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Gil Evans: The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions
by Norman Weinstein
"Complete" in this case refers to two LPs worth of primo early Gil Evans.The first LP on this disc answers the question of what would have happened if Evans had written a concerto for anyone other than Miles Davis. “New Bottle, Old Wine" is a version of the “Miles Ahead" concerto concept for Cannonball Adderley. And ...
Gil Evans: The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions
by Chris May
If Stan Kenton's ponderous Sophisticated Approach (1961) showed how little jazz it is possible to make with an orchestra the size of Texas, Gil Evans' The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions shows how much more you can make with a lot less. The CD brings together two collections of brilliantly reimagined standards, New Bottle, Old Wine (1958) ...
Solomon Ilori And His Afro-Drum Ensemble: African High Life
by Chris May
Every now and again, a label pulls a previously unissued session out of the vaults and it proves to be a down-by-law number one with a mango. Candid did it earlier in 2006 with Jamaican tenor saxophonist Wilton Gaynair's Africa Calling (London, 1960). Now it's Blue Note's turn with Solomon Ilori's African High Life (Englewood Cliffs, ...
Paolo Fresu: P.A.R.T.E.
by AAJ Italy Staff
Secondo capitolo della collaborazione di Paolo Fresu con la Blue Note dopo Kosmopolites, P.A.R.T.E mette in evidenza le notevoli doti compositive di un altro membro del quintetto. Dopo Roberto Cipelli, protagonista del precedente lavoro, è la volta del contrabbassista Attilio Zanchi. Per chi conosce Zanchi a fondo, l’ascolto del disco non dovrebbe costituire una sorpresa in ...
Lou Rawls: The Best of Lou Rawls - The Capitol Jazz & Blues Sessions
by Andrew Velez
This document of Lou Rawls' decade with Capitol in the '60s celebrates the beginnings of the recently departed artist, one of the rare male vocalists with a big, beautiful sound who could sing his butt off. His professional beginnings were with the gospel group The Singing Travelers, and their 1962 recording of “Motherless Child opens the ...
Dr. John: Mercernary
by C. Michael Bailey
On Mercernary the good doctor, Mac Rebennack, performs a Voodoo mass on the music of Johnny Mercer, casting it in the gris-gris patois of his native New Orleans. This union of standards and Creole is a contentious one, showing that one cannot force a square peg into a round hole. “Blues in the Night, “I'm an ...
Lou Donaldson: The Artist Selects
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Alto sax master Lou Donaldson's entry to the Blue Note Artist Selects series includes a blend of originals and standards, with Hall of Fame lineups from various eras. Listening to this music, one can map the evolution of jazz in the context of his development as a musician. Donaldson's first words on the ...
Jackie Allen: Tangled
by Jim Santella
While it's clearly a pop album, Tangled has a light, jazzy feel. John Moulder's smooth jazz guitar, Steve Eisen's gentle flute and several keyboards back up Jackie Allen's lovely voice with an easy-to-like ambience. Allen delivers an expressive, convincing session. The singer uses her voice, whispery and coated with smooth silk, to interpret this program with ...
Andrew Hill: Timelines
by Matthew Miller
March was a month to celebrate. It saw the release of Andrew Hill's new album, Time Lines (for his alma mater, Blue Note), and found him leading a powerhouse quintet for four magical nights at Birdland. The visionary's legions of fans gave him a joyous reception in concert, and there is no end of buzz around ...
Gianluca Petrella: Indigo4
by Elliott Simon
Indigo4 is one enjoyable morsel drawn from what has become a very broad Italian jazz landscape. Trombonist Gianluca Petrella, who routinely plays with trumpeter Enrico Rava's internationally known band, has assembled a quartet that includes bassist Paolino Dalla Porta, the young and sizzling drummer Fabio Accardi, reedman Francesco Bearzatti, and the judicious use of what amounts ...
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