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PAOLO FRESU / FURIO DI CASTRI / JOHN TAYLOR - Contos (1993)
Tracks1. Sueños (Di Castri)2. Evan Song (Taylor)3. Walkabout (Fresu)4. Satie (Fresu)5. Evening Song (Di Castri)6. Ninna Nanna Per Vale (Fresu)7. Blue Grass (Taylor)8. Lovely Ballad (Fresu)9. Mandarin...
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CHARLIE HADEN - Liberation Music Orchestra (1969)
Charlie Haden is one of the most hypnotically inventive bassists in contemporary jazz. Maturing in Ornette Coleman's revolutionary quartet of the early Sixties, he revealed early (in pieces like...
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CHARLIE HADEN LIBERATION ORCHESTRA - Not In Our Name (2005)
Bassist Charlie Haden and pianist Carla Bley, two of the more eclectic and versatile people in jazz, make a great team as musical conceptualists as a they draw on a shared vision and Bley's knack for...
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JOHN MOULDER - Bifröst (2009)
A longtime member of ex-Pat Metheny Group drummer Paul Wertico's trio, enough has already been written about John Moulder's double life as jazz guitarist and ordained priest. Bifröst is Moulder's...
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ENRICO RAVA / STEFANO BOLLANI - Montreal Diary /B (2002)
Label Bleu has already issued the group version of Enrico Rava's appearance at the 2001 Montreal jazz festival, dedicated to the music of Miles Davis. This is the other half of the story, in which the...
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ENRICO RAVA - Montreal Diary /A·Play Miles Davis (2002)
There are truckloads of Miles Davis tribute albums, but this one is special. Recorded live at the Montreal Jazz Festival on July 5th, 2001, Enrico Rava and his band play a phenomenal set of 5 songs...
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JOHN SCOFIELD - Shinola (1981)
Tracks1. Why'd You Do It?2. Yawn3. Dr. Jacle (Jackie McLean)4. Jean The Bean5. Rags To RichesJOHN SCOFIELD guitarSTEVE SWALLOW bassADAM NUSSBAUM drumsMusic composed by John Scofield, except (3) by...
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STEVE KUHN / JEAN-FRANÇOIS JENNY CLARK / ALDO ROMANO - Paris 1969
Tracks01. Baubles, Bangles & Beads (George Forest)02. I Waited for You (Tadd Dameron)03. Here I Am (Burt Bacharach)4. Bits and Pieces (Dave Clark)5. Lament (Jay Jay Johnson) [fade out]STEVE KUHN...
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WALTER NORRIS QUARTET - Sunburst (1991)
WALTER NORRIS: When Concord suggested that I record in quartet, I said, "Get me Joe Henderson and if not, try Bobby Hutchinson." I had listened to each of them in Berlin and felt these two to be the...
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PAUL BLEY with MASAHIKO TOGASHI - Echo (1999)
Tracks01. Offhand 02. Noteworthy 03. Highstrung 04. Mispoke 05. Construct 06. Symmetry 07. Light 08. Primitivo 09. Osmosis 10. Indolence 11. Spirits 12. Desolet 13. Makeover 14. Exposures 15....
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MASAHIKO TOGASHI "BURA-BURA" (2CD, 2000 Edition)
An intriguing live concert recording, Bura-Bura is a quartet date led by drummer Masahiko Togashi, little known in the West, but featuring the all-star array of Don Cherry, Steve Lacy, and Dave...
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ANTHONY BRAXTON with DAVE DOUGLAS - Six Standards (Quintet) 1996 (2004)
Tracks1. Woody'n You (Dizzy Gillespie)2. Blues And The Abstract Truth (Oliver Nelson)3. Ruby My Dear (Thelonious Monk)4. Like Sonny (John Coltrane)5. Lazy Bird (John Coltrane)6. Dee's Dilemma (Mal...
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ANGELICA SANCHEZ - Life Between (2008)
Since their relocation from Arizona in 1995, pianist Angelica Sanchez and her husband, saxophonist Tony Malaby, have made their mark on the fertile New York scene. Malaby has become omnipresent,...
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THE REVOLUTIONARY ENSEMBLE - And Now (2004)
When the Revolutionary Ensemble reformed at the last Vision Festival after 27 years, it was a special occasion, a novelty. It was felt that this could be more than a one-off reunion and that the band...
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REVOLUTIONARY ENSEMBLE - The Revolutionary Ensemble (1977)
Tracks1. Clear Spring (Sirone)2. March 4-1 (Jerome Cooper)3. Chicago (Leroy Jenkins)4. Revolutionary Ensemble (Sirone/L. Jenkins/J. Cooper)SIRONE bass, flute JEROME COOPER drums, chirimoya,...
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DAVE HOLLAND QUINTET - Seeds of Time (1985)
Tracks1. Uhren (Steve Coleman)2. Homecoming (Dave Holland)3. Perspicuity (Doug Hammond)4. Celebration (Julian Priester)5. World Protection Blues (Doug Hammond)6. Gridlock (Opus 8) (Steve Coleman)7....
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ANTHONY BRAXTON - Duets 1995
Originally released as 10 Compositions (Duets) 1995 on the Konnex label, this reissue is one of a series of duets with bass players recorded by multi-instrumentalist / composer Anthony Braxton in the...
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VIJAY IYER - Blood Sutra (2003)
Calling Blood Sutra another Vijay Iyer disc could be damning with faint praise or maybe noting a first few signs of stagnation, but it just reflects the singular nature of the young pianist-composer's...
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JOHN CARTER QUINTET - Night Fire (1981)
Tracks1. Morning Bell 2. Sweet Sunset 3. Juba Stomp 4. Buckin'5. Night Fire·An American Folk SuiteROBERTO MIRANDA bassJOHN CARTER clarinetJAMES NEWTON fluteWILLIAM JEFFREY percussionBOBBY BRADFORD...
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STEVE LACY - Duets: Associates (1996)
Each of these ten tracks feature Steve Lacy in duo performances. Compiled by the soprano saxophonist, and not released until 1997, there are highlights galore throughout, making this an essential...
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