Jazzmatazz Newsletter 196 - Capsule Reviews & Jazz Releases for 21 September 2004

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3 October 2004

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#196

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Capsule Reviews

Charlie Hunter Trio - Friends Seen & Unseen (Ropeadope) July 13, 2004
Charlie Hunter & Bobby Previte's Groundtruther - Latitude (Thirsty Ear) Aug 24, 2004

On Charlie Hunter's new CD, Friends Seen & Unseen (Ropeadope), the 8-string guitarist returns to the trio format of his first recording. While the smaller ensemble allows more space for his melodic improvisational groove, at times the group seems larger than a trio since John Ellis switches between flute, bass clarinet and tenor saxophone and Hunter uses the extra low strings of his instrument to play bass lines, while simultaneously playing rhythm and lead guitar on the upper strings. Most of the pieces feature Hunter's guitar and some soulful sax improvising off short melodies on top of Derrek Phillips's funky drumming.

The Groundtruther project is a more experimental setting for Hunter. Co-led by drummer Bobby Previte, Latitude is the first of three CDs planned by the group; each will feature a different third musician; this time the guest is saxophonist guest Greg Osby. The pieces on Latitude are involved in sonic exploration; Hunter and Previte employ electronic effects, processed sound blips and drones while Osby represents the human voice, using short melodic elements to improvise within the stream of sounds. — ALAN LANKIN

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Madeleine Peyroux - Careless Love (Rounder) Sept 14

Eight years after her first album, Dreamland, vocalist Madeleine Peyroux has just released her second one, called Careless Love. The album includes jazz standards, pop tunes by Leonard Cohen, Elliot Smith and Hank Williams and an original. Peyroux's voice's eerily similarity to Billie Holiday's and her mixture of older and new tunes give the album a curious mix of past and present. The album has some nice, jazzy playing underneath. Highlights include the title tune by W.C. Handy and a slow, haunting rendition Bob Dylan's "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go." — ALAN LANKIN

Madeline Peyroux (vocals, acoustic guitar); Dean Parks (guitar); Lee Thornburg (trumpet); Larry Goldings (piano, celesta, Wurlitzer piano, Hammond b-3 organ); David Piltch (bass); Jay Bellerose (drums, percussion); Scott Amendola (percussion)

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New Issues
21 September 2004

Oregon - Chronicle Box: Winter Light / Friends / Moon & Mind - 3 CDs (Akarma) Sept 21
— collects three 1974-78 albums originally released on Vanguard Records

Don Byron - Ivey-Divey (Blue Note) Sept 21

— with Jason Moran and Jack DeJohnette; plus Ralph Alessi & Lonnie Plaxico on several tracks

Chet Baker - Chet Baker Big Band (Blue Note) Sept 21

— Chet Baker (trumpet); Phil Urso (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Fred Waters, Art Pepper, Bud Shank (alto saxophone); Bill Perkins, Bob Graf (tenor saxophone); Bill Hood (baritone saxophone); Conte Candoli, Norman Faye (trumpet); Frank Rosolino, Bob Burgess (trombone); Bobby Timmons (piano); Jimmy Bond (double bass); Larance Marable, Peter Littman (drums); 1956

Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings & Plays (Blue Note) Sept 21

— Chet Baker (vocals, trumpet); Corky Hale (harp); Edgar Lustgarten, Kurt Reher, Eleanor Slatkin, Ray Kramer (cello); Bud Shank (flute); Russ Freeman (piano); Red Mitchell, Carson Smith (double bass); Bob Neel (drums); arrangers: Marty Paich; Johnny Mandel; Frank Campo; 1955; includes bonus track

Chet Baker - Chet Baker Ensemble (Blue Note) Sept 21

— Chet Baker (trumpet); Herb Geller (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Jack Montrose (tenor saxophone); Bob Gordon (baritone saxophone); Russ Freeman (piano); Joe Mondragon (double bass); Shelly Manne (drums); 1953; includes five alternate takes

Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sextet (Blue Note) Sept 21

— with Bud Shank (baritone saxophone); Bob Brookmeyer (trombone); Russ Freeman, Shelly Mann, Carson Smith; 1954 & '57;includes two alternate takes

Norah Jones - Feels Like Home - CD+DVD (Blue Note) Sept 21

— expanded edition includes three unreleased tracks from the recording session; plus a DVD mixed in 5.1 Surround Sound of four live tracks filmed at the Teatro Nuevo Alcala in Madrid, Spain; two music videos; and an exclusive interview

Tunnels - The Art of Living Dangerously (Buckyball Music 12) Sept 21

— recorded live during 2003 tours
— Tunnels: Marc Wagnon (vibraphone); Percy Jones (bass); Frank Katz (drums)
— half the tracks were recorded by the trio; half with guests, including John Goodsall, Van Manakas, Julien Feiting (guitars), Mark Feldman (violin) and Lance Carter (drums)

Prophetz Of Time & Space - Vibrationz (Chakra Music) Sept 21
— Jerry Goodman, Ndugu Chancler, Otmaro Ruiz, Brandon Fields, Munyungo Jackson, Vasco da Gambla, a.o.

Sy Oliver - 1949-52 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1365) Sept 21
Benny Goodman - 1945, Vol. 2 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1366) Sept 21
Gene Ammons - 1950-51 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1367) Sept 21
Artie Shaw - 1946-50 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1368) Sept 21
— jazz recordings for Musicraft, Columbia and Decca
Red Nichols - 1929-30 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1369) Sept 21
— musicians include Benny Goodman and Jack Teagarden

Herbie Hancock - The Piano (Columbia/Legacy) Sept 21

— includes four previously unreleased bonus tracks

Herbie Hancock - V.S.O.P.: Live Under the Sky - 2 CDs (Columbia/Legacy) Sept 21

— includes ten previously unreleased tracks totalling 66 minutes
— with Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter & Tony Williams; recorded in Tokyo 7/26 & 7/27/1979; notes by Bob Belden and Herbie Hancock

Conrad Herwig & Brian Lynch - Que Viva Coltrane (Criss Cross 1254) Sept 21
— Latin Jazz treatments of compositions by John Coltrane
— baritone saxist/flautist Mario Rivera, pianist Edsel Gomez, bassist John Benitez, drummer Robby Ameen, and percussionist Richie Flores

Wycliffe Gordon & the Garden City Gospel Choir - In The Cross (Criss Cross 1253) Sept 21
— Marcus Printup: trumpet, Victor Goines: saxes and clarinet, Eric Reed: piano, Reginald Veal: bass, and Alvin Atkinson Jr.: drums

Ralph Peterson - The Fo'tet Augmented (Criss Cross 1255) Sept 21
— Don Byron, Bryan Carrott, Belden Bullock and Eguie Castillo

One For All - Blueslike (Criss Cross 1256) Sept 21

— Eric Alexander on tenor sax, Jim Rotondi on trumpet, Steve Davis on trombone, with pianist David Hazeltine, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Joe Farnsworth

Alex Sipiagin - Equilibrium (Criss Cross 1257) Sept 21
— trumpeter Alex Sipiagin, reedmen Chris Potter and David Binney, keyboardist David Kikoski, bassist Scott Colley, and drummer Gene Jackson

Paul Dunmall Moksha Big Band - I Wish You Peace (Cuneiform 203) Sept 21

— 2003 studio recording commissioned by the BBC to celebrate Dunnall's 50th birthday; Philip Gibbs (guitar, autoharp); John Adams (guitar); Paul Dunmall (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Simon Picard, Howard Cottle (tenor saxophone); Gethin Liddington, David Priseman (trumpet); Chris Bridges, Paul Rutherford, Hilary Jeffery (trombone); Keith Tippett (piano); Paul Rogers (double bass); Mark Sanders, Tony Levin (drums)

Kahil El'Zabar & David Murray - We Is: Live At The Bop Shop (Delmark DE 557) Sept 21
— Kahil El'Zabar: drums, percussion; David Murray: tenor sax, bass clarinet

Jeff Parker & Scott Fields - Song Songs Song (Delmark DE 558) Sept 21

Scott Fields Ensemble - christangelfox (482 Music 1029) Sept 21
— Scott Fields, nylon-string guitar and percussion; Guillermo Gregorio, clarinet and percussion; Matt Turner, cello and percusssion

Stan Kenton - Kenton For Collectors, Vol. 1 (Dynaflow) Sept 21
— 19 track CD features previously unreleased material from 1947-77 - recorded locations including the National Guard Armory Auditorium in Wash. DC, the Hollywood Palladium, Plaza Gardens in Anaheim, CA, and the Blue Note club in Chicago; with performances from Art Pepper, Ray Wetzel, Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, Buddy Childers, Frank Rosolino, Sal Salvador, a.o.; vocalists include June Christy, Jay Johnson, Ann Richards a.o.
Stan Kenton - Radio Rarities (Dynaflow) Sept 21
— 18 track CD features previously unreleased material from the 1940s through the '70s; solos by Ray Wetzel, Vido Musso, Art Pepper, Frank Rosolino and many others

Jan Garbarek - In Praise of Dreams (ECM) Sept 21

— Jan Garbarek (saxophone, synthesizer, percussion, sampler); Kim Kashkashian (viola); Manu Katche (drums)

Kent Carter String Trios - The Willisau Suites (Emanem 4105) Sept
— 1984 reissue of ITM 970077, plus bonus material from 1997
— with Kent Carter (b), Carlos Zingaro (v) & Fran�ois Dreno (viola)
— Carter with Albrecht Maurer (v) & Emmanuelle Roch (viola) on the bonus tracks
— a mixture of jazz and European classical chamber music emerge from the group's improvisations over Carter's compositions
John Russell/Ute Volker/Mathieu Werchowski - Three Planets (Emanem 4106) Sept
— acoustic improvisations with guitar, accordian and violin; from 2003
Paul Rutherford Trio - Gheim - Live at Bracknell 1983 (Emanem 4107) Sept
— Rutherford (trombone), Paul Rogers (bass) and Nigel Morris (drums)
— includes their complete Bracknell Jazz Festival set plus some previously unissued studio recordings
— 77 minutes; portions originally issued as Ogun cassette OGC531

Peter Br�tzmann - 14 Love Poems Plus 10 More for Kenneth Patchen (FMP 125) Sept
— solo sax from Germany's Brotzmann

Bill May - Mayhem: Bill May in Concert (Hindsight) Sept 21

The Beat Circus - Ringleader's Revolt (Innova 623) Sept 21
— The Beat Circus: Brian Carpenter (slide trumpet, trumpet); Alec K Redfearn (accordion); Brandon Seabrook (banjo, sampler); Jim Hobbs (alto saxophone); Ron Caswell (tuba); Jerome Deupree (drums)
— read the JAZZMATAZZ capsule review
The Industrial Jazz Group - Star Chamber (Innova 615) Sept 21
Phillip Johnston - Rub Me The Wrong Way (Innova 626) Sept 21
— three different quirky suites composed by saxophonist Phillip Johnston for Kelly Garfield's dance company and performed by three different quartets

Lucas Niggli Zoom Ensemble - Sweat (Intakt 093)
— Lucas Niggli, drums, percussion; Claudio Puntin, clarinets; Phil Minton, voice; Nils Wogram, trombone; Philipp Schaufelberger, guitar. Ensemble Neue Musik Z�rich: Hans Peter Frehner, flutes; Urs Bumbacher, violin; Stefan Tuth, cello; Viktor M�ller, piano; Lorenz Haas, vibraphone, percussion; Leo Bachmann, tuba; 2003

Buddy Rich - No Funny Hats (Lightyear) Sept 21

— Buddy Rich (drums); Chuck Wilson, Andy Fusco (alto saxophone); Steve Marcus, Gary Pribek (tenor saxophone); Greg Smith (baritone saxophone); Dave Kennedy, John Marshall, Paul Salvo, Chuck Schmidt (trumpet); John Mosca, Bill Boyole, Dale Kirkland (trombone); Bob Kay (piano); Tom Warrington (double bass); recorded in Sacramento, California, 03/03/1978

Forever Sharp And Vivid - Forever Sharp And Vivid (Lolo Recordes) Sept 20

— David Torn (guitar); David Castilione (saxophone, clarinet); Chris Massey (drums); from 1998

Buddy Rich - Very Live At Buddy's Place (LRC) Sept 21
— with Sonny Fortune; Anthony Jackson; Sal Nistico; Kenny Barron; Mike Abene; recorded in NYC in 1973 by Malcolm Addey

Sam Rivers/Adam Rudolph/Harris Eisenstadt - Vista (Meta 009) Sept 21

— recorded the day before Rivers's 80th birthday!

The Dynamic Les Demerle Band - Hittin' the Blue Notes, Vol. 2 (Origin Records) Sept 21

Kim Richmond/Clay Jenkins Ensemble - Crossweave (Origin Records) Sept 21

— trumpeter Clay Jenkins, altoist Kim Richmond,tenor saxophonist Rich Perry, pianist Harold Danko, bassist Jeff Campbell and drummer Rich Thompson
Jonas Tauber - Storm Walking Singing (Origin Records) Sept 21

— solo bass performance recorded live in Switzerland

Art Ensemble of Chicago - Sirius Calling (Pi Recordings 11) Sept 21
— Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell (reeds, percussion); Malachi Favors Maghostut (double bass); Famoudou Don Moye (drums, percussion)

Various Artists - Free Zone Appleby 2003 (Psi 04.05) Sept
— duos, quartets and quintets of free improvisations by Tony Coe (clarinet); John Edwards (bass); Alan Hacker (clarinet); Syliva Hallett (violin, voice, sarangi); Marcio Mattos (cello); Evan Parker (tenor saxophone); Philipp Wachsmann (violin, electronics); Kenny Werner (flugelhorn)
Parker/Schlippenbach/Lytton - America 2003 - 2 CDs (Psi 04.06/7) Sept
— Evan Parker (saxopphones ); Alexander Von Schlippenbach (piano); Paul Lytton (percussion) in concert recordings at the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans and the Seattle Asian Arts Museum; 120'

Count Basie - Count Basie Jam '75: Norman Granz' Jazz in Montreux
— DVD (RED) Sept 21 — DTS sound

Ray Bryant - Ray Bryant '77: Norman Granz' Jazz in Montreux
— DVD (RED) Sept 21 — DTS sound

Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie - Ella and Basie '79: Norman Granz' Jazz in Montreux
— DVD (RED) Sept 21 — DTS sound

Benny Carter - Benny Carter '77: Norman Granz' Jazz in Montreux
— DVD (RED) Sept 21 — DTS sound

Milt Jackson & Ray Brown - Milt Jackson & Ray Brown '79: Norman Granz' Jazz in Montreux
— DVD (RED) Sept 21 — DTS sound

Roy Eldridge - Roy Eldridge '77: Norman Granz' Jazz in Montreux
— DVD (RED) Sept 21 — DTS sound

Oscar Peterson - Oscar Peterson Trio '77: Norman Granz' Jazz in Montreux
— DVD (RED) Sept 21 — DTS sound

Mary Lou Williams - Mary Lou Williams '78: Norman Granz' Jazz in Montreux
— DVD (RED) Sept 21 — DTS sound

Freedomland - Yia Yia's Song - CDR (Rent Control Records 012) Sept
— Daniel Carter (tenor & alto saxes, clarinet, trumpet, flute), David Hofstra (tuba, bass sax), William Parker (bass, tuba), Dee Pop (drums), Dave Sewelson (baritone & alto saxes)

Peter Leitch - Autobiography (Reservoir 179) Sept 21

— with Jed Levy, George Cables, Dwayne Burno and Steve Johns

Bing Crosby - Bing And His Gal Pals (Riff City) Sept 21

Dexter Gordon - Bopland: The Legendary Elks Club Concert - 3 CDs (Savoy) Sept 21
— July 6, 1947 Los Angeles concert with Wardell Gray, Howard Mcghee, Sonny Criss, a.o.
— researched and annotated by Maxine Gordon
— reissue produced by Dan Mark; engineering by Paul Reid III
— music transferred from the original 16" transcription acetates; pitch corrected
— includes about 25 minutes of previously unreleased music
— groups included the Howard McGhee Orchestra, the Bill Moore Orchestra,
the Bopland Boys and the Al Killian Orchestra
— other musicians include Trummy Young, Hampton Hawes, Russ Freeman,
Barney Kessel, Red Callender, Roy Porter

Strunz & Farah - Zona Torrida (Selva) Sept 21

Ian Hendrickson-Smith - Still Smokin' (Sharp Nine Records 1031) Sept 21

— Ian Hendrickson-Smith (flute, alto saxophone); Peter Bernstein (guitar); Ryan Kisor (trumpet); David Hazeltine (piano); Peter Washington (bass); Joe Strasser (drums); recorded live at Smoke Jazz Club in NYC in Jan. 2004

Anthony Wonsey - Blues For Hiroshi (Sharp Nine Records 1030) Sept 21

— piano trio; with Richie Goods and Tony Reedus

Stan Kenton and his Orchestra - Kenton Plays Poland (Sounds of Yesteryear) Sept 21
— recorded 9/15/1976 in Warsaw
Jack Teagarden/Earl Hines All-Stars - At the Olympia Theatre, Paris, Nov. 6, 1957 (Sounds of Yesteryear) Sept 21
— features Max Kaminsky, Peanuts Hucko, Jack Lesberg and Cozy Cole

Josh Workman - Jumpin' At The Border (Tetrachord) Sept 21

Masada - John Zorn 50th Birthday Celebration, Vol. Seven (Tzadik) Sept 21
— Greg Cohen, John Zorn, Joey Baron, Dave Douglas
Aaron Alexander - Midrash Mish Mosh (Tzadik) Sept 21
— Aaron Alexander; Curtis Hasselbring, Fima Ephron, Greg Wall, Michael Sarin, Randy Crafton, Frank London, Merlin Shepherd, Brad Shepik
Steve Bernstein - Diaspora Hollywood (Tzadik) Sept 21
— Steven Bernstein: trumpet & flugelhorn, Pablo Calogero: bari sax, bass clarinet & flutes, D.J. Bonebrake: vibes, David Piltch: bass and Danny Frankel: drums
— arrangements that take off from the small group jazz sound of the Shelley Manne and Shorty Rogers units from the mid fifties, exploring compositions from the Jewish tradition through the lens of West Coast Jazz
Richard Crandell - Mbira Magic (Tzadik) Sept 21
Yuka Honda - Eucademix (Tzadik) Sept 21
— with Marc Ribot, Miho Hatori, Petra Haden, Phantom, Timo Ellis, Trevor Dunn, Japa Keenon, Thomas Bartlett, Brandt "Brand T" Abner

Warne Marsh - Live at Dana Point - 2 CDs (VSOP 112) Sept 21

— previously unissued 10/7/1957 recordings from CA featuring Joe Albany

Bob Stewart - Talk of the Town (VWC) Sept 21

— features Hank Jones, Sir Roland Hanna and Tedd Firth

Ski Johnson - Welcome to My World (Wide Awake Records) Sept 21

Banda Brothers - Acting Up (WJ3) Sept 21

Deodato - Love Island (Wounded Bird) Sept 21
— George Benson, Harvey Mason, Larry Carlton; 1978
Jaco Pastorius - Invitation (Wounded Bird) Sept 21
— contains the material from the albums "Twins I" and "Twins II"; with Don Alias, Peter Erskine, Randy Brecker, Toots Thielemans; recorded at Aurex Jazz Festival, Japan (1982)

other recent jazz releases
(from July to last week)
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Holly Hoffman Quartet - Minor Miracle (Capri) Sept 14
— with Mike Wofford (piano), Victor Lewis (bass) and Peter Washington (drums)

Earl Hines - Have You Ever Felt That Way? - 1929-33 (Frog 55) Sept 14
— complete 1929 Victor sessions plus unissued masters from 1932-33

Bob Wilber - Original Wilber (Phontastic) Sept 14
— 1978 NYC recording with Dave McKenna, Bill Crow, Connie Kay and Pug Horton and 1977 Stockholm recording with Dave McKenna, Lars Erstrand, Lennart Nyhlen, Arne Wilhelmsson, Robert Edman and Pug Horton

Kartet - Jyvaskyla (Naive-Hask) Sept
— Benoit Delbecq, piano, sampler; Hubert Dupont, bass; Guillaume Orti, alto sax; Chander Sardjoe, drums.
— compositions by Patrick Zimmerli, Marc Ducret and Stephane Payen

Rene Ford - Unsentimental (Innova 625) Sept 7

Ben Watson - Derek Bailey and the Story of Free Improvisation
(Verso Books) July

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upoming jazz releases
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earlier 2004 jazz releases
(Jan-June)
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non-jazz items of interest

Big Bill Broonzy - 1951 (Chronological R&B Classics 5101) Sept 21
Johnny Otis - 1950 (Chronological R&B Classics 5102) Sept 21

The Muffins - Double Negative (Cuneiform) Sept 21

Various Artists - Stompin' at the Savoy - 4 CDs (Savoy) Sept 21

Keb Mo - Peace...Back By Popular Demand (Sony) Sept 21
— with Paul Jackson Jr. (guitar); Greg Phillinganes (piano, organ); Jeff Paris (keyboards); Reggie McBride (bass); Harvey Mason, Stephen Ferrone (drums); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion)

2003 jazz releases
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