Results for "Half Note Records"

Tony Vacca: Three Point Landing

by David A. Orthmann
February 1, 2002

A welcome change from the all-too-familiar musical extremes of pop-influenced sonic assaults and empty virtuosity, saxophonist/flutist Tony Vacca’sThree Point Landingis one of those rare recordings that is both accessible and invigorating. The band plays as if they’re in front of a knowing, responsive audience, instead of the impersonal confines of a recording studio. Making no claim ...

In The Spirit Of Fats Navarro

By Mac Gollehon

Label: Half Note Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Spinal, EB-POB, Blues For Fats, Nostalgia, Fats Blows, Boperation, Dance Of The Infidels, Ten Til Twilight, Mac Blows, Our Delight, Bebop Revolution (with narrative vocal)

Mac Gollehon: In The Spirit Of Fats Navarro

by AAJ Staff
March 1, 2001

The broad listening public may be starting to perceive the exhilarating trumpeting of Mac Gollehon. However, the musicians and entertainers have known about him for a long time.Having performing with top-shelf music industry icons like Madonna, David Bowie, Diana Ross, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon and Mick Jagger, Gollehon understands the necessity to entertain audiences ...

Mr. X

By Mordy Ferber

Label: Half Note Records
Released: 2000
Track listing:

Mr. X; Formerly With No One; A Minor Tune; Silence; Fred Astaire In Chicago; Zipora (To My Mother); 21st Century

Live At The Blue Note

By Will Calhoun

Label: Half Note Records
Released: 2000
Track listing:

Dorita; Minority; Umoja; Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum; Dawn Of The Great Eastern Sun; Africa's Afternoon; Drum Hymn For Ana Marie Shorter; Dolphin Dance

20/20

By Jaz Sawyer

Label: Half Note Records
Released: 2000
Track listing:

Four, Sandu, Night In Tunisia, Stella By Starlight, Sticks & Hats, Con Alma, Jordu, Shell

Live At The Blue Note

By Paquito D'Rivera

Label: Half Note Records
Released: 2000
Track listing:

Curumim, El Cura, Buenos Aires, Tobago, Como Un Bolero, Centro Havana, Estamos Ai

Connection: Live at the Blue Note

By Yoron Israel

Label: Half Note Records
Released: 2000

Will Calhoun: Live at the Blue Note

by Craig Jolley
December 1, 2000

Percussionist Calhoun has hired most of Bobby Watson's Horizon quintet, but this session is not a case of Watson uncomfortably grimacing as a sideman in his own band. For one thing Calhoun's band has a more modern feel. As might be expected Watson is the strongest soloist, but he limits his contributions to playing, and he ...

Yoron Israel: Connection: Live at the Blue Note

by Bud Callahan
December 1, 2000

Yoron Israel should be no stranger to Jazz fans. He is an active jazz educator on the faculty at Rutgers for the past seven years, and has often been a featured artist in residence at the Vermont Jazz Center Summer Workshops. His latest CD with his sextet, Connection, is a live recording from the Blue Note ...