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Hal Singer Feat. David Murray - Challenge (Marge, 2010)
This was a very interesting collaboration between saxophonists Hal Singer and David Murray. Aided my Murray's core band of Lafayette Gilchrist on piano, Jaribu Shahid on bass and Hamid Drake on drums, the group develops a nice swing feel that is less of a tenor battle and more of a friendly conversation. The saxophone tones contrast ...
Books - Saxophone Colossus: A Portrait of Sonny Rollins by Bob Blumenthal
Saxophone Colossus: A Portrait of Sonny Rollins by Bob Blumenthal My rating: 4 of 5 stars The great saxophonist Sonny Rollins has been an iconic figure in jazz for nearly sixty years but has never been the subject of a proper biography. This book does not fill that void either but is a very worthy volume ...
The Modern Jazz Quartet - Bluesology: The Atlantic Years 1956-1988 (Warner Archives, 2009)
The Modern Jazz Quartet had a lengthy run of successful albums and concerts and their most well known work was done for the Atlantic Records label during the 1950's and 1960's. At this time, the core members of the group had solidified: Milt Jackson on vibraphone, John Lewis on piano, Percy Heath on bass and Connie ...
Louis Hayes Jazz Communicators - Lou's Ideas (American Showplace, 2010)
Drummer Louis Hayes has one of the strongest hard-bop pedigrees in the music, with lengthy stints in the Cannonball Adderley and Horace Silver bands during the 1950's and 60's before striking out to form his own groups. Recently he has been leading the successful Cannonball Legacy Band in addition to his own group which is featured ...
Donny McCaslin - Perpetual Motion (Greenleaf Records, 2011)
Saxophonist Donny McCaslin mines the same electric jazz territory that has recently been explored by the likes of Chris Potter, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Dave Douglas. He integrates his strong and agile tone into a group that includes a mixed cast of musicians on Fender Rhodes electric piano, electric bass and drums. “Five Hands Down" opens the ...
Brad Shepik Quartet - Across the Way (Songlines, 2011)
Guitarist Brad Shepik takes an intimate, chamberish approach on his new album, in collaboration with Tom Beckham on vibraphone, Jorge Roeder on bass and Mark Guiliana on drums. The sound of the vibraphone and subtly amplified guitar is compelling and mysterious (remember the great tracks Grant Green recorded with Bobby Hutcherson?) and blends well with the ...
John Coltrane - Kind of Coltrane (Brilliant Jazz, 2007)
I was scoping out the Princeton Record Exchange a few weeks ago, dismayed at the lack of music (much of the floor space is given over to DVDs now) and looking for anything to buy when I spied a number of these boxed sets for several different jazz artists including Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Art Blakey and ...
Hip-O Select Reissues
The Hip-O label has specialized in multi-disc reissue packages focusing on particular aspects of an artists career. Their Select series provides well done packaging with re-mastered music and extensive liner notes and photographs. Louis Armstrong—Hello Louis: The Hit Years (1963-1969) By the mid 1960's, trumpeter Louis Armstrong had already had a career and a half. Beginning ...
Weasel Walter, Mary Halvorson and Peter Evans - Electric Fruit (Thirsty Ear, 2011)
Three of the most adventurous musicians on the contemporary improvisation scene, drummer and percussionist Weasel Walter, guitarist Mary Halvorson and trumpeter Peter Evans combine for a fascinating album of collective improvisation that is entirely impossible to categorize (in a good way.) The song titles and the wonderful album artwork give a science fiction/steampunk air to the ...
Jamaaladeen Tacuma - For the Love of Ornette (Jam All Productions, 2010)
Jamaaladeen Tacuma is an underrated electric bassist who came up playing the unique harmolodic music of legendary saxophonist Ornette Coleman. On this album, he pays tribute to Coleman's influence with a set of wonderfully invigorating original music that plugs into the electric music Coleman created with his Prime Time band. Starting off with a touching spoken ...
