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Red Rodney: Live At The Village Vanguard
by Jim Santella
The first time on CD, the reissue of Red Rodney’s 1980 sessions at The Village Vanguard marks the beginning of his comeback and finds the leader’s trumpet work in fine form. Two experienced horn players and a young rhythm section made for a strong program with hard bop drama and pure musical ballad sentiment. In the ...
Pat Martino: Mission Accomplished
by Douglas Payne
The title refers to 32 Jazz's successful release of Pat Martino's entire Muse and Warner Bros. catalog between 1972 and 1996. The result is four two-fers, two single discs and several compilations showcasing one of the finest, most consistent jazz guitarists of the last quarter century. Mission Accomplished is one of the two-fers that ...
Dom Um Romao: The Complete Muse Recordings
by Derrick A. Smith
32 Records maintain their unique level of quality, and responsiveness, with this single-disc reissue of percussionist/composer Dom Um Romao’s complete Muse recordings, two albums from 1973 that determined the locus of bossa -tinged jazz, the nuyorican Latin movement, the Brazilian “corner club” sound, and Brazilian roots music, namely batucada. Gene Paul’s customary naturalistic remastering allows full ...
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Left Hook, Right Cross
by Jim Santella
This set of two reissued Atlantic recordings offers a clear picture of what Rahsaan Roland Kirk was all about. Whether playing rough-house tenor, three saxophones at once, his searing brand of flute with vocalized thoughts, or the high-pitched ocarina-like nose flute, Kirk was a distinctive and highly unique professional. And he could connect with an audience. ...
Kenny Burrell: 12*15*78
by John Sharpe
A glance at Kenny Burrell's discography reveals that he has recorded at least a half- dozen “live" albums at The Village Vanguard. Obviously, Kenny and his sidemen enjoy the warmth, comfort and intimacy of this fabled New York nightspot. The title of this 2-CD set refers to the date when Burrell originally recorded Live At The ...
Dom Um Romao: The Complete Muse Recordings
by C. Andrew Hovan
According to producer Joel Dorn, customer requests have been staggering for the reissue of Brazilian percussionist Dom Um Romao’s two Muse titles which were both culled from sessions in June and November of 1973. Now available on one compact disc, The Complete Muse Recordings contains the sum total of the original albums Dom Um Romao and ...
Joao Donato: Joao Donato
by Douglas Payne
This odd cult item, originally released on Muse in 1973, is also known as Donato/Deodato -- a reference to then-hot arranger Eumir Deodato's participation and, probably, the similarity in their surnames. With the exception of the kick-off tune - the insanely catchy and wonderfully funky “Whistle Stop" -- it's a brief, strange trip that meanders aimlessly ...
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Left Hook, Right Cross
by Robert Spencer
In the rollicking circus that is the music of Rahsaan Roland Kirk, some of his forays too slavishly imitate the shallow funk grooves of his latter days, while on others, he lets his muse roam more freely, and comes up with more than a few gems on Volunteered Slavery. Of course, there is a kitschy take ...
Cedar Walton/Hank Mobley Quintet: Breakthrough!
by Douglas Payne
Although recorded 14 years before he died, 1972's Breakthrough was one of the final recordings the lamentably under-appreciated tenor great Hank Mobley made (he also guested on a 1980 Tete Montoliu record). Mobley, an especially lyrical and melodic tenor titan, had recorded prolifically - and consistently well -- between 1955 and 1970, mostly (and most substantially) ...
Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Yusef Lateef: Separate But Equal
by Robert Spencer
Back in the days when Joel Dorn, the 32 Jazz majordomo, walked the hallowed hall of Atlantic Records, he nourished the hope someday to bring two of the most luminous exponents of Great Black Music, Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Yusef Lateef, together in the studio. Alas, Kirk took ill and ultimately died before Dorn's vision could ...
