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Jimmy Smith: Prayer Meetin
by Joel Roberts
Jimmy Smith and the late Stanley Turrentine were one of the great organ-sax combos, collaborating on a series of albums for Blue Note in the early '60s that helped define the genre of soul jazz. The last of those efforts was 1963's Prayer Meetin' , made at the end of a flurry of recording activity by ...
Blue Mitchell: The Thing To Do
by Norman Weinstein
Trumpeter Blue Mitchell had a sound in every way as individual as his label-mates Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan, and like them, tragically, he could misuse studio time recording uninspired bop and funk. The Thing To Do makes you wish Mitchell had been this focused and well accompanied more of the time.Blessed with a ...
Grant Green: Goin' West
by Colin Fleming
Tempting as it is to dismiss this Grant Green album as the sixties' slant on lite jazz, overriding talent, as one would expect, has a tendency to compensate for a decided lack of risk taking, the very virtue, considering the quality of these players, that could have elevated Goin' West to a minor classic. Recorded in ...
Wayne Shorter: Adam's Apple
by Aaron Rogers
By the beginning of '66, Wayne Shorter had already made jazz history twice: forging gospel-drenched hard bop with Art Blakey from '59 to '64 and helping to create the metaphysical artistry of the Miles Davis quintet during the mid-'60s. So it should come as no suprise that Adam's Apple , which was recorded in February of ...
Greg Osby: Public
by Jeff Stockton
I know the bills at Blue Note are paid by Miss Norah Jones, but when jazz fans are looking for the sound defined by the label in the '60s, it's comforting to know that the Blue Note legacy can be heard on the label itself. In 2004, Joe Lovano, Jason Moran and Greg Osby are all ...
Joe Henderson: Inner Urge
by Norman Weinstein
This brilliant remastering of saxophonist Joe Henderson's most emotionally urgent album also raises the possibity that it is the ultimate showcase of his distinguished career. The deference to Coltrane is obvious: pianist McCoy Tyner and drummer Elvin Jones are on board on every selection, although shifting their styles to mesh with Henderson. The deference to Getz ...
Chick Corea: The Complete "IS" Sessions
by Aaron Rogers
Although the recording of Chick Corea's The Complete “IS" Sessions took place in May of 1969, the rhythm section, which consists of bassist Dave Holland, drummer Jack DeJohnette, and legendary Latin/hard-bop/fusion pianist Chick Corea, found its footing seven months earlier in the electric tone poems of the In A Silent Way sessions under Miles Davis's leadership.
Charlie Rouse: Bossa Nova Bacchanal
by Joshua Weiner
About eight or nine years ago, the major record labels finally realized that they could sell more copies of classic jazz CDs if they reissued them with the respect they deserved, including high-quality remastering and packaging. This has proved an unprecedented boon for the jazz fan; never have so many records by so many artists been ...
Greg Osby: Public
by Jim Santella
Recorded live at New York’s Jazz Standard this past January, Public combines standards and originals in a program that features Greg Osby’s unique alto saxophone timbre and witty musical conversation. Like Monk, the artist enjoys a light use of dissonance in his uplifting interpretations. His cohesive quartet/quintet reaches deep inside and draws up the emotion.
Joe Lovano: I'm All For You
by Jim Santella
Joe Lovano’s unique tone gives his ballad album a whispering quality that stays up close and intimate throughout. He’s with you back there at the corner table as you nurse your drink for another hour in one of your town’s respected nightclubs. Most of the crowd has already called it a night, but you’re loving this ...
