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CHARLES TYLER - Folly Fun Magic Music (1992)
Here is another of Charles Tyler's later recordings, made in France with a host of young cats enthralled to be playing with a bona fide '60s legend. Tyler as always is inspired and in good humor here....
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CHARLES TYLER - Eastern Man Alone (1967)
That Charles Tyler comes out of the school of Albert Ayler is a well-known fact. Listening to Tyler in his quartet on Eastern Man Alone, recorded in January, 1967, his second for ESP, is delving into...
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PAUL BLEY - Zen Palace (1993)
Tracks1. Deviation (Paul Bley)2. Almost Persuaded (Paul Bley)3. Ah-Ha (Paul Motian)4. Latin Ideas (Paul Bley)5. Zen Palace (Paul Bley)6. Where Is Paul? (Steve Swallow)PAUL MOTIAN drumsSTEVE SWALLOW...
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AHMED ABDULLAH QUARTET - Liquid Magic (1988)
Ex-Sun Ra trumpeter/flügelhornist Abdullah expresses his brand of jazz in a modern way with mainstream swing and progressive overtones. Tenor saxophonist Charles Brackeen, bassist Malachi Favors, and...
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HAMIET BLUIETT - If You To Ask (1991)
Tracks01. Black Danube·James Brown In 3/4 Times (Hammier Bluiett)02. If Only We Knew & T.S.Monk, Sir (Hammier Bluiett)03. Wide Open (Hammier Bluiett/Tab Benoit)04. Ei Owora Befame-ko (So, I'll...
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ANDREW HILL - Les Trinitaires (1998)
Les Trinitaires finds master composer Andrew Hill alone at the piano in a small French club just 18 months before recording his well-regarded ensemble recording Dusk. This is a stark, moody set, not...
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TONY WILLIAMS LIFETIME - Emergency (1969)
Tony Williams' Emergency was one of the first and most influential albums in late-'60s fusion, a double-LP set that shattered the boundaries between jazz and rock. Working with guitarist John...
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GONZALO RUBALCABA - Straight Ahead (2002)
Tracks01. La nueva cubana (Gonzalo Rubalcaba) 02. Pluma (Gonzalo Rubalcaba) 03. Pergamin (Gonzalo Rubalcaba) 04. Homo blues (Gonzalo Rubalcaba) 05. Four (Miles Davis) 06. Little waltz...
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GONZALO RUBALCABA - Avatar (2008)
As the career of Gonzalo Rubalcaba has progressed, through the trials and tribulations of attempting to move freely from his native Cuba to the U.S. and back, there has never been any doubt as to his...
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SAM RIVERS TRIO - Firestorm (2002)
Sam Rivers’s new trio is not just a trio. The avant-garde tenor legend, now in his late 70s, unites with the rhythm section from his Rivbea All-Star Orchestra — bassist Doug Mathews and drummer...
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JOE HENDERSON - Mode For Joe (1966)
Allaboutjazz.comRecorded and released in 1966, Mode for Joe was Joe Henderson's last session as a leader for Blue Note Records until 1985's State of the Tenor.True to form for the period, the...
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AHMED ABDULLAH & THE SOLOMONIC QUINTET (1987)
First impressions of Ahmed Abdullah's Solomonic Quintet: the deftly shifting rhythms of the dance, the soulful inflection of the song, and, always, clarity and balance. At first it was the Solomonic...
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ARTHUR BLYTHE - Exhale (2002)
Arthur Blythe's alto saxophone was first heard in combination with Bob Stewart's tuba during the late '70s on Blythe's earliest albums Metamorphosis, The Grip, and Bush Baby. Exhale, which was...
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JOHN HICKS TRIO - I'll Give You Something To Remember Me By...(1987)
Tracks1. Hold It Down (J. Hicks/C. Lundy) 2. Pas De Trois (P. Arslanian) 3. Monk's Mood (T. Monk) 4. I Didn't Know What Time It Was (R. Rodgers/L. Hart) 5. Airegin (S. Rollins) 6. My Foolish Heart...
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LEE KONITZ & HAL GALPER - Windows (1975)
Pairing alto saxophonist Lee Konitz with pianist Hal Galper makes for plenty of inspired moments in this 1975 studio date. Starting with an inventive reshaping of "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You,"...
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CREATIVE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (1970)
Although “Creative Construction Company” did not come out until the mid-70s, this is actually a recording of a concert in May 1970. Also, even though this is the first album to bear the name of the...
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CLUSONE 3 - Rara Avis (1997)
"We all know how 20th century composers from Messiaen to Ellington to Dolphy cribbed melodies" from birds, says Kevin Whitehead in the liner notes to this collection of fourteen bird songs by the...
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MUTHSPIEL·PEACOCK·MUTHSPIEL·MOTIAN (1993)
Tracks1. Jodler (traditional)2. Chill Out Honey Pie (Christian and Wolfgang Muthspiel)3. Eight Slash Eight (Wolfgang Muthspiel)4. Hanne (Christian Muthspiel)5. MuPeMo (Wolfgang Muthspiel)6. One For...
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BILLY BANG QUINTET - Rainbow Gladiator (1981)
Tracklist:01. Rainbow Gladiator (Bang) 14:1902. Ebony Minstrel Man (Bang) 4:1603. New York After Dark (Bang) 7:2004. Broken Strings (for Clarence Muse) (Bang) 2:4405. YAA - Woman Born On Thursday (for...
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BENNIE MAUPIN - Penumbra (2006)
Bennie Maupin, whose bass clarinet work helped define Miles Davis' classic Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1969), was an equally key contributor to Herbie Hancock's 1970s Mwandishi and Headhunters groups. In...
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