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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Pyramids Recital Fatma Said (soprano), Thibaut Maudry (violin), Hani El Sawaf (darbouka drums), Mohamed Ahmed (ney flute), Mohamed El Said (oud lute), Les Frivolités [ Warner Classics / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Songs from across continents and time come together before the majestic backdrop of the pyramids of Giza in this one-of-a-kind musical project, starring Fatma Said. Accompanied by the musicians of the orchestra Les Frivolités Parisiennes, conductor... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Behind the Skyline Wolfgang Mitschke (piano, keyboards, bass, drums) [ Naxos / CD - due 9/Oct/2026 ] Wolfgang Mitschke's Behind the Skyline is a heartfelt tribute to German jazz pianist Horst Jankowski. Recorded in the Rhineland, the album blends vintage jazz spirit with Mitschke's own compositions, interweaving standards from the Great American... |
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Avishai Cohen (trumpet), Yonathan Avishai (piano), Barak Mori (double bass), Ziv Ravitz (drums)
Naked Truth (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 25/Feb/2021 ] There is a searching, yearning quality to Naked Truth, and a raw beauty and vulnerability in Avishai Cohen's trumpet sound on his most improvisational ECM recording to date. Very much music-of-the-moment, found and shaped in the course of a... |
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Art Pepper (alto sax), with Jack Sheldon (trumpet), Russ Freeman, Gerald Wiggins (piano), Leroy Vinnegar, Ben Tucker (bass), Shelly Manne (drums), etc
The Return of Art Pepper - The complete Art Pepper Aladdin recordings - Volume One [ Blue Note / CD - released 2/Dec/2022 ] "Pepper sounds surprisingly good for having been away from recording nearly two years. At this point, he retained the cool and dry tone which would later give way to the torrential playing of his final comeback. The music is vintage West Coast cool,... |
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Avishai Cohen (trumpet) Yonathan Avishai (piano), Barak Mori (double bass), Ziv Ravitz (drums)
Avishai Cohen - Naked Truth [ ECM / CD - released 25/Feb/2021 ] There is a searching, yearning quality to Naked Truth, and a raw beauty and vulnerability in Avishai Cohen's trumpet sound on his most improvisational ECM recording to date. Very much music-of-the-moment, found and shaped in the course of a... |
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Benny Carter (saxophone), with Oscar Peterson, Gerry Wiggins (piano), Barney Kessel, Jack Marshall (guitar), Buddy Rich (drums), etc
Benny Carter - New Jazz Sounds: The Urbane Sessions [ Verve / CD - released 29/Mar/2010 ] The remarkable Benny Carter, who had first recorded 25 years earlier, was not even halfway through with his career when he started making sessions for Verve. This double CD wraps up the complete reissuance of all of his Verve albums. The distinctive... |
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Bob Wilkerson (tenor sax), with Grant Green (guitar), Sonny Clark (piano, Butch Warren (bass), Billy Higgins (drums) & others
Don Wilkerson: The Complete Blue Note Sessions [ Blue Note / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2001 ] This CD features Texas tenor man Don Wilkerson working out with such noted Blue Note sidemen as pianist Sonny Clark, guitarist Grant Green, bassist Butch Warren, organist John Patton and drummer Billy Higgins.. |
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Buddy Rich (drums)
Buddy Rich [ Verve Compact Jazz / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] Featuring Joe Mondragon, Stanley Turrentine, Max Roach, Phil Woods, John Bunch, Dave McKenna & Johnny Morris |
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CLAUDE BOLLING
Bolling: Suite For Cello & Jazz Piano Trio Claude Bolling & Yo-Yo Ma (cello) with Marc Michel (bass) & Jean-Luc Dayan (drums) [ CBS / CD - released 2/Feb/1984 ] This suite was recorded by Bolling, along with Yo-Yo Ma, one of the world's greatest cello players. Best suited for college-level and above players, Suite for Cello & Jazz Piano Trio has long been a best-selling recording that appeals to a variety of... |
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Claude Hopkins (piano) Budd Johnson, Buddy Tate (saxophone), Buddy Tate (clarinet), Wendell Marshall (bass), Ferdinand Everett (drums)
Claude Hopkins - Swing Time [ Prestige / CD - released 7/Jan/1999 ] Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ; May 22, 1963 (#1-7) and February 21, 1961 (#8-14) |
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Donald Byrd (trumpet) with Jackie McLean (alto saxophone) Art Pepper (baritone saxophone) Doug Watkins, Reggie Workman, Sam Jones (drums) & others
Blue Byrd [Bryd in the Hand / Byrd in Flight] [ Not Now Music / 2 CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] Recorded At - Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey - CD1 Recorded At - Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey - CD2 |
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Donnie O'brien (drums)
Donnie O'brien Meets Manhatten Swing: In a Basie Mood. [ Arbors / CD - released 28/Jul/2009 ] Donnie O'Brien, a talented drummer who has worked regularly in the New York area since the early 1970s, makes his recording debut on this meeting with Bucky Pizzarelli, John Bunch and Jay Leonhart, together with saxophone great, Carmen... |
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Gerry Mulligan (baritone) Ben Webster (tenor), with Jimmy Rowles (piano), Leroy Vinnegar (bass) & Mel Lewis (drums)
Gerry Mulligan meets Ben Webster [ Verve / CD - released 2/Feb/2003 ] In a 2003 review, All That Jazz described this album as the most significant of Gerry Mulligan's work partnering other legendary figures of jazz. |
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Grant Green (guitar) Yusef lateef (tenor Sax & flute) Jack McDuff (organ) Al Harewood (drums)
Grantstand [ Blue Note / CD - released 17/Apr/1987 ] Grant Green's third album, Grantstand was recorded on 1 August 1961 and released soon after. It found master guitarist Grant teaming up with Yusef Lateef (tenor saxophone and flute), Ben Ticker (bass), Brother Jack McDuff (organ) and Al Harewood... |
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Howard Alden (guitar) Dan Barrett (trombone) Frank Tate (bass) Jackie Williams (drums) Chuck Wilson (wind)
The A.B.Q salutes Buck Clayton [ Concord Records / CD - released 1/Jul/1989 ] It is surprising that the Alden-Barrett quintet was one of the top small swing groups of the late '80s, creating an unusual sound that often recalled the John Kirby Sextet despite the difference in instrumentation. (AllMusic.com) |
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Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone) with Lawrence Brown (trombone) Al Williams (piano) Aaron Bell (bass) Sam Woodyard (drums)
Johnny Hodges at Sportpalast, Berlin [ Pablo / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] Recorded at the Sportpalast, Berlin; March 1961 |
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Mel Powell (piano), with Benny Carter (saxophone), Howard Alden (guitar), Milt Hinton (bass), Louie Bellson (drums)
The Return Of Mel Powell (Live Aboard The S/S Norway) [ Chiaroscuro / CD - released 25/Jul/1994 ] The first jazz recording by pianist Mel Powell since 1955 (in the interim he gained a strong reputation as a modern classical composer), this CD also signalled the rebirth of Hank O'Neal's Chiaroscuro label in 1989. (AllMusic) |
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Milt Hinton (bass, vocals), with Derek Smith (piano) Bob Rosengarden (drums) Clark terry (trumpet), Ralph Sutton (piano) & others
Milt Hinton - Old Man Time [ Chicaroscuro Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1990 ] American jazz double bassist and photographer. Born June 23, 1910 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, died December 19, 2000 in Queens, New York. He was nicknamed "The Judge". (Wiki) |
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Oliver Jackson (drums)
Oliver Jackson - Last Great Concert [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 29/Jan/2001 ] Recorded live at the Fabrik, Hamburg 1993 and mixed at the Blue Noise Studio, Hamburg |
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Rima te Wiata, with Penny Dodd (piano), Andy Brown (bass), Tim Whitehead (drums), Martin Winch (guitar) & others
Rima te Wiata [ Sony / Columbia / CD - released 8/Dec/2008 ] Rima Te Wiata won fame with her impersonations of famous New Zealanders in comedy shows Laughinz and More Issues. Her most famous parody was of newsreader Judy Bailey. Te Wiata is also a successful dramatic actor, having appeared in Shark in the Park... |