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John Surman: Rarum XIII: Selected Recordings
by Norman Weinstein
Here is a much needed career retrospective of John Surman, arguably the most impressive baritone saxophonist in the post-Mulligan era. ECM continues to treat its stars honorably by having them choose their own high points from their back catalog, and no one can fault Surman for being wildly eclectic. The problem is: the stellar horn man ...
Ranee Lee: Maple Groove: Songs From The Great Canadian Songbook
by Norman Weinstein
Canadian vocalist Ranee Lee mines an attractive concept on Maple Groove : showcasing great Canadian songwriters. The vast majority of major Canadian songwriters known internationally are pop rather than jazz artists, but a singer with Lee's chops and taste meets the challenge of making pop songs propulsively swing. Her covers of Bruce Cockburn's “My Beat" and ...
Percy Heath: A Love Song
by Norman Weinstein
This 80 year old bassist from one of the great jazz families, the Heaths, has finally recorded his first session as a leader, and it is a touchingly atmospheric affair. Only one really catchy melody graces the album, “Django," from Percy Heath's Modern Jazz Quartet days of a half century ago, but this album is less ...
Time Will Tell: Conversations With Paul Bley
by Norman Weinstein
Time Will Tell: Conversations With Paul Bley Norman Meehan Berkeley Hills Books2003 Paul Bley's jazz career has been marked by a burning creative restlessness continually leading to new musical discoveries. An earlier book about Bley, Stopping Time, was a collaborative effort matching Bley the grand raconteur with writer David Lee. Time ...
Ray Vega: Squeeze Squeeze
by Norman Weinstein
Trumpeter Ray Vega is a triumphant example of a musician liberated rather than straightjacketed by his Latin jazz expertise. Years of playing in bands as notable as Tito Puente's and Mongo Santamaria's clearly have reaped rewards in terms of his bright, rhythmically punchy, powerhouse delivery. Vega's own description of his current style as “Latin Bop" accurately ...
One Night With Blue Note
by Norman Weinstein
This DVD is a richly supplemented version of a videotape of the 1985 Town Hall concert celebrating the relaunch of the Blue Note record label. Sound quality has been vastly improved over the videotape version, some video editing adds welcome visual variations, and four previously unreleased selections enrich the experience. Of the four ...
Steve Grover Trio: Breath
by Norman Weinstein
Drummer Steve Grover may or may not be a practicing Buddhist, but he plays drums with a lightness and clarity that my friends doing daily Buddhist meditation might well envy. The title cut on this engaging album is a strikingly original Grover composition where the trio members sound like they are breathing together with a kind ...
David Bixler: Show Me The Justice
by Norman Weinstein
There is more than a hint of the late '60s Blue Note sound to this album, resembling in atmosphere something like an obscure Joe Henderson session. Alto saxophonist David Bixler doesn't sound self-consciously retro, make no mistake about that. He has an individual sound and lots of complex ideas, but his quintet, as well as his ...
Oscar Peterson: Dimensions: A Compendium of the Pablo Years
by Norman Weinstein
Oscar Peterson's recordings on the Pablo label span the years from the '50s to the '70s and have long needed this type of lavish anthology. Over the course of four discs, you get to hear five tunes by the classic trio matching the peerless pianist with guitarist Herb Ellis and bassist Ray Brown. But the best ...
Various Artists: Masters of the Boogie Piano
by Norman Weinstein
CD compilations of boogie woogie piano abound, particularly on cheap import CD labels, but this domestic bargain is a strikingly attractive sampler. Drawing from Delmark's half-century old blues catalog, it nicely showcases the big names like Roosevelt Sykes and Albert Ammons and resurrects obscurities like the salty Curtis Jones and Speckled Red. Best of all, Sir ...
