JOHN COLTRANE - OFFERING: LIVE FROM TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
On
September 23, John Coltrane's birthday, Impulse!/Resonance will release
Offering: Live At Temple University—a November 11, 1966 performance by Coltrane
that took place in Philadelphia less than a year before he died. It features
Alice Coltrane on piano, Pharoah Sanders on reeds and flute, and Rashied Ali on
drums, along with Sonny Johnson filling in for Jimmy Garrison on bass. Bootlegs
of this concert have circulated in the past, but with inferior sound quality
and only a portion of the show, according to the label. Offering includes the
entire 90-minute performance remastered at 96kHz/24 bit. It'll be available as
a double CD and double LP. Songs
performed include "Naima", "My Favorite Things",
"Crescent", "Leo", and "Offering". It comes with
a 24-page booklet featuring liner notes by Ashley Kahn, author of the Coltrane
biography A Love Supreme. A portion of the sales will go to the John Coltrane
Home, an organization that preserves Coltrane's former home in Dix Hills, New
York. ~ pitchfork.com
NILS PETTER MOLVAER - SWITCH
The new
album by the master of musical landscapes, Nils Petter Molvær, discovering the
clarity of song-orientated structures and stretching the genre boundaries to
new limits once again. Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer is one of
Europe’s most successful and best selling jazz artists. He has his own
individual sound, influenced by Scandinavian nature, electronic music and
technology as well as by colleagues including Miles Davis and Jon Hassell. His
musical journey takes the listener through a wide variety of styles, with
varying degrees of abstraction along the way. Molvaer has performed with
musicians such as Bill Laswell, Sidsel Endresen and Eivind Aarset, has
surrounded himself with DJs and VJs, but his style and expression remain vivid
and unique in every musical project he undertakes. ~ amazon.com
ALESSANDRO SCALA QUARTET - VIAGGIO STELLARE
The new
album by Alessandro Scala connects itself to the fertile and alluring scene of
contemporary Hard-Bop that is constantly proving its quality with solid
results, especially in Italy.This
work is a perfect balance of traditional
influences and contemporary inspirations, an intense and fruitful study
that leads to a new, rich and articulate way of expression. Through
his original compositions and the intense dialogue with trumpeter Fabrizio
Bosso and trombonist Roberto Rossi, Alessandro consciously builds a sparse and
sometimes lyrical language, enhanced by the rhythm section provided by Nico
Menci, Paolo Ghetti and Stefano Paolini. The
result is vivid and bright. Another
valuable piece has been added our considerable Jazz history. ~ Paolo
Fresu
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