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Green was born on June 6, 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri. Hefirst performed in a professional setting at the age of 13.His early influences were Charlie Christian and CharlieParker; however, he played extensive R & B gigs in hishome town and in East Saint Louis, IL while developing hisjazz chops. His first recordings in St. Louis were with tenorsaxophonist Jimmy Forrest for the Delmark label. LouDonaldson discovered green playing in a bar in St. Louis.After touring together with Donaldson, Green arrived in NewYork around 1959-60. In a Down Beat interview fromthe early 60's, Green said "The first thing I learned to playwas boogie-woogie. Then I had to do a lot of rock and roll.It's all blues, anyhow."
Shuffle Demons: Are You Really Real
by Anastasia Bogomolets
Celebrating four decades of genre-blending jazz, the Shuffle Demons return with Are You Really Real, a studio album that fuses funk, post-bop, theatrical satire and spiritual jazz. Influences ranging from Eric Dolphy and Alice Coltrane to the Red Hot Chili Peppers shape the band's eclectic high-energy aesthetic. The opening track, “X Marks the Spot," ...
Yotam Silberstein: Standards Vol. 2
by Pierre Giroux
On Standards Vol. 2 , guitarist Yotam Silberstein revisits the tradition with both reverence and invention, delivering a program of what he calls “lesser gems" -standards that have slipped through the cracks of overexposure yet hold depths still to be mined. With a lineup featuring bassist John Patitucci, drummer Billy Hart, and special guest tenor saxophonist ...
Backgrounder: Grant Green and Sonny Clark
Throughout jazz history, there have been magical pairings of musicians in recording studios. Sometimes the union was established jointly by the two musicians. At other times, producers brought them together. These couplings include Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden, Bix Beiderbecke and Frankie Trumbauer, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and John Coltrane, Shirley Scott and ...
Ron Magril: Inspired
by Neil Duggan
This is the second album as leader from Israeli guitarist & composer Ron Magril. It follows on from his debut, Until Now (Ubuntu Music, 2022). That album featured a hard-bop quartet. Inspired finds Magril in an organ trio setting, paying tribute to his musical heroes, Wes Montgomery and Grant Green. All eight tracks on ...
Hans Luchs: The Spell is Broken
by Artur Moral
The third record by NYC-based guitarist Hans Luchs arrives six years after his praiseworthy--but largely overlooked--sophomore release, Until Next Time (Self Produced, 2018). As with that album, the Chicagoan embraces the well-known motto of “less is more," distilling his guitar expertise and writing talent into less than forty minutes across eight new original compositions.
Take Five with Saxophonist Noah Peterson
by AAJ Staff
Meet Noah Peterson While his troubadour days are behind him, Noah continues to have musical adventures. From his many bands and explorations of different genres of music Noah always has his fingers in something. His latest adventure includes his brand new quartet recording of all original music Coming Home To You and the rebirth of The ...
Classic Bobby Hutcherson Blue Note Sessions 1963 – 1970
Label: Mosaic Records
Released: 2024
Track listing:
Disc One:
The Kicker
1. If Ever I Would Leave You (A) 10:32
(A.J. Lerner-F. Lowe)
2. Mirrors (A) 6:51
(Joe Chambers)
3. For Duke P.(A) 7:53
(Bobby Hutcherson)
4. The Kicker (A) 6:05
(Joe Henderson)
5. Step Lightly (A) 14:17
(Joe Henderson)
6. Bedouin (A) 8:11
(Duke Pearson)
Dialogue
7. Catta (B) 7:15
(Andrew Hill)
8. Idle While (B) 6:35)
(Joe Chambers)
9. Les Noirs Marchant (B) 6:35
(Andrew Hill)
Disc Two:
1. Dialogue (B) 9:58
(Joe Chambers)
2. Ghetto Lights (B) 6:12
(Andrew Hill)
3. Jasper (B) 8:27
(Andrew Hill)
Components
4. Components (C) 6:23
(Bobby Hutcherson)
5. Tranquility (C) 5:01
(Bobby Hutcherson)
6. Little B’s Poem (C) 5:08
(Bobby Hutcherson)
7. West 22nd Street Theme (C) 4:42
(Bobby Hutcherson)
8. Movement (C) 7:29
(Joe Chambers)
9. Juba Dance (C) 5:21
(Joe Chambers)
10. Air (C) 4:45
(Joe Chambers)
11. Pastoral (C) 2:02
(Joe Chambers)
12. West 22nd Street Theme (alt tk) (C) 5:42
(Bobby Hutcherson)
Disc Three
Happenings
1. Aquarian Moon (D) 7:50
(Bobby Hutcherson)
2. Bouquet (D) 8:00
(Bobby Hutcherson)
3. Rojo (D) 6:00
(Bobby Hutcherson)
4. Maiden Voyage (D) 5:45
(Herbie Hancock)
5. Head Start (D) 5:15
(Bobby Hutcherson)
6. When You Are Near (D) 3:50
(Bobby Hutcherson)
7. The Omen (D) 7:00
(Bobby Hutcherson)
8. Aquarian Moon (alt tk) (D) 10:28
(Bobby Hutcherson)
9. Bouquet (alt tk) (D) 8:15
(Bobby Hutcherson)
10. Rojo (alt tk) (D) 6:49
(Bobby Hutcherson)
Disc Four
Stick-Up!
1. Una Muy Bonita (E) 6:24
(Ornette Coleman)
2. 8/4 Beat (E) 6:56
(Bobby Hutcherson)
3. Summer Nights (E) 6:55
(Bobby Hutcherson)
4. Black Circle (E) 6:54
(Bobby Hutcherson)
5. Verse (E) 9:29
(Bobby Hutcherson)
6. Blues Mind Matter (E) 3:31
(Bobby Hutcherson)
7. Una Muy Bonita (alt tk) (E) 6:09
(Ornette Coleman)
8. Black Circle (alt tk) (E) 7:30
(Bobby Hutcherson)
9. Verse (alt tk) (E) 8:02
(Bobby Hutcherson)
Oblique
10. Subtle Neptune (F) 8:33
(Bobby Hutcherson)
Disc Five
1. ‘Til Then (F) 4:44
(Bobby Hutcherson)
2. My Joy (F) 7:11
(Bobby Hutcherson)
3. Theme From “Blow Up” (F) 8:16
(Herbie Hancock)
4. Oblique (F) 7:20
(Joe Chambers)
5. Bi-sectional (F) 5:07
(Joe Chambers)
Patterns
6. Effi (G) 7:07
(Stanley Cowell)
7. Irina (G) 7:20
(Joe Chambers
8. Nocturnal (G) 4:12
(Joe Chambers)
9. Patterns (G) 5:54
(Joe Chambers)
10. A Time To Go (G) 5:44
(James Spaulding)
11. Ankara (G) 6:24
(Joe Chambers)
12. Patterns (alt tk) (G) 6:00
(Joe Chambers)
Disc Six
Total Eclipse
1. Herzog (H) 6:32
(Bobby Hutcherson)
2. Total Eclipse (H) 8:52
(Bobby Hutcherson)
3. Matrix (H) 6:45
(Chick Corea)
4. Same Shame (H) 9:25
(Bobby Hutcherson)
5. Pompeian (H) 8:50
(Bobby Hutcherson)
Spiral
6. Ruth (I) 7:50
(Joe Chambers)
7. The Wedding March (I) 3:52
(Stanley Cowell)
8. Poor People’s March (I) 6:15
(Harold Land)
9. Spiral (I) 6:13
(Joe Chambers)
10. Visions (I) 3:49
(Bobby Hutcherson)
11. Photon In A Paper World (I) 6:49
(Stanley Cowell)
Medina
12. Comes Spring (J) 3:20
(Bobby Hutcherson)
Disc Seven
1. Avis (J) 6:41
(Bobby Hutcherson)
2. Dave’s Chant (J) 5:16
(Stanley Cowell)
3. Orientale (J) 5:51
(Stanley Cowell)
4. Medina (J) 10:55
(Joe Chambers)
5. Ungano (J) 8:02
(Joe Chambers)
San Francisco
6. Goin’ Down South (K) 7:01
(Joe Sample)
7. Prints Tie (K) 7:22
(Bobby Hutcherson)
8. Jazz (K) 5:21
(Joe Sample)
9. Ummh (K) 7:42
(Bobby Hutcherson)
10. Procession (K) 5:40
(Bobby Hutcherson)
11. A Night In Barcelona (K) 7:20
(Harold Land)
Ben Sidran: It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing State
by Dean Nardi
Beyond Ben Sidran's appreciable talents as an accomplished composer and performer in jazz, blues, ragtime and several other styles, he is also a highly proficient producer (Richie Cole, Phil Upchurch, Lee Konitz, Georgie Fame, Michael Franks, Rickie Lee Jones, Mose Allison), an author, podcaster, radio and television host and a historian. He was part of the ...
Terry Gibbs, Omer Leshem, Daniele Defranchis, Jeff Lederer
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of Jazz and improvised music, vibraphonist Terry Gibbs (ahead of his 100th birthday), guitarists Eldritch Priest and Daniele Defranchis, saxophonists Omer Leshem and Jeff Lederer, and pianists Greg Spero and Bryn Roberts. Playlist Terry Gibbs “Prelude to a Kiss" from Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959 (Whaling City Sound) ...
