmes found that he could produce a solid bass line with his ...
Woody Shaw: Dark Journey
by Robert Spencer
Dark Journey is a 2-CD compilation of some of the best recordings by the great trumpeter Woody Shaw. Tracks are gathered from recordings dating from 1965 to 1987, and most impressive is the breadth of the guest list: Anthony Braxton, Muhal Richard Abrams, Cedar Walton, Kenny Garrett, J. J. Johnson, Joe Henderson, Horace Silver, Larry Young, ...
Woody Shaw: The Moontrane
by Robert Spencer
In a genre full of tragically short-lived performers, Woody Shaw's story is exceptionally tragic. Legally blind and beset with emotional problems, he was killed in a subway accident in 1989 without ever attaining the recognition attentive listeners knew he deserved. The Mosaic box set of his Columbia recordings a few years ago placed him in a ...
Various Artists: Songs That Made The Phone Light Up
by AAJ Staff
Jazz, through all of its changes and all of its manifestations, has always been about people. From the musicians to the fans to the club owners to the DJs and record company people, jazz's power has always been its people. People like Ronnie Scott, and the Baroness Nica, and Francis Wolfe and Alfred Lion. And people ...
Various Artists: Songs That Made the Phone Light Up
by Robert Spencer
A compilation package with an interesting twist: Joel Dorn, the mastermind behind the controversial (and great) Rhino boxes of Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Mingus, Trane, et al, has collected 13 songs beloved of his listeners on WHAT-FM in Philadelphia during the Sixties. He explains that besides all being favorites of his audience, none of these songs were ...
Various Artists: B-3in' Organ Jazz
by Robert Spencer
A groove-drenched various artistas reissue from Joel Dorn's 32 Jazz. Richard “Groove" Holmes, Brother Jack McDuff, Jimmy Ponder (with Big John Patton handling the organ), Charles Earland, Willis Jackson (with Mickey Tucker on organ on one track and Earland on another), and Houston Person (with Jon Logan on organ). Person plays his silky and sinewy tenor ...
