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Pinnacle
Label: Time Traveler Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: The Hump; Noble Ego; Pinnacle; Tayamisha; Batuki
Buster Williams: Pinnacle
by C. Andrew Hovan
As if producer and archival sleuth Zev Feldman weren’t already busy enough unearthing lost jazz treasures, he has recently launched a new imprint, Time Traveler. A devoted collector in his own right, Feldman has turned his attention—at least initially—to the storied catalog of Muse Records. Founded in 1972 by Joe Fields, with significant contributions from Don ...
Buster Williams: Pinnacle
by Andrew Schinder
Bass legend Buster Williams has built a long, prolific career traversing the innerwebs of diverse jazz styles and sub-genres, developing into a beloved sideman and one of the finest rhythmists of jazz's modern period. Williams' bass can elevate any material, and he has contributed to some of the most treasured recordings in the jazz canon, in particular ...
Pinnacle
By Ted Howe
Label: Hot Shoe Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Presto for Two Trombones; Impromptu for Trumpet; Suite #1 for Jazz Orchestra (Movement 1 / Movement 2 / Movement 3); Adagio for Piano; Jazz Etude for Three Clarinets.
The Ted Howe Jazz Orchestra: Pinnacle
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Ted Howe offered up one of the finest of Duke Ellington tributes, the piano trio set titled simply Ellington (Summit Records, 2005). It was a heartfelt ride through some of The Duke's most familiar tunes, swinging mightily. He now steps up into Ellington-ian ensemble territory with Pinnacle, by his thirteen piece Ted Howe Jazz Orchestra. ...
The Ted Howe Jazz Orchestra: Pinnacle
by Jack Bowers
Big bands come at the listener from a variety of angles these days, some more aslant than others. On Pinnnacle, Los Angeles-based composer / arranger / pianist Ted Howe covers all the bases, navigating his thirteen-piece orchestra through styles ranging from swing to funk, Latin to tone poem, often with classical undertones. Howe gives credit for ...
Pinnacle
Label: Resonance Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: The Intrepid Fox; First Light; One Of Another Kind; Happiness Is Now; The Summer Knows; Blues For Duane; Giant Steps.
Freddie Hubbard: Pinnacle
by C. Michael Bailey
Blistering. That is almost the only way to describe a solo by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. Even from the beginning with his early recordings of the late 1950s, Hubbard sported a tone and attack akin to a chemical burn. He always had the classic posture of the trumpet player. Not the misanthropic one adopted by Miles Davis, ...
Freddie Hubbard: Pinnacle
by Larry Taylor
Trumpet great Freddie Hubbard, who died in 2008 at age 70, was at his peak in 1980 when Pinnacle was taped. He had recorded with greats, from Wes Montgomery and Art Blakey to John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, and Oscar Peterson, and led many groups of his own. In his prime, from the sixties ...
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