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Dizzy Gillespie/Charlie Parker: Town Hall, New York City 1945
by Norman Weinstein
This is absolutely a find, a well-recorded (for 1945) live concert of Bird and Diz and Max Roach in peak form. The numbers were quite familiar to these artists at the time ("A Night in Tunisia," “Salt Peanuts," “Groovin' High"), but these are slashingly brilliant versions to be treasured.Gillespie sounds unusually florid and assured, ...
Grant Green: Sunday Mornin'
by Norman Weinstein
There are a lot of Grant Green records on the market these days, entirely too much for those of us who think of him as one of the more erratic talents in the distinguished Blue Note catalog. But Sunday Mornin', coming immediately after the recent release of three funk-themed Green compilations of questionable value, is a ...
Arturo O'Farrill: Live in Brooklyn
by Norman Weinstein
This recording may come as a surprise for those who identify pianist Arturo O'Farrill primarily as the heir to the throne of his father Chico O'Farrill, the esteemed Latin jazz big band leader and composer. While he has honored his father's legacy with his leadership of the Lincoln Center Afro-Latin Orchestra, the Arturo O'Farrill this remarkable ...
Herbie Hancock: Inventions & Dimensions
by Norman Weinstein
All too often the concept of a Latin jazz album by a musician without a history inside that genre implies bop solos over a heavy-handed polyrhythmic foundation. What makes pianist Herbie Hancock's Inventions & Dimensions so utterly fresh and challenging, even decades after its original 1963 release, is his willingness to try a number of Latin-sounding ...
Steve Coleman: Elements Of One
by Norman Weinstein
Steve Coleman Elements Of One Chod 2005 This 90 minute documentary by Eve-Marie Breglia about the saxophonist and composer Steve Coleman sets a benchmark for just how intellectually engaging a film portrait of a jazz musician can be. The film records a six year odyssey highlighting Coleman's career in the ...
Tina Brooks: True Blue
by Norman Weinstein
It is heartening to see an artist as obscure as tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks given the Rudy Van Gelder Edition treatment by Blue Note in this winning reissue. I have to admit surprise that Blue Note didn't marginalize Brooks, like Sam Rivers, in the label's limited-edition Connoisseur series. Frankly, Rivers is the more sophisticated artist with ...
Various Artists: The Complete Norman Granz Jam Sessions
by Norman Weinstein
This handsomely packaged five-CD box combines all of the Norman Granz Jam Session LPs in one place for the first time. The sound is improved from earlier packagings through 24-bit digital transfers, and a big booklet penned by Bob Porter explains the music in a workmanlike manner. How you assess the value of the box has ...
Jazz Improvisation: Advice From the Masters
by Norman Weinstein
Jimi Durso and Karla Harby Jazz Improvisation: Advice From the Masters Outcat ISBN: 0975963201 2004 Sixteen jazz masters are represented by mini-essays about improvisation in this extremely valuable booklet. Many of the pieces are simply strings of anecdotes reflecting upon education, concerts and recording sessions. Sometimes maxims or ...
A Poem Celebrating "Exploration" by Granchan Moncur III
by Norman Weinstein
after Mama got too tight, and after Blue Note dove into a blue funk, and after Hendrix collapsed saluting the flag, and after the Sixties turned into Wynton's favorite whipping post,and after “freedom" became too abused to call for seriously, publicly, & even decades after,
Duke Ellington: The Jaywalker
by Norman Weinstein
The Jaywalker collects bits and pieces from the vaults of Ellington recordings the Master made for himself during 1966-1967. It was an impressive edition of the band, with Harry Carney, Cat Anderson, and Lawrence Brown on board, but little in these “unofficial recordings" is as striking as the Ellington output on big labels during the sixties. ...
