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Grant Stewart: Plays the Music of Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
by George Kanzler
Here's a refreshing take on Ellingtonia, one that doesn't rely on the overdone ("Take the A Train," “Perdido") or easy ("C-Jam Blues"). Canadian native Grant Stewart brings a post-Swing, combo approach to his Ellingtonia, even going so far as to reference Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk{{ and the {{Duke Ellington/John Coltrane collaboration. The ...
Pharoah Sanders, Miles From India, Bobby Previte, Marcia Ball, Whitetree & David Grisman
by Martin Longley
The Pharoah Sanders QuartetBirdlandMay 26, 2009How hard does Pharoah Sanders have to try when emanating a spiritual aura? He appears like a natural sage-figure, ambling onstage in an African print shirt, still sporting his distinctive flat-top hair-sculpture, eyes burning with a deep knowledge of jazz's outer (and inner) realms. His ...
Trumpeter Jim Rotondi's Tribute to Ray Charles at Smoke on June 5th & 6th, 2009
Trumpeter Jim Rotondi will be performing with his Quintet in “Tribute to Ray Charles”- these performances are a celebration for his new Posi-Tone CD release titled Blues for Brother Ray “Rotondi has the passion and focus to find a place for the music in the new millennium.” --The New Yorker “Clearly, Rotondi emerges as one of ...
The Eric Alexander Quartet: Prime Time
by Jack Bowers
Prime Time, another tour de force from tenor saxophone standout Eric Alexander, is one of those two-for-one packages that includes a DVD and CD so one can see as well as hear Alexander's quartet at work. While both components were recorded in concert in Asheville, NC, the CD / DVD performances aren't the same (unless they've ...
Top Releases of 2008
by David A. Orthmann
It's impossible to do justice to all of the fine new music issued in 2008. So I've listed the eleven discs that had the greatest impact on me. Each one includes the name of the drummer who was essential in making the music special. Pete Malinverni Invisible Cities (Reservoir Music) Tom Melito
One Flight Down
By Cedar Walton
Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: One Flight Down; The Rubber Man; Lush Life; Daydream; Raincheck; Seven Minds; Time After Time; Hammer Head; Little Sunflower.
The Thang
Label: Sharp Nine Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: All The Things You Are; The Thang; Pamela; Hey Jimmy; The Paper Chase; Speak Low;
Overjoyed; Billy Boy.
Blues Quarters, Vol.2
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2006
Track listing: Moment Of Joy; But Here's The Thing ; Inner Circle; Goin' Out Of My Head; Embraceable You; Unforgettable; Suddenly
It's Spring; The Second Blues Quarters; Blues For Us.
Cookin'
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2006
Track listing: She; So In Love; Never Let Me Go; Black Orpheus; Hittin' The Jug; Trouble Is A Man; Who Can I Turn To; Passport.
It's Prime Time
Label: 441 Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1 Sweet Poppa 5:46
2 Old Folks 7:20
3 Prime Time 8:02
4 Stable Mates 7:11
5 Five Spot After Dark 5:50
6 And So, I Love Again 4:20
7 The Third Plane 5:37
8 Hello, Young Lovers 7:44
9 Jose's Lament 7:06
