All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Under trumpet virtuoso Charles Tolliver's direction, the Music Inc. quartet would go on to record several challenging live albums-- from locales as varied as the famed club Slugs and Yubinchokin Hall in Tokyo--for his and pianist Stanley Cowell's fledgling Strata East label during the '70s, later co...
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
The late Detroit drummer Roy Brooks played with a stellar array of bandleaders during his long tumultuous career. His talent graced dozens of recordings by everyone from Yusef Lateef and Chet Baker to Dexter Gordon, Red Garland, Don Cherry, Abdullah Ibrahim, Blue Mitchell, Charles Mingus, Marcus Belgrave, Max Roach, Shirley Scott, Stanley Turrentine, [...]
Orgy in Rhythm (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
Jay Hoggard for India Navigation from 1982. Pianist Anthony Davis (who contributed one of the four originals), co-stars with inventive vibraphonist Jay Hoggard on this adventurous set. Dwight Andrews is heard from on bass clarinet, the great Cecil McBee is on bass, and the remainder of the group includes drummer Billy Hart, percussionist Don Moye and Wilson Moorman III on tympani. The lengthy interpretations...
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
Drummer, producer, songwriter, and performer Norman Connors scored a slew of hits on the R&B charts and was almost omnipresent on worldwide disco and dance club floors from the middle of the 1970s into the early ‘80s. He also founded a couple of recording and performing groups, including Aquarian Dream. Connors hit chart gold first [...]
Jazz@Rochester (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
The Spring Season of Exodus To Jazz comes to a close with the Andy Bey Trio coming to Rochester on Friday, May 23, 2008, at the Riverside Ballroom at the Clarion Riverside Hotel in downtown Rochester. Bey will be accompanied...
Orgy in Rhythm (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
Cecil McBee for Strata East from 1974 First posted at OIR 09/06. Here is my last post on Strata East for the moment and it's the great Cecil McBee I have so many albums with him as a sideman I thought it was fitting that this solo album by him should be posted.This features the terrific "Tulsa Black" track that was compiled by Soul Jazz some years ago for their Strata East cd. I have lifted this review...
Orgy in Rhythm (Free subscription) | 03/30/2008
Music Inc. for Strata East from 1971. First posted at O.I.R. September 2006. CHARLES TOLLIVER-TRUMPET;CECIL McBEE-BASS;STANLEY COWELL-PIANO;JIMMY HOPPS-DRUMS Reeds and Flutes:JIMMY HEATH CLIFFORD JORDAN BOBBY BROWN WILBUR BROWN Trumpets:RICHARD WILLIAMS VIRGIL JONES LARRY GREENWICH DANNY MOORE Trombones:GARNETT BROWN CURTIS FULLER JOHN GORDON DICK GRIFFIN Tuba and Baritone Sax:HOWARD JOHNSON This was...
Orgy in Rhythm (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Stanley Cowell for Galaxy from 1979. One of my favourite Cowell lps - well,how can you go wrong with support from the great Cecil McBee and the mighty Roy Haynes! Produced by Ed Michel. Highly Recommended. Pianist Stanley Cowell introduced his most famous composition "Equipoise" on this trio set with bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Roy Haynes. Actually the entire LP (which is unfortunately out-of-print)...
Orgy in Rhythm (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Woody Shaw for Muse from 1965. George Cables (Piano (Electric)), Ron Carter (Bass), Joe Chambers (Drums), Herbie Hancock (Piano), Joe Henderson (Sax (Tenor)), Cecil McBee (Bass), Woody Shaw (Trumpet), Larry Young (Piano), Garnett Brown (Trombone), Paul Chambers (Bass), Harold Vick (Flute), Harold Vick (Sax (Tenor)) Originally titled In The Beginning, the music on this set was not released for the first...
St. Louis Jazz Notes (Free subscription) | 02/02/2008
As the son of legendary saxophonist John Coltrane and keyboardist/composer Alice Coltrane, Ravi Coltrane is heir to a powerful jazz legacy. Yet the younger Coltrane, who's coming to St. Louis to perform February 27 through March 1 at Jazz at the Bistro , seems at ease with the notion of following in such famous footsteps. Like his dad, he plays tenor and soprano sax, and he isn't afraid to invite further...
Audiversity (Free subscription) | 01/30/2008
6a: 1. Royal Trux - Back to School - Singles, Live and Unreleased ( Domino 1997) 2. Black Mountain - Wucan - In the Future ( Jagjaguwar 2008) 3. Earthless - Cherry Red - Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky ( Tee Pee 2007) 4. Human Bell - Ephaphatha (Be Opened) - Human Bell ( Thrill Jockey 2007) 5. Sam Shalabi - Billy the Kid (pt. 2) - Eid ( Alien8 2008) 6. Kamilsky - Krumpaci Zasrany - Post-Asiatic: Lost War...
Rifftides (Free subscription) | 01/21/2008
One year ago, the pianist George Cables gave his listeners a moment of music so...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/17/2008
The great jazz pianist George Cables recently underwent a double-transplant operation, receiving a new liver and kidney. While his recovery appears to be on-track, even in a best-case scenario it's likely to be six months before he can begin working again. All Star Benefit Tribute for George Cables...
Destination: Out (Free subscription) | 01/16/2008
WISDOM THROUGH MUSIC LOVE IS EVERYWHERE Pharaoh Sanders Wisdom Through Music Impulse : 1973 PS, sax, vocal, flute; James Branch, flute; Joe Bonner, piano; Cecil McBee, bass; Norman Connors, drums; Lawrence Killian, congas, percussion; Mtume, percussion; Badal Roy, percussion. This is probably the least discussed album from Pharaoh Sanders's impressive stint at Impulse. It's an unusual effort featuring...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 12/05/2007
New York, NY, December 05, 2007 -- Jazz My Soul, by the Jazz Explorers (Rhythm Dynamics) was picked as one of the Top 25 independent releases of 2007 from across all categories of musical CDs by the editors at Indie-music.com. The release has been added to radio and satellite radio playlists in New Orleans and Chicago...
