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Roy Haynes - Roy-Alty
Drummer Roy Haynes augments his regular Fountain of Youth Quartet featuring Jaleel Shaw on alto saxophone; Martin Bejerano on piano and David Wong on bass with some special guest spots by pianist Chick Corea and trumpeter Roy Hargrove. The duets with Corea are fascinating to hear; these two men have a long relationship playing together and ...
Jemeel Moondoc - Nostalgia in Times Square (Soul Note, 1986)
Alto saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc, an open thinking veteran of the 1970's jazz loft scene, cut this forward thinking, yet swinging album for the Italian Soul Note label in 1985. Joining him were a powerful crew of William Parker on bass, Dennis Charles on drums, Rahn Burton on piano and Bern Nix on guitar. Despite just being ...
Gene Ammons - Three Classic Albums Plus (Avid, 2011)
Gene Ammons was one of the leading advocates of the Chicago sound of big brawny tenor saxophone and lush emotional ballads. Despite some personal problems that kept him off the scene a few times, he remained a vital and popular part of the jazz scene from the late 40's to the early 70's. This collection features ...
Sonny Rollins - Road Shows, Vol. 2 (Doxy/Decca, 2011)
The legendary saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollins is renowned for his extraordinary live performances. On this second volume of live recordings he is releasing under the Road Shows banner, the music focuses on 2010 and his interaction with special guests. He sounds completely at ease on stage, talking to the crowd and introducing his band and ...
Bill Frisell - All We Are Saying... (Savoy Jazz, 2011)
In guitarist Bill Frisell's liner notes to his most recent LP, he writes about being contacted to perform a special concert of John Lennon compositions. He and the band enjoyed it so much that they continued to tour, playing mostly of the music heard here to an excellent response, and then entered to studio to record. ...
Kali Z. Fasteau with William Parker and Cindy Blackman (Flying Note 2011)
You can tell from the beautiful prog-rockish cover that this is going to be a unique and exploratory record. Multi-instrumentalist Kali Z. Fasteau teams up with the extraordinary bassist William Parker and drummer Cindy Blackman to create a soundscape that is as unusual as it is fascinating. Playing cello, soprano saxophone and electric piano, Fasteau creates ...
Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo - Songs of Mirth and Melancholy (Marsalis Music, 2011)
Tenor and soprano saxophonist Branford Marsalis pares back to a saxophone and piano duet format, joined by longtime colleague Joey Calderazzo for a subtle ballad oriented program. Slow themes abound, but on the two pieces where Marsalis switches to tenor saxophone, the opener “One Way" and “Endymion" his unique muscularity on the bigger horn comes through. ...
Trio 3 Plus Geri Allen - Celebrating Mary Lou Williams Live at Birdland New York (Intakt, 2011)
When the pianist Geri Allen joined the well established Trio 3 (Oliver Lake on alto saxophone, Reggie Workman on bass and Andrew Cyrille on drums) it proved to be an auspicious occasion, captured on this album live in concert at Birdland in New York City. While the participants have serious avant-garde cred, they have no problem ...
John Coltrane - The Impulse! Albums Volume 4 (Hip-O Select, 2011)
This ongoing series of boxed sets has been taking the recordings of saxophonist and composer John Coltrane and restoring them to their original LP format, stripping alternate takes, extra liner material and the like while returning the music to its originally released format, with the artwork and notes as appeared during their first release in 1965-1968. ...
Moreland and Arbuckle - Just a Dream (Telarc, 2011)
Guitarist Aaron Moreland and singer and harmonica player Dustin Arbuckle remain true to their blues roots while adding some roots rock energy to the proceedings on their latest recording. Rounded out by bass and drums, the duo has an appealing sound, rough and Earthy, like early Captain Beefheart or The Black Keys. The do a great ...
