CHUCK LOEB / JEFF LORBER / HARVEY MASON / EVERETTE HARP / BRIAN BROMBERG / RICK BRAUN / ERIC MARIENTHAL / RANDY BRECKER / TILL BRONNER / BRIAN DUNNE / JOHN PATTITUCCI - BOP
Announcing a really cool recording of some of the greatest players out
there: Jeff Lorber, Harvey Mason, Everette Harp, Brian Bromberg, Rick Braun,
Eric Marienthal, Randy Brecker, Till Brönner, Brian Dunne, & John Patitucci,
all playing the classic Bop songs by Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, Dizzy
Gillespie and more....All proceeds to benefit The PKDcure Foundation to find a
cure for Polycystic Kidney Disease.
THE NEW JAZZ ORCHESTRA - LE DEJEUNER SURE L'HERBE
A
wonderful wonderful set from the British jazz scene of the late 60s –
beautifully inventive large ensemble material, done under the direction of Neil
Ardley – and featuring some of the best British jazz musicians of the time! The
group's a showcase not only for creative young talent in the UK, but also for
the growing sense of composition as well – and the music on the set is penned
by Ardley, Michael Garrick, Mike Taylor, and Michael Gibbs – as well as new
arrangements of work by Miles Davis and John Coltrane. As in the best material
from Ardley, Garrick, and Gibbs, there's a really fresh way of coming together
for the instrumentation – quite different than large group material in both the
US, and even other areas of the 60s European scene – delivered with wonderful
imagination by musicians who include Derek Watkins, Henry Lowther, Harry
Beckett, and Ian Carr on trumpets; Michael Gibbs and Derek Wadsworth on
trombones; Barbara Thompson on flute and soprano sax; Dick Heckstall Smith on
tenor and soprano; Frank Ricotti on vibes; and even Jack Bruce on bass! Titles
include "Le Dejeuner Sur L'Herbe", "Naima",
"Angle", "Ballad", "Dusk Fire",
"Study", and "Rebirth". (Limited to 250 copies!) ~ Dusty Groove
MATHIAS LANDAEUS - INTO LIFE
Maybe
the best album so far from Mathias Landaeus – a wonderful pianist, and one
we've dug for years for his excellent albums on the Moserobie label – working
here at a level that has so many things going on at once, the end result is far
different from the usual piano trio album! Matthias' group includes Jonas
Holgersson on drums and Johnny Aman on bass – and although all three players
can come together well in a conventional trio format, they also have a way of
expanding their approach too – so that the balance of structure might shift,
with results that can make the group highly percussive on one track, warm and
lyrical the next, angularly Monkish at another point, and so on – with a strong
sense of creativity that really holds up throughout. Titles include "King
Kres", "Empty Apartment", "Goober Walk",
"Hallelujah", "Amateur's Night", and "In Watermelon
Sugar". ~ Dusty Groove
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