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 | Miles Davis Quintet: The 1969 Berlin Concert (DVD: JazzShots)
For the first time ever on DVD, a superb live set by the 1969 Miles Davis Quintet, recorded in Berlin - including a 13+ minute version of ‘Bitches Brew’ and a 14+ version of “It’s About Time” from the “In A Silent Way” album, recorded earlier the same year.Personnel : Miles Davis, trumpet; Wayne Shorter, tenor & soprano sax; Chick Corea, electric piano; Dave Holland, bass & electric bass; Jack Dejohnette, drums - Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin, November 7, 1969. (Discovery Records)
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Ella Fitzgerald: Sings The Cole Porter Songbook (CD: Essential Jazz Classics, 2 CDs)
This is the complete classic Ella Fitzgerald double album “Sings The Cole Porter Song Book” (1956). The first of the celebrated song books recorded by Ella, produced by Norman Granz, and one of the best vocal jazz albums ever made. Ella Sings the Cole Porter Song Book” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000, which honours recordings that have “qualitative or historical significance”. In 2003, it was one of 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress in Washington to be added to the National Recording Registry. A live version of “Love for Sale” from the same period has been added as a bonus track. (Discovery Records)
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 | Dizzy Gillespie: The New Continent (CD: Jazz Collectors)
The complete Dizzy Gillespie big band album “The New Continent” (1962), appearing here on CD for the first time ever. Consisting of a suite composed by the band’s pianist Lalo Schifrin, this album features an all- star line-up, including Frank Rosolino, Conte Candoli, Phil Woods, James Moody, Bill Perkins and Mel Lewis.As a bonus, the label have added all existing tunes from a Dizzy Gillespie Quintet performance recorded live at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York, in 1961, which also features Schifrin. (Discovery Records)
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Pat Metheny: Orchestrion (CD: Nonesuch)
“Now,” says Pat Metheny, “ten years into the new century, it feels like time to try to create something particularly connected to the reality of this unique period in time.” What he’s created, Orchestrion, is an adventurous “solo” recording that pairs the composer-guitarist with a phalanx of remarkable, custom-made instruments played via solenoid switches and pneumatics, resulting in what the Guardian calls his "most ambitious experiment" yet. (Nonesuch)
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 | Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan: At Newport '63/ Havin' A Ball At The Village Gate (CD: Take Two)
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John Mayer: Etudes/ Radha Krishna (CD: First Hand)
John Mayer's success through the 1960's with Indo-Jazz Fusions saw the release of four LP's over a four year period. Indo-Jazz Suite (1966), Indo-Jazz Fusions (1967) ,Indo-Jazz Fusions II (1968), and Etudes (1969), Sonet SNT603 which is the only LP not to have been re-released until now.Two groundbreaking LPs on one CD, wonderfully remastered at Abbey Road Studios - Both albums appear on CD for the first time. “Etudes” was the last Indo-Jazz Fusions release with the old personnel. Four more albums were released between 1993 and 2000 with different band members. • “Radha Krishna”, which combines Indian modes with a strong classical Western influence, was originally released by EMI in 1971. Comprising of a large ensemble, including sitar, tabla, drums, sax, string trio, soprano, tenor etc... and featuring inspired solos from Tony Coe, Chris Taylor and Clem Alford. (Discovery Records)
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 | Quincy Jones: The Great Wide World Of (CD: Lone Hill Jazz)
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Bob Brookmeyer: Traditionalism Revisited (CD: Essential Jazz Classics)
The complete Brookmeyer Pacific Jazz album “Traditionalism Revisited”, featuring Jimmy Giuffre and Jim Hall. As a bonus, three songs that complete the sessions which were absent from the original LP, as well as two rare live tracks recorded by Brookmeyer, Giuffre and Hall during a TV show. (Discovery Records)
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 | Ronnie Scott & Tubby Hayes: The Couriers Of Jazz (Vinyl LP: Jazz Workshop)
Limited edition 180g pressing.
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Art Pepper: The Return Of (Vinyl LP: Jazz Workshop)
Limited edition 180g pressing.
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 | Paul Chambers: Chambers' Music (Vinyl LP: Jazz Workshop)
Limited edition 180g pressing.
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Red Garland: Red In Bluesville (Vinyl LP: Jazz Workshop)
Limited edition 180g pressing.
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 | Benny Golson: Just Jazz (Vinyl LP: Jazz Workshop)
Limited edition 180g pressing.
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Wayne Shorter: Wayning Moments (Vinyl LP: Jazz Workshop)
Limited edition 180g pressing.
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 | Wayne Shorter: Introducing (Vinyl LP: Jazz Workshop)
Limited edition 180g pressing.
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Gerry Mulligan Quartet: At Storyville (Vinyl LP: Jazz Workshop)
Limited edition 180g pressing.
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 | Pepper Adams & Jimmy Knepper: The Pepper-Knepper Quintet (Vinyl LP: Jazz Workshop)
Limited edition 180g pressing.
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Cecil Taylor: Piano Solo At Town Hall 1971 (CD: Free Factory)
On CD for the first time ever, this an impressive performance by Cecil Taylor at New York’s Town Hall in 1971, performing an uninterrupted, 50-plus minute medley combining parts of four of his pieces. As a bonus, there are two short quartet pieces taken from a rare broadcast, also appearing here on CD for the first time ever. (Discovery Records)
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 | Tommaso Starace Quartet: Don't Forget (CD: Edizioni Musicali Brocca)
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Esbjorn Svensson Trio: Retrospective- The Very Best Of e.s.t (CD: ACT)
Retrospective - The Very Best Of e.s.t. is a look back at the unique work of e.s.t. and a tribute to its mastermind Esbjörn Svensson.
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 | Vijay Iyer Trio: Historicity (CD: ACT)
With Historicity, Vijay Iyer one of today's most celebrated and innovative American jazz artists spectacularly redefines the classical notion of the piano trio.
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Ian Shaw: Somewhere Towards Love (CD: Splash Point)
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 | Jimmy Cobb Quartet: Jazz In The Key Of Blue (SACD: Chesky)
The eighty year old veteran drummer Jimmy Cobb is partnered by trumpeter Roy Hargrove, guitarist Russell Malone and bassist John Webber for this collection of warm, laidback standards.
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Eberhard Weber: Colours (CD: ECM, 3 CDs)
This three CD box brings together music recorded for ECM by Eberhard Weber’s band Colours: the albums “Yellow Fields” (1975), “Silent Feet” (1977) and “Little Movements” (1980). Throughout the six years of its existence, Colours was one of the most popular ensembles on the European jazz touring circuit – although Weber has always stressed the group’s conceptual distance from a jazz mainstream. Many idiomatic elements were combined in Colours’ stylistic mix. The group’s sound-world consciously extended the palette proposed by “The Colours of Chlo?”, Weber’s prize-winning ECM disc of 1974. As the innovative German bassist explains in the liner notes, “there were various aspects to the [Chlo?] session, from the reflective European or chamber music side of the writing, to some jazz-rock and a kind of pictorial play with minimalism. Eventually, all these aspects would be developed in Colours.” (ECM Records)
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 | Michael Garrick: For Love Of Duke...And Ronnie (CD: Jazz Academy)
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Michael Garrick Strings Quartet: A Green And Pleasant Land (CD: Jazz Academy)
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 | Michael Garrick: The New Quartet (CD: Jazz Academy)
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Michael Garrick & Anita Wardell: Down On Your Knees (CD: Jazz Academy)
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 | Paul Desmond & Jim Hall: Complete Recordings (CD: Jazz Collectors, 4 CDs)
An outstanding 4-CD collection comprising the complete master takes by Paul Desmond’s piano-less quartet with Jim Hall. Produced under superb studio conditions, these are some of the very best recordings ever made by the saxophonist.This release includes the original albums: "First Place Again"(1959), "Take Ten" (1963), "Bossa Antigua" (1964), "Glad To Be Unhappy" (1965), "Easy Living" (1966) - and, as a bonus, "Desmond Blue" (1962) - the only non-quartet collaboration of Desmond and Hall in its entirety. (Discovery Records)
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Johnny Coles: The Warm Sound (CD: Jazz Collectors)
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 | John Coltrane: Side Steps (CD: Prestige, 5 CDs)
A terrific boxed set collating all of Coltrane's recordings as a sideman for the Prestige label, supporting leaders such as Sonny Rollins, Red Garland, Gene Ammons and Tad Dameron.
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Ralph Towner & Paolo Fresu: Chiaroscuro (CD: ECM)
Launch of a new duo with a most uncommon instrumentation, acoustic guitar and trumpet- but it’s a highly attractive combination. Ralph Towner, guitarist extraordinaire, an ECM artist since 1972, is joined by Italian trumpet star Paolo Fresu, making his label debut for ECM.
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 | Keith Jarrett: Paris / London- Testament (CD: ECM, 3 CDs)
Jarrett’s solo concert tradition continues with two highly creative performances of recent vintage – from Paris’s Salle Pleyel on November 26, 2008, followed by London’s Royal Festival Hall on December 1. The English date was Jarrett’s first London solo concert in many years and, in the words of one reviewer, “triggered the sort of ecstasy that might greet a returning prophet”. As with “Radiance” and “The Carnegie Hall Concert”, the music covers a wide arc of expression, as “that old Jarrett magic forges majestically on” (The Guardian). (ECM Records)
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Gary Burton & Chick Corea: Crystal Silence- The ECM Recordings 1972-79 (CD: ECM, 4 CDs)
This 4-CD box set reprises the history-making recordings “Crystal Silence” (1972), “Duet” (1978) and the live double album “In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979”. The duo was a seldom-tested format in jazz when pianist Chick Corea and vibraphonist Gary Burton, at the instigation of Manfred Eicher, came together for “Crystal Silence”, but its luminous music proved a resounding success. Both “Duet” and the Zürich recording won Grammy awards, and Chick and Gary toured to worldwide acclaim, astonishing audiences with their improvisational fluency. They have continued to make music together, for almost 40 years now: “Crystal Silence, The ECM Recordings” shows how the story began. Two live selections, “I’m Your Pal/Hullo Bolinas” and “Love Castle”, appear on CD for the first time in this collection. Booklet includes liner notes by Peter Rüedi and Steve Lake, and photos by Ib Skovgaard Peterse and Ralph Quinke. (ECM Records)
Price: £28.99
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 | Tomasz Stanko Quintet: Dark Eyes (CD: ECM)
Tomasz Stanko’s smouldering Slavic soul music and grainy-toned trumpet finds a new context on “Dark Eyes”. Like his hero Miles Davis, the Polish jazz master also has an impressive record as talent scout and mentor, and his latest ensemble pools young players from the North of Europe. Tomasz has had strong connections to Finland in particular since the early 1970s when he was part of Edward Vesala’s creative circle. Now he welcomes two prodigiously gifted Finns into his group, pianist Alexi Tuomarila and drummer Olavi Louhivuori, both expressive and imaginative players. On “Dark Eyes”, Jakob Bro, the young guitarist heard on ECM on Paul Motian’s “Garden of Eden” is cast most often in the role of subtle colourist, while fellow Dane Anders Christensen, on electric bass throughout, provides the band’s throbbing pulse. The programme features new Stanko compositions, including “The Dark Eyes of Martha Hirsch”, inspired by an Oskar Kokoschka canvas, plus a new version of “Last Song” from Tomasz ECM debut “Balladyna”, as well as “Dirge for Europe” and “Etiuda baletowa nr. 3” from the pen of Krzysztof Komeda. (ECM Records)
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Jan Garbarek: Dresden- In Concert (CD: ECM, 2 CDs)
This one is very eagerly-awaited: it has been six years since Jan Garbarek’s last album as a leader (“In Praise of Dreams”). And, moreover, this double-album – recorded in Dresden’s Alter Schlachthof in October 2007 – is also the first-ever live set from the highly-popular Garbarek Group. The band, now including Brazilian bassist Yuri Daniel, powers through repertoire old and new, and the Norwegian saxophonist is in top form, his exchanges with Manu Katche’s bold, emphatic drums particularly exciting. Material includes “12 Moons”, “There Were Swallows”, “Voy Cantando”, an ecstatic version of “Paper Nut” (last heard on Shankar’s “Song for Everyone”) and much more. Released in time for Jan’s extensive autumn tour. (ECM Records)
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 | Stefano Bollani: Stone In The Water (CD: ECM)
“Stone in the Water” features the brilliant Italian pianist’s “Danish trio”, a group that has been honing its improvisational understanding for six years already. Bassist Jesper Bodilsen and drummer Morten Lund (both making ECM debuts) draw on a still longer association, having collaborated closely for more than 15 years. The three players move, with immense subtlety, through a fascinating programme that includes new pieces by Bollani and Bodilsen, plus ballads by Caetano Veloso and Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Poulenc’s “Improvisation 13 en mineur”, bringing fresh colours to the piano trio genre. (ECM Records)
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John Abercrombie: Wait Till You See Her (CD: ECM)
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 | Anthony Braxton: Creative Orchestra (Koln) 1978 (CD: hatOLOGY, 2 CDs)
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Portico Quartet: Isla (CD: Real World)
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 | Gwilym Simcock: Blues Vignette (CD: Basho, 2 CDs)
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Gretchen Parlato: In A Dream (CD: Obliqsound)
The new highly anticipated album from New York’s jazz wonder Gretchen Parlato, a real rising star who is being championed by Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Gilles Peterson.
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 | Tina May: I Never Told You (CD: 33 Jazz)
The 200th release on 33 Jazz sees the ever-popular vocalist Tina May singing with her quartet, featuring Nikki Iles on piano and special guest Karen Sharp on tenor sax.
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Harry Allen: New York State Of Mind (CD: Challenge)
A wonderful collection of mostly ballads from saxophonist Henry Allen, who gives us his own personal portrait of New York, reminiscent of the master of ballad Ben Webster.
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 | Anita O'Day: Live in '63 & '70 (DVD: Jazz Icons)
Jazz Icons: Anita O’Day boasts two wonderful concerts from 1963 and 1970 that present the “jazz singer supreme” in impeccable form. O’Day’s horn-based approach to singing is in full effect throughout both shows including stand-out renditions in each show of audience favorites “Tea For Two” and “Sweet Georgia Brown” (both reprised from her triumphant appearance at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.) This DVD is a fitting testimony to one of jazz music’s true originals and shows unequivocally why she is ranked in the top tier of vocalists along with Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday.NTSC format, 60 mins.
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Art Blakey: Live in '65 (DVD: Jazz Icons)
Jazz Icons: Art Blakey boasts an exceptional one-hour concert by Art Blakey from Paris in 1965. This performance showcases one of the few undocumented Blakey bands, the New Jazzmen, featuring the incomparable Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, as well as Jaki Byard on piano, Reggie Workman on bass, Nathan Davis on sax and, of course, Art Blakey on drums—truly a powerhouse quintet!Freddie Hubbard’s incendiary playing on “Blue Moon” and the blistering 24-minute version of his own “Crisis,” serves as a cogent reminder that he was one of the most innovative trumpeters in jazz history. NTSC format, 60 mins.
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 | Art Farmer: Live in '64 (DVD: Jazz Icons)
Jazz Icons: Art Farmer highlights an amazing one hour Art Farmer concert from 1964 featuring the great flugelhornist in his prime. Farmer’s top-notch band includes legendary guitarist Jim Hall (fresh from Sonny Rollins’ band), drummer Pete LaRoca and Steve Swallow on bass. This legendary ensemble plays both standards and originals with ease and finesse and highlights why Farmer was considered one of the most innovative horn players in all of jazz.NTSC format, 60 mins.
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Erroll Garner: Live in '63 & '64 (DVD: Jazz Icons)
Jazz Icons: Erroll Garner presents two beautifully filmed concerts from 1963 and 1964 featuring his classic trio of bassist Eddie Calhoun and drummer Kelly Martin. Erroll Garner was one of jazz’s true original players and this DVD showcases his improvisational brilliance on a parade of his most classic numbers. The trio delivers throughout both shows including favorites “Fly Me To The Moon” and “I Get A Kick Out Of You” as well as originals “Erroll’s Theme,” “Mambo Erroll” and his best-known composition, “Misty.”NTSC format, 60 mins.
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 | Woody Herman: Live in '64 (DVD: Jazz Icons)
Jazz Icons: Woody Herman features a blistering one-hour concert from 1964 showcasing one of the very hottest line-ups of the “Swinging Herd,” including trumpeter Bill Chase, trombonist Phil Wilson and the amazing saxophonist Sal Nistico on the front line, as well as drummer Jake Hanna, bassist Chuck Andrus and pianist-arranger Nat Pierce in the rhythm section.Woody and his band roar throughout the entire show which includes standards such as “Lonesome Old Town’ and “After You’ve Gone” as well as new originals including Charles Mingus’s “Better Git It In Your Soul.” NTSC format, 60 mins.
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Jimmy Smith: Live in '69 (DVD: Jazz Icons)
Jazz Icons: Jimmy Smith boasts an incredible 90-minute concert from 1969 filmed in Paris. Working in his classic trio format (with longtime guitarist Eddie McFadden and drummer Charlie Crosby), Jimmy shows why he is still the uncontested king of the jazz organ. Highlights include blues jams “Got My Mojo Working” and “Sonnymoon For Two,” the classic ballads “Alfie” and “Satin Doll,” as well as a blinding 23-minute version of his showcase number “The Sermon.”NTSC format, 90 mins.
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 | Coleman Hawkins: Live in '62 & '64 (DVD: Jazz Icons)
Jazz Icons: Coleman Hawkins presents two incredible concerts from 1962 and 1964 featuring 140 minutes of music. Both concerts feature stellar European and American side-musicians including Harry “Sweets” Edison on trumpet and drummer “Papa” Jo Jones – both jazz legends in their own right. The 1962 show is a newly-discovered one-hour concert from the Adolphe Sax Festival in Belgium, which has never been seen. Coleman Hawkins, “The Father of Jazz Saxophone,” demonstrates in these two concerts why he is still considered one of the most important innovators in the history of jazz.NTSC format, 140 mins.
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Norah Jones: The Fall (CD: Blue Note)
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 | Jamie Cullum: The Pursuit (CD: Decca)
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Stan Tracey Quartet: Senior Moment (CD: Resteamed)
British jazz legend, Stan Tracey CBE, releases the next in his series on Resteamed Records, "Senior Moment", a contemporary retrospective of part of his vast library of compositions and including for the first time "The Grandad Suite" in its entirety. He is joined by his regular longstanding trio of Andrew Cleyndert on bass and Clark Tracey on drums with the addition of talented saxophonist Simon Allen, who also works in Stan's sextet, octet and orchestra. (Resteamed Records)
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 | Clark Tracey Sextet: Current Climate (CD: Tentoten)
New Clark Tracey bands are always worth checking out, since the great drummer/leader has a keen ear for fresh talent, and the ability to nurture it in his consistently sparky outfits. Here, he has recruited yet another lively, vigorous set of players whose poise and professionalism belie their relatively tender years... The sextet is an archetypal Clark Tracey band, breezily informal yet whip-smart, powerful in the soloing department yet mutually sensitive and perfectly cohesive, the whole flawlessly propelled by one of Europe's most accomplished drummers. Warmly recommended. (Chris Parker, Vortex Magazine)
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James Pearson Trio: Swing The Club (CD: Diving Duck)
This is the long-awaited second album from The James Pearson Trio, and the first in their current incarnation as resident band at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club. Recorded over four nights live at the club, the album typifies the make-up of one of their regular sets, and captures the verve and intensity that is a product of performing together on such a regular basis in the great environment of one of the world’s most famous and respected jazz clubs. (Diving Duck Recordings)
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 | Curtis Stigers: Lost In Dreams (CD: Concord)
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Phil Seamen: The Late Great Phil Seamen (CD: SWP)
A compilation of highlights of arguably Europe’s greatest jazz drummer. A legend within his own lifetime, he died in 1972. Phil in bands led by Jack Parnell, Victor Feldman, Ronnie Scott, Dizzy Reece, Stan Tracey, Kenny Graham, Joe Harriott, Harold McNair, Jimmy Witherspoon. The tracks are from between 1953 and 1972, and have been lovingly remastered. A salute that is long overdue: Ladies and Gentlemen, dinner is finally being served! (SWP Records)
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 | Charlie Parker: Complete Bird At the Open Door (CD: RLR Records)
All known tracks from Bird’s long unavailable July 26, 1953 performance at the Open Door, in New York, preserved by his wife Chan Richardson with the portable tape recorder he had given her as a gift. Parker is heard here in top form and gives splendid improvisations on regular tunes from his repertoire as well as including some tunes that he only rarely recorded, such as “I Cover the Waterfront”, “Just You, Just Me”, “The Song Is You” and “I Remember You”. (Discovery Records)
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Sonny Rollins & Don Cherry Quartet: The Complete 1963 Copenhagen Concert (CD: JazzLips, 2 CDs)
The complete, long-unavailable 1963 Copenhagen concert by the Sonny Rollins - Don Cherry piano-less quartet. Among its many highlights are amazing medleys of standard tunes and an extended version of Thelonious Monk’s “52nd Street Theme”. As a bonus, the complete Rollins performance from a 1966 Graz concert in trio format with Jymie Merritt on bass and Max Roach on drums. “Love Walked In” and “Poinciana”, from that set, appear on CD here for the first time ever. (Discovery Records)
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 | Bill Evans & Tony Scott Quartet: Complete Recordings (CD: Lone Hill Jazz, 2 CDs)
All known quartet performances by Bill Evans with Tony Scott on clarinet are reunited here for the first time ever on a single collection. A very interesting combination, their collaborations mix very melodic and lyrical moments with more adventurous and advanced improvisations related to the various styles modern jazz was experiencing during those years. As a bonus, Evans and Scott’s only two clarinet-piano duets, as well as a Bill Evans trio selection that completes their August 1959 quartet session. (Discovery Records)
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Bill Evans Trio: Live In Paris 1974 (CD: Gambit)
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 | Clifford Brown: The Complete Solo Rehearsals (CD: RLR Records, 2 CDs)
All of Brownie’s private solo piano recordings for the first time ever on a single collection (including many unissued pieces), and all of his tapes practicing the trumpet unaccompanied at home. The great Clifford Brown used to carry a tape recorder wherever he went - which he used to tape many of his own live performances, as well as rehearsals, both playing alone and with various groups. From those private recordings comes the material on this release.Among the many bonus tracks, we have included two previously unissued gems from Brownie’s roots: A previously unissued 1952 live performance of “I Come From Jamaica” with a long trumpet solo, Brown’s first live recording ever; a previously unissued trumpet-alto sax duet version of “Ornithology”, played with his teacher Robert Lowery in 1949 or 1950. This rare acetate constitutes Clifford Brown’s first recording ever! (Discovery Records)
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Frank Rosolino, Conte Candoli & Tony Scott: Live In Rome 1973 (CD: JazzLips)
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 | Chet Baker: Live In Copenhagen 1955 (CD: RLR Records)
This edition presents Chet Baker’s long unavailable 1955 Copenhagen Concert, on which he is backed by European musicians. It was recorded during his first European tour and shortly after the tragic death of his pianist Dick Twardzik from a heroin overdose. No vocals are performed on this set, probably because the band was a quintet with a tenor sax added instead of the usual quartet.There are 10 rare bonus tracks : performances taken from TV broadcasts made between 1954 and 1956, mainly in the States. This is all that remains from those TV appearances, since no footage has ever surfaced. Since these tracks come from many different sources, sound quality varies from show to show, but has been improved as far as possible. (Discovery Records)
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Charles Mingus: Tijuana Moods (CD: Essential Jazz Classics)
The complete original classic 1957 album “Tijuana Moods”, which Mingus himself considered one of his best. Featuring a high quality group including Jimmy Knepper, Curtis Porter, and the greatly underrated trumpeter Clarence Shaw, who would break his instrument and quit music that same year after a fight with Mingus (he died relatively young at the age of 47 in 1973). ‘Tijuana Moods’ comes after two great Mingus albums : ‘Pithecanthropus Erectus’ and ‘The Clown’, and the level of performance and composition are clearly exceptional.As a bonus to ‘Tijuana Moods’, this release offers all of Mingus’ compositions from a session recorded only one month after the last Tijuana session. The personnel is very similar (but also includes Horace Parlan) and the first tune, “Scenes in the City”, was even attempted during the second Tijuana session (alternate takes from that day exist). (Discovery Records)
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 | Charles Mingus/ Eric Dolphy Sextet: Complete Live in Amsterdam (CD: Jazz Collectors, 2 CDs)
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John Coltrane Quintet with Eric Dolphy: The Complete 1961 Copenhagen Concert (CD: Gambit)
The complete long unavailable 1961 Copenhagen concert by the Coltrane-Dolphy quintet, introduced by Norman Granz. It includes the only appearance of Victor Young’s beautiful song “Delilah” in both Coltrane and Dolphy’s discographies. Also noteworthy are a reading of “Naima”, with both reeds combining with stunning effect, and Trane’s two unusual live false starts before playing a superb, breathtaking version of “My Favorite Things”, almost 30 minutes long. (Discovery Records)
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 | John Coltrane Quintet with Eric Dolphy: The Complete 1962 Birdland Broadcasts (CD: Gambit)
Half an hour of previously unissued Coltrane & Dolphy. For the first time ever on a single collection, John Coltrane’s two 1962 Birdland performances with Eric Dolphy, in their entirety, including the previously unissued February 16 broadcast. The sound quality is sometimes far from perfect, but this is never before heard Coltrane with Dolphy! (Discovery Records)
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John Coltrane: The 1962 Milan Concert (CD: RLR Records)
All surviving tracks from the 1962 Milan concert by the classic John Coltrane Quartet. There are four bonus tracks : two previously unheard tracks from the Olympia concert performed a few weeks earlier; and two more previously unissued tracks recorded live at the Le Tete de L’Art club in Montreal, the following year. All of this music appears on this CD for the first time on any format!The Milan performance took place several months after the departure of Eric Dolphy, and was recorded by a fan with amateur equipment, and sound quality is obviously not good, but has been improved as far as possible. (Discovery Records)
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 | John Coltrane Quartet: The 1962 Graz Concert (CD: JazzLips, 2 CDs)
The classic John Coltrane Quartet’s long unavailable 1962 concert in Graz, Austria in its entirety. One of its many highlights is Coltrane’s only known recording of “Autumn Leaves”. Although the tune was part of the Miles Davis Quintet’s repertoire, Trane would never record it with or without Miles, with the exception of this Graz performance. (Discovery Records)
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John Coltrane/ Archie Shepp: New Thing At Newport (CD: Impulse)
New Thing At Newport catches Coltrane and Shepp at interesting points in their careers. Coltrane was still expansive, though he was near the end of his term with his quartet. Shepp had learned a great deal from Coltrane, particularly ways to manipulate high notes out of the horn as well as other effects that Adolphe Sax never intended for it. These two sets of music describe a time of challenge in every sense of that word. Fortunately, the long-playing record was available to capture live performances in 1965, as it was not for some of the geniuses who had come before. Having this music on disc may not be the same as being there, but it does let you live this music over and over again. (Verve Music Group)
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 | John Coltrane: Ascension (CD: Impulse)
For thirty-five years Ascension has stood as a monument - either as John Coltrane's supreme, ecstatic statement of his musical liberation from chord changes or as his abandonment of all jazz tradition. Here he has reached the summit. Although the influence of other musicians is evident in his music, it stands apart, now as then, from everything else in jazz. It is of unprecedented force and feeling. (Verve Music Group)A BEBOP SHOP MILESTONE- An essential recording for your jazz CD shelf
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John Coltrane: Kulu Sé Mama (CD: Impulse)
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John Coltrane: The John Coltrane Quartet Plays...(CD: Impulse)
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 | Miles Davis & Sonny Rollins: The Classic Prestige Sessions 1951-1956 (CD: Prestige, 2 CDs)
In the early 1950s Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins developed a friendship and working relationship that produced some of the best and most important jazz of that decade, and were then propelled, each in his separate orbit, to musical triumphs into the Sixties and beyond. The two CD set includes new liner notes of memories and reflections from Ira Gitler. (Concord Music Group)
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Miles Davis Septet: Live In Vienna 1973 (CD: Gambit)
A complete, previously unissued Miles Davis performance - from his 1973 European tour - featuring Michael Henderson, Reggie Lucas, Pete Cosey & Dave Liebman.
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 | Red Garland Quintet with John Coltrane: Dig It! (CD: Prestige RVG)
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Sonny Rollins: Moving Out (CD: Prestige RVG)
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Gerry Mulligan- Paul Desmond Quartet (CD: Verve)
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 | Oscar Peterson: Plays The Jermome Kern Songbook (CD: Verve)
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Max Roach Plus Four: Quiet As It's Kept (CD: Verve)
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 | Count Basie: Basie Land (CD: Verve)
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Joe Henderson: Porgy & Bess (CD: Verve)
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 | Stan Getz: Appasionado (CD: Verve)
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McCoy Tyner: Today And Tomorrow (CD: Impulse)
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 | National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland: NYJOS Collective (CD: NYOS)
NYJOS Collective is a 9-piece ensemble offering the more experienced members of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland the opportunity to publicly perform their own arrangements, play a wide variety of compositions and lead jazz workshops with members of the community. Their debut CD includes music composed by some of the band members and unique arrangements of contemporary jazz standards by band Director, Malcolm Edmonstone. With impressive improvisations and scorching solos, tracks on the CD include: Clifford Brown’s Joy Spring, Gentle Piece by Kenny Wheeler and a version of Prince’s Thieves in the Temple, arranged by jazz veteran Herbie Hancock. (NYOS)
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Ralph Sutton: The Bedroom Sessions (CD: Soliloquy)
The Bedroom Sessions came about when Ralph Sutton was touring the UK In 1994. I hadn't met Ralph before but approached him after a concert to ask if he would accept a commission to make some private recordings on a Yamaha upright Disklavier I keep in the bedroom of my London flat. Perhaps he was intrigued, but to my delight he said yes and a few days later, accompanied by friends, Ralph was making music in my bedroom: a memorable afternoon of great piano and hilarious reminiscences. We did exactly the same when Ralph returned the following year. I doubt if my neighbours realized they were being serenaded by one of the world's greatest jazz pianists on those afternoons.Many people who have listened to the recordings feel they deserve a wider audience. It was the question of finding a Yamaha grand Disklavier on which to play back the disks acoustically and make a recording from them, as though Ralph were playing live. I am extremely grateful to Simon Markson of Markson Pianos in London who had a Yamaha grand Disklavier in stock and allowed us free run of his showroom to make the recordings, and to Dave Bennett who used state-of-the-art portable equipment and his legendary expertise to produce the unique sound on this CD. The result is Ralph Sutton as never heard before. (Nick Campailla, Soliloquy Productions)
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 | Artie Shaw: The Last Recordings, Vol.3- Mixed Bag 1945-6; The Big Band 1949 (CD: Nimbus, 2 CDs)
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Zoot Sims: Four Classic Albums (CD: Avid, 2 CDs)
AVID Jazz here presents four classic Zoot Sims albums, including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD."The Four Brothers – Together Again!", "From A to Z", " Zoot" and " Whooeeee". Taking their name from their saxophone stylings in the 1940’s as part of the Woody Herman band the "Four Brothers" consisted at the time of recording "Together Again" in 1957 of Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Herbie Steward and Serge Chaloff. Take a listen to the album and you will soon witness the Brothers refute the accusation that they all sounded alike! "From A to Z" finds Zoot again joined by Al Cohn alongside Ossie Johnson on drums, Milt Hinton on bass, Hank Jones on piano and Dick Sherman on trumpet recorded a year earlier in 1956 . To spot the difference between Zoot and Al, Zoot’s style is "rather light and hard" whereas Al’s "somewhat heavier and softer". "Zoot" recorded in the same year 1956 finds Zoot in a Quartet with Johnny Williams on piano, Gus Johnson on drums and Knobby Totah on bass. Here we can fully concentrate on and appreciate Zoot’s playing as he is the sole sax man on the set! Our final album, with the wonderful title " Whooeee" finds Zoot joined by legendary trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, Hank Jones at the piano, Bill Crow on bass and Jo Jones on drums, again recorded in 1956, what a busy year that was! The music here in "uncomplicated, always in the best of taste and always swinging" All four albums have been digitally re-mastered for probably the finest sound quality ever! (AVID Entertainment)
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 | Charlie Christian: The Daddy Of Them All (CD: Primo, 2 CDs)
Charlie Christian revolutionised jazz guitar playing by using amplification and a bluesy, fluidly melodic style which allowed his instrument to compete with horn players in classic small group settings.
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Monty Alexander: Calypso Blues- The Songs Of Nat King Cole (SACD: Chesky)
Legendary pianist Monty Alexander follows up his tribute to Tony Bennett with a homage to another classic jazz singer, Nat King Cole. Also recorded in New York City at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with the same trio of Chicagoans Lorin Cohen on bass and drummer George Fludas, the veteran pianist seems in his element with this artist's repertoire, one that sharply defined his own sound and thinking about popular jazz. Though all of the tunes selected are not so closely linked to Cole's hit parade songbook, the way Alexander plays them with subtlety and depth does reflect what made Cole the king in the late '50s and early '60s. With the immaculate sound and performance by this fine trio hard to fault the effort, heart, and soul behind a concept album that should delight many jazz listeners. (Proper Music)
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 | Bendik Hofseth: XI (CD: Grappa)
XI reunites tenor saxophonist Bendik Hofseth and vibist Mike Manieriand and it marks the return to the recording studio for the Norwegian jazz musician who burst upon the international jazz scene in the 1980s. Hofseth first made a name for himself internationally when, in 1987, Mike Manieri invited him to replace Michael Brecker in one of the super groups of jazz, the New York-based Steps Ahead. In 2008 he went back to New York to record this new album with Mike Mainieri and some of his colleagues from the 1980s. XI features new versions of tracks from many of his solo albums. From a selection of 110 songs he has chosen the ones that he has enjoyed playing live the most, and so it sums up not just the records but the live experience as well.Recorded at Avatar Studios in New York and mixed at Rainbow Studios in Oslo, Hofseth’s playing and compositions reveal the influence of the time he spent as a member of Steps Ahead as well as that of his compatriot, the saxophonist Jan Garbarek. (Proper Music)
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Tommy Whittle: The Tenor Connection (CD: Spotlite)
An excellent new album from Tommy Whittle, a stalwart of the UK jazz scene, featuring Mark Nightingale on trombone.
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 | Horace Tapscott: The Dark Tree (CD: hatOLOGY, 2 CDs)
One of the most sought after classics in the Hat catalogue is available again at last! Recorded live in Hollywood on 14-17 December, 1989, it features the unsung and under-recorded piano genius in a quartet with John Carter (clarinet), Cecil McBee (bass) and Andrew Cyrille (drums).
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Lee Konitz & Martial Solal: Star Eyes (CD: hatOLOGY)
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 | Claire Martin: A Modern Art (SACD: Linn)
Fresh from a hugely successful run at New York's Oak Room, which had the New York Times lauding her "Subtle, beautifully acted interpretations" and the New York Observer acclaiming "Run, don't walk to the Algonquin", Claire Martin is set to release "A Modern Art" on Linn Records on September 14th. And it's an album which Martin firmly insists "is my best ever, the album which defines me as a jazz singer in the 21st century". Produced by her long-running musical partner, bassist Laurence Cottle, and featuring pianist Gareth Williams, and some of the UK's very finest players, it finds Martin tackling the thorny subject of jazz as a contemporary art form - one routed in tradition but as relevant and vibrant as ever.On "A Modern Art", Martin explores a very personal repertoire, mixing material from classic composers of the songbook era (Everybody Today by Rodgers and Hart and Everything I've Got by Cy Coleman, with originals (including the title track - a wry look at celebrity culture) and more contemporary material including songs from Martin faves such as Mark Winkler, Donald Fagen and Michael Franks. There are two fine, witty songs from lyricist Colin Lazzerini, including the wry So Twentieth Century, and Martin looks to both sides of the Atlantic with lyrics set to a tricksy Joshua Redman melody and Esbjörn Svensson's beautiful Love Is Real (included here as a tribute to a much-missed musician). The heartfelt As We Live and Breath is by Claire's friend and vocalist with the New York Voices, Lauren Kinhan, and Love Of Another is by one of Europe's finest new singer-songwriters, Rebekka Bakken. It's a mix of material that is quintessentially Martin, a singer who has always chosen to look for new material outside of the Great American Songbook and who was covering the likes of Tom Waits long before it became the norm, and for whom the music has always been "A Modern Art"! (Linn Records)
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Roy Hargrove Big Band: Emergence (CD: EmArcy)
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 | Mark Lockheart: In Deep (CD: Edition)
In Deep is a record of great originality and integrity. It’s the command and authority of Lockheart’s saxophone that first strikes home on In Deep - magisterial, confident with maybe just hints of those two great tenor titans - Michael Brecker and Joe Henderson. Then the sheer quality of the writing hits you – these are tunes once heard not forgotten. And then the power, confidence and commitment of his group grabs you by the coat and you know they’ve got you. In Deep may be the finest realisation yet of Mark Lockheart’s talents. Given his undoubted pedigree that is high praise indeed. Rarely in jazz do music and performance combine to such flawless effect.Mark Lockheart has been at the forefront of the UK jazz scene for over twenty years, first with Loose Tubes, then with Perfect Houseplants, Django Bates’ Delightful Precipice, The Scratch Band, Big Idea, Robert Wyatt’s Soup Songs and Polar Bear. Now he introduces his latest band - the Mark Lockheart Group. (Harmonia Mundi)
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Michael Garrick Jazz Orchestra: Lady Of The Aurian Wood (CD: Jazz Academy)
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 | Joe Locke & David Hazeltine Quartet: Mutual Appreciation Society 2 (CD: Sharp Nine)
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Danny Grissett: Form (CD: Form)
A sparkling pianist as well as a fine budding composer, Danny Grissett's star has been on the rise lately and he's a favorite accompanist to a growing body of leaders including trumpeters Jim Rotondi, Jeremy Pelt, and Tom Harrell.He returns for his third Criss Cross release and moves beyond the trio format to feature tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake, trombonist Steve Davis and newcomer Ambrose Akinmusire on trumpet. Grissett puts his stamp on all the material including updates on Herbie Hancock's King Cobra, and Monk's Ugly Beauty. His originals are also cut from a regal cloth of originality, with bassist Vicente Archer and drummer Kendrick Scott responsive to the pianist's every move. (Criss Cross Jazz)
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 | Marc Copland with Drew Gress & Bill Stewart: Night Whispers- New York Trio Recordings Vol.3 (CD: Pirouet)
"Night Whispers", part three of the much-acclaimed New York Trio Recordings, is a highlight of the subtle art of the piano trio: three sophisticated virtuosos on an exquisite flight of sizzlingly joyful musical discourse. To follow this highly-refined three-way conversation is an experience that can take your breath away. (Pirouet Records)
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John Patitucci Trio: Remembrance (CD: Concord)
Given that jazz bass players are typically cast as part of the rhythm support team, only a handful of them have become leaders in their own right. Taking the lead from such jazz masters as Charles Mingus, Ray Brown, Ron Carter and Dave Holland who pioneered the advance of the bass, the next generation of acoustic and electric bassists have been crafting musical statements in leadership roles.At the top of that class is acoustic and electric bassist John Patitucci, who delivers his latest Concord Jazz project, Remembrance, a remarkable outing of 11 straight-ahead-to-funky-to-classical-tinged originals featuring an astounding trio comprising saxophone maestro Joe Lovano and brilliant drummer Brian Blade. Almost every tune is dedicated to a musician, hence the title. The CD is the bassist's 13th as a leader and seventh for Concord. (Concord Music Group)
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 | Kurt Elling: Dedicated To You- Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman (CD: Concord)
Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman is a stunning spectrum of music, both vocal and instrumental. The album opens with an introductory interpretation of the American Songbook classic, "All or Nothing At All," in which the interconnectedness between Elling's vocal and Watt's tenor saxophone calls up immediate references to the Coltrane/Hartman source. The transformative interpretations of songs such as "Autumn Serenade," "Nancy With the Laughing Face" and "You Are Too Beautiful" are definitive examples of how to remain true to the inner essence of a song. (Concord Music Group)
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Archie Shepp: Phat Jam In Milano (CD: Archie Ball)
“Phat Jam in Milano” was recorded live in November 2007. Even in his 70th year Shepp continues to explore; again linking jazz to hip hop, Shepp invited Napolean Maddox, rapper and human beat box, to front his new group, with old-timers Oliver Lake, Joe Fonda and Hamid Drake joined by youngster Cochemea Gastelum. (Harmonia Mundi)
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 | Anthony Braxton: Seven Compositions (Trio) 1989 (CD: hatOLOGY)
On this remastered CD reissue of hatART 6025, Anthony Braxton is joined by Adelhard Roidinger on double bass and Tony Oxley on drums. They play five Braxton originals, plus Oxley's "The Angular Apron" and the standard "All the Things You Are". Consistently stimulating avant garde jazz. (Harmonia Mundi)
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Kenny Burrell: Prime- Live At The Downtown Room (CD: HighNote)
As Charlie Christian defined the sound of jazz guitar for the 'Forties, Kenny Burrell did it for our own time. His hallmark sound, slightly softened over time, consists of firmly struck notes, played in gentle progressions with almost no distortion. His delicate approach might be considered the middle-step between the percussive attack of Christian and the lyrical inventions of Wes Montgomery, who called Kenny an influence. The consummate sideman, Burrell has played for a multitude of jazz giants; his own albums approach the blues from a mellow perspective, quiet yet strong. A favorite musician for decades, he shows no signs of slowing down.
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 | Alyn Cosker: Lyn's Une (SACD: Linn)
'Lyn's Une' is an album of searching electrifying jazz with compositional flair and mighty muscle from drummer extraordinaire Alyn Cosker. 'Lyn's Une' (a typing error for 'Alyn's Tune') showcases Alyn as an impeccable drummer equally comfortable at writing new tunes for a variety of instruments and vocals. His growing reputation has attracted top-class musicians who show the strength of the current Scottish jazz scene.As a drummer, Alyn Cosker grooves for a wide array of musicians in many styles, but it is in jazz that he is really making a name for himself. His drumming is influenced by many of the jazz greats including Buddy Rich, Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes, Steve Gadd and Jeff Porcaro. He has drummed for Joe Locke, Lee Konitz, Courtney Pine, Carol Kidd and Clare Teal. As a writer he is influenced by many composers and in particular by saxophonist Tommy Smith who plays some wonderful solos on the album, including a driving solo on Bheki (a tribute to the late Bheki Mseleku). There are some soulful solos from fellow saxophonist Paul Towndrow on Lyn's Une and there are several energising and inventive solos from former rock guitarist David Dunsmuir throughout the album including on That's the Ticket - an upbeat funky track. The rest of the rhythm section includes bassist Ross Hamilton and Jason Rebello on piano and the entire band can be heard playing together on Twitter and Bisted. Straight Through Boogaloo is a fantastic demonstration track to showcase Alyn Cosker's talents. His softer side can be heard on the final track When Autumn Comes co-written and performed by SNJO vocalist Maureen McMullan. (Linn Records)
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Colin Steele: Stramash (CD: Gadgemo)
Colin Steele’s latest project, Stramash, is the trumpeter’s most ambitious to date. The result is a culmination of the musical path he started to explore with his award winning jazz quintet of Dave Milligan (piano), Phil Bancroft (sax), Aidan O’Donnell (bass) and Stu Ritchie (drums). This has now been expanded to incorporate the cream of Scotland’s musical talent from the folk and classical worlds. The new band now includes three of Scotland’s finest folk fiddlers – Aidan O’Rourke, Catriona MacDonald and Mairi Campbell as well as Scotland’s top classical cellist Su-a Lee, and piper/whistler Rory Campbell. Stramash draws both from Colin’s indigenous musical heritage and his years as an improvising jazz musician and is a joyful, heartfelt album from start to finish. Much of the album was written on the island of Islay where Colin went to compose for this large ensemble without the distractions of everyday life. One of the standout tracks is The Bletherer which has since gone on to win first prize in this year’s International Songwriting Competition – no mean feat with the judges including McCoy Tyner, John Scofield, Youssou N'Dour and Tom Waits. Islay became very much part of the album, the first twelve tracks becoming known as the ‘Islay Suite’. His stay on the island inspired many of the tunes, from Shindig at the Lochside (after sampling the local whisky on his first night on the island) to Sunset over Loch Indaal (an evocation of the beauty of the landscape) and View from the Round Church, the final tune in the suite. The final three tracks on the album are arrangements of previously recorded tunes including the title track of his second album The Journey Home. (Gadgemo Records)
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 | Andy Panayi Quartet: The Solar Cats (CD: Woodville)
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Gwyneth Herbert: All The Ghosts (CD: Naim Edge)
Gwyneth Herbert's latest collection, 'All The Ghosts', continues further along her own idiosyncratic path. It carries ten terrific songs, which speak to you directly, without forethought for genre or category. In their melodic immediacy and observational characterization, you might hear the Lennon-McCartney of 'Sgt Pepper', or the Ray Davies of 'Lola', rather than any jazz stereotype. The songs are populated by a living, breathing cast of beaten-down dreamers, jaded city-dwellers, and women in a quandary. There is a beautiful prostitute with a split lip, pining to be free to return to mother Russia. There is also a wicked, myth-enshrouded temptress, luring in young men with drink and drugs. And there is a Mini, the same age as the singer, as human and 'real' in its wheezing everyday tasks as any of the other folk. These, simply, are songs about people, about life, as the singer has precociously learnt to understand them at her tender age. (Naim Label)
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 | Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow & Antonio Sanchez: Quartet Live (CD: Concord)
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Stanley Clarke Trio: Jazz In The Garden (CD: Heads Up)
A musical “dream team” featuring Stanley Clarke, one of the most innovative bass players of the past three decades, Japanese pianist Hiromi, who has emerged as a rising star on the jazz scene, and the versatile drummer Lenny White, best known for his work with Return to Forever. Clarke’s acoustic recording of originals by Clarke and Hiromi along with the reinvented standards is jazz virtuosity at its highest level. (Heads Up)
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 | Bob Brookmeyer Metropole Orchestra: Music For String Quartet & Orchestra (CD: Challenge)
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Charles Tolliver Big Band: Emperor March (CD: Half Note)
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 | Robert Glasper: Double Booked (CD: Blue Note)
Pianist Robert Glasper presents both sides of his musical persona with Double-Booked, his third album for Blue Note Records. The album bridges Glasper's parallel careers as the leader of an acclaimed jazz trio and a first-call sideman with hip-hop artists such as Mos Def, Q Tip and The Roots. Moving nimbly from the acoustic Robert Glasper Trio to the hip-hop fusion Robert Glasper Experiment, the young keyboardist puts his versatility front and center. Special guests on the album include vocalist Bilal and a cameo appearance from rapper Mos Def. (Blue Note Records)
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Evan Parker: Saxophone Solos (CD: PSI)
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 | Steve Kuhn Trio w / Joe Lovano: Mostly Coltrane (CD: ECM)
A recording that pays tribute to a musician of towering importance – and for Steve Kuhn an album of powerful memories. For two months in 1960, Kuhn, then just 21 years old, was the pianist in John Coltrane’s quartet: an unforgettable experience for a young musician, to embark each night into jazz of such torrential emotional intensity. Half-a-century later, joined by a team of gifted collaborators playing at the top of their form, Kuhn rechannels the energies of the era in an album of astonishing invention and wild beauty. Kuhn and Joe Lovano improvise gloriously together, riding the surging waves of Joey Baron’s polyrhythms, in a programme of tunes written by or strongly associated with Coltrane. Tracks include “Welcome”, “Song of Praise”, “Central Park West”, “Spiritual” and more. Recorded December 2008 at New York’s Avatar Studio. (ECM Records)
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Miroslav Vitous Group w / Michel Portal: Remembering Weather Report (CD: ECM)
Vitous was one of the founders of Weather Report and helped to shape its early (and revolutionary) mix of enigmatic, free-flowing compositions and high-level improvisational dialogues, in which all the instruments enjoyed parity. It is this formative period that Miroslav salutes with his all-acoustic band and some phenomenal playing. The obvious musical empathy between Vitous and drummer Gerald Cleaver is a joy, Ambrosetti and Campbell contribute inspired solos – as does guest Michel Portal, another iconic figure in the history of the music. Material, almost exclusively from Vitous’s pen, alludes to Wayne Shorter’s “Nefertiti” and to Ornette Coleman’s “Lonely Woman” – as well as to Miles Davis and Antonín Dvorak. (ECM Records)
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 | John Surman: Brewster's Rooster (CD: ECM)
After ECM recordings with organ (“Rain on the Window”), strings (“The Spaces In Between”), brass ensemble (“Free and Equal”), choir (“Proverbs and Songs”), and early music experiments with the Dowland Project (“Romaria”). John Surman offers an album unequivocally jazz in its orientation. Soulful ballads, hard-driving pieces and fiery improvisations are all to be found here, and Surman is in best creative form on baritone and soprano saxophones. Both Surman and guitarist Abercrombie have long musical relationships with powerhouse drummer DeJohnette, and all three are in accord at a high level. A strong showing, too, for bassist Drew Gress in his ECM debut. Music is all by Surman, apart from “Slanted Sky” by old comrade John Warren, and the timeless “Chelsea Bridge” of Billy Strayhorn. (ECM Records)
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Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble: This Moment's Energy (CD: ECM)
The fifth ECM disc from Parker’s Electro-Acoustic Ensemble whose pioneering work has effectively established a model for a new kind of improvising chamber orchestra, creating fresh colours from the blending and contrasting of acoustic instruments and live electronics. The latest edition of the group adds some new members – two Americans, Ned Rothenberg and Peter Evans, both well-known to followers of improvised music, and a Japanese musician, Ko Ishikawa – and expands the horizons still further. With more acoustic instruments in the mix, the group now embraces both the ancient and the modern: Ko, for instance, plays exclusively the sho, the archaic bamboo mouth organ, which sounds thoroughly futuristic when processed by the Ensemble’s sonic scientists. Similarly, the borders between improvisation and composition are dissolved in this music: “The Moment’s Energy” features an extended new work commissioned by the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. (ECM Records)
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 | Louis Sclavis: Lost On The Way (CD: ECM)
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Scottish National Jazz Ocrhestra with Tommy Smith & Brian Kellock (CD: Spartacus)
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra's Rhapsody in Blue takes George Gershwin's classic jazz age concerto on an unprecedented adventure. Re-orchestrated by SNJO director, saxophonist Tommy Smith, this Rhapsody in Blue of the twenty-first century was written to feature Scotland's world-class jazz pianist Brian Kellock, who played the original Rhapsody as a music student in Edinburgh in 1981.Familiar themes, including the iconic clarinet glissando and Gershwin's heartbreaking nostalgic refrain, have been used - respectfully - as source material and reworked into a fifty-two minute epic that flows through exciting up-tempo movements, rhapsodic blues passages, a sensational Cuban fantasia and hard swinging jazz choruses, showcasing SNJO's magnificent ensemble playing and top class, creative soloing. (Spartacus Records)
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 | Bugge Wesseltoft: Playing (CD: Jazzland)
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Davy Mooney & John Pizzarelli: Last Train Home (CD: Challenge)
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Kyle Eastwood: Metropolitan (CD: Candid)
Aiming to stay true to his roots as a live musician Kyle set out with this record to capture the sound which his band has toured all over the world. Along with producer and long time collaborator Michael Stevens (with whom he has written film scores for block busters such as Changeling and Gran Tarino), Kyle was eager to make a record which had an energy and spirit all of it’s own. To achieve this Kyle and Michael sought the help of Erin Davis (son of the legendary Miles) who came on board to co-produce the album. Metropolitain was recorded live in the back streets of Paris at Studio Feber, a tiny, wood-panelled studio suggested to Kyle by guest pianist on the album Eric Legnini. Kyle splits his time between Paris and LA but Paris seemed an appropriate spiritual home for this project. Perhaps because it gave Kyle access to such an incredible batch of top quality musicians. As well as Legnini the album sees collaborations with cutting edge French pop vocalist Camille, German trumpet superstar Till Brönner and French drummer and current trailblazer Manu Katché. (Proper Music)
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 | Modern Jazz Quartet: Bluesology- The Anthology (CD: Rhino, 2 CDs)
Formed in 1952 by former Dizzy Gillespie sidemen John Lewis and Milt Jackson, the Modern Jazz Quartet’s line up was set by 1955 with bassist Percy Heath and drummer Connie Kay. In 1956 they signed to Atlantic for an association that would last their lifetimes. Spanning the years 1956-1988, this anthology is packed with music to be enjoyed, whether the raw material be Lewis’ or Jackson’s own originals, Broadway standards or classical compositions.Few groups in the history of jazz can claim such consistency and longevity of genuine inspiration. Few boast a back catalogue of the quality of the Modern Jazz Quartet. This two-CD set includes selections from landmark albums like Pyramid, Fontessa and Blues On Bach, some of their very best live performances , from the Music Inn recordings of the 1950s to the Last Concert of 1974, as well as three bonus tracks from the Plastic Dreams sessions. (Warner Jazz)
Price: £14.99
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Dave Brubeck Quartet with Paul Desmond: Newport 1958- Brubeck Plays Ellington (CD: Gambit)
The complete long unavailable 1958 Newport performance by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Professionally recorded, the set was devoted to Duke Ellington related tunes (including “The Duke”, Brubeck’s homage piece to the master). As a bonus, a long Brubeck Quartet version of “Take the ‘A’ Train” – Ellington’s signature theme, composed by Billy Strayhorn – recorded that same year in Berlin. This was not only an abnormal live programme for Brubeck, but also unusual was the presence of Joe Benjamin replacing Wright on bass - as he was a veteran player from Ellington’s band from 1951 to 1973. (Discovery Records)
Price: £10.99
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 | Ornette Coleman. Don Cherry, Jimmy Giuffre & Kenny Dorham: The Lenox Jazz School Concert August 1959 (CD: Free Factory)
For the first time on CD, an amazing 1959 concert featuring Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Jimmy Giuffre and Kenny Dorham - a meeting of some of the best stars of modern & free jazz. Also featured are Gunther Schuller, Ran Blake, Gary Mcfarland, Ian Underwood and Attila Zoller.The Lenox School of Jazz was a summer program in Lenox, Massachusetts founded by John Lewis and held from 1957 to 1960. It was one of the first instances where the world's greatest jazz musicians were enlisted as faculty and where jazz was taught to promising young musicians. This release presents the rare and long unavailable 1959 Lenox Annual Benefit Concert - and as a bonus, an extremely rare quartet set by Kenny Dorham (who was one of the mentors at the Lenox School) - recorded live in Norway with local musicians in January 1964. (Discovery Records)
Price: £12.99
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Fats Navarro: Complete Last Studio Session, September 20th 1949 (CD: RLR Records)
The great Fats Navarro’s last studio session (September 1949) included here in its entirety, for the first time ever - featuring Don Lanphere, Al Haig, Tommy Potter and Max Roach. Navarro would die nine months later on July 7, 1950, at the age of 26. As a bonus, an unissued broadcast from the Café Society recorded just a few days before Fats’ death - plus two rare jam sessions from a 1947 broadcast. (Discovery Records)
Price: £10.99
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