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KEITH JARRETT - Nude Ants (1980)
There is a lot of music on this set, including the 30-minute "Oasis." This is a Live at the Village Vanguard recording by pianist Keith Jarrett and his European quartet (Jan garbarek on soprano and...
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JIMMY GIUFFRE, LEE KONITZ, PAUL BLEY, BILL CONNORS - IAI festival (1978)
Tracks1. Blues In The Closet (Oscar Pettiford)2. The Sad Time (Giuffre, Konitz)3. Spanish Flames (Giuffre, Connors)4. Enter, Ivory (Giuffre)5. From Then To Then (Giuffre, Konitz)JIMMY GIUFFRE clarinet,...
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GARY BURTON - Like Minds (1998)
For an all-star session with such big names as Burton, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, and Dave Holland, Like Minds throws off surprisingly few sparks. Each is a virtuoso, to be sure. Metheny...
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GARY BURTON QUARTET with ORCHESTRA - A Genuine Tong Funeral (1967)
Largely forgotten about these days, the fact remains that vibraphonist Gary Burton had beat Miles Davis to the fusion of rock and jazz by at least two years. His first RCA album, Duster, was cut in...
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JAMAALADEEN TACUMA - Jukebox (1988)
One of the top graduates of Ornette Coleman's Prime Time, electric bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma features his own free funk group Spectacle on this noisy and generally interesting album, his fourth for...
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ARILD ANDERSEN - Sagn (1991)
After many years working with both fellow Norwegian jazzer Jan Garbarek and such stateside talent as Sheila Jordan, Don Cherry, Sam Rivers, and George Russell, bassist Arild Andersen marked the...
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DAVID BINNEY & EDWARD SIMON - Afinidad (2001)
Since emerging in the mid-'90s with the cross-genre fusion group Lost Tribe, alto saxophonist David Binney has been carving the kind of musical niche that most artists dream of. Though he's a potent...
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DAVID MURRAY BIG BAND & LAWRENCE ''BUTCH'' MORRIS (1991)
The David Murray big band, which can be undisciplined and even a bit out of control, is never dull. This generally brilliant effort has quite a few highpoints. "Paul Gonsalves" recreates the tenor's...
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DON SEBESKY - Three Works For Jazz Soloists & Symphony Orchestra (1979)
When Don Sebesky recorded Three Works for Jazz Soloists and Symphony Orchestra in 1979, the idea of combining jazz and European classical music was hardly new. Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Jelly...
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ALBERT AYLER & DON CHERRY - Vibrations (1973)
Albert Ayler made two great contributions to improvised music. Both were connected, but one was more strictly musical, the other aesthetic. Musically, Ayler was the first to take the theoretical...
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WALTER NORRIS & ALADAR PEGE - Winter Rose (1980)
»The American Norris and the Hungarian Pege are both perfectly matched musicians who inspire each other, master all technical skills, thus keeping their minds free for musical events and these means...
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DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA - Yale Concert (1973)
The great Orchestra was still intact and in its late prime at the time of this performance from 1968. With the death of Billy the year before, (perhaps sensing his own mortality) accelerated his...
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DUKE ELLINGTON & RAY BROWN - This One's For Blanton! (1972)
Can Duke Ellington's piano playing still be called "underrated?" In the decades since his passing, this seems to be the most common adjective applied to his efforts at the keyboard. This reissue of a...
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MAL WALDRON - Blues For Lady Day (1972)
Pianist Mal Waldron was Billie Holiday's final regular accompanist and has recorded several tributes to Lady Day through the years. This CD brings back a nine-song solo tribute that consists of eight...
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JASON MORAN - Soundtrack To Human Motion (1998)
Can we all just agree that this is the debut of the year, if not the record of the year? Jazz has seen its share of excellent young players, but 24-year-old pianist Jason Moran really raises the bar...
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KEITH JARRETT - Standards In Norway (1995)
Keith Jarrett has recorded quite a few albums with his "Standards Trio," which also features bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette, and virtually all of their releases are enjoyable. The...
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HAL GALPER - Children Of The Night (1978)
This is one of the hottest albums of the '70s. Recorded at Rosy's in New Orleans in 1978 (and originally released a year later as Speak With a Single Voice), it features Galper on piano, Michael...
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AIR - Open Air Suite (1978)
Although in actuality a suite, this album is called Open Air Suite with the five compositions supposedly approximating a five-piece suit. The music played by this talented trio is complex yet...
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MICHAEL GIBBS with JOACHIM KÜHN - Europeana (1995)
Owing little to the main stem US jazz tradition, composer Michael Gibbs' orchestral suite Europeana has more in common with the work of folk-influenced English composers like Vaughan Williams, Benjamin...
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WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET - Revue (1980)
The World Saxophone Quartet always believed in putting on a show, although without watering down its adventurous music. The nine numbers on this set are generally concise (only two songs exceed six...
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