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Eric Dolphy: Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise

by AAJ Staff
Hitting play on a reissue can be like stepping into a time capsule. In this case all the more so because the sound quality is Jurassic, but even despite incredible distortion and difficult resolution there's always room for more Dolphy on the shelf. Top-notch material here, displaying the same buoyant sense of adventure and unerring swing ...
Ya-Ya Fornier: Bearcat

by Franz A. Matzner
Termed a “debut” album, Bearcat features vocalist Ya Ya Fornier, veteran saxophonist David Murray, and bassist Jaribu Shahid, along with a score of guest musicians. Though this album represents the first recording venture for Fornier, wife of the late Vernel Fornier, it is certainly not the first time Ya Ya has been around recording, which may ...
Ya Ya Fornier: Bearcat

by C. Michael Bailey
Ya Ya Fornier is not exactly a newcomer. Her late husband, Vernell Fornier, was a drummer long associated with Ahmad Jamal. Bearcat is the vocalist's first recording, however, and she has recruited none other than David Murray, the iconoclastic and enigmatic tenor saxophonist who has been an American expatriate for the last number of years. The ...
Chet Baker: But Not For Me

by Mark Corroto
It was easy to fall in and out of love with Chet Baker. The trumpeter and vocalist was indeed a devil with an angel’s face. His doleful approach to music drew listeners into his darkness for a brief stay at his melancholy hotel. Baker’s drug abuse eventually--it took a while--destroyed his talents. In between his dark ...
Black Sand

Label: Random Chance Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Latin Jazz, Black Sand, Blue Brazil, Obakoso, Alhamba, Kidz, Fire Dance, Gentle Rumba, Son of a Montuno, Trepidation, Iguana, It's Alright with Me.
Live @ Zanzibar Blue

Label: Random Chance Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: K-Mack; On A Lite Tip; Cat Eyes; Koln; Bossa For Grover; Doc Tone; Zanzibar Blue #1; All Blues; It Might As Well Be Spring; Waltz For Carla; Fool's Play; Prayer, Zanzibar Blue #2. (Total Time: 67:34).
Charles Fambrough: Live @ Zanzibar Blue

by C. Michael Bailey
Great Venue, Great Jazz First, a few words about the venue... Zanzibar Blue is located in the Bellevue at the corner of Broad and Walnut Streets in Center City Philadelphia. It is one of the three or four really great jazz clubs in a city full of great jazz haunts. The Blue is a dark and ...
Bill O'Connell Latin Jazz Project: Black Sand

by C. Andrew Hovan
Certainly no household name, pianist Bill O'Connell works on the sidelines without much fanfare and his last album was nearly ten years ago for the short-lived return of Creed Taylor's CTI label. But there's something to be said for life experiences and O'Connell's time spent with Mongo Santamaria and Dave Valentin, not to mention subbing for ...