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Miles Davis: In a Silent Way
by Trevor MacLaren
Miles Davis In a Silent Way Columbia 1969Recording in February 1969, Miles Davis seemed to pick up the vibe of what was going to go down that crazy summer. It was a tumultuous time as the sixties came to a close. First came the Manson Family, then the ...
The New Tony Williams Lifetime: Believe It
by John Kelman
By the time drummer Tony Williams left Miles Davis in '69, he had moved even farther away from the acoustic tradition than his former employer. His first recordings with his new band, Lifetime, were characterized by the sleeve instructions: “Play it Loud!" While the energy level was high and the music was infused with a rock ...
Ginsberg's 'America' and Jazz
by AAJ Staff
Current events, such as they are, prompted me to go back and re-read Allen Ginsberg's poem “ America ." There is much good literature on the relation between the Beat movement and jazz, I'll not try and revisit that topic here. I will however dwell on one characteristic all great jazz players' posses and which this ...
Supertrios
By McCoy Tyner
Label: Milestone
Released: 1977
Track listing: Wave; Blues on the Corner; I Mean You; The Greeting; Prelude to a Kiss; Moments Notice; HymnSong; Consensus; Four by Five; Stella by Starlight Washington Young; Lush Life Strayhorn; Blues for Ball.
The Rudy Van Gelder Blue Note Editions
by C. Andrew Hovan
As far as jazz goes from the hard bop era, two names are synonymous with their groundbreaking work of the period-Blue Note Records and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder. Blue Note released a canon of recordings that have been revered by collectors and musicians alike over the years and Van Gelder was the man behind the ...
Tony Williams: Wilderness
by Jim Santella
A full orchestra joins Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Pat Metheny and Stanley Clarke in this collection of tone poems that compare and contrast several takes on the meaning of wilderness. The leader provides a glimpse of the moods being portrayed through his choice of titles, as well as by supplying in the ...
The Tony Williams Lifetime: Spectrum: The Anthology
by Douglas Payne
Tony Williams's pioneering electric trio Lifetime made two stunning, yet imperfect records in the early 1970s in Emergency! and Turn It Over. A reflection of the turbulence of its times and the new attitudes that were being shaped, Lifetime began life as one of jazz's first all-star power trios: the brilliant Larry Young on organ, the ...
New Beginnings
By Don Pullen
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 1989
Track listing: Jana's Delight; Once Upon A Time; Warriors; New Beginnings; At The Cafe Centrale; Reap The Whirlwind.
