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Jazz in China: Part 1
by Nick Catalano
Some of us are lucky enough to receive interesting travel assignments and hopscotch thither and yond visiting exciting places, sampling exotic foods and exploring strange realities. I've been one of those fortunate folks who, because of my many careers, get to go abroad quite often. And when I'm away I naturally investigate what's happening in Jazz ...
Joan Stiles: Love Call
by Elliott Simon
Joan Stiles' solo piano artfully interprets a clever arrangement of “Take the A Train" and perfectly portrays the full range of emotions inherent in Billy Strayhorn's final composition “Blood Count." This is after leading an octet in which tenor giant Frank Wess and baritone man Joe Temperley cut loose on Clifford Brown's “Daahoud." In addition, the ...
Archie Shepp: Tomorrow will be Another Day
by Florence Wetzel
Archie Shepp is in fine form on his latest CD, Tomorrow will be Another Day. The New Archie Shepp Quartet is an excellent group composed of Shepp on tenor, soprano and vocals, Amina Claudine Myers on piano and vocals, Cameron Brown on bass and Ronnie Burrage on drums and wave drum. The recording is a nice ...
Benny Carter: Sax ala Carter!
by Mitchell Seidel
This album represents just a small facet of Benny Carter's musical activity during the '50s and '60s, a good deal of which was occupied by writing and arranging in Hollywood. Nevertheless, Carter always seemed to be involved in a number of projects, this 1960 release being just one. Accompanied by a first-rate trio of Jimmy Rowles ...
Charles McPherson: Live at the Cellar
by AAJ Staff
Live at the Cellar is a sizzling collection of extended improvisations featuring a Vancouver-made quartet: Charles McPherson (alto sax), Ross Taggart (piano), Jodi Proznick (bass) and Blaine Wikjord (drums). McPherson and band fashion their work for the literati. McPherson opens hard with Rodgers and Hart's “Spring Is Here." The native of Joplin, Miss. singes the ears ...
Brian Ritchie: Shakuhachi Club NYC
by Kurt Gottschalk
The shakuhachi has had a troubled existence. In its native Japan, its use has been outlawed and the ability to play it has been used as a way for a traveler to prove he was a visiting monk and not a spy. In more recent times, it has been adapted into the ethnic consciousness of jazz, ...
Bob Cunningham: Walking Bass
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Didja hear? Bobby C's back in town! Actually, bassist Bob Cunningham has always been around, but his first and only album as a leader, Walking Bass , has been released for the first time on CD. Originally recorded in 1985, it features the late, great Bross Townsend on piano and Melvin Sparks (Hassan) on guitar, with ...
Winard Harper: Come into the Light
by Russ Musto
Come into the Light is Winard Harper's first live recording as a leader and the disc captures all the excitement and diversity the drummer's band delivers in its regular engagements. Recorded live at Cecil's Place (the Jersey club opened by drummer/producer Cecil Brooks III), the date features Harper's regular band of talented players, none of whom ...
Devorah Day/Dominic Duval: Standard
by Florence Wetzel
If you think nothing new is happening in the world of jazz vocalists, it's time to listen to Devorah Day. Her 2003 debut, Light of Day (Abaton Book Company), was a revelation, and now she follows up with the equally strong Standard. Day is gifted with a one-of-a-kind voice: her range is astounding, and her phrasing ...
Dave Burrell Full Blown Trio: Expansion
by Clifford Allen
It is interesting and somewhat surprising that, for Dave Burrell's second recording for a U.S. label (in almost 40 years) that he returns to the piano trio format. High , recorded in 1966 for Douglas Records (and reissued by Arista) featured Burrell, bassist Sirone and either Bobby Kapp or Sunny Murray in the percussion chair. To ...
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