Jazz Beat (Part 30)

I joined this campaign - the music is really interesting and worthy of support -- $20 for a minty 3-side LP - definitely worth checking out. Let's keep the new jazz coming.

 

Kenny Wheeler – Double, Double You (ECM Records)
— With Mike Brecker, John Taylor, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette

 

Pharoah Sanders - Black Unity

 

This will always remain my favourite Pharoah Sanders platter, although primarily due to the mystical bass lines, driving ostinatos and the acute interaction courtesy of Cecil McBee and Stanley Clarke.....

 

i just wasn't in the mood. which is strange because i remember the last time i listened to it i was able to really get lost in the space he plays with. but yesterday....

 

yep - start with those ('inception', 'plays duke ellington' [!], and 'nights of ballads and blues'). they're all sublime.

 

Dave Liebman Big Band – A Tribute to Wayne Shorter (Summit Records)
— With Gunnar Mossblad, director; Matt Holmquist, arrangements; soloists include: Liebman, Mossblad, Jim Ridl, Vic Juris, Tim Sessions, Marko Marchinko, Jason Jackson, Scott Reeves, Tony Marino, Dave Riekenberg; other musicians include Tom Christensen, Tim Ries, Dave Ballou; all tunes by Wayne Shorter

 

Yeah, these are great! I also dig the cosmic stuff Tyner did for Impulse which was collected on that 3-CD "Mosaic Select" set. It's one of the best boxes they did IMO.

 

oops. you mean blue note...

 

Just got the promo email from Mosaic for their upcoming Dial set. For some reason, I haven't been this excited in a while! Which is saying a lot, since Mosaic has been putting out some really great stuff -- Armstrong (times 2!), Crosby, Webb/Fitzgerald, Ellington, Shaw, Hines, Hawkins, Lunceford, Mingus... embarrassment of riches!

 

Yep, the McCoy Tyner Mosaic Select includes the Blue Note albums Expansions, Cosmos, Extensions and Asante. It's now OOP.

 

Arrrgh! Yes you are correct!

I especially love Extensions. What a killer lineup!!!

 

Yep. 'All killer no filler'.. Is it still up?

 

i think i may be into this, too. i'll wait until i hear reviewsof its sound, though...

 

Yeah, not a bad idea.

 

Allen Lowe – Blues and the Empirical Truth – CD 1 (Music & Arts)
— With Roswell Rudd, Marc Ribot, Matthew Shipp, Lewis Porter, etc.

 

Strange and delightful:

 

!!!

 

there we go! good on ye, my man!

 

elvin jones + akira ohmori : trust in blue

 

Uri Caine – Toys (JMT / Verve – Polydor Japan)
— With Don Byron, Gary Thomas, Dave Douglas, Joshua Roseman, Dave Holland, Ralph Peterson, Don Alias

 

Before the limitations of achieving "rock star" status as a member of the Good Minus, there were these: