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Even by the standards of early 70s fusion, Weather Reports eponymously named debut is quite daring. The music ranges from the ethereal opener, Milky Way, to the contemplative Morning Lake, to the driving post bop of Seventh Arrow.
But what really distinguishes this early version of Weather Report […]
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In this live recording from 1972, organ great Jimmy Smith sounds positively rejuvenated. The credit for that has to come from the young Los Angeles rhythm section of Arthur Adams on guitar, Wilton Felder on bass, Buck Clarke on percussion, and Paul Humphrey on drums.
The first cut, […]
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Okay, it’s not an unqualified success like Beard’s previous albums, Song of the Sun, Lost at the Carnival, and Truly, but Advocate is still better than 95% of the new jazz I come across.
This time out, Jim Beard seems to be less intent on providing a meticulously […]
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Hiromi’s pianistic virtuosity cannot be denied. She has the energy of a scalded cat. Her compositions are adventurous, moving between ragtime, funk, fusion, R&B, avant guarde and goodness know what else. She has the wit to hire unconventional accompanists such as Dave Fiucynski, a guitarist who plays […]
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There are so many good reasons to own Mwandishi. First off, it’s an opportunity to own three of Herbie Hancock’s best dates as a leader for the price of one release. Secondly, it captures a time in Hancock’s development as an artist when he was undergoing a […]
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Lost at the Carnival is quite a bit different from Jim Beard’s debut, Song of the Sun, which was written and arranged around the three incredible soloists Beard recruited for the date, Wayne Shorter, Toots Thielmans, and Michael Brecker. On the other hand, Lost at the Carnival […]
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The first time I heard One of A Kind, I thought I was witnessing the creation of an entirely new type of fusion. As it turned out, I was wrong, but One of A Kind remains one of the greatest fusion recordings of all time.
One of a […]
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The career of the great bassist Frank Tusa is one of the great mysteries of jazz, as he was only involved in a handful of recordings throughout the 70s. Fortunately, Enja reissued this stunner in 2006. Father Time is Tusa’s only recording as a leader, unless you […]
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One of the standout dates from McCoy Tyner’s richly productive years with the Milestone label, Focal Point finds Tyner using a force of several reed players and a percussion player, in addition to the standard drums and bass.
As is par for the course during this period in […]
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I don’t usually like jazz that’s unadventurous and doesn’t attempt to expand the boundaries of the music, but I’ll have to make an exception for Hampton Hawes’ All Night Session.
All Night Session! is a pure, unadulterated hard bop date stocked with tunes by Dizzy Gillespie, Duke […]