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Claude Lawrence Trio: Presenting...
by Derek Taylor
CIMP is easily the most prolific creative improvised music label in existence. They’ve issued one hundred releases in just over three years and their fecundity shows no signs of slowing down. One of the most commendable aspects of their catalog is that alongside the expected numbers of discs by musicians whose names are familiar to followers ...
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Papa's Bounce
by Derek Taylor
African heritage and culture has been a fundamental facet of jazz music since its beginnings. The earliest rags of Buddy Bolden’s era were infused with variants of these traditions just as today’s creative Black music relies upon them for similar sustenance and direction. Few musicians reference these traditions as seriously and reverently as Chicagoan Kahil El’Zabar. ...
Tyrone Hill Quartet: Out of the Box
by Derek Taylor
Big bands have had a long history serving as spawning grounds for smaller jazz collectives. Leaders such as Duke Ellington and Count Basie encouraged their players to form into compact groups outside the needs of the larger bands. Curiously, unlike the rosters of other big bands such as the Ellington and Basie Orchestras, the Sun Ra ...
John Butcher: Music on Seven Ocassions
by Derek Taylor
John Butcher is an established improviser in the European creative music milieu. His exceptional approach to reed playing has been chronicled on numerous recordings, but until recently the majority of these releases have been limited to European circulation or as expensively priced imports. His new disc on Meniscus offers a two-fold benefit for listeners unfamiliar with ...
Junior Mance Trio: Happy Time
by Derek Taylor
An integral cog of the bands of Gillespie and Adderly Junior Mance’s move to the role of leader was a relatively late one in life. His obvious talents at the piano however counteract any contention that his longevity as a sideman was due to a lack of prowess. Once he did decide to form his own ...
Barrett Deems: Groovin' Hard
by Derek Taylor
Confessional time: prior to this listening to this disc my knowledge of Deems was cursory in the extreme. Vague recollections of the man’s name conspired with the less than flattering photo that adorns the cover of this release and resulted in a luke warm anticipation of the music. Looks can definitely be deceiving however and one ...
James Moody & the Swedish All-Stars: Greatest Hits
by Derek Taylor
James Moody was a modernist. Even going so far as to describe one of his pioneering bop-grounded groups under that moniker his sound on saxophone was always concerned with realizing the cursive capabilities of the instrument. Realizing the growing audience for the still relatively new music overseas Moody did what many of his contemporaries would do ...
Bobby Timmons Trio: Down In the Bottom
by Derek Taylor
Unbeknownst to many, Bobby Timmons was much more than the heavy funk hitman his compositions and playing made him out to be during his lengthy tenure with Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. His memorable tunes such as “Moanin’” and ‘Dat Dere” were so infectiously soulful that many among the jazz listening public simply assumed finely crafted groove music ...
Don Elliott: Double Trumpet Doings
by Derek Taylor
Originally issued under the slightly more esoteric title “New Counterpoint for Six Valves” this is a disc dominated mainly by the frequent dialogues between its two principle soloists. Elliott and Dedrick make a disparate pair and their contrasting sounds are prime reason for the program’s more interesting outcomes. Elliott was a follower of bebop and renowned ...
Archie Shepp w/ the Ritual Trio: Conversations
by Derek Taylor
Archie Shepp has long held a special distinction as one of the pioneers of the so-called New Thing in jazz. Possessed of a sharp intellect and a deep pride in his African heritage he was one of the most vocal and uncompromising skeptics, challenging both his peers and himself to question not only musical conventions but ...
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