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DAVE DOUGLAS - A Thousand Evenings (2000)
By 2000 trumpeter Dave Douglas had etched himself as one of the most versatile, intriguing, and important players and composers on the scene. By leading several groups that successfully focus on...
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MINGUS DINASTY - Reincarnation (1982)
This is one of the finest Mingus Dynasty tribute recordings. It was recorded in 1982. The Dynasty bands are "small" groups of musicians who have played with the late great Mingus while he was alive. Of...
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CHRIS McGREGOR TRIO - Our Prayer (1969)
Another previously-unreleased gem from South African pianist/composer Chris McGregor and his cohorts in '60s UK free jazz. Our Prayer was culled from the same sessions that produced the also...
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CHRIS McGREGOR'S BROTHERHOOD OF BREATH (1971)
Brotherhood of Breath is a very different kind of big band from Charles Tolliver's, emerging as it does from the mixed parentage of South African townships music, 1960s free-jazz and the tone-poetry of...
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CHARLIE HADEN & CHRIS ANDERSON - None But The Lonely Heart (1997)
Chris Anderson is one of the unsung heroes of modern jazz piano. A revered figure among musicians, largely for his role as mentor to a young Herbie Hancock, Anderson has long been hindered by illness...
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CHARLIE HADEN & ANTONIO FORCIONE - Heatplay (2006)
Though Italian guitarist and composer Antonio Forcione has been hailed as "the Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar" and has been favorably compared to the brilliantly versatile Tommy Emmanuel, his work...
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CHRIS ANDERSON & SABINA SCIUBBA - You Don't Know What Love Is (1998)
Chris Anderson is a legendary and, until the mid-1990s, underdocumented veteran pianist. In his mid-70s at the time of this set, he collaborates with Sabina Sciubba, a pop singer from Germany who was...
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CHRIS ANDERSON TRIO - My Romance (1960) + Inverted Image (1961)
Entirely self-taught, unfazed by blindness and brittle bone disease, Chicago born Chris Anderson (1926-2008) remains a legendary figure among jazz pianists and an acknowledged influence on Herbie...
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JACK DeJOHNETTE, JOHN PATITUCCI, DANILO PÉREZ - Music We Are (2009)
Since the inception of his Golden Beams Productions imprint, Jack DeJohnette has been busy releasing music ranging from the meditational Music in the Key of Ohm (Golden Beams, 2005) and world...
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ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO - The Meeting (2004)
How strange that there are two studio albums by the Art Ensemble of Chicago issued in 2003, both without Lester Bowie, on two different labels. The ECM album is a tribute to the late Bowie and is made...
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DENNY ZEITLIN - Carnival (1964)
Denny Zeitlin (born 10 April 1938 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American jazz pianist and composer, and a clinical professor of psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco. Since 1963, he has...
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LARS DANIELSSON - New Hands (1986)
Lars Danielsson is one of the top jazz bass players in Sweden. His deeply melodic playing has provided depth to the music of an international cast of jazz players including vocalist Caecilie Norby,...
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FLY - Sky & Country (2009)
Brad Mehldau drummer Jeff Ballard (whose Mehldau bass partner Larry Grenadier joins him in the Fly trio with subtle alto saxophonist Mark Turner here) calls Fly "an intimate band with teeth", and it's...
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WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET - Live At Brooklyn Academy Of Music (1986)
The World Saxophone Quartet's first recording in four years found the group's power and adventurous nature unchanged. In existence on a part-time basis for eight years at this point, the band still...
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FERENC SNÉTBERGER - Nomad (2005)
Nomad is the seventh release by Hungarian-born, Berlin-based acoustic guitarist Ferenc Snétberger, but in many ways this collaborative effort may be the culmination of experiences by his collaborator,...
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STEVE TIBBETS - Big Map Idea (1989)
Experimental guitar collides with tabla, kalimba, pianolin, cello, steel drum and other percussion instruments, and tapes of “found sounds.” The CD opens with a lush cover of Jimmy Page’s Black...
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VERNERI POHJOLA - Aurora (2009)
Finnish trumpeter/composer Verneri Pohjola comes from a well-established family of jazz musicians: both his father, famed bassist Pekka Pohjola, and his younger brother, trombonist Ilmari, join him...
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FRANK LOWE - Decision In Paradise (1985)
The all-star lineup (tenor-saxophonist Frank Lowe, trumpeter Don Cherry, trombonnist Grachan Moncur III, pianist Geri Allen, bassist Charnette Moffett and drummer Charles Moffett) practically...
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FRANK LOWE - Lowe Down & Blue (2002)
An icon of '60s-style free jazz, Frank Lowe is one of the few giants of yesteryear to ply his trade uncompromisingly for so many decades. While his output since the 1990s is erratic due in large part...
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HENRI TEXIER - Respect (1997)
When one considers the personnel of this quintet set (which features altoist Lee Konitz, valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer and drummer Paul Motian), the instrumentation (with includes both Henri Texier's...
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