GRANT GREEN – FIRST SESSION
Grant Green's first-ever session as a leader – recorded by Blue Note in 1960, and not issued until now! The set features Green's guitar playing in a piano quartet, with rhythm by Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones – about as fine a backing trio as Green could hope to find. We're not sure why Blue Note didn't issue this material at the time – perhaps because they were trying to break Green as R&B-inflected soul jazz player, and this set had more of a straight jazz quality (like his Sunday Morning album) – but whatever the case, it's all here now, along with 2 other tracks from a 1961 session with Sonny Clark on piano. Titles include "Seepin", "Sonnymoon For Two", "Just Friends", "Woody N You", and an early recording of "Grant's First Stand". (SHMCD pressing.) ~ Dusty Groove
INDIGO
JAM UNIT – MILESTONE
Massively
funky work from Indigo Jam Unit – but in a way that's quite different from all
the other funky combos around today! These guys have always had a very unique,
very personal vibe – one that draws heavily from jazz, but blocks its energy
into these full, rich, round acoustic basslines – which drive along powerful
drums and freewheeling piano – with a sound that's even more breathtaking here
than on previous records! We've loved every single records these guys have ever
given us – each one more than the last – and they're one of the world's great
musical secrets, given that they've hardly ever gotten much circulation outside
of Japan. Titles include "Windscreen Rain", "Zeus",
"Hunt", "Milestone", "Corazon", and
"Shiosai". ~ Dusty Groove
MELAZA –
MELAZA
A crack
salsa combo from New York – contemporary, but with a very old school vibe – and
a really rich sense of arrangement! The group's got two trombones and two
trumpets – but arrangements are by pianist Mike Eckroth, who's got a really
broad sense of color – and uses the horns carefully alongside lots of rootsy
percussion, and some great work on tres as well! Vocals are by Renzo Padillo –
and titles include "De Nueva York", "Abusador", "El
Niche", "Estas A Tiempo", "Mal Amigo", and "En El
Pasado Quedara". ~ Dusty Groove
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