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22 October 2004
Jazzmatazz Newsletter
#199
CD Reviews
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This week we have a new
review of a CD by
Jim Snidero
on
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Capsule Reviews
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Jamie Baum -
Moving Forward Standing Still (OmniTone
) Aug 10, 2004
Flutist and composer Jamie Baum's new album is
Moving Forward, Standing Still. Featuring an unusual front line of
flute, trumpet, French horn and alto sax, Baum has composed
a beautiful group of tunes inspired by classical composers Bartok, Stravinsky and Ives
that have interesting textures and spinning lines.
The players have room to improvise and the album also has a strong jazz feel. Colligan
plays electric piano on a few tunes that remind me of Herbie Hancock or Chick Corea's playing
during Miles Davis's early electric period.
— ALAN LANKIN
Jamie Baum Septet: Jamie Baum (flute, alto flute); Doug Yates (bass clarinet, alto saxophone); Ralph Alessi (trumpet, flugelhorn); Tom Varner (French horn); George Colligan (piano, electric piano); Drew Gress (double bass); Jeff Hirshfield (drums)
Recent jazz releases
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12 October 2004
The Mahavishnu Project -
Phase 2 - 2 CDs (Aggregate Music) Oct 12
— The Mahavishnu Project: Gregg Bendian, Pete McCann, Rob Thomas, Stephan Crump, Steve Hunt;
performing tunes from The Mahavishnu Orchestra’s classic 1970s recordings
Ray Russell -
Why Not Now (Angel Air) Oct 15
— 1988 album, remastered with four bonus tracks
Stan Tracey & Danny Moss -
Just You, Just Me (Avid) Oct 12
— tenor sax & piano duets
Don Stiernberg -
Angel Eyes (Blue Night Records) Oct 12
Don Stiernberg -
About Time (Blue Night Records) Oct 12 — from 2000
Don Stiernberg -
Unseasonably Cool (Blue Night Records) Oct 12 — from 2001
Janet Klein -
Living in Sin (Coeur De Jeanette) Oct 12
Bobby Short -
Short on the Eastside/Moments Like This (Collectables) Oct 12
— two-fer of 1959 and 1982 Atlantic recordings
Bobby Short -
Songs By Bobby Short (Collectables) Oct 12
Yusuf Lateef -
The Blue Yusuf Lateef (Collectables) Oct 12
— 1968 Atlantic recording; with Sonny Red (alto sax), Blue Mitchell (trumpet), Buddy Lucas (harmonica), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Hugh Lawson (piano), Cecil McBee (bass), Bob Crenshaw (electric bass) and Roy Brooks (drums)
Clifford Jordan -
These Are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly (Collectables) Oct 12
Eddie Harris -
Second Movement (Collectables) Oct 12
— 1971 Atlantic recording
Tony Bennett -
Fifty Years of Artistry - 5 CDs (Columbia/Legacy)
— Bennett's "Forty Years of Artistry" expanded by another CD
that includes material from 1992-2002
Poncho Sanchez -
Poncho At Montreux - DVD (Concord) Oct 12
Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble -
Mean Ameen (Delmark DE 559) Oct 12
Deep Blue Organ Trio -
Deep Blue Bruise (Delmark DE 556) Oct 12
— Chris Forman (Hammond B3 organ), Bobby Broom (guitar), Greg Rockingham (drums)
Joe Williams -
Sings About You/Sentimental & Melancholy (EMI) Oct 12
— two-fer
Various Artists -
Cool Jazz - The Cocktail Hour (Evidence Records) Oct 12
— compilation with Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders, Michael Ray & Cosmic Krewe, Carmen Bradford,
Babatunde Lea, a.o.
Joe Sample -
Soul Shadows (GRP) Oct 12
— solo piano; rag, boogie woogie and swing tunes
Elvin Jones Jazz Machine -
The Truth: Heard Live at the Blue Note (Half Note Records) Oct 12
— recorded live at the Blue Note in NYC on Sept 11-12, 1999 for
the late, great drummer Elvin Jones's 72nd birthday
— with guest
Michael Brecker and Antoine Roney (sax), Robin Eubanks (trombone), Darren Barrett (trumpet), Carlos McKinney (piano) and Gene Perla (bass)
Steve Turre -
Spirits Up Above (HighNote) Oct 12
— tribute to Rahsaan Roland Kirk by a sextet which includes James Carter
and Buster Williams
Wallace Roney -
Prototype (HighNote) Oct 12
— with Clifton Anderson, Don Byron, Antoine Roney, Geri Allen,
Adam Holzman, Matthew Garrison, Eric Allen, DJ Logic
Frank Jackson -
New York After Dark (Kasis Records 003) Oct
— standards from Frank Jackson (vocals), James Williams (piano),
Ron Carter (bass), Kenny Washington (drums)
Henry "Pucho" Brown & his Latin Soul Brothers -
The Hideout (Milestone) Oct 12
Jim Snidero -
Close Up (Milestone) Oct 12
— Snidero (alto sax) Dave Hazeltine (piano), Paul Gill (bass) and Billy Drummond (drums)
plus guest Eric Alexander (tenor sax) on half the tracks;
six compositions by Snidero plus two standards
—
read the
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Fredrik Nordstrom -
Flawless Swing (Moserobie 018) Oct
— Fredrik Nordstrom: tenor sax, Magnus Broo: trumpet, Mattias Stahl: vibes,
lip Auguston: bass, Fredrik Rundqvist: drums, and guest Alberto Pinton: contrabass clarinet & bari sax
Benny Goodman -
New Sextet Sessions (Ocium 42) Oct 12
Teddy Wilson -
Flawless Swing (Ocium 43) Oct 12
Omar Sosa -
Mulatos (Ota Records 1014) Oct 12
— Omar Sosa (vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, harmonium, vibraphone, marimba, percussion, bells); Aziz Arradi (vocals, percussion); Dhafer Youssef (oud); Renaud Pion (clarinet, bass clarinet); Paquito D'Rivera (clarinet); Dieter Ilg (bass); Steve Arguelles (drums); Philippe Foch (tabla);
recorded in Paris and Barcelona
Dr. Lonnie Smith -
Too Damn Hot (Palmetto) Oct 12
— Dr. Lonnie Smith (organ); Peter Bernstein, Rodney Jones (guitar); Gregory Hutchinson, Fukushi Tainaka (drums)
Dexter Gordon -
The Complete Prestige Recordings of Dexter Gordon - 11 CD box (Prestige) Oct 12
— includes the 15 Prestige albums he recorded from 1965-1973;
includes 17 previously unissued tracks; set also includes
a 1950 live jam session with Wardell Grey plus
the 1960 Jazzland LP "The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon"
—
read the
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Horace Arnold -
Tales Of The Exonorated Flea (Rock & Groove Records) Oct 12
— originally issued by Columbia in 1974; with
Sonny Fortune, Art Webb, John Abercrombie, Ralph Towner, Jan Hammer,
David Friedman, Rick Laird, George Mraz, Clint Houston, Dom Um Romao, Dave Johnson
Ed Saindon/Kenny Werner -
Key Play (Saindon) Oct
— vibraphone & piano duets; originals and standards
Kimberly Gordon Trio -
Melancholy Serenade (The Sirens Records 5009) Oct 12
Eddie Henderson -
Time & Spaces (Sirocco Jazz Limited 1027) Oct 12
— with Dave Kikoski, Ed Howard & Victor Lewis
Will Vinson -
It's For You (Sirocco Jazz Limited 1028) Oct 12
— with Dave Kikoski, Ed Howard & Victor Lewis
Mike Holober and the Gotham Jazz Orchestra -
Thought Trains (Sons of Sound 020) Oct 12
— musicians include Ron Carter, Tim Ries, Scott Wendholt, Tony Kadleck, Charles Pillow,
Jon Gordon, John Riley, a.o.
Greg Burk -
Carpe Momentum (Soul Note) Oct 12
— with Jerry Bergonzi, Jonathan Robinson and Gerald Cleaver
Gold Sparkle Trio with Ken Vandermark -
Brooklyn Cantos (Squealer Records) Oct 15
David Berger and the Sultans of Swing -
Marlowe (Such Sweet Thunder) Oct 12
Denis Colin Trio -
Something in Common (Sunnyside) Oct 12
Duke Ellington -
Jazz Violin Session (Wounded Bird) Oct 12
— with Ray Nance, Stephane Grappelli, Svend Asmussen on violins
Pieces of a Dream -
Imagine (Wounded Bird) Oct 12
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other recent
jazz releases
(from August to last week)
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Raphe Malik Quartet with Frank Wright/William Parker/Syd Smart -
Last Set: Live at 1369 Club (Boxholder 042) Oct 5
— previously unreleased 1984 performance
Sonny Simmons -
Jewels (Boxholder 043) Oct 5
— 1991 solo alto sax studio recordings
Gina Leishman -
Bed Time (GCQ [Germany]) Oct 5
— Gina Leishman: vocals, piano, ukelele & songs, Steve Bernstein & Peck Allmond: trumpets, Marc Ribot & Doug Weiselman: guitars, Rob Burger: accordion, Anthony Coleman: piano, Jenny Scheinman: violin,
Greg Cohen & Trevor Dunn: bass and Roberto Rodriguez & Kenny Wollesen: drums & percussion
Shamek Farrah and Folks -
La Dee La La (Quadraphonic 1105) Oct 5
— Shamek Farrah & Grant Reed on saxes, Malachi Thompson & Abdullah Khalid on trumpets, Marvin Neal on trombone, Harry Jenson on guitar, Sonelius Smith & Saeed Amir on piano, Hasan Jenkins & Kiyoto Fujiwara on basses, Ron Rahsaan, Ayon Falu & Lenny King on drums & percussion plus Ghanniya Green & Vivian Chandler on vocals;
June, 1978 recording
Shamek Farrah -
Sunshine on My Mind (Quadraphonic) Oct 5
—
1995 recording
Oracy with Ade Olatunji -
The Positive Force (Quadraphonic 1104) Oct 5
— Jay Jones & Dave McMurray on saxes, Matthew Rhodes on acoustic & electric pianos, Jeribu Gonvi on basses, Sundiata Keita, Darryl Pierce & Seyoum on drums & percussion plus Ade Olatunji and other vocalists'
1977 recording
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upcoming
jazz releases
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earlier 2004 jazz releases
(Jan-Aug)
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George Shearing -
Lullaby of Birdland - DVD (VIEW Video) July 20
— 55 minutes plus bonus features; 1991 recording with bassist Neil Swainson at the Paul Masson Winery
Joe Williams with George Shearing -
A Song is Born - DVD (VIEW Video) July 20
— 57 minutes plus bonus features; 1991 recording with bassist Neil Swainson and drummer Paul Humphrey at the Paul Masson Winery
Bryan Vargas & ¡Ya Está! -
Afro Latino Soul (Mofongo Music) June 7
Eyvind Kang -
Virginal Co Ordinates (Ipecac) May 4
Various Artists -
Forum West: Modern Jazz From West Germany -
Wewerka Archive 1962-1968 (Sonar Kollektiv) Mar 23
— groups led by Hans Koller, Wolfgang Dauner, Rolf & Joachim Kuhn, Joe Nay & Fritz Pauer
and others
non-jazz items of interest
Santana -
Santana - 2 CDs (Columbia/Legacy) Oct 12
— double-CD version of Santana's first album, issued in 1969;
bonus material includes alternate takes plus previously unissued performances from Woodstock
Kenneth Rexroth and Lawrence Ferlinghetti -
Poetry Readings in the Cellar (Fantasy) Oct 12
— first CD issue of 1958 San Francisco "jazz and poetry" session
Charles Bukowski -
Charles Bukowski Reads His Poetry (Takoma) Oct 12
— 1973 recording featuring new liner notes by Richard Meltzer
Yohimbe Brothers -
The Tao of Yo (Thirsty Ear) Oct 12
— featuring Vernon Reid & DJ Logic
Astor Piazolla -
María de Buenos Aires - 2 CDs (Milan) Oct 12
— new recording of 1968 work
2003 jazz releases
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