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ANDREW HILL - Judgment (1964)
Recorded two months after Black Fire and two months before Point of Departure, Andrew Hill's Judgement!—finally receiving the Van Gelder remastering treatment—demonstrates just how prolific the...
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PAUL BLEY - Paul Bley With Gary Peacock (1970)
Gary Peacock shares front-cover billing with Paul Bley on this 1970 session, but drummer Paul Motian is also present on the first five tracks. (Billy Elgart replaces Motian on the remaining three.)...
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ENRICO PIERANUNZI QUARTET/QUINTET Featuring ART FARMER - Isis (1981)
Art Farmer’s always lyrical, inviting flugelhorn fit nicely into this quartet and quintet setting matching him with an Italian ensemble. They covered standards, such bop anthems as Dizzy Gillespie’s...
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PHIL WOODS - Song For Sisyphus (1977)
This recording features an early version of altoist Phil Woods' Quintet, the second of two albums that includes guitarist Harry Leahey. With pianist Mike Melillo, bassist Steve Gilmore and drummer Bill...
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TRILOK GURTU - Bad Habits Die Hard (1996)
Tracks1. 21 Spices (Trilok Gurtu)2. Bad Boys (Andy Emler)3. Returning Home (Trilok Gurtu)4. Siddhi5. Watapa6. Bad Habits Die Hard7. Carlinhos (Trilok Gurtu)CHRIS MINH DOKY bass, voiceDAVID GILMORE...
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JAN GARBAREK / BOBO STENSON QUARTET - Dansere (1976)
Among the many stylistic twists and turns negotiated by Jan Garbarek early in his career, the subtle shift in direction from the previous, spectacular Witchi-Tai-To to Dansere was probably the most...
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MARK TURNER QUINTET - Yam Yam (1995)
This early quintet outing is a strong showcase for Mark Turner the composer. It's also an important chapter in the special relationship between Turner and guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel. The two would...
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MARK TURNER - In This World (1998)
My first reaction on hearing Mark Turner was gratitude. Here was someone on intimate terms with music. I heard someone who had assimilated a wealth of information, but was already looking inward to...
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RAY BROWN & JIMMY ROWLES - As Good As It Gets (1977)
Although the title of this CD reissue has a bit of bragging, this is an excellent duet set which features bassist Ray Brown and pianist Jimmy Rowles. There are many subtle surprises on the set...
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CHARLES LLOYD - Voice In The Night (1999)
Voice in the Night is a welcome homecoming for reedman Charles Lloyd. He hasn't recorded in a guitar-based group since his two tremendously underrated (and rockish) albums for A&M in 1972-73. Here,...
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MARION BROWN - Back To Paris (1980)
Marion Brown is frequently typecast as a free jazz player, yet this live set recorded in 1980 at Le Dreher in Paris is actually quite accessible. Brown and his band -- pianist Hilton Ruiz (who studied...
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HENRI TEXIER QUARTET & JOE LOVANO - Paris Batignolles (1986)
Bassist Henri Texier leads an all-star quintet bolstered by the presence of special guest Joe Lovano on tenor sax in this live 1986 recording. While Texier either wrote or co-wrote many of the...
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DAVID TORN - Cloud About Mercury (1987)
This 1987 production signifies experimental guitarist David Torn's second effort for Germany-based ECM Records. Here, the artist exhibits a sound, style, and methodology that are clearly his own, amid...
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MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA - Concert In The Garden (2004)
Maria Schneider's first three albums were all Grammy nominated. Yet there was a four-year wait for her fourth CD. Schneider records infrequently because she writes for large ensembles, which are...
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LESZEK MOZDZER, LARS DANIELSSON, ZOHAR FRESCO - The Time (2005)
The Trio story started during the XIth International Jazz Festival - Jazz in the Old Town in Warsaw – July 2004. Especially for this festival Leszek Możdżer invited the Swedish bassist and cellist Lars...
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AIR - Air Song (1975)
Air, the improvisational collective of Henry Threadgill on reeds, woodwinds, and lots of other stuff, bassist Fred Hopkins, and drummer/percussionist Steve McCall, was the first major group after the...
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ENRICO PIERANUNZI QUARTET/QUINTET Featuring ART FARMER - Isis (1981)
Art Farmer’s always lyrical, inviting flugelhorn fit nicely into this quartet and quintet setting matching him with an Italian ensemble. They covered standards, such bop anthems as Dizzy Gillespie’s...
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JOE ZAWINUL - The Rise & Fall Of The Thrid Stream (1967) & Money In The...
This transitional recording sees Joe Zawinul moving from the role of jazz pianist to that of a synthesist in the broad sense of the word. The recording, made up of advanced hard bop and post bop...
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ENRICO RAVA - Plot (1976)
Like its cover, Enrico Rava’s The Plot is a storybook with much to delight our hungry eyes and ears. Its dramatis personaewill be familiar to the ECM enthusiast: John Abercrombie as the guitarist,...
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LEE KONITZ, PAUL BLEY, BILL CONNORS - Pyramid (1977)
This music, above all, celebrates the supremacy of improvisation overcomposition and the melodic line over the harmony. In his biography, Stopping Time,Bley(1999) confessed to “…never having been a...
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