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ELVIN JONES, McCOY TYNER QUINTET - Love & Peace (1982)
This 1982 release marks the reunion of drummer Elvin Jones with pianist McCoy Tyner. These two rhythm section gurus had previously played together for five years in the early '60s in the John Coltrane...
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DEWEY REDMAN, ED BLACKWELL - Red And Black In Willisau (1980)
Tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman and drummer Ed Blackwell had first met up in the late '60s in Ornette Coleman’s band and later on as half of Old And New Dreams. This set of live duets from the Willisau...
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MARC COPLAND, GARY PEACOCK - What It Says (2003)
With a brooding approach that is nonetheless elegant in its delicacy, pianist Marc Copland teams up for yet another series of outstanding duets, this time with double-bassist Gary Peacock. What It Says...
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MARC COPLAND, DAVID LIEBMAN QUARTET - Lunar (2002)
Individually, pianist Marc Copland and saxophonist Dave Liebman always create compelling music -- and when they occasionally join forces, the effect is astounding. Accompanied by bassist Mike McGurk...
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CEDAR WALTON - Eastern Rebellation 2 (1977)
This version of Eastern Rebellion, led by pianist Cedar Walton, features Bob Berg on tenor, along with Sam Jones on bass, Billy Higgins on drums, and an occasional Curtis Fuller on trombone. Walton...
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MIGUEL ZENON - Jibaro (2005)
With the relatively concurrent release of Wayne Shorter's new live recording, Beyond the Sound Barrier, and alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon's Jibaro, there are bound to be comparisons. Like Shorter,...
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PAUL BLEY - Alone, Again (1975)
Bley is an engaging, thoughtful and highly individualistic player who doesn't fit any rigid category. At the time, he was returning to acoustic music after having worked almost exclusively on electric...
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ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO - Urban Magic (1997)
Tracks01. Urban Magic (Famoudou Don Moye)02. MamaWants You (Malachi Favors)03. Dancer (Famoudou Don Moye)04. Chant (Roscoe Mitchell)05. Villa Tiamo (Lester Bowie)06. Horn Web (Roscoe Mitchell)07....
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KEITH JARRETT - Expectations (1972)
This was the first real indication to the world that Keith Jarrett was an ambitious, multi-talented threat to be reckoned with, an explosion of polystylistic music that sprawled over two LPs (now...
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ULRIK, SCOFIELD, DANIELSSON, ERSKINE - Shotcuts (1999)
“When I was asked to pick a "dream team" for the 1999 Jazzpar Combo I hadn't in my wildest dreams imagined that I would succeed in bringing together this band. Usually you are allowed to choose one...
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CARLA BLEY BIG BAND - Looking for America (2003)
Carla Bley is the love child of Duke Ellington, Gil Evans, and Charles Ives. But still, that does not seem to tell the whole story. Born into a musical family, pre-war, on the West Coast, Bley...
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VINCE MENDOZA - Sketches (1994)
AAJ: Let's talk about Sketches, the 1994 album you did with WDR Big Band and people like soprano saxman Dave Liebman and Peter Erskine. It starts with a piece by Ravel, but then the meat of it is...
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HAMPTON HAWES - Northern Windows Plus (1973-74)
Tracks01. Playin’ In The Yard (Sonny Rollins)02. Double Trouble (Hampton Hawes)03. Pink Peaches (Hampton Hawes)04. De De (Hampton Hawes)05. Stella By Starlight (Washington-Young)06. Sierra Morena...
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DHAFER YOUSSEF - Electric Sufi (2001)
Tunisian-born oud performer/vocalist Dhafer Youssef attains a happy medium while integrating the oud (an Arabic lute instrument) with jazzy grooves and wide-ranging improvisational forums. On this...
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JOHN TAYLOR - Whirlpool (2007)
John Taylor is the pianist of weightlessness. Although overly simple, this aphoristic description of the English virtuoso's dense yet liberated musical discourse renders justice not only to its...
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MARIA SCHNEIDER - Evanescence (1994)
Strong, sensitive, colorful, possessed of great depth of feeling, funny, worried, secure, insecure, highly skilled, naturally gifted, dedicated to growth ... listening to a tape I have heard many times...
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PAUL BLEY, JIMMY GIUFFRE, STEVE SWALLOW - The Life Of A Trio, Sunday (1990)
The second night of the 1989 reunion in New York of the 1961-1962 Jimmy Giuffre 3 with pianist Paul Bley and (now electric) bassist Steve Swallow in some ways eclipses the first. The fact that there is...
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ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO - Urban Bushman 2-CD (1982)
Recorded at a 1980 concert in Munich, Urban Bushmen not only provides an excellent summation of the Art Ensemble of Chicago's work since 1966, but also substantiates the group's reputation for putting...
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KAHIL EL'ZABAR'S RITUAL TRIO - Africa N' Da Blues (2000)
On Africa N'da Blues, percussionist Kahil El'Zabar writes the next chapter in his continuing study of the music that shaped the future of jazz. His previous Delmark album,Conversations (Delmark 514),...
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ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO - Nice Guys (1979)
The legendary Art Ensemble of Chicago, currently in their fifth decade of activity, ended a five-year studio silence with Nice Guys, their debut for ECM at the pinnacle of the label’s output. As...
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