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Live At The Keystone Corner, Vol. 2: A Matter Of Black And White
By Jaki Byard
Label: HighNote Records, Inc.
Released: 2011
Track listing: Seasons; Billie Holiday Tribute: God Bless The Child / Lover Man; Alexander’s Ragtime Band; Hello Young Lovers; Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?; I Know A Place; ’Round Midnight; Sunday; Ellington–Strayhorn Medley: Lush Life / Day Dream / Johnny Come Lately;
Dave Burrell Trio: New York, NY, September 10, 2011
by Garrison Fewell
Dave Burrell TrioCrosscurrent 3 Festival Poisson RougeNew York, NYSeptember 10, 2011For its third annual edition, Crosscurrent moved the festival from its home in Botticino, Italy to New York City. Following the sonic delights of the Vision Festival in June, Crosscurrent 3 offered an additional array of creative music ensembles ...
Chet Williamson releases "Chromatic Noir"
An electronic version of the new CD by the “Chromatic" Chet Williamson is now available at: bandcamp.com. The 13-track, all-original album (with hidden material), features Williamson on harmonicas, pianist Joe Mazzarella, and special guest Jimmy Morrell on guitar and bass. Chromatic Noir is what the title implies. It is about both lightness and darkness. It is ...
Sam Rivers: Fuchsia Swing Song
by Greg Simmons
The Music Matters reissue of saxophonist Sam Rivers' Fuchsia Swing Song is likely the finest pressing of this record ever produced. Remastered from the original two- track tapes, and pressed on two 180 gram 45 rpm LPs, this vinyl is dead quiet, and sonically stunning. The instruments are huge in the soundstage and the clarity blows ...
Howard Riley: The Complete Short Stories 1998-2010
by John Sharpe
Howard RileyThe Complete Short Stories 1998-2010No Business Records2011 Veteran British pianist Howard Riley has found a champion from an unexpected source in the adventurous Lithuanian label, No Business. After issuing a double CD of the pianist's one man concert in the capital, Live In Vilnius (2010), it ...
Sir Roland Hanna: Colors from a Giant's Kit
by Raul d'Gama Rose
This 1990s recording, produced by William Sorin, a loving fan of pianist Sir Roland Hanna is a riveting one. Featuring the maestro alone, playing what must have been some of his favorite charts, was carefully thought out. And though it does not come with too many of Hanna's own compositions it does--like Jaki Byard's fable recordings, ...
Freddie Hubbard: Pinnacle
by Dan Bilawsky
Pinnacle is a testament to the trumpet prowess of the one and only Freddie Hubbard, but it's also a salute to the San Francisco-based jazz club that played host to Hubbard on numerous occasions. Todd Barkan's Keystone Korner was ground zero for some of the best live jazz on the West Coast during its eleven-year lifespan, ...
Sir Roland Hanna: Colors From A Giant's Kit
by Dan Bilawsky
When an artist passes on, the true fans mourn and the record companies often search through their vaults to try to capitalize on their passing. This often results in hastily compiled collections of music, or the surfacing of sub-par recordings that weren't released for obvious reasons when the artist was still around. That's not the case ...
Fred Hersch: Alone at the Vanguard
by Raul d'Gama Rose
The beauty of subtle emotion and the glacial calm of Fred Hersch's pianism are so arresting and so captivating that it virtually stops the breath. His mastery of the instrument, coupled with a deep and soulful connection with the joy of music gives Hersch the unique power to both entertain as well as heal the mind ...
Local Jazz History at the Boston Public Library for Jazz Week from JazzBoston
A sense of place and history always attends Jazz Week. Booker Ervin was a mail man not far from where I live in the 60s. Johnny Hodges was born over in Cambridgeport. This year focuses on a region and two pianists. Both Events will be at the Main Branch Library in Copley Square. “North Shore Jazz, ...
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