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Heads of State

Bird at 100: Rudresh Mahanthappa, Joe Lovano, Vincent Herring and More

by Russell Perry
August 25, 2020

Charlie Parker was born 100 years ago (August 29, 1920). Although he died at the age of 34 in 1955, his legacy is so powerful that jazz would have been very different without his contributions. In the intervening 65 years, Bird's music has continued to influence and inspire several generations of players and fans. In the ...

Search For Peace

By Heads of State

Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Impressions; Uncle Bubba; Search for Peace; Capuchin Swing; Soulstice; Crazy She Calls Me; Summer Serenade; Lotus Blossom; I Wish I Knew.

Heads of State: Search for Peace

by Maurizio Zerbo
December 7, 2015

Un'ennesima proposta accattivante ci viene dalla label indipendente Smoke Records, grazie a questo splendido gruppo di “all stars." L'interplay è perfetto, forte di una più che quarantennale collaborazione che a vario titolo accomuna i quattro musicisti. Tutti ultrassantenni, Gary Bartz e compagni affrontano questa cavalcata tra gli standard con disinvolta naturalezza, che consente di infondere nell'ascoltatore ...

Heads of State: Search For Peace

by C. Andrew Hovan
August 31, 2015

Much like another group of distinguished jazz veterans, namely The Cookers, the premise here was a simple one. Get together a crew of like-minded musicians with a track record of shared experiences and see where the music takes things. The genesis for Heads of State was a three-day homage to McCoy Tyner last fall at Smoke ...

Heads Of State

By Count Basie

Label: Victor
Released: 1982