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Marian McPartland: Twilight World
by Graham L. Flanagan
Jazz icon Marian McPartland turned 90 years young in March, 2008, and the special occasion produced an all-star party at Dizzy's Club in New York. National Public Radio has made some of the performance available online as part of the legendary pianist's weekly radio series Piano Jazz, an institution since 1979. As if 2008 couldn't be ...
Christian Scott: Live at Newport
by Tod Smith
Christian Scott Live at Newport Concord Music Group 2008 Creativity is most often found outside the boundaries of established tradition. It's while looking outside of those traditional boundaries that an artist frequently finds his or her own voice. In two previous releases, Rewind That (Concord, 2006) and Anthem (Concord, 2007), ...
Karrin Allyson: Imagina
by Marcia Hillman
Karrin Allyson has crafted a delightful and loving salute to songs of Brazil on Imagina. As stated in the liner notes, she wanted to “sing songs I love with players that I love." And that she has done. Accompanied by Gil Goldstein (piano and accordion), Rod Fleeman (acoustic guitar), David Finck (acoustic bass), Todd Strait (drums), ...
Concord Music Group Launches iMeem Page
Concord Music Group, whose catalog includes legendary labels such as Stax, Fantasty and Peak, has launched a page on music social networking site iMeem. Filled with videos, playlists and photos, Concord invites users to enjoy some of their greatest artists. As a leader in music social networking, iMeem has created a platform ...
Joey DeFrancesco: Live: The Authorized Bootleg
by Samuel Chell
Organist Joey DeFrancesco deserves credit for showcasing some comparatively neglected voices on the music scene, like tenor saxophonist Houston Person and clarinetist Mort Weiss. George Coleman, the featured guest on this outing, came up playing alto (Lee Morgan, City Lights, Blue Note 1957), though he would soon shift exclusively to tenor while retaining much of the ...
Return to Forever: Return to Forever: The Anthology
by Tom Greenland
In support of their 2008 reunion tour, Concord Records has released Return to Forever: The Anthology, a selective overview of the quartet's classic 'middle period.' Formed by principal composer/keyboardist Chick Corea, RTF included bassist Stanley Clarke, drummer Lenny White and guitarists Bill Connors or Al DiMeola. An alumnus of Miles Davis' Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1969), inspired ...
McCoy Tyner: Fly With The Wind
by Glenn Astarita
Upon its release on LP in 1976, Fly With the Wind quickly became a significant part of pianist McCoy Tyner's growing canon. Played seemingly endlessly by fans, it's an album rarely cited as a classic from the '70s, since mainstream jazz was on the comeback trail from the difficult '60s. Nonetheless, this 24-bit remaster is one ...
Sonny Rollins: Freedom Suite
by Robert Iannapollo
From 1955-59, it appeared that Sonny Rollins could do no wrong. One needs only to listen to the 1-2-3 punch of Saxophone Colossus, Live At The Village Vanguard or Way Out West for confirmation. Most jazz fans know these albums backwards and forwards.One of the albums from this period that's only slightly less revered ...
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