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Congo Lament

Label: Vegas Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Congo Lament; I.Q. Shuffle; Easy Living; B.G.'s Groove; Pennies from Heaven; Que's Pills; See See Rider.

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Article: Year in Review

Richard J Salvucci's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

Read "Richard J Salvucci's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci


Bandleader Glenn Miller would introduce a part of his 1930s radio broadcast with the phrase “Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue." If you review enough classic vinyl rereleases, you get plenty of something old. The new here is obvious and a joy to hear. Only problem is that it will be 2025 before making ...

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Article: Album Review

Isrea Butler: Congo Lament

Read "Congo Lament" reviewed by Jack Bowers


After decades gigging as a sideman with some of the USA's most renowned big bands, trombonist Isrea Butler has finally recorded his debut album, Congo Lament, inviting tenor saxophonist and celebrated Count Basie Orchestra soloist Doug Lawrence to share the front line in his quintet. All but one of the album's seven numbers ...

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Article: Album Review

Isrea Butler: Congo Lament

Read "Congo Lament" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci


Well, this is the kind of recording that will start a war over who hears whom and what, all that jazz police kind of thing. Worry not. Whether you think this is a bop recording, rooted in swing, with more than a little of Al Grey's plunger mute on the trombone, or something entirely different, the ...

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News: Recording

Trombonist Isrea Butler Releases 'Congo Lament'

Trombonist Isrea Butler Releases 'Congo Lament'

Hailed by Count Basie Orchestra bandleader Scotty Barnhart as a “superb musician and soloist who has great technique and a refined sophistication,” Butler’s recording primarily features compositions by Bennie Green from his 1959 LP, Bennie Green Swings the Blues, and saxophonist Ike Quebec’s album, Easy Living, which also features the trombonist, and was recorded in 1962. ...

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Congo Lament

Label: Blue Note
Released: 1981


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