WNUR Jazz Report, 12/1/96

Reports compiled by:

Seth Tisue, Jazz Music Director
jazz-md@wnur.org
(847) 491-7102
Evanston, IL

ADDS THIS WEEK

[New releases]

@ denotes not real new

Cecilia Smith Quartet: High Standards (Brownstone)
Duck Baker: Spinning Song (DIW)
Solo acoustic guitar renditions of Herbie Nichols tunes.
Dougie Bowne: One Way Elevator (DIW)
With John Medeski and Fred Hopkins.
Vincent Chancey: Next Mode (DIW)
Ex-Arkestra French horn player leads a quintet, dedicated to and inspired by French hornist Julius Watkins' 50's group The Jazz Modes.
Greg Cohen: Way Low (DIW)
Masada bassist.
John Patton Quintet: This One's for Ja (DIW)
James Blood Ulmer: Music Speaks Louder Than Words (DIW)
Trio versions of (mostly) Ornette Coleman tunes.
David S. Ware Quartet: Godspelized (DIW)
At least based on my initial listens, this is a much more varied, coherent, and rewarding recording than this group's last two for Homestead. Susie Ibarra is the group's new drummer; you'll be hearing her name a lot in the years to come...
Masada: Zayin (Seven) (DIW)
Orange Then Blue@: While You Were Out (2 CD's) (GM)
1994 release by a biggish group led by drummer George Schuller (son of composer Gunther); their music recalls Mingus's paradoxical blend of complexity and wallop. They are currently touring the midwest and hit Chicago December 9th (at the Bop Shop). At the time of this recording the group included Dave Douglas and Chris Speed.
Surge: For the Time Being (LJ)
Hamiet Bluiett: Bluiett's Barbecue Band (Mapleshade)
Avi Lebo Double Trombone Quintet: Shades of Brass (Mapleshade)
With Slide Hampton.
various: Dream Session: The All-Stars Play Miles Davis Classics (Milestone)
You can never have too many versions of "So What". Well, actually you can.
Woods/Herring/Hart: Alto Summit (Milestone)
Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls: Rebel Roots (Naim)
Music from Chicago. Sirota plays drums and is joined by Kevin Kizer (tenor), Jeff Hill (bass), and Jeff Parker (guitar). This is a great opportunity to hear Parker playing as well as contributing three tunes -- he's one of the fastest rising young stars in Chicago, but hasn't recorded much yet. The group also covers Ornette, Monk, Mingus, and Haden, with most songs taken at a characteristic slow-to-midtempo lope.
Betsuni Nanmo Klezmer: Waltz (Nani)
Japanese klezmer?!
Cline/Gauthier/Stinson: Right of Violet (9 Winds)
That's Alex Cline (percussion), Jeff Gauthier (electric violin), and G.E. Stinson (electric guitar, etc.). Ethereal improvisations.
Vinny Golia Large Ensemble@: Tutto Contare (9 Winds)
Dave Scott/Tony Malaby Quartet: (untitled) (9 Winds)
Mark Weber: Words and Stories (9 Winds)
Stories and monologues backed by wildly eclectic improvised music.
Leandre/Houle/Graewe: Live at Banlieues Bleues (Red Toucan)
Quebecois clarinetist Houle has recorded previously for Red Toucan with Marilyn Crispell and with his own trio.
Scott Rosenberg: Arc (Super J)
Debut CD by saxist (tenor, sopranino) contains intricate, Braxton-inspired free jazz structures. Sidemen include Ted Reichman, Gino Robair. E-mail orderinfo@superj.com.

[New reissues]

Vince Guaraldi Trio: A Charlie Brown Christmas (Fantasy)
Dodo Marmarosa: Up in Dodo's Room (Jazz Classics)
Marmarosa was Charlie Parker's pianist for two years. These 1946-7 sessions constitute most of his recorded output as a leader (some tracks are led by Parker or Howard McGhee).
James P. Johnson: The Original James P. Johnson, 1942-1945 (Smithsonian Folkways)
1942-5 solo sessions.

[Not new, but new to WNUR]

The Cyrille, Phillips, and Smith are all solo recordings from the late 60's or early 70's and are among the essential founding documents of solo playing in creative improvised music. The Lacy is a 1969 recording, a period of his career of which precious little recorded evidence remains in print. These four classic albums are available from Sonic Tiger Music (stmusic@shore.net).

Steve Lacy: Moon LP (Affinity)
Andrew Cyrille: What About? LP (Affinity)
Barre Phillips: Journal Violone LP (Opus One)
Leo Smith: Creative Music 1 LP (Kabell)

JAZZ SHOW TOP 25

These are the top 25 releases based on collective airplay by our 20-odd jazz DJ's for the week ending November 30, 1996.

* denotes reissue, @ denotes not real new.

Ivo Perelman: Sad Life (Leo)
Eugene Chadbourne: Boogie With the Hook (Leo)
Myra Melford: The Same River, Twice (Gramavision)
Jodie Christian: Front Line (Delmark)
Rich Corpolongo: Just Found Joy (Delmark)
Ornette Coleman@: The Belgrade Concert (Jazz Door)
Anthony Braxton & the Fred Simmons Trio: 9 Standards (Quartet) 1993 (2 CD's) (Leo)
Cinghiale: Hoofbeats of the Snorting Swine (Eighth Day)
Tony Oxley Celebration Orchestra: The Enchanted Messenger (Soul Note)
various: CIMPosium (CIMP)
Evan Parker & Sainkho Namtchylak: Mars Song (Victo)
Steve Beresford: Cue Sheets (Tzadik)
Sonny Rollins*: Silver City (2 CD's) (Milestone)
Jimmy Smith: Angel Eyes (Verve)
Evan Parker: Synergetics-Phonomanie III (2 CD's) (Leo)
AMM*: Combine + Laminates (Matchless)
various: October Meeting 87 (Bimhuis)
Benny Carter & Phil Woods: Another Time, Another Place (2 CD's) (Evening Star)
ICP Orchestra@: Bospaadje Konijnehol II (ICP)
Don Byron: Bug Music (Nonesuch)
Kenny Burrell: Then Along Came Kenny (Evidence)
Jon Jang Sextet: Two Flowers on a Stem (Soul Note)
Matthew Shipp Trio: Prism (Brinkman)
Ellery Eskelin: The Sun Died (Soul Note)
Rene Lussier: Trois Histoires (Ambiances Magnetiques)

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