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Jazzmatazz Newsletter
#100
7 November 2002
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This week we review a jazz-fusion release by
Tunnels (Buckyball)
and have a pair of capsule reviews below.
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Recent jazz releases
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Tierney Sutton -
Something Cool (Telarc Jazz) Sept 24
Vocalist
Tierney Sutton follows up last years' excellent Bill Evans' tribute,
Blue in Green, with a program of standards on her new release,
Something Cool. She's included three tunes by Lerner and Loewe from My Fair Lady and a version of Willie Nelson's "Crazy," as well as tunes by Johnny Mercer and Duke Ellington and a beautiful reading of Howard Dietz's "Alone Together."
Her voice threatens to turn into a horn as she scats her way through "Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead" and she interacts and improvises well with her very good backing band, singing sweetly and agilely on this charming new recording.
— ALAN LANKIN, Nov 2002
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Matthias Lupri Group -
Same Time Twice (Summit) Oct 1
Vibraphonist
Matthias Lupri has come out with an adventurous, straight-ahead jazz date with
Same Time, Twice.
Joined on the front line by guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel and saxophonist Mark Turner, some of the playing and compositions are reminiscent of the mid-1970s Gary Burton group with Pat Metheny or late 1960s Blue Note recordings.
— ALAN LANKIN, Nov 2002
This week's jazz releases
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New issues
The highlight
of this week's
new releases
is
Mat Maneri's
new suite-like work on
Thirsty Ear.
Also out
is
Fred Lonberg-Holm's
tribute
to pioneering jazz cellist
Fred Katz
on
Atavistic;
plus titles from
Rudresh Mahanthappa
on
Red Giant;
and
Urban Voices on
TCB.
There are some new vocal releases by
Monica Mancini on
on
Concord;
and
Tony Bennett/k.d. lang on
Columbia.
Other new issues include
John Bunch,
Bob Haggart and
Chuck Hedges
on
Arbors;
the Crosby Bobcats,
Harry "Sweets" Edison and
Danny Moss
on
Arbors;
and a Marian McPartland holiday CD
on
NPR.
There's also a new biography of
Miles Davis by
the good writer
John Szwed
from
Simon & Schuster.
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Reissues & vintage issues
Reissues & vintage issues this week include
a disc of unreleased
Sun Ra on
Atavistic from his early Chicago period. The label
also reissues a set by
Fred Van Hove.
Capitol has a disc
of duets from
Frank Sinatra's
1957-60 TV shows. It's their first time on CD. Capitol
also is reissuing their nice 4-CD
Nat King Cole overview.
Jazz labels are getting ready for the holidays--we have boxed sets out this
week from three labels. We'll start with
Concord, which has a box set
of
George Shearing/Mel Torme recordings which includes a disc of unreleased recordings.
As they've sometimes done in prior years,
Mosaic Records
has released several sets of
Capitol recordings
to general retail; this year they've released the
Gene Krupa/Harry James and
Four Freshman sets. If these are on your wish list, this is
a good opportunity to get them at a discount.
And
Collectables
has two big sets of
Atlantic
recordings
of
John Lewis and
Wilbur DeParis which are a good deal price-wise.
Collectables
also has reissues out
of
titles from
Atlantic and
Columbia
by
Rosemary Clooney,
King Curtis/Champion Jack Dupree,
Jean-Luc Ponty and
Joe Turner.
Other reissues include
titles by
Sonny Parker
on
Document;
Lionel Hampton and
Paulo Moura
on
Fuel 2000;
June Christy,
Larry Clinton/Bea Wain,
Duke Ellington,
Thomas Jefferson and
Ralph Sutton
on
Storyville;
Benny Goodman
on
TCB.
Plus:
Anthony Braxton
on
Leo;
and
Joey Baron/Tim Berne/Hank Roberts,
Robin Eubanks and
Strata Institue
on
Winter & Winter.
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John Bunch -
A Special Alliance (Arbors) Nov 5
Bob Haggart -
The Music of Bob Haggart (Arbors) Nov 5
— with Randy Sandke; Ken Peplowski; Howard Alden; Wycliffe Gordon and others
Chuck Hedges -
Just Jammin' (Arbors) Nov 5
Fred Lonberg-Holm/Jason Robke/Glenn Kotche
—
A Valentine For Fred Katz (Atavistic 139) Nov 5
Sun Ra -
Music From Tomorrow's World - Chicago 1960 (Atavistic Unheard Music Series 237) Nov 5
— previously unreleased live and studio material
Fred Van Hove
-
Complete Vogel Recordings Collection - 2 CDs (Atavistic Unheard Music Series 229)
— includes 3 Lps and a single originally issued in 1972-74
Frank Sinatra -
Classic Duets (Capitol) Nov 5
— 21 digitally re-mastered recordings from his 1957-1960 network television shows
— first time on CD
— with Ella Fitzgerald (three tracks), Louis Armstrong, Nancy Sinatra,
Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bing Crosby, Lena Horne, Peggy Lee,
the McGuire Sisters, Shirley Jones, Ethel Merman, The Hi-Lo's, Louis Prima,
Keely Smith, Elvis Presley, Nelson Riddle
Nat King Cole -
Nat King Cole - 4 CD box set (Capitol) Nov 5
Wilbur DeParis -
Wilbur DeParis - 7 CDs (Collectables/Atlantic) Nov 5
— ten LPs on seven CDs
John Lewis -
The Very Best of John Lewis - 5 CD box set (Collectables/Atlantic) Nov 5
— ten LPs on five CDs
Rosemary Clooney -
Date With The King/On Stage/Tenderly (Collectables/Columbia) Nov 5
— three EPs on one CD
King Curtis & Champion Jack Dupree -
Blues at Montreux (Collectables/Atlantic) Nov 5
— from 1971
Jean-Luc Ponty -
Upon the Wings of Music (Collectables/Atlantic) Nov 5
— from 1977
Joe Turner -
The Boss of the Blues Sings Kansas City Jazz (Collectables/Atlantic) Nov 5
— from 1956
Tony Bennett & k.d. lang -
A Wonderful World (Columbia) Nov 5
— album of duets inspired by
songs associated with Louis Armstrong and produced by T Bone
Burnett
Hugh Masekela -
Time (Columbia) Nov 5
Monica Mancini -
Cinema Paradiso (Concord Jazz) Nov 5 — vocals of movie themes
George Shearing/Mel Torme -
The Complete Concord Recordings - 7 CDs (Concord Jazz) Nov 5
— box set; includes a bonus disc of previously unreleased material
Sonny Parker -
Sonny Parker with Lionel Hampton 1949-51 (Document) Nov 5
— with Wes Montgomery, Benny Bailey
Lionel Hampton -
Revisited (Fuel 2000/Audio Fidelity) Nov 5
— 1958-59; 22 tracks; sextet and big band
Paulo Moura -
Alma Rio (Fuel 2000) Nov 5
Anthony Braxton -
Birmingham (1985) - 2 CDs (Leo) Nov 5
Gene Krupa/Harry James -
The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Gene Krupa and Harry James Orchestras
— 7 CDs (Mosaic) Nov 5
The Four Freshman -
The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Four Freshman
— 9 CDs (Mosaic) Nov 5
— retail release of these two Mosaic Records boxed sets
Danny Moss -
Steampower (Nagel-Heyer) Nov 5
Harry "Sweets" Edison -
There Will Never Be Another You (Nagel-Heyer) Nov 5
The Bob Crosby Bobcats -
Going Places Doing Things (Nagel-Heyer) Nov 5
Tchicai/Jorgens/Friis/Nielsen/Toxvaerd -
On Top of Your Head (Ninth World 24)
Dorge/Leandre/Tchicai/Zingaro/Mori -
25th Release (Ninth World 25)
Marian McPartland & Friends -
NPR Jazz Christmas with Marian McPartland & Friends (NPR) Nov 5
Various Artists -
All Songs Considered: 2 (NPR) Nov 5
Santana -
Filmore Performance - San Francisco 1968 (Purple Pyramid) Nov 5
Rudresh Mahanthappa -
Black Water (Red Giant) Nov 5
— with Rudresh Mahanthappa (alto saxophone); Vijay Iyer (piano);
Francois Moutin (bass); Elliot Humberto Kavee (drums)
Roy Ayers -
Live at Ronnie Scott's (Sanctuary) Nov 5
Roy Ayers -
Live at Ronnie Scott's - DVD-A (Silverline) Nov 5
The Kenichi Tsunoda Big Band -
Big Swing (Sea Breeze) Nov 5
So What: The Life of Miles Davis
John Szwed /
Simon & Schuster / 496 pages / Oct 2002 /
[hc]
— a new biography of Miles by the author of the
excellent
Sun Ra biography
Duke Ellington -
The Treasury Shows Vol. 6 - 2 CDs (Storyville)
— radio broadcasts from Spring and Fall 1945
June Christy -
June Christy and the Johnny Guarnieri Quintet 1949
(Storyville/Jazz Unlimited)
— 29 tracks
Thomas Jefferson
and Sammy Rimmington (Storyville) Nov 5
— recorded in Denmark in 1974
Larry Clinton & Bea Wain -
Transcription Sessions, Vol. 2: 1937-38
(Storyville/Nostalgia Arts)
Ralph Sutton Quartet
featuring Bob Wilber, Vol. 4
(Storyville) Nov 5
— small club recording from 1969, being release for the first time
Benny Goodman -
Berlin 1980 (TCB) Nov 5
Urban Voices -
The Gang (TCB) Nov 5 — Swiss a cappella vocal group
Mat Maneri Quartet featuring Joe McPhee -
Sustain (Thirsty Ear) Nov 5
— with Craig Taborn, William Parker and Gerald Cleaver
Midnight Blue -
Inner City Blues (Wildchild) Nov 5
Joey Baron/Tim Berne/Hank Roberts -
Miniature (Winter & Winter/JMT 22) Nov 5
Robin Eubanks -
Different Perspectives (Winter & Winter/JMT 23) Nov 5
Strata Institute -
Cipher Syntax (Winter & Winter/JMT 24) Nov 5
— with Greg Osby & Steve Coleman
Jay Leonhart -
Rodgers and Leonhart - 2 CDs () Nov 5
Recent
jazz releases
(from Aug 27 to last week)
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David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness -
The Twelve Tribes (Label Bleu 6637) Sept 10
— David Krakauer (vocals, clarinet, bass clarinet); Roger Kleier (electric guitar, loops); Kevin O'Neil (electric guitar); Will Holshouser (accordion); Nicki Parrott (acoustic & electric basses);
Kevin Norton (percussion)
Greg Burk Trio -
Checking In (Soul Note) Sept 17
Earlier jazz releases
(from Jan-Aug 2002)
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Roberta Piket -
I'm Back in Therapy and It's All You're Fault () July 2
Ralph Sutton & the Jim Cullum Jazz Band -
Long Way From Saint Louis (Gaslight) Apr 3
— Fats Waller tribute
Ian Carr & Nucleus -
Elastic Rock/We'll Talk About It Later (BGO) Apr 9
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