Wednesday, April 08, 2015

NEW RELEASES: HERBIE HANCOCK & THE HEADHUNTERS - OMAHA CIVIC AUDITORIUM 17TH NOVEMBER 1975; MILES DAVIS – BITCHES BREW 40TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTORS EDITION; SONNY ROLLINS / COLEMAN HAWKINS - TOGETHER AT NEWPORT 1963

HERBIE HANCOCK & THE HEADHUNTERS - OMAHA CIVIC AUDITORIUM 17TH NOVEMBER 1975

This superlative set was taped for FM broadcast soon after the release of Herbie Hancock s groundbreaking Man-Child album, and finds the great keyboardist backed by the awesomely tight combo of DeWayne Blackbyrd McKnight (guitar), Bennie Maupin (reeds), Paul Jackson (bass), Bill Summers (percussion) and Michael Clarke (drums) on a selection of his finest tracks, from Hancock s early classic Watermelon Man right up to the present, and is offered here complete with background notes and rare images. Track listing: Watermelon Man, Hang Up Your Hang Ups, Steppin In It, Bubbles, Shekere, and Heartbeat. ~ Amazon

MILES DAVIS – BITCHES BREW 40TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTORS EDITION

This bookset is a repack of the 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Box package and comprises two CDs with original 94-plus minutes of music plus six bonus tracks; a third CD of a previously unissued performance at Tanglewood, August 1970, with Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Airto Moreira and Gary Bartz; DVD of a previously unissued performance in Copenhagen, November 1969, with Wayne Shorter, Corea, Holland and DeJohnette. The book includes a 5,000-word essay by journalist-author-producer-musician Greg Tate; Producers’ notes by Michael Cuscuna and Richard Seidel plus dozens of rare, unpublished photographs and record label memos. ~ Amazon


SONNY ROLLINS / COLEMAN HAWKINS - TOGETHER AT NEWPORT 1963

This edition presents, for the first time ever, Sonny Rollins' complete set with guest star Coleman Hawkins at the 1963 Newport Jazz Festival. Producer George Wein's idea to unite the two tenor sax giants proved to be so successful that they would record a studio album together later that month. As a bonus, an unissued quartet set by Rollins taped live at New York's Half Note five months early. It contains the only collaborative recordings of the saxophonist with pianist McCoy Tyner with the sole exception of a 1978 album. This set allows us the rare opportunity to listen to McCoy interact with another tenor sax giant (the pianist was still a member of the John Coltrane Quartet at the time). ~ Amazon


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