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Power to the People
Label: Milestone
Released: 2008
Track listing: Black Narcissus; Afro-Centric; Opus One-Point-Five; Isotope; Power to the People; Lazy Afternoon; Foresight and Afterthought (an impromptu suite).
Joe Henderson: Power to the People
by Tom Greenland
Joe Henderson enjoyed widespread popularity only late in his career, when his cover albums for Verve achieved high (for jazz) sales figures, but since the early '60s he had been making excellent records, both as a sideman and a leader. Here at last is 1969's Power to the People, one of his best recordings made for ...
Butterfly Dreams
By Flora Purim
Label: Milestone
Released: 2007
Track listing: Dr. Jive (part 1); Butterfly Dreams; Dindi; Summer Night; Love Reborn; Moon Dreams; Dr. Jive (part 2); Light as a Feather.
Flora Purim: Butterfly Dreams
by John Kelman
Flora Purim may be one of the most unfortunate stories in jazz of the past 35 years. First coming to light with Duke Pearson and Gil Evans, it was the one-two punch of pianist Chick Corea's Return to Forever (ECM, 1972) and Light as a Feather (Polydor, 1973) that introduced the Brazilian singer to a broader ...
Profiles
By Jimmy Scott
Label: Milestone
Released: 2006
Track listing: Smile; Moonglow; Mood Indigo; Without A Song; Darn That Dream; Pennies From Heaven;
Strange Fruit; How Long Has This Been Going On; If I Should Lose You; Please Send Me
Someone To Love.
Jimmy Scott: Profiles
by Joel Roberts
No singer in jazz or popular music can convey heartache and loss with the conviction of Jimmy Scott. Then again, few have endured the struggles and overcome the challenges that the Cleveland native with the inimitable soprano has faced over his long and remarkable career. This compilation in Milestone's Profiles series draws from ...
Sonny Rollins: Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert
by Florence Wetzel
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Sonny Rollins was in his home, located six blocks from the World Trade Center. His evacuation the next day happened to be filmed by CNN. Despite the travel restrictions, Rollins and his band managed to make their September 15 gig at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston. Rollins was ...
Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert
Label: Milestone
Released: 2005
Track listing: Without a Song; Global Warming; Introductions; A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square; Why Was I Born?; Where or When.
Sonny Rollins: Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert
by Paul Olson
No living tenor player has added more to the jazz vocabulary than Sonny Rollins, and anyone compiling even a conservative list of essential Rollins recordings is going to have great trouble keeping it down in single digits. But as a concert performer, Rollins can be among the most frustrating of artists. Part of that is due ...
Counterpoints
By McCoy Tyner
Label: Milestone
Released: 2004
Track listing: The Greeting; Aisha; Sama Layuca; Prelude to a Kiss; Iki Masho Lets Go.