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Woody Shaw: Live Volume Four
by John Kelman
Live Volume Four continues HighNote's ongoing series of live recordings from Todd Barkan's Keystone Korner club from the late '70s and early '80s. While trumpeter Woody Shaw never received the accolades he was due during his relatively short life--he died in '89 at the age of 44--these live recordings paint a picture of an innovator who ...
Steve Turr: The Spirits Up Above
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Steve Turré first saw Roland Kirk performing almost forty years ago. The Spirits Up Above is a long-overdue homage to the Vibration Society's leader by one of its most distinguished alumni. Furthermore, this is a 24-bit engineered, mixed, and mastered recording by Rudy Van Gelder. Turré, sans seashells, offers only one original composition on ...
Randy Johnston: Is It You?
by John Kelman
When most folks think of baby boom generation jazz guitarists, the names that invariably come to mind are Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Bill Frisell, and John Abercrombie. But while these players have all made great strides forward, there's a second string of guitarists who, while moving forward in smaller steps, are equally worthy of attention. This ...
David "Fathead" Newman: I Remember Brother Ray
by John Kelman
When Ray Charles passed away last June, his influence was so far reaching that there was little doubt all manner of tributes would soon follow. While there are bound to be attempts to capitalize on his death, nothing could be further from the truth in this case. Saxophonist David Fathead" Newman got his first big break ...
Wallace Roney: Prototype
by George Harris
Like Sonny Stitt with Bird, Paul Quinichette with Prez, and Jon Faddis with Diz, Wallace Roney has been cursed (or blessed) with a tone and style hauntingly similar to a more famous blueprint, in this case Miles Davis. Previously trapped with endless comparisons, Roney is starting to break free by placing himself in musical milieus that ...
I'm Not My Brother, I'm Me
By Freddy Cole
Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Clown Town, Where Did Everyone Go? How Did She Look? Home Fried Potatoes, Overjoyed, I Just Found Out About Love, Like a Quiet Storm, Brandy, Sunday Monday or Always, More Than Likely, To Whom It May Concern, Funny (Not Much), The Best Man, He Was the King, Nat Cole Medley, I'm Not My Brother I'm Me.
The Spirits Up Above
By Steve Turre
Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Three for the Festival; One for Kirk; Medley: Serenade to a Cuckoo/Bright Moments; Stepping Into Beauty; The Spirits Up Above; Hand Full of Five; E.D.; Dorthaan's Walk; Volunteered Slavery
Bop For Miles
By Mark Murphy
Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1 All Blues 6:44
2 Summertime 4:08
3 Autumn Leaves 3:35
4 Bye Bye Blackbird 6:03
5 On Green Dolphin Street 7:22
6 My Ship 3:10
7 Farmer's Market 7:30
8 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 5:01
9 Parker's Mood 5:48
10 Milestones 5:25
11 Miles 2:59
Griot Libert
Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Nomads; Related to One; The Triumphant Dance of the Butterfly; The Wind of an Immortal
Soul; Every Time We Say Goodbye; Joined at the Hip; Concierto de Aranjuez; After the
Ninth Wave.


