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Chip White: Harlem Sunset

Read "Harlem Sunset" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
December 1, 1999

Harlem Sunset is the impressive debut recording from powerhouse drummer Chip White originally released in 1994 on the Postcards label which is now brought to us by way of Arkadia Records. Here, White shines as a composer, offering a series of compositions that convey an at times, hard-edged tenderness featuring killer support from an estimable bunch ...

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Jens Wendelboe Big Band / New York Big Band: Lone Attic / Letter from New York

by Jack Bowers
May 1, 1999

These discs could well be subtitled “Jens Wendelboe: The Early Years,” as both were recorded in the mid–’80s, the second as the (still relatively youthful) Norwegian–based trombonist/composer was completing work on a master’s degree in composition from the Manhattan School of Music. They may have been intended as LPs (the digital revolution was then in its ...

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70's Jazz Pioneers: Live! at The Town Hall New York City

Read "Live! at The Town Hall New York City" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
May 1, 1999

The “Young Lions” of the 1970’s? Now we refer to them as the “70’s Jazz Pioneers”. Perhaps in the year 2010 some will refer to Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, Antonio Hart and Joshua Redman, as the (mainstream) “80’s Jazz Pioneers”? Although, this writer would hardly cite Redman or Hargrove as true pioneers but this is good ...

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Nat Adderley: A Little New York Midtown Music

by AAJ Staff
May 1, 1999

Coming at the end of the ‘Seventies, this was a bit of a reunion. Nat and Johnny Griffin had played together on White Gardenia, Johnny’s salute to Billie Holiday. The others had played in various editions of the Cannonball band. (Victor Feldman and Ron Carter in the early ‘Sixties, Roy McCurdy later.) While the tone is ...

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Mark Elf: New York Cats

by C. Michael Bailey
April 1, 1999

Boplicity. New York Cats is guitarist Mark Elf's fourth release on his Jen Bay record label. His 1997 release, Trickynometry, was number one on Gavin's Jazz Chart for 4 weeks, a feat one would expect this new disc to repeat or better. In a break from past practice, Elf does not include any major label musicians ...

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Greg Osby: Banned in New York

by AAJ Staff
March 1, 1999

Greg Osby is a student. He’s analyzed the Charlie Parker live tapes, looking them over for what makes them tick. He records his own shows on minidisc, to hear what he’s doing, to try to improve it. These tracks, from a couple of 1997 dates at Sweet Basil, show him as he is, and everything about ...

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Buck Clayton Swing Band: Live from Greenwich Village, NYC

by Jack Bowers
January 1, 1999

If you’d like an up–to–date example of why the first Golden Age of big–band music in this country was known as the Swing Era, simply insert this wonderful disc, recorded in concert in February 1990, in your CD player and crank up the volume. This is music from the heart, a throwback to those memorable days ...

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Greg Osby: Banned in New York

by Glenn Astarita
January 1, 1999

“Banned in New York” is Greg Osby’s 4th Blue Note release and was recorded live at an undisclosed venue in New York City. A surprisingly good recording considering the lone piece of equipment was a “mini-disk recorder” placed on a table in front of the band. Nevertheless, Osby and his exceptional band flaunt their range of ...

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String Trio of New York: String Trio of New York With Anthony Davis

by Joel Roberts
December 1, 1997

Through twenty years and thirteen albums, the String Trio of New York has made a name for itself on the new music / experimental edge of the jazz world. This new album, a collaboration with composer and pianist Anthony Davis, is the group's first to focus almost exclusively on jazz standards as opposed to original compositions. ...

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John Fedchock: New York Big Band

Read "New York Big Band" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
June 1, 1997

The liner notes are well-written and point out that this big band grew out of the last Woody Herman band. Fedchock has done all the arranging and takes a fair number of solos; he's good. Three of the numbers, "Limehouse Blues," "Blues Du Jour", and "Nightshades" start out with just a piano trio and ...