WNUR Jazz Report, 3/25/96

COMMENTS

• John Patton's Memphis to New York Spirit, in the Blue Note Rare Groove series, contains all previously unreleased material recorded in 1969-70, with James Blood Ulmer on guitar. Fine stuff by this great organist.
• Guillermo Gregorio is an Argentinian saxophonist who recently moved to the Chicago area. Approximately is his first recording as a leader; he has recorded before as a member of Franz Koglmann's groups. He's backed on this disc by four Boston musicians, including pianist Pandelis Karyorgis and violinist Mat Maneri (the latter is known to us at WNUR from several releases on Leo). It's wonderfully thoughtful and concentrated music that moves in and out of composed structures and free improvisation.
• "Namchylak/Rothenberg" is Sainkho Namchylak, the Tuvan woman vocalist, and Ned Rothenberg, reeds player and member of the group New Winds. Rothenberg will be in town to do a solo set at the Lunar Cabaret April 6th.
• "Alexander/Halliday" is Eric Alexander and Lin Halliday playing in the best tradition of the two-tenor duel a la Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt. Halliday's a veteran, still based in Chicago; Alexander's a young player who recently relocated from Chicago to New York.
• The new Pharoah Sanders record was produced by Bill Laswell, and it definitely has his usual funk/world beat sound, glossily overproduced, with about ten musicians on it, most of them from Laswell's stable. Hamid Drake plays on this, but good luck picking him out. Pharoah makes yet another bid for commercial success instead of doing what he does best...
• Myth-Science play all Sun Ra covers; the CD was recorded live.

ADDS THIS WEEK

<New releases>

• Muhal Richard Abrams: Think All, Focus One (Black Saint)
• Jacky Terrason: Reach (Blue Note)
• John Patton: Memphis to New York Spirit (Blue Note Rare Groove)
• Alexander/Halliday: Stablemates (Delmark)
• Bruce Barth Quintet: Morning Call (Enja)
• Guillermo Gregorio: Approximately (hat ART)
• Myth-Science: Love in Outer Space (Knitting Factory)
• Namchylak/Rothenberg: Amulet (Leo)
• Lorez Alexandria: Star Eyes (Muse)
• Alan Pasqual: Dedications (Postcards)
• Joe Pass & Roy Clark: Play Hank Williams (Ranwood)
• Stephane Grappelli: Live at the Blue Note (Telarc)
• Pharoah Sanders: Message From Home (Verve)

<New reissues>

• Bobby Smith: That's For Sure! (Delmark)
• Louis Armstrong: Satchmo at Symphony Hall (MCA)

<Not new, but new to WNUR>

• Wes Montgomery: A Day in the Life (A&M)
• Kuhn/Humair/Jenny-Clark: Live 1989 (CMP)
• Kenny Burrell & Donald Byrd: All Day Long (OJC)

JAZZ SHOW TOP 25

* denotes reissue, @ denotes not real new.

1. Ari Brown: Ultimate Frontier (Delmark)
2. David S. Ware: Dao (Homestead)
3. Gerry Hemingway: Acoustic Solo Works 1983-94 (Random Acoustics)
4. Steve Lacy: Actuality (Cavity Search)
5. NRG Ensemble: This Is My House (Delmark)
6. Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet: Box (New World)
7. Roy Campbell: Communion (Silkheart)
8. various*: Rare Grooves (Blue Note)
9. Horace Tapscott: Aiee! The Phantom (Arabesque)
10. Double Jeu Trio: Actual Stories (Unit)
11. Joe Maneri Quartet: Let the Horse Go (Leo)
12. various: United Nations of Messidor (Messidor)
13. Joe Lovano: Quartets (Blue Note)
14. Byard Lancaster: My Pure Joy (Black Fire)
15. Jane Ira Bloom: The Nearness (Arabesque)
16. Butch Morris: Testament: A Conduction Collection (New World)
17. Dale Fielder Quartet: Dear Sir (Clarion Jazz)
18. Antoine Roney: Whirling (Muse)
19. Plunge: Falling With Grace (Accurate)
20. Saluzzi/Cox/Friedman: Rios (Intuition)
21. Mike Smith: Sinatra Songbook (Delmark)
22. Sonny Rollins: Plus 3 (Milestone)
23. Matt Turner: Infiltrator (Geode)
24. Hamiet Bluiett*: Birthright (India Navigation)
25. Konitz/Friedman/Zoller: Thingin (hat ART)

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