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Bud Shank: By Request: Bud Shank Meets The Rhythm Section
by AAJ Staff
Jazz, more than a type of music, encompasses a way of life, an approach towards life, for many people. Bud Shank is one of those people. A man who has spent most of his life with an alto saxophone at least close by, if not in his hands, Shank has traveled and worked as a jazzman, ...
Ray Bryant Trio: Potpourri
by AAJ Staff
Although more complex than Gene Harris but not as cerebral as Herbie Nichols or Bud Powell, Ray Bryant is a pianist who likes his hard bop bluesy, funky and full of soul. Bryant was very hard at work in 1980, when he united with drummer Mickey Roker (a fellow Philadelphian) and bassist Jimmy Rowser for the ...
Freddie Hubbard/Oscar Peterson: Face To Face
by AAJ Staff
Fantasy can usually be counted on to add worthwhile albums to its Original jazz Classics series, which now exceeds 925 titles. These recent additions, both from the Pablo catalogue, are well worth hearing. The early 1980s found Freddie Hubbard offering some marvelous straight-ahead dates after recording so many commercial “smooth jazz"/NAC stinkers. In 1982, the Clifford ...
Vince Guaraldi / Cal Tjader: The Grace Cathedral Concert
by Douglas Payne
The beautiful Grace Cathedral sits majestically atop San Francisco's famed, and exclusive, Nob Hill. It was the Reverend Charles Gompertz who in 1963 expressed a desire to achieve a “modern setting for the choral Eucharist" (i.e.: make the New Testament sound cool). Along with Barry Mineah, choral director at St. Paul's Church of San Rafael, Gompertz ...
Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins + 3
by AAJ Staff
This recording is one of the best that Sonny Rollins produced and performed in a studio setting, and that is saying a mouthful. Sonny Rollins has been on the jazz scene for more than forty years. On this recording Sonny sounds as fresh as ever -- stretching out and revisiting the theme on each composition with ...
Ron Affif: Ringside
by Douglas Payne
Ron Affif, like George Benson, Jimmy Ponder and Joe Negri, is a guitarist from Pittsburgh. Like Benson and Ponder, Affif owes something of his sound and swing to Wes Montgomery. But he's also clearly influenced by the technical virtuosity and warmth produced by Joe Pass. Ringside, Affif's fourth record on Pablo, is dedicated to his father, ...
Keystone Trio: Newklear Music
by Douglas Payne
Newklear Music is the second disc by this trio of pianist John Hicks, bassist George Mraz and drummer Idris Muhammad. The title, a pun on Sonny Rollins' nickname (which he earned in the 50s due to a likeness to famed Dodgers' pitcher Don Newcomb), suggests a dry tribute to the tenor sax great. ...
Joe Pass: Nuages
by Douglas Payne
Nuages is the second volume of material the late Joe Pass and his quartet performed at Yoshi's club in Oakland, California, in 1992. With the exception of bassist Monty Budwig (who died shortly after this recording), this is pretty much the same group that performed on Pass' renowned For Django album in 1963. ...
Clifton Anderson: Landmarks
by Douglas Payne
After a dozen years playing in his uncle's band, 40-year-old trombonist Clifton Anderson steps out of the Sonny Rollins group for Landmarks , his Milestone debut. This is a nice, polished mainstream set which mixes some bop and ballads with a couple standards and (surprise, surprise) a fun calypso. Anderson has an all-star lineup, with Monty ...
Ron Affif: Vierd Blues
by Bob Patterson
This CD sneaks up on you. At first, you expect a traditional bebop guitar performance. There are many out there right now in the Alden/Bruno vein, and to be compared to such masters is no small feat. But this recording has something unique to itself: serious attitude. Affif combines chops and a sense of beauty with ...
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