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HENRY THREADGILL & MAKE A MOVE - Where's Your Cup (1997)
Even though Henry Threadgill is often considered "difficult to listen to," most blindfolded listeners would probably find themselves identifying any randomly selected 20-second segment of Where's Your...
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LEW TABACKIN QUARTET - Desert Lady (1990)
The great tenor saxophonist and flutist Lew Tabackin is joined by pianist Hank Jones, bassist Dave Holland,and drummer Victor Lewis on this well-rounded program. The Concord CD has many highlights,...
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MAL WALDRON - Soul Eyes (1997)
"This album was recorded last summer when Waldron and his friends were invited to celebrate his birthday at Jazz Middelheim in Antwerp, Belgium, the bi-annual festival of Brtn Public Radio. His regular...
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STEFANO BOLLANI - L' Orchestra Del Titanic (1999)
L' Orchestra Del Titanic is the first solo album by 25-year-old Florentine pianist Stefano Bollani, "Best New Talent 1999" according to Musica Jazz, Italy's leading jazz's magazine.For years, Bollani,...
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RON MILES - My Cruel Heart (1996)
Denver trumpeter Ron Miles' resume includes time with Bill Frisell, Don Byron, the Ellington Orchestra, and Fred Hess’ Boulder Creative Music Ensemble. Besides being solicited all over the world for...
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JIM HALL - Jim Hall & Basses (2001)
Jim Hall is no stranger to guitar/bass duets after several memorable outings with the likes of Ron Carter and Red Mitchell, but this series of studio sessions is even more challenging, mixing it up in...
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JOEY BARON - Down Home (1997)
Befitting its title, Down Home is a surprisingly soulful set by four pros who live up to their promising intrigue as an all-star quartet. Arthur Blythe, Bill Frisell, Ron Carter and leader Baron...
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JOEY BARON - We'll Soon Find Out (1999)
Perhaps the core, and highly noticeable component here, is that traditional groove oriented, R&B induced music, while in the hands of musicians who respectively possess a distinctive voice enables...
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PETE CHRISTLIEB & WARNE MARSH - Apogee (1978)
Apogee would never have been released on Warner Bros. if Steely Dan’s Walter Becker and Donald Fagen -- then coming off of Aja -- hadn't produced it. Warner was not in the business of issuing new jazz...
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JOE HENDERSON - Big Band (1996)
Throughout the 1960s, Joe Henderson was the busiest tenor saxophonist at Blue Note, releasing several outstanding albums as a leader and appearing often as a highly-regarded sideman with most of the...
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MARK TURNER - Ballad Session (2000)
Mark Turner’s Ballad Session presents a tenor saxophonist of extraordinary poise and emotional attunement. Throughout this recording Turner deftly maintains his balance, avoiding sentimentality,...
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WALT DICKERSON - Serendipity (1976)
For decades, the Modern Jazz Quartet's Milt Jackson was jazz's leading player of the vibraphone. Both in the Modern Jazz Quartet and on his own solo albums, Jackson redefined the role of vibes in jazz,...
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ART PEPPER - The Way It Is (1972)
Despite his very erratic lifestyle, altoist Art Pepper never made a bad record. This collection is better than most. The first four titles team together Pepper with tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh,...
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TETE MONTOLIU & NHOP - Face To Face (1982)
Tracks1. There'll Never Be Another You (Harry Warren)2. I Love You (Cole Porter)3. I Fall In Love Too Easily (Juel Styne)4. Lover Man (Ram Ramirez) Salt Peanuts (Dizzy Gillespie)TETE MONTOLIU...
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GARY BURTON - Seven Songs For Quartet And Chamber Orchestra (1974)
If one were to draw a line between the ensemble aesthetics of Eberhard Weber and Keith Jarrett, then one might plot the compositions of orchestral jazz legend Mike Gibbs somewhere along the way. Born...
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DAVE DOUGLAS TINY BELL TRIO - Live In Europe (1997)
One of the characteristics shared by most of my favorite jazz musicians is versatility. They have "big ears" in their musical interests as well as in their playing environments. If you look at the list...
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BOBO STENSON TRIO - War Orphans (1998)
While the last Bobo Stenson Trio offering found the band cohesively searching for a new harmonic language together and separately as composers, on War Orphans they seem to have found it. Stenson...
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ENRICO RAVA, DINO SALUZZI QUINTET - Volver (1988)
Trumpeter Enrico Rava and his quartet (with guitaristHarry Pepl, bassist Furio Di Castri and drummer Bruce Ditmas meet the Argentinian bandoneon player Dino Saluzzi on six group originals. Rava’s...
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HENRI TEXIER QUARTET & JOE LOVANO - Paris Batignolles (1986)
Bassist Henri Texier leads an all-star quintet bolstered by the presence of special guest Joe Lovano on tenor sax in this live 1986 recording. While Texier either wrote or co-wrote many of the...
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ANDREW HILL - Andrew (1964)
ANDREW! finds the avant-garde composer and pianist Andrew Hill following up his landmark 1964 LP, POINT OF DEPARTURE, with a more flowing quintet session, featuring the estimable vibraphonist Bobby...
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