Jazzmatazz - 2004 Best-of-Year

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12 January 2005

Jazzmatazz Newsletter
#211

2004 Best of Year

Here's our (almost) annual list of our favorite jazz titles of the past year. We have a baker's dozen titles in our top new issues list, plus lists of favorite boxed sets, reissues, DVDs and books.

We also have a couple dozen Honorable Mention titles, which are followed by a batch of additional titles that are worth listening to. We have posted reviews of many of the titles. — ALAN LANKIN

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Most titles that don't have a link can be purchased at either Cadence or Downtown Music Gallery in the U.S. or Verge Music in Canada.

2004 Best-of-Year
New Issues

Peter Brotzmann - Medicina (Atavistic 149) Oct 19

— 2003 trio studio recording of Peter Brötzmann (alto & tenor saxes, tarogato, a-cl), Peter Friis Nielsen (el-bass), Peeter Uuskyla (drums); recorded in Sweden

Dave Burrell's Full-Blown Trio - Expansion (High Two Recording 001) June 8

— with William Parker and Andrew Cyrille

Bill Charlap Trio - Somewhere: the Songs of Leonard Bernstein (Blue Note) Mar 23

— with Peter Washington and Kenny Washington

Pierre Favre & Arte Quartett - Saxophones (Intakt 093) June
— Pierre Favre: drums, composer / Michel Godard: tuba / Beat Hofstettter, Sacha Armbruster, Andrea Formenti & Beat Kappeler: saxophones

Dennis Gonzalez New York Quartet - NY Midnight Suite (Clean Feed 020)
— Dennis Gonzalez: trumpet, Ellery Eskelin: tenor saxophone, Mark Helias: double bass, Mike Thompson: drums

Rudresh Mahanthappa - Mother Tongue (Pi Recordings 14) Oct 26
— Rudresh Mahanthappa: alto saxophone, Vijay Iyer: piano , François Moutin: bass, Elliot Humberto Kavee: drums

Kevin Norton's Living Language - Intuitive Structures (Cadence 1166)
— with Norton (drums, vibes & percussion), Louie Belogenis (tenor & soprano saxes),
Tomas Ulrich (cello) and John Lindberg (contrabass)

Greg Osby - Public (Blue Note) June 1

— live album recorded at NYC's Jazz Standard in Jan. 2004
— with trumpter Nicholas Payton, pianist Megumi Yonezawa, bassist Robert Hurst and drummer Rodney Green
— tunes from last year's St. Louis Shoes plus some standards

Ned Rothenberg & Peter A. Schmid - En Passant (Creative Works) May
— Ned Rothenberg: alto sax, clarinet, bass clarinet & shakuhachi and Peter A. Schmid: tubax, taragot, bass & contrabass clarinet

Maria Schneider Orchestra - Concert in the Garden (artistShare) July 1
— features three new commissioned works

Elliot Sharp - Velocity of Hue (2003) (Emanem 4098) Nov 2003
— solo acoustic guitar; liner notes by Marc Ribot

Jeff "Tain" Watts - Detained at the Blue Note (Half Note Records) Sept 14

— read the JAZZMATAZZ capsule review

Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts - Wake Up! (to what's happening) (Palmetto) Sept 14

— Dennis Irwin (clarinet, bass); Terell Stafford (trumpet, flugelhorn); Larry Goldings (piano, organ); Matt Wilson (drums)
— read the JAZZMATAZZ review

2004 Best-of-Year
Jazz Boxed Sets

Albert Ayler - Holy Ghost: Rare & Unissued Recordings (1962-1970) - 9 CD box set (Revenant Records 213) Oct 5
— comprehensive & elaborate look at the controversial and influential saxopohonist
— nine CDs; seven CDs of rare and previously unreleased recordings with musicians including
      Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Gary Peacok, Sunny Murray, Don Cherry,
      Burton Greene, Rashied Ali, Don Ayler, Ronald Shannon Jackson,
      Beaver Harris, Milford Graves, Pharoah Sanders, Richard Davis,
      Dave Burrell, Roger Blank, Sam Rivers, etc.
— two CDs of 1964-70 interviews with Ayler (plus 1971 interview w/ Don Cherry)
— 208 page full-color hardbound book with:
    — new essays by Amira Baraka, Val Wilmer, Ben Young, Marc Chaloin,
       Daniel Caux and Carl Woideck
    — remembrances by musicians and others who knew or heard Ayler
    — track by track notes and profiles of sidemen and photos
    — chronolgy of Ayer's performances and recordings
— housed in plastic Spirit Box cast from the wooden handcarved original
— with facsimiles of vintage posters, cards and publications,
    including one by Larry Haines and excerpts from Cricket magazine
— a beautiful package from Revenant

Miles Davis - Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis, 1963-64
     7 CDs (Columbia) Sept 28
— read the JAZZMATAZZ review
— "Seven Steps" includes material from the following albums:
— Seven Steps to Heaven (studio, Apr-May 1963), with George Coleman (tenor sax),
     Ron Carter (bass) and either Victor Feldman (piano) & Frank Butler (drums)
     or Herbie Hancock (piano) & Tony Williams (drums);
     includes previously unreleased alternate takes of "Joshua" and two of "Seven Steps"
     with Feldman and a rehearsal take of "Seven Steps" with Hancock
— Miles in Europe (Antibes, 27Jul1963), continuing with
     George Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams,
     with the previously unissued tunes "Bye Bye Blackbird" (16'47) & "Theme" (6'06),
     plus the unedited versions of "Autumn Leaves" (13'55), "Joshua" (11'36)
     and "All of You" (16'54)
— the complete Philharmonic Hall concert (12Feb1964), with both sets complete
     and in performance order
     (originally issued out-of-sequence as My Funny Valentine and Four & More);
     includes previously unissued tune "Autumn Leaves" (10'40),
     plus introductions by Mort Fega & Billy Taylor
— Miles in Tokyo (14Jul1964), with Sam Rivers on tenor sax
— Miles in Berlin (25Sep1964), with Wayne Shorter on tenor sax;
     includes a previously unissued version of "Stella by Starlight" (12'54)
— in all, set includes over an hour of previously unreleased music
— includes 92-page booklet with liner notes by Bob Blumenthal, a full discography of the period
     and rare and previously-unpublished photos of the musicians
— and the initial pressings are packaged with a metal spine

2004 Best-of-Year
Vintage Issues and Reissues

Anthony Braxton - Solo (Milano) 1979 (Golden Years of New Jazz 20) Oct 28, 2003

Duke Ellington - Piano in the Background (Columbia/Legacy) July 27

— from 1961; with five bonus tracks, including a previously unissued version of "Harlem Air Shaft" from 1961
— read the JAZZMATAZZ review

The Globe Unity Orchestra & the Choir of the NDR-Broadcast - Live at Hamburg '74
(Atavistic Unheard Music Series 248/FMP) Sept 14

— Derek Bailey (guitar); Evan Parker, Gerd Dudek, Peter Brotzmann, Rudiger Carl, Michel Pilz (reeds); Kenny Wheeler (trumpet); Peter Kowald (tuba, double bass); Gunter Christmann, Paul Rutherford, Manfred Schoof (brass); Alexander Von Schlippenbach (piano); Han Bennink (drums); one composition each by Schlippenbach & Schoof; first time on CD

Andrew Hill - Dance with Death (Blue Note Connoisseur) Oct 5

— with Joe Farrell, Victor Sproles, Billy Higgins, Charles Tolliver; 1968; includes alternate take of title track; first CD issue

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 Lacy Five - The Way - 2 CDs (Hatology 605) Nov
— Steve Lacy, soprano sax, vocals; Steve Potts, alto & soprano sax; Irene Aebi, violin, cello, vocals; Kent Carter, double bass; Oliver Johnson, drums; recorded live in concert January 23, 1979, Basel

Warne Marsh - All Music (Nessa 07) Mar 16
— first CD issue of 1976 recording
— with Lou Levy, Fred Atwood, and Jake Hanna
— includes alternate takes and one bonus track; 78'

Revolutionary Ensemble - The Psyche (Mutable Music 17514) Feb 24

— Revolutionary Ensemble: Leroy Jenkins (violin & viola), Sirone (bass) & Jerome Cooper (drums & piano)
— first CD release of the group's rare third LP from 1975

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

2004 Best-of-Year
DVDs

Miles Davis - Miles Electric - A Different Kind Of Blue - DVD (Eagle Eye Media) Nov 16
— Miles at the Isle of Wight Festival in the summer of 1970 with Gary Bartz on soprano sax, Chick Corea on electric piano, Keith Jarrett on organ, Dave Holland on electric bass, Jack DeJohnette on drums and Airto Moreira on percussion;
— includes the 38-minute IoW performance, plus 85 minutes of extras, including interviews with performers and others; plus vintage clips and interviews with Miles himself

Duke Ellington - The Centennial Collection - CD+DVD (RCA Bluebird) Aug 24

— the CD includes seven previously unreleased tracks from two dates from 1940 & '41 featuring the famous "Blanton-Webster" band; one tune features a rare one-minute bass solo by Jimmie Blanton; the CD opens with thirteen tunes recorded from RCA from 1927-42; transfers and mastering by Steven Lasker
— bonus DVD features performance footage by the Ellington band: "Symphony in Black" (1934), "Record Making with DE & his Orchestra" (1937), five "Soundies" (1941); "Jamboree #7" (1943) plus a previously unreleased 11:00 audio interview with Duke from 1941

Coleman Hawkins - The Centennial Collection - CD+DVD (RCA Bluebird) Aug 24

— CD includes twenty tracks from 1929-1963 as a leader and with Fletcher Henderson and Lionel Hampton; it opens and close with two different versions (from 1939 and 1956) of his famous "Body and Soul"; selected and annotated by Dan Morganstern; transfers by Doug Pomeroy; bonus DVD includes five rare 1950s TV performances

Thelonious Monk - Monk 'Round The World - CD+DVD (Hyena/Thelonious Records) Aug 3

— 1961-64 live recordings featuring Charlie Rouse, plus a bonus DVD of a 27-minute performance by Monk's trio at London's Marquee Club in May 1965

2004 Best-of-Year
Jazz Books

Larry Kart - Jazz in Search of Itself (Yale Univ. Press) Nov 30
— collection of liner notes, reviews, profiles and essays; many from the Chicago Tribune and Downbeat; 352 pages, HC

Dan Morgenstern - Living with Jazz: A Reader (Pantheon Books) Nov 16
— 711 pages; edited by Sheldon Meyer

2004 Best-of-Year
Honorable Mention

Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel - Buzz (Palmetto) May 25

— Ted Nash (flute, tenor saxophone); Michael Blake (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Clark Gayton (trombone, bass trombone); Frank Kimbrough (piano, prepared piano, wurlitzer piano); Ben Allison (double bass); Michael Sarin (drums)

Jamie Baum - Moving Forward, Standing Still (OmniTone 15206) Aug 10

— composed and arranged by flutist Baum
— septet with Ralph Alessi (trumpet, flugelhorn), Doug Yates (alto sax, bass clarinet), Tom Varner (French horn), George Colligan (piano, electric piano), Drew Gress (bass) and Jeff Hirschfield (drums)
— read the JAZZMATAZZ capsule review

Alice Coltrane - Translinear Light (Impulse!) Sept 28

— new recording; with Alice Coltrane (piano, Wurlitzer organ, synthesizer); The Sai Anantam Ashram Singers (vocals); Ravi Coltrane (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Oran Coltrane (alto saxophone); James Genus (bass); Charlie Haden (double bass); Jack DeJohnette, Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums); her first studio recording in over 26 years

David Berger and the Sultans of Swing - Marlowe (Such Sweet Thunder) Oct 12

Marc Copland/Gary Peacock - What It Says (Sketch 333040) May
— piano & bass duets recorded in NYC in 2002

Gary Hassay & Ellen Christi - Tribute to Paradise (Drimala) Oct

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
— performed by three different quartets; musicians include Mark Jesefsberg, Lindsey Horner, David Hofstra, Joe Ruddick, Jonathan Dryden and Barbara Merjan

Frank Kimbrough - Lullabluebye (Palmetto) Apr 27

— trio recording with Ben Allison and Matt Wilson

Soweto Kinch - Conversations With The Unseen (Dune Records) Sept 7

— read the JAZZMATAZZ capsule review

Tony Malaby Trio - Adobe (Sunnyside) Aug 31

— read the JAZZMATAZZ capsule review

Joe Maneri/Mat Maneri/Barre Phillips - Angles of Repose (ECM 1862) July 13

— recorded in the chapel of Ste. Philomene in the south of France near Phillips’s home; notes by Steve Lake

Branford Marsalis Quartet - Eternal (Marsalis Music) Sept 14

— ballads album; with pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Eric Revis and drummer Jeff "Tain" Waits
— read the JAZZMATAZZ capsule review

Jon Mayer - The Classics (Reservoir Music 175) Feb 17

— Mayer (piano); Rufus Reid (bass); Willie Jones III (drums)
— trio versions of jazz standards by Kenny Barron, Benny Carter, Miles Davis, Tadd Dameron, Bill Evans, Benny Golson, Joe Henderson, Jackie Mclean, Gordon Parks, Sonny Rollins, Horace Silver

Roscoe Mitchell - Solo [3] - 3 CDs (Mutable Music 17515) Feb 24

— three CD set of new solo music
— disc one: Tech Ritter and the Megabytes - overdubbed and solo pieces
— disc two: Solar Flares for Alto Saxophone - solo alto pieces
— disc three: The Percussion Cage and Music on the Go - performed in his percussion construction

Larry Ochs/Joan Jeanrenaud/Miya Masaoka - Fly Fly Fly (Intakt 092) June
— Larry Ochs: tenor and soprano saxophones / Jean Jeanrenaud: cello, sampling / Miya Masaoka: koto, electronics
— all compositions by Ochs; liner notes include an interview with Ochs

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

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

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

Matthew Shipp - Harmony & Abyss (Thirsty Ear) Sept 28

— with William Parker, Gerald Cleaver and FLAM

Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls - Breeding Resistance (Delmark 551) Feb 24

— Jeb Bishop, trombone; Geof Bradfield, tenor sax; Jeff Parker, guitar; Clark Sommers, bass; Ted Sirota, drums

Cecil Taylor & the Italian Instabile Orchestra - The Owner of the Riverbank (Enja Justin Time) Mar 23
— Carlo Actis Dato, Vincenzo Mazzone, Mario Schiano and Gianluigi Trovesi are some of the 18 musicians; includes bonus five minute video of a performance

Mark Turner/Larry Grenadier/Jeff Ballard - Fly (Savoy) Feb 10

Triage - American Mythology (Okka Disk 053) Sept
— Dave Rempis (alto & tenor sax), Jason Ajemian (bass) and Tim Daisy (drums)

Fay Victor - Lazy Old Sun: Live/Life in the Low Lands (Greene Ave Records) Oct 5

2004 Best-of-Year
Other Notable New Releases

John Abercrombie Quartet - Class Trip (ECM 1846) Apr 27

— with Mark Feldman, violin; Marc Johnson, bass and Joey Baron, drums

Fred Anderson/Hamid Drake - Back Together Again (Thrill Jockey) Mar 23

— tenor sax and drum duests
— includes bonus CD-ROM disc featuring video of three of the eight tunes plus an interview with the musicians

Derek Bailey & Milo Fine - Scale Points on the Fever Curve (2003) (Emanem 4099)

Frode Berg - Dig it! (Nagel Heyer 2040) Mar 30
— with Petter Wettre, Roy Powell & Andreas Bye

Tim Berne's Big Satan - Souls Saved Hear (Thirsty Ear) July 27

— with Marc Ducret & Tom Rainey
— studio recording produced by David Torn

Andy Bey - American Song (Savoy) Feb 24

— standards album arranged by Geri Allen; with Bey (vocals, piano); Frank Wess (saxophone); Dwight Andrews (reeds); Vernell Garnett (trumpet); Steve Davis (trombone); Geri Allen (piano); Paul Meyers (guitar); Kiyoshi Kitagawa (bass); Mark McLean (drums); Mino Cinelu (percussion)

Raoul Björkenheim & Lukas Ligeti - Shadowglow (Tum 006) Feb
— Raoul Bjorkenheim (guitar) and Lukas Ligeti (drums)

Brotzmann/McPhee/Kessler/Zerang - Tales Out of Time (Hatology 589) Mar
— Peter Brötzmann, alto & tenor saxophone / Joe McPhee, tenor saxophone, pocket cornet & trumpet /
Kent Kessler, double bass / Michael Zerang, drums & percussion

Uri Caine Trio - Live at the Village Vanguard (Winter & Winter 102) June 8

— with Ben Perowsky and Drew Gress

Deep Blue Organ Trio - Deep Blue Bruise (Delmark DE 556) Oct 12

— Chris Forman (Hammond B3 organ), Bobby Broom (guitar), Greg Rockingham (drums)

Paul Dunmall & Paul Rogers - Awareness Response (2003) (Emanem 4101)
— reed & bass duet improvisations

Ellery Eskelin - Ten: EEwAP&JP+3(10) (Hatology 611) Oct 5
— Ellery Eskelin: tenor saxophone, Andrea Parkins: piano, accordion, sampler, Jim Black: drums and percussion and guests: Marc Ribot: electric guitar, Melvin Gibbs: electric bass, Jessica Constable: voice; notes by Eskelin

Don Friedman Trio - My Favorite Things (441 Records 027) Sept 14

— with George Mraz and Lewis Nash
— read the JAZZMATAZZ capsule review

Don Friedman - Hot House (Chiaroscuro) Apr 6

— Don Friedman (piano); Tim Armacost (tenor saxophone); Ron McLure (bass); Tony Jefferson (drums)

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

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

Vinnie Golia Quintet - One, Three, Two - 2 CDs (Jazz'halo) June
— with Michael Vlatkovich (tb), Nels Cline (g), Alex Cline (d), Scott Walton (b)

Peter Kowald/Alberto Braida/Giancarlo Locatelli - Aria (Free Elephant 004) Nov 9
— bassist Kowald's last studio recording, made with pianist Braida and clarinetist Locatelli in Milan on 9/15/2002

Tom Lawton - Retrospective/Debut - 2 CDs (Dreambox Media 1070) May
— with Ben Schachter, John Swana, Lee Smith & Jim Miller

Dom Minasi - Quick Response (CDM 1005) Oct
— Dom Minasi (guitar), Mark Whitecage (alto sax), Kyle Koehler (organ), John Bollinger (drums)

David Murray & The Gwo-Ka Masters featuring Pharoah Sanders - Gwotet (Justin Time) June 8
— David Murray (tenor saxophone); Christian Laviso (vocals, guitar); Klod Kiavue (vocals, drums); Francois Ladrezeau (vocals, drum); Herve Samb (guitar); Angel Ballester Veliz (flute, alto saxophone); Moises Marquez Leyva (baritone saxophone); Alexander Brown, Carlos Sonduy Dimet, Elpidio Chappotin Delgado (trumpet); Leonardo Garcia Alarcon (trombone); Jaribu Shahid (double bass, bass guitar); Hamid Drake (drums); plus Pharoah Sanders (tenor saxophone)

Mario Pavone Quartet - Boom (Playscape) Sept 7
— Mario Pavone, bass/composer; Tony Malaby, tenor and soprano saxophones; Peter Madsen, piano; Matt Wilson, drums

Bruno Råberg Nonet - Chrysalis (Orbis Music) Nov 30

— Bruno Raberg (bass, compositions), Anders Bostrom (flutes), Allan Chase (soprano, alto sax), Donny McCasline (soprano & tenor saxes, clarinet), Phil Grenadier (trumpet), Jeff Galindo (trombone), Tim Kelly (bass trombone), Mick Goodrick (guitar), Marcelo Pellitteri (drums and percussion)

The Revolutionary Ensemble - And Now... (Pi Recordings 13) Oct 19
— Leroy Jenkins: violin, Sirone: double bass, Jerome Cooper: drums, percussion, keyboards
— the first new recording by this legendary group since 1977

Jerome Sabbagh - North (Fresh Sound New Talent 203) Oct 19
— Jerome Sabbagh (tenor sax), Ben Monder (guitar), Joe Martin (bass), Ted Poor (drums)

Rob Schneiderman - Back In Town (Reservoir 178) Oct 16

— trio with Boris Kozlov & Johnathan Blake

Dave Schnitter - Sketch (Sunnyside/Omix Records SSC 4701) Aug 3

— originals and standards by the ex-Messenger; David Schnitter (tenor saxophone); James Zoller (trumpet); Thomas Bramerie (double bass); Jimmy Madison (drums)

Dr. Lonnie Smith - Too Damn Hot (Palmetto) Oct 12

— Dr. Lonnie Smith (organ); Peter Bernstein, Rodney Jones (guitar); Gregory Hutchinson, Fukushi Tainaka (drums)

John Scofield Trio - EnRoute: Live (Verve) May 11

— Steve Swallow and Bill Stewart

Tierney Sutton - Dancing in the Dark: Inspired by the Music of Frank Sinatra - CD (Telarc) Feb 10

Bobby Watson & Horizon - Horizon Reassembled (Palmetto) June 29

— Bobby Watson (alto saxophone); Terell Stafford (trumpet, flugelhorn); Edward Simon (piano); Essiet Essiet (double bass); Victor Lewis (drums)

David Weiss Sextet - The Mirror (Fresh Sound New Talent 204) Oct 19
— David Weiss (trumpet), Steve Davis (trombone), Norbert Stachel (baritone sax, bass clarinet), Craig Handy (tenor sax), Marcus Strickland (tenor sax), Myron Walden (alto sax), Xavier Davis (piano), Dwayne Burno (bass), E.J. Strickland (drums), Nasheet Waits (drums)

2004 Best-of-Year
Other Notable Vintage Releases and Reissues

Duke Ellington - Piano in the Foreground (Columbia/Legacy) July 27

— 1961 trio session with Aaron Bell (bass) & Sam Woodyard (drums)
— plus 1957 bonus trio session from 1957 with Jimmy Woode (bass) & Woodyward (six tracks) & one bonus track from '61 session
— read the JAZZMATAZZ review

Les McCann - Invitation to Openness (Water 138) Aug 31

— reissue of 1971 Atlantic Records issue
— read the JAZZMATAZZ capsule review

McCoy Tyner - Counterpoints: Live In Tokyo (Milestone) Sept 28

— previously unreleased solo, duo and trio pieces recorded in July, 1978
— with Ron Carter and Tony Williams; notes by producer Ed Michel

buy: Solo Piano Recital - Teatro La Fenice

Sun Ra - Solo Piano Recital - Teatro La Fenice - Venezia (Golden Years of New Jazz 21)
— 1977

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12 January 2005

Jazzmatazz Newsletter #211

2004 Best-of-Year New Issues

2004 Best-of-Year Jazz Boxed Sets

2004 Best-of-Year Vintage Issues and Reissues

2004 Best-of-Year DVDs

2004 Best-of-Year Jazz Books

2004 Best-of-Year Honorable Mention

2004 Best-of-Year Other Notable New Releases

2004 Best-of-Year Other Notable Vintage Releases and Reissues