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David Bindman Ensemble: Sunset Park Polyphony
by Karl Ackermann
Jazz is at the forefront of the cultural renewal taking place in Brooklyn, and saxophonist David Bindman has been a quiet but leading force in that movement. Sunset Park Polyphony brings together members of the stellar quartet that last recorded under the leadership of percussionist Royal Hartigan on Blood Drum Spirit: Royal Hartigan Ensemble Live in ...
Don't Fence Me In
By Colin Towns
Label: ACT Music
Released: 2011
Track listing: From This Moment On; Too Darn Hot; What Is This Thing Called Love; I Love Paris; Begin The Beguine; Love For Sale; Prelude To Miss Otis Regrets; Miss Otis Regrets; Don't Fence Me In; I've Got You Under My Skin; I Get A Kick Out Of You; Every Time We Say Goodbye.
John Lennon - In My Own Write
By Colin Towns
Label: Provocateur Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: CD1: Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite; Time Waits for No One; Come Together; Cold Turkey; Woman; Revolution; What You Got; Solar Wind; Across the Universe; Nowhere Man; Give Peace a Chance; Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds / I Want You (She's So Heavy). CD2: Whatever Gets You Through the Night; Jealous Guy; Slow Going; Tomorrow Never Knows; Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy); Strawberry Fields Forever; A Day in the Life; Imagine.
Blue Touch Paper: Stand Well Back
by John Kelman
Blue Paper Touch Stand Well Back Provocateur Records 2011 Based on his recent work, creating impressive big band tribute projects including Visions of Miles--The Electric Period of Miles Davis (In+Out, 2009) and John Lennon--In My Own Write (Provocateur, 2011), it might be understandable to think of Colin Towns as an ...
SFJAZZ Collective: Live in New York Season 8 - Music of Stevie Wonder
by John Kelman
SFJAZZ Collective Live in New York Season 8: Music of Stevie Wonder SFJAZZ 2011 One old adage says, “If it ain't broke, don't fix it." But another says, “Change is good." For the first time in its eight touring seasons, the SFJAZZ Collective has found a way to manage ...
Jazz no Parque: July 15-17, 2011
by John Kelman
Mário Laginha e Convidados Jazz no Parque Fundação Serralves July 16, 2011 An invite to Porto, Portugal in the middle of the summer, to catch a single performance--a world premiere, at that--and spend some time soaking up the landscape and culture? Hard enough to resist under any circumstances, but when the ...
Bohuslan Big Band: Don't Fence Me In
by Bruce Lindsay
Some of the finest compositions in The Great American Songbook, one of Europe's most talented big bands and one of the best arrangers Britain has produced. Put them all together on one CD, and it doesn't disappoint. The Cole Porter songs on Don't Fence Me In are among the most familiar in popular music, but while ...
Colin Towns & The NDR Big Band: John Lennon - In My Own Write
by John Kelman
Since 2005, British arranger/conductor Colin Towns has trawled the discographies of Frank Zappa, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Miles Davis for collaborative potential with Germany's NBR Big Band. In every case--most recently, on Visions of Miles (In + Out, 2009)--the focus was on source material in and around the jazz sphere, with plenty of built-in grist for Towns' ...
Visions of Miles: The Electric Period of Miles Davis
By Colin Towns
Label: In + Out Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Bitches Brew/Spanish Key; Moja (Part 1); Black Satin; Wili (Part 1); Back Seat Betty; He Loved Him Madly; Agharta Prelude; Calypso Frelimo; Aida; In a Silent Way; Full Nelson; Hannibal; My Man's Gone Now; Fast Track; Tutu.
Lew Soloff: Sketches Of Spain
by Karl Ackermann
Lew SoloffSketches Of SpainSheffield Lab 2010 Sometimes it feels as though trumpeter Miles Davis never left the stage--his afterlife in airplay, books, t-shirts, reissues and tributes is ubiquitous. But even for those jazz fans who would rather not languish in nostalgia, Davis, like saxophonist John Coltrane, continues to ...
