Previously unreleased live sets featuring jazz guitar icon
Wes Montgomery with the swinging Wynton Kelly Trio featuring bassist Ron
McClure & drummer Jimmy Cobb Recorded at Seattle's prestigious jazz club
the Penthouse on April 14 and 21, 1966. Includes 40-page booklet featuring rare
photos, essays by modern guitar icon Pat Metheny, Seattle Times writer Paul de
Barros, Resonance producer Zev Feldman, original recording engineer Jim Wilke,
plus interviews with NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron, Jimmy Cobb & more!
Tracks listing: 1. There Is No Greater Love (7:56); 2. Not a Tear (6:29); 3. Jingles
(4:31); 4. What's New (4:51); 5. Blues in F (2:44); 6. Sir John (8:10); 7. If
You Could See Me Now (5:54); 8. West Coast Blues (3:56); 9. O Morro Não Tem Vez
(6:15); and 10. Oleo (2:08). Personnel: Wes
Mongtgomery – Guitar; Wynton Kelly – piano; Ron McClure – bass; and Jimmy Cobb –
drums.
MAURICE BROWN – MOOD
Fantastic sounds from trumpeter Maurice Brown – a straight
jazz player by training, but one who opens up here in a warmly soulful groove!
The record bristles with loads of great keyboards from Kris Bowers – whose
sound is as important to the album as Brown's trumpet – and the rhythms are
played live, but have a nicely chunky quality that fits in well with the occasional
vocal from Maurice – as well as guest vocal contributions from Talib Kweli,
Chris Turner, and J Ivy! Most tracks also feature tenor from Chelsea Baratz –
and the whole thing's got a nice groove that's maybe in the same electric
territory as some of the more soul-drenched titles in recent years from Blue
Note. Titles include "The Mood", "On My Way Home",
"Stand Up","Moroccan Dancehall", "Shenanigans",
"Capricorn Rising", and "Journey Exotique". ~ Dusty Groove
NICOLE MITCHELL – MADORLA AWAKENING 2: EMERGING WORLDS
One of the deepest records we've ever heard from Nicole
Mitchell – and that's saying a lot, given all her other fantastic albums! This
richly-textured piece was first commissioned in honor of the 50th Anniversary
of the AACM – that legendary jazz organization of which Mitchell is a part –
and as a whole, it really demonstrates both the strong legacy of the group, and
the farther territory it's reached over its decades-long span – music that has
pushed past the initial moment of improvisation, through the AACM's standard of
"great black music" as a replacement for classical – to the sorts of
spiritual, cosmic sounds that Mitchell does so well. In addition to Nicole on
flute and electronics, the group also features Avery R Young on vocals, Kojiro
Umezaki on shakuhachi, Renee Baker on violin, Tatsu Aoki on bass and shamisen,
Jovia Armstrong on percussion, Tomeka Reid on cello and banjo, and Alex Wing on
electric guitar, oud, and theremin – a mix of instruments that is global in
scope, electric and acoustic, and really used to effortlessly express the
spiritual vision of Mitchell. The notes go into great detail about the thoughts
and inspiration behind the music – and titles include "Egoes War", "The
Chalice", "Dance Of Many Hands", "Listening Embrace",
"Forestwall Timewalk", "Staircase Struggle", "Shiny
Divider", "Timewrap", and "Mandorla Island". ~ Dusty Groove
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