Title: The Wonderful World of Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure Lewis, known for his own cool piano technique and sideman to the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Lester…
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Ralph Alessi, Gary Versace, Drew Gress, Nasheet Waits: supportive and creative synchronicity
Title: Quiver Label: ECM Although he can tackle the bass along with the next man, Alessi is better known for his avant-garde trumpet work (which is what you can hear here).…
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Tite: Ida Lupino Label: ECM I got to know Ida Lupino (born in London, which was a surprise to me) through my liking of the legendary Hollywood actor, Humphrey Bogart. I’m…
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Title: The Declaration of Musical Independence Label: ECM Just in case you are not aware of him, Cyrille is a top class avant-jazz drummer. In fact, during the 80s and 90s,…
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Ralph Alessi, Gary Versace, Drew Gress, Nasheet Waits: Four men in search of jazz
Title: Quiver Label: ECM Although he can tackle the bass along with the next man, Alessi is better known for his avant-garde trumpet work (which is what you can hear here).…
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Title: Monk in Tokyo Label: Speakers Corner What makes a great jazz musician? One that sees the genre from a new perspective? One who implements that music in a new way?…
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Title: The Clown Label: Speakers Corner Mingus was on a roll when this album was released in 1957. Coming, as it did, just a year after the glorious and extremely focused…
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Title: For Adult Listeners Only Label: Modern Harmonic Here’s an intriguing one, an album created for men, by men for that man in their life with titles such as The Boy…
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Title: At Intermedia Arts April 1991 Label: Modern Harmonic He was a unique man of jazz, combining an image and a ‘history’ that reached back into ancient Egypt complete with associated…
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Sam Butara and the Witnesses: Louis Prima’s wing man
Title: The Wildest Clan plus Apache! Label: Hoodoo Well, isn’t this a delightful little package? I’m a fan of Louis Prima and his then wife, Keely Smith and their accomplished musicianship…
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Title: Walking The Line Label: MPS There are not too many true stars in music but you can say this about Oscar Peterson and say it with total confidence, he was…
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Title: Go! Label: Jazz Images This is another LP that celebrates and presents the imagery of hard working French photographer Jean Pierre Leloir, born in Paris in 1931, who created an…
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Title: Live at Ronnie Scott’s Label: Gearbox You can see (and, of course, hear) the man’s strong eastern influences on this album (as you can on much of his works). Apart…
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Title: Sings Label: Jazz Images Continuing to release jazz albums that relax slowly into the imagery of hard working French photographer Jean Pierre Leloir, who created an archive of jazz musicians…
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Title: Moon Egg Label: Stolen Body Bristol-based Japanese artist Yoshino Shigihara has a fanciful way with her words and music. For example, apparently (I say that because not all of the…
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Title: Mingus Ah Um Label: Jazz Images An intriguing record label devoted to the jazz genre. The French outfit, Jazz Images, utilises the photographic work of Jean Pierre Leloir who examined,…
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Title: Branching Out Label: Jazz Workshop Adderley had a cornet style that was influenced by Miles Davis. In fact, he became adept at taking his solo work down a subtone that proved…
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Title: The Nubians of Plutonia Label: Jazz Classics There’s experimental, there’s avant-garde, there’s ‘out there’ and then there’s Sun Ra. A controversial jazz man who surrounded his adventurous music with…
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Title: The Doctor Is In…And Out Label: Pure Pleasure Many people thought that this legendary, Detroit-born, tenor saxophonist, oboe player, bassoonist and flautist, who also played a range of esoteric instruments…
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Title: Infinite Search Label: Pure Pleasure An immense talent in terms of jazz-rock tinged bass in the late 60s and early 70s, this Czech-born musician quickly became something of a prodigy,…
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Title: Forest Flower: Charles Lloyd at Monterey Label: Speakers Corner Lloyd is one of those musicians who is looked up to by other musicians, such is the man’s talents in terms…
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Title: Free Label: Speakers Corner A big name percussionist during the 70s (he was quite a collector too: he gathered 120 percussive instruments before he moved to the USA from his…
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Title: Ragnarok Label: Round 2 A jazz-rock outfit from Lillestrøm, Norway that exuded energy and pizazz. How much energy? Well, early on during the review period of this LP, my wife…
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Title: Dada Label: Esoteric OK, brace yourself for this one folks. What you’ve got here is a jazz rock album from 1970 fronted by…Elkie Brooks! Yes, Elkie ‘Pearl’s a Singer’ Brooks.…
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Title: Spectrum Label: Audio Fidelity You may remember them yourself. Sometimes reviewers of old would throw the odd cliche at their readers to express a measure of the excitement to be had within the…
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Title: Big Band and Quartet In Concert Label: Speakers Corner Released in 1964 on the Columbia label, this LP sees the great man at the very top of his game. In fact, it is surely…