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Billy Harper
by Russ Musto
Billy Harper has one of the most impressive resumes in jazz, including stints with Gil Evans, Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Max Roach, Lee Morgan, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis, Charles Tolliver and Randy Weston, but it is his unique sound on the tenor and distinctive style as a composer that has brought him international acclaim and truly sets ...
Half Note Records
by Russ Musto
A record label named after a jazz club, owned by a different jazz club, which is named after another record label. Confusing? Perhaps so, but that's the story behind Half Note Records, the record company founded by the venerable New York venue, The Blue Note. It's not like label president Steven Bensusan had the option of ...
Blue Note: Dippin' & The Gigolo
by Russ Musto
Hank Mobley Dippin' Blue Note 2006 Lee Morgan The Gigolo Blue Note 2006 Lee Morgan's The Gigolo (with Wayne Shorter) and Hank Mobley's Dippin' (on which Morgan's ...
The Brian Lynch / Eddie Palmieri Project: Simpatico
by Russ Musto
Brian Lynch is one of the most proficient “bilingual" artists in music--equally adept in both jazz and Latin genres. On this superb collaboration with piano giant Eddie Palmieri, the virtuoso trumpeter brings together his wealth of experience in both fields in a scintillating synthesis that is intelligent, exciting and truly personal. Lynch's understanding of Palmieri's unique ...
Alive At The Village Vanguard: My Life In and Out of Jazz Time
by Russ Musto
Alive at the Village Vanguard: My Life In and Out of Jazz Time Lorraine Gordon/Barry Singer Hardcover; 288 pages ISBN: 0634073990 Hal Leonard 2006 For anyone who has never had the edifying experience of listening to Village Vanguard proprietress Lorraine Gordon recounting tales from the legendary ...
Steve Turre: Keep Searchin'
by Russ Musto
Steve Turre has consistently endeavored to avoid the commonplace on his dozen releases as leader during the past two decades. On Keep Searchin' he continues his triumphant quest to present music on the highest possible artistic level. Eschewing the company of another horn on the date, Turre showcases his versatility and virtuosity on trombone and conch ...
Willie Jones III: Volume III
by Russ Musto
Drummers aren't well-known for leading trio dates with piano and bass accompaniment--Roy Haynes the notable exception--but Willie Jones III is not your typical drummer. Jones, who cut his chops on the West Coast in the cooperative group Black/Note and recorded with Horace Silver's quintet, made a name for himself in New York as a member of ...
Roy Haynes: Whereas
by Russ Musto
At 81 years old, Roy Haynes is one of the true wonders of the jazz world. His performances over the past decade have consistently demonstrated that he is the music's greatest living drummer, a title to which he can easily lay claim based on ability alone, although his age does make his energy and power all ...
Ira Sullivan
by Russ Musto
When Ira Sullivan makes his eagerly anticipated appearance as a featured soloist with Eric Alexander's quintet at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola this month, it will be the first time the amazing multi-instrumentalist will be playing a weeklong engagement in New York in twenty years. Sullivan was a regular visitor to the city from 1980 to 1986, when ...
Kenny Garrett: Beyond The Wall
by Russ Musto
Since the release of John Coltrane's A Love Supreme (Impulse!, 1965), only a handful of albums have effectively explored jazz's spiritual aspects while sustaining its exciting secular qualities. Beyond The Wall is a masterful work of original music that succeeds marvelously on both levels, building upon Trane's legacy, as well as the work of the date's ...
