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Dizzy Gillespie: Night in Tunisia: The Very Best of Dizzy Gillespie
by Francis Lo Kee
It's quite a stretch to call this CD the very best, since all of the music was recorded between 1946 and 1949. Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) was one of the leaders of bebop but also forged an important and unshakable relationship between jazz and Afro-Cuban music that lasts to this day. His recording career spans more than ...
Trevor Watts: Burundi Monday
by Francis Lo Kee
American listeners may know Trevor Watts as an accomplished alto/soprano saxophonist, but more likely they will associate him with the British avant-garde. Now in his late sixties, Watts logged a lot of time with blues, rock and traditional jazz bands before joining drummer John Stevens in 1965 to form the Spontaneous Music Ensemble ...
Hank Jones, Frank Wess, and Eddie Diehl
by Francis Lo Kee
Hank Jones/Christian McBride/Jimmy Cobb West of 5th Chesky 2006 Hank Jones and Frank Wess Hank and Frank Lineage 2006 Eddie Diehl Well, Here It Is... Lineage ...
Lee Konitz: Conversations on the Improviser's Art
by Francis Lo Kee
Lee Konitz: Conversations on the Improviser's Art Andy Hamilton paperback; 312 pages ISBN: 0472032178 University of Michigan Press 2007 It's mentioned in the author's introduction to this new tome that Konitz himself had doubts that people would be interested in a series of interviews with him ...
Oscar Peterson: JATP/Lausanne 1953 & What's Up?
by Francis Lo Kee
Oscar Peterson JATP Lausanne 1953 TCB 2007 Very Tall Band What's Up Telarc 2007 Oscar Peterson is on a short list as one of the most accomplished ...
Khan Jamal - Human Arts Ensemble: Drumdance to the Motherland
by Francis Lo Kee
This is a re-release of a record that came out on the independent Philadelphia-based record label, Dogtown (slang for the Germantown section of Philadelphia where many of the city's musicians lived). It is a unique a view into an under-recognized musician and an important period in creative music. Besides being a composer and ...
Slide Hampton: Drum Suite
by Francis Lo Kee
For Drum Suite, Slide Hampton set out to make an album to feature the drumming of Max Roach, but he accomplished much more: a display of why teamwork is at the essence of powerful jazz. Besides the framing of Roach's melodic and multi-dynamic drumming, the album succeeds in featuring the entire ensemble as part of a ...
Monked Up: Memories of T & Monk's Bones
by Francis Lo Kee
Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet Memories of T Concord 2006 Monk's Music Trio Monk's Bones CMB Records 2006 Here are two CDs that pay homage to the ...
James Williams & Bobby Watson: Soulful Serendipity
by Francis Lo Kee
It would be enough just to comment on the wonderful music on this CD, recorded in the unique and encouraging setting of a June 2003 “house concert," yet it also must be noted that this is probably one of the last recordings of the great pianist James Williams, who passed away in July 2004 at the ...
Jackie McLean: It's Time; Consequence
by Francis Lo Kee
Jackie McLean, one of jazz' most painful losses this past year, had an unmistakable sound: a slightly-sharp-of-center intonation, percussive phrasing and a boundless, thoughtful energy to lift you up out of any depressive state. These are two CDs of a period when he was at the height of his powers, previously issued on the Mosaic box ...
