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23 January 2005
Jazzmatazz Newsletter
#212
Recent jazz releases
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11 January 2005
Miles Davis -
A Tribute to Jack Johnson (Columbia/Legacy) Jan 11
— with Herbie Hancock; John McLaughlin; Steve Grossman; Billy Cobham; Michael Henderson; Brock Peters; Sonny Sharrock;
1970; remastered
Paris Combo -
Motifs (DRG) Jan 11
Abram Wilson -
Jazz Warrior (Dune 011) Jan 11
Randy Johnston -
Is It You? (HighNote 7122) Jan 11
— with Xavier Davis: piano; Dwayne Burno: bass; Gene Jackson: drums
David "Fathead" Newman -
I Remember Brother Ray (HighNote 7135) Jan 11
— David "Fathead" Newman (saxophone); John Hicks (piano); Steve Nelson (vibraphone); John Menegon (bass); Winard Harper (drums)
Wesla Whitfield -
In My Life (HighNote 7132) Jan 11
The Onus -
Triphony (Hipnotic Records) Jan 11
— Darryl Harper (clarinet); Matthew Parrish (bass instrument); Butch Reed (drums)
The Onus -
Y'All Got It: Music from "The Wiz" by Charlie Smalls (Hipnotic Records) Jan 11
— Jeff Ray (guitar); Darryl Harper (clarinet); Harry Appelman (piano, organ); Matthew Parrish (bass instrument); Butch Reed (drums)
Stochelo Rosenberg & Romane -
Double Jeu (Iris Music) Jan 11
— Romane (guitar), Stochelo Rosenberg (guitar), Stephane Huchard (drums), Marc-Michel Le Bevillon (bass);
modern "Gypsy jazz"
Miles Davis Quintet featuring Barney Wilen -
Amsterdam Concert (Lonehill Jazz 141) Jan 11
— 12/8/1957 Concertgebouw broadcast with the Rene Urtreger quartet
Rebirth Brass Band -
The Main Event: Live At The Maple Leaf (Mardi Gras Records) Jan 11
— 1999
Jason Miles -
Miles To Miles: In The Spirit Of Miles Davis (Narada) Jan 11
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra -
A Love Supreme (Palmetto 2106) Jan 11
— Joe Temperley, Ted Nash, Victor Goines, Walter Blanding, Wess "Warmdaddy" Anderson (saxophones);
Lew Soloff, Marcus Printup, Ryan Kisor, Wynton Marsalis (trumpet); Ronald Westray, Vincent Gardner, Andre Hayward (trombone); Eric Lewis (piano); Carlos Henriquez (bass); Herlin Riley (drums);
liner notes: Stanley Crouch
Gordon Goodwin -
Swingin' for the Fences (Silverline Records) Jan 11
858 Quartet -
Richter 858 - hybrid SACD (Songlines) Jan 11
— Bill Frisell (guitar and electronics), Hank Roberts (cello),
Jenny Scheinman (violin), Eyvind Kang (viola)
— music originally composed for (and included with) an elaborate book
on painter
Gerhard Richter that was published in 2002
Ken Walker Sextet -
Terra Firma (Synergy Music 80024) Jan 11
Archie Shepp/Mal Waldron -
Left Alone Revisited: A Tribute to Billie Holiday (Synergy Music 80025) Jan 11
— pianist Waldron's last studio recording
before his death in 2002
David Sanborn -
Closer (Verve) Jan 11
— David Sanborn (alto saxophone); Lizz Wright (vocals); Russell Malone (guitar); Bob Sheppard (flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Gil Goldstein (accordion, electric piano); Larry Goldings (electric piano, organ); Mike Mainieri (vibraphone); Christian McBride (bass); Steve Gadd (drums); Luis Quintero (percussion)
Larry Chernicoff -
October (Windy Planet) Jan 11
Jazz DVDs
Count Basie -
Swinging at His Best - DVD (Passport Video) Jan 11
Cab Calloway -
Swinging at His Best - DVD (Passport Video) Jan 11
Duke Ellington -
Swinging at His Best - DVD (Passport Video) Jan 11
Stan Getz -
The Last Recording - DVD (Pioneer/Geneon) Jan 11
— 93 minutes; filmed at the Munich Philharmonic Hall in 1990
— musicians include Kenny Barron
Chick Corea and Gary Burton -
Interaction - DVD (Pioneer/Geneon) Jan 11
— 80 minutes; 1997 performance plus interview
Lionel Hampton -
Lionel Hampton & His Golden Men of Jazz - DVD (Pioneer/Geneon) Jan 11
— 1993 recording; 99 minutes; Benny Golson
Jimmy Scott -
If You Only Knew - DVD (Rhino) Jan 11
— 2003 documentary on the singer; includes bonus audio commentary by Scott and
director Matthew Buzzelli, plus some deleted scenes
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers -
Jazz Masters - DVD (Shanachie) Jan 11
— 1982 concert with Wynton and Branford Marsalis
Benny Carter -
Jazz Masters - DVD (Shanachie) Jan 11
Jazz Books
Jeffrey Magee -
The Uncrowned King of Swing: Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz
(Oxford University Press) Jan 13
— biography and musical analsysis; 304 pages
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other recent
jazz releases
(from August to last week)
[recent.Jazzmatazz.info]
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
Leslie Burrs -
Impressions of Another You (Dreambox Media 1076) Nov 4
— flute duets with pianist Kenny Barron
Leslie Burrs -
Blue Harlem, Black Knight (Dreambox Media 1009) Nov 4
— reissue; with Bobby Jones, Mark Knox, Gerald Veasley, Tommy Campbell, "Doc" Gibbs and Daryl Burgee
Dennis DiBlasio with the Rowan University Lab Band -
Collaberation (Dreambox Media 1073) Nov 4
— Behn Gillece (vibes), Johanthan Barnes (trumpet), Pam Levecchia (bassoon & contra bassoon), Adrian Nikolika (piano), Dave Lackner (alto sax), Owen Sczerba (baritone sax), Alison Mersiowsky (bass flute & flute), Chris Arter (guitar), George Rabbai (trumpet), Kara Milici (tenor sax), Maeve Royce (bass & cello), Nick Fernandez (flugelhorn), Jim Rattigan (French horn), Bradley Chwastyk (euphonium), Dr. Robert Rawlins (alto sax), Chis Pastin (drums), Doug Mapp (bass;
originals and jazz standards
Miss Justine -
The Many Moods of Miss Justine (Dreambox Media 1072) Nov 4
— with Tom Lawton, piano; Matt Parrish, bass; Leon Jordan, drums; Bill Lacy, trumpet; Larry McKenna, saxophone; Gerald (Twig) Smith, guitar
John Pastin -
Potenza (Dreambox Media 1074) Nov 4
— John Pastin, sax and flute; Behn Gillece, vibes; Maeve Royce, bass; Chris Pastin, drums; Larry Scott, piano
Benjamin Looker -
Point From Which Creation Begins: The Black Artists' Group of St. Louis (University of Missouri Press) Oct 31
— 316 pages; hardcover
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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]
Marc-André Hamelin -
Nikolai Kapustin: Piano Music (Hyperion) July 13
Jack A. Zucker -
Sheets of Sound for Guitar (Jack A. Zucker) April
— 300 pages; spiral-bound; instruction book for advanced guitar techniques
non-jazz items of interest
Petra Haden & Bill Frisell -
Petra Haden & Bill Frisell (Sovereign Artists) Jan 11
Memphis Slim -
Paris Mississippi Blues - 2 CDs (Sunnyside/Universal Music France) Jan 11
— selections from the America, Blue Star, Barclay, Festival, Fontana and Polydor labels
— with Willie Dixon, Roosevelt Sykes, Buddy Guy, Sonny Criss, Charlie McCoy,
Canned Heat, Peter Green and Freddy King
2003 jazz releases
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[jazzmatazz.home.att.net/releases/jazzmatazz_cds2003.zip]
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