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KENNY WHEELER - Kayak (1992)
This is a criminally little known album by the celebrated British Jazz trumpeter / composer Kenny Wheeler, released on the short-lived and sadly forgotten Ah Um Records, owned by Nick Purnell. Wheeler...
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ARVE HENRIKSEN - Places of Worship (2013)
In a career that, from an international perspective, began with Norwegian noise improv group Supersilent's debut, 1-3 (Rune Grammofon, 1997), trumpeter Arve Henriksen's ascendant trajectory has gone...
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ART PEPPER - Tokyo Debut (1977)
After Art Pepper returned to the scene in 1975, it took him two years to get noticed outside of Los Angeles. His initial visit to Japan was a major turning point, and music from one of the very...
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DANIEL HUMAIR·MARC DUCRET·BRUNO CHEVILLON + ELLERY ESKELIN - Liberté...
At first blush, the odd man out might appear to be the American, Ellery Eskelin, who is rarely heard as a sideman. Those who appreciate the saxophonist's splendid recordings as a leader will not be...
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BOB MOSES - Devotion (1979)
Drummer, Composer, artist, poet, visionary, nature mystic, Moses' life has been a continuous quest for vision, spirit, compassion, growth and mastery in a multiplicity of art forms.Born in New York...
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DEREK BAILEY·JOËLLE LÉANDRE - No Waiting (1998)
In the 1970s British guitarist Derek Bailey (1930) became synonimous with wildly dissonant music. His unconventional methods evoked John Cage's dadaistic provocations, but Bailey was less interested...
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DEREK BAILEY - To Play The Blemish Sessions (2006)
Much has been discussed and said about improvisation in every form. In its search for freedom from conventional and standard forms, improvised music has gone into all kinds of directions. The results...
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DEREK BAILEY - Pieces for Guitar 1966-67 (2002)
What an unexpected treasure trove this turned out to be! Derek Bailey's earliest extant recordings, all solo guitar, none previously heard. Although still very much under the influence of Webern,...
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DEREK BAILEY - Drop Me Off at 96th (1994)
Hand Derek Bailey a superior quality acoustic guitar, turn on the tape recorder, and can anything go wrong? The cynically practical Mr. Bailey would no doubt have a long list, but those familiar with...
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ART PEPPER - Straight Life (1979)
Altoist Art Pepper recorded many albums for the Galaxy label during 1979-1982. Straight Life is pretty definitive and serves as a perfect introduction to Pepper's second (and most rewarding) period....
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ART PEPPER - New York Album (1979)
Tracks1. A Night In Tunisia (Gillespie/Paparelli)2. Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be) (Davis/Sherman/Ramirez)3. Straight, No Chaser (Alternate Take) (Thelonious Monk)4. Duo Blues (Art Pepper)5. My...
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ART PEPPER - Bésame Mucho·Live in Tokyo '79 (2003)
Shortly after Art Pepper's death in 1982, JVC Records in Japan began issuing a series of titles of the great saxophonist's performances in Japan. This set, recorded in 1979, was compiled from two...
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PHAROAH SANDERS - Pharoah's First (1964)
Hindsight can work wonders on the perception of a jazz musician's career, which makes it an exceptionally valuable tool to look at that artist's early recordings. Through the historian's lens, we can...
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PHAROAH SANDERS - Africa (1987)
As Kevin Whitehead's liner notes to this release reflect, Sanders "pays explicit tribute to his late mentor John Coltrane -- as this set's Coltrane-oriented sound makes unashamedly clear." Actually,...
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PHAROAH SANDERS - Crescent with Love (1992)
Saxophonist Pharoah Sanders worked extensively in John Coltrane's bands from 1965 until Coltrane's passing in 1967. At the time of making this tribute album, Sanders probably knew Coltrane and his...
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DINO SALUZZI - Navidad De Los Andes (2011)
Most musicians work with a wide range of other collaborators over time, but only a precious few become so empathically close as to engender ongoing relationships. It's no surprise that Argentinean...
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DIEGO URCOLA QUARTET - Appreciation (2011)
Subtlety seldom brings rewards in the life of a journeyman jazz musician. In a field overcrowded with competent colleagues, plagued by spotty media coverage and half-starved by the problems facing the...
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JOHNNY GRIFFIN Meets HORACE PARLAN - Close Your Eyes (2000)
Chicago has long been famous for big-toned tenor men, and when jazz enthusiasts are discussing hard bop tenor giants who have lived in the Windy City, Johnny Griffin's name inevitably comes up, along...
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TOMMY FLANAGAN - Alone Too Long (1977)
It seems hard to believe that this 1977 studio session was Tommy Flanagan's first entirely solo piano date, which was recorded by Nippon Columbia and first appeared as a Denon CD in the U.S. The...
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ARILD ANDERSEN - Shimri (1977)
On Shimri, musical release floats in suspension, grooves are coyly offered then withdrawn, swing is used sparingly, subtly, making only an occasional splash in the ripples of intimate conversation...
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