Jazzmatazz Newsletter 210 - January 4, 2005 Jazz Releases

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8 January 2005

Jazzmatazz Newsletter
#210

Recent jazz releases
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New Issues
4 January 2005

Vido Musso - Swingin'st (Ace) Jan 4
— mid-1950s small-group swing; with Maynard Ferguson

Craig Raymond and the Next Generation Big Band - Let's Dance Band Stand (Alanna Records) Jan 4
— with guests Buddy DeFranco and Larry McKenna

Larry Coryell - Bolero (Black & Blue) Jan 4
Tiny Grimes - Food For Thought (Black & Blue) Jan 4
Slam Stewart - Fish Scales (Black & Blue) Jan 4

Duke Ellington - Complete Prestige Carnegie Hall 1946-1947 Concerts - 3 CDs (Definitive) Jan 4

Sam Arlen - Arlen Plays Arlen: A Timeless Tribute to Harold Arlen (JoSam Records) Jan 4
— Harold Arlen's son Sam plays tenor sax in a jazz tribute to celebrate the 100th anniversay of Howard Arlen's birth

Mimi Blais - Sunday Morning (Orange Music) Jan 4 — piano

Martin Taylor - The Valley (P3 Music 011) Jan 4

Monk's Music Trio - Think of One (CMB Records) Jan 4
— album of Thelonious Monk tunes by Si Perkoff (piano), Chuck Bernstein (drums) & Sam Bevan (bass)

Carlos Bechegas/Andrew Goudbeek/Peter Jacquemyn - Open Density (Forward.rec 04) Jan
— Carlos Bechegas (flutes and voice), Andrew Goudbeek (alto sax, bass clarinet and bandoneon), Peter Jacquemyn (contrabass); recorded live at the 29th Antwerp Free Music on 2 August 2002
Carlos Bechegas/Peter Kowald - Open VIEW (Forward.rec 05) Jan
— Carlos Bechegas (flutes, electronics and voice), Peter Kowald (contrabass & voice); recorded live in Lisbon on 5 October 1999

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Slow Breath, Silent Mind (Kufala) Jan 4

Club D'Elf - 100 Years of Flight (Kufala) Jan 4
Club D'Elf - Live At Tonic New York Ny 5-26-04 (Kufala) Jan 4
Daniel Lapp - Best Of Merry CHETmas: A Tribute To Chet Baker (Kufala) Jan 4

— Daniel Lapp (vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn, violin); Karel Roessingh (piano); Joey Smith (bass); Don Leppard (drums)
Daniel Lapp - A Tribute To Chet Baker: Victoria, B.C. 12/20/02 (Kufala) Jan 4
Daniel Lapp - Victoria, B.C. 12/21/02 (Kufala) Jan 4
LappElectro - Live: Seattle, WA 7/01 (Kufala) Jan 4

George Pajon, Jr. - Fried Plantains (Kufala) Jan 4

— George Pajon, Jr. (guitar); Fred Wesley, Printz Board, Tim Izo, Elizabeth Lea (horns); Robert Walter (Fender Rhodes piano, organ); Mike Fratantuno, Caleb Spier (bass); Mike Clark, George Sluppick, Satnam Ramgotra, Robin DiMaggio, Terence Graves (drums); Chuck Prada (percussion)

Zony Mash - Farewell Shows: Seattle, WA - 2 CDs (Kufala) Jan 4

— Tim Young (guitar); Wayne Horvitz (Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond b-3 organ); Keith Lowe (bass instrument); Andy Roth (drums); recorded in Seattle, Washington, Dec. 12-13, 2003

Chris Murphy - On A Blue Afternoon (Kufala) Jan 4
Jay Rodriguez - New York, NY 3/7/03 - 2 CDs (Kufala) Jan 4

— Jay Rodriguez (saxophone, flute); Marco Benevento (Hammond B-3 organ); Joe Russo (drums)

Curtis Amy - Mosaic Select - 3 CDs (Mosaic Select 7) Jan 4
Bob Brookmeyer - Mosaic Select - 3 CDs (Mosaic Select 9) Jan 4
Dave Liebman & Richie Beirach - Mosaic Select - 3 CDs (Mosaic Select 12) Jan 4
— read the JAZZMATAZZ review
Duke Pearson - Mosaic Select - 3 CDs (Mosaic Select 8) Jan 4
Dizzy Reece - Mosaic Select - 3 CDs (Mosaic Select 11) Jan 4
Bud Shank - Mosaic Select - 3 CDs (Mosaic Select 10) Jan 4

Mora's Modern Swingtet - 20th Century Closet (Mr. Ace) Jan 4

Basin Street Boys - Satchelmouth Baby (Night Train) Jan 4
— the complete Exclusive recordings (1946-48) by early vocal group that mixes jazz, jive, blues & smooth harmonies

Don Ewell - Denver Concert (Storyville) Jan 4
— recorded live in concert in 1966; includes six previously unissued tracks; Don Ewell: piano; Charles Burrell: bass; Barbara Dane: vocals, guitar
Billie Holiday - The Sensitive Billie Holiday (Storyville) Jan 4
— 26 tunes from 1940-49, including her last official recordings with Lester Young and Teddy Wilson; with her own group plus groups fronted by Benny Carter, Eddie Heywood, Teddy Wilson, Red Norvo, Percy Faith, All Star Jam Band and the Apollo House Band
Stuff Smith Quartet - Hot Stuff (Storyville) Jan 4
— features a 1965 Jazzhus Montmartre concert and a 1966 radio session with Svend Assmussen
— Stuff Smith, violin, vocals/Svend Assmussen, violin, vocals/Kenny Drew, piano/Jørgen Borch, piano/Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, bass/Erik Mølbæk, bass/Alex Riel, drums/Bjarne Rostvols, drums

Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Footloose And Fancy Free - 2 CDs (Summerfold) Jan 4
Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Sound of Surprise (Voiceprint) Jan 4

Michael Hackett - Circles (Summit) Jan 4
— Michael Hackett (trumpet, flugelhorn); Todd Bashore (sopranino saxophone, alto saxophone); Vincent Gardner (trombone); Mike Holober (piano); Phil Palombi (double bass); Aaron Scott (drums); originals and standards on a strong, straight ahead leader debut

Jim Seeley/Arturo O'Farill Quintet - Jim Seeley/Arturo O'Farill Quintet (Zoho 200501) Jan 4
— with Andy Gonzalez, Phoenix Rivera and Jed Levy

Jazz Books

Douglas Henry Daniels - One O'Clock Jump:
The Unforgettable History of the Oklahoma City Blue Devils (Beacon Press) Jan 2
— 320 pages; hardcover

Michelle Mercher - Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter (Jeremy P. Tarcher) Jan 1
— first biography of Shorter; 320 pages, HC

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other recent jazz releases
(from August to last week)
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Sirone - Concord (NotTwo 751) Dec
— Sirone: contrabass & compositions, Ben Abarbanel-Wolff: tenor sax, Ulli Bartel: violin and Maurice de Martin: drums

Michael Wintsch/Fred Frith/Franziska Bauman/Bernard Trontin - Whisperings (RecRec 75) Dec

Dan McMillion Jazz Orchestra - Give It One (Sea Breeze) Nov 2

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upcoming jazz releases
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earlier 2004 jazz releases
(Jan-Aug)
[jazzmatazz.home.att.net/cds2004.html]
[jazzmatazz.home.att.net/releases/jazzmatazz_cds2004.zip]

Sofia Laiti - You Don't Know Me (Midnight Sun Productions) Aug 17

— with Houston Person, Larry Ham, Leon Lee Dorsy, Vince Ector

Marlon Simon and the Nagual Spirits - Live in La Paz Bolivia (Intrigue) May 7

— with Houston Person, Larry Ham, Leon Lee Dorsy, Vince Ector

2003 jazz releases
[jazzmatazz2.home.att.net/cds2003.html]
[jazzmatazz.home.att.net/releases/jazzmatazz_cds2003.zip]

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8 January 2005