WNUR Jazz Report, 11/4/97

ADDS THIS WEEK

[New releases]

• Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: 21st Century Union March (Silkheart)
  Studio session by Chicago/AACM trio led by Kahil El'Zabar (percussion), with Ed Wilkerson (reeds), Joseph Bowie (trombone).
• William Hooker & Billy Bang: Joy (Within)! (Silkheart)
  Live 1995 drum/violin duets at the old Knitting Factory right before they moved.
• Tim Berne/Paraphrase: Visitation Rites (Screwgun)
  Trio with Tom Rainey and Drew Gress.
• Tim Berne/Bloodcount: Discretion (Screwgun)
  Quartet lineup live from their 1997 tour. Samples of Berne abusing the audience at the Elbo Room in Chicago are unfortunately not included.
• Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Withdrawal (1966-7) (Emanem)
  Earliest in-print recordings of John Stevens' SME, catching them in a transitional stage between free jazz and the free improv they were about to pioneer. With Stevens, Kenny Wheeler, Paul Rutherford, Trevor Watts, Derek Bailey, Barry Guy, and Evan Parker. Perhaps mostly for those with a special interest in the birth of English free music.
• Paul Rutherford: Sequences 72 & 73 (Emanem)
  Previously unissued; trombonist Rutherford here conducts a large ensemble of English improvisors.

[New reissues]

• Paul Rutherford: The Gentle Harm of the Bourgeoisie (Emanem)
  "This is still the best record of solo free improvising you are likely to find." (Derek Bailey, 1987)

WEEKLY TOP 25

* denotes reissue, @ denotes not real new.

1. Joe McPhee Quartet@: Legend Street One (CIMP)
2. Art Farmer: Live at Stanford Jazz Workshop (Monarch)
3. Miles Davis*: Live-Evil (2 CD's) (Columbia)
4. Dizzy Gillespie: Bird Songs (Telarc)
5. Henry Threadgill & Make a Move: Where's Your Cup? (Columbia)
6. Ken McIntyre*: The Complete United Artists Sessions (2 CD's) (Blue Note)
7. Billy Bang: Commandment (No More)
8. Fred Frith Guitar Quartet: Ayaya Moses (Ambiances Magnetique)
9. Brotzmann/Gania/Drake: The "WELS" Concert (OkkaDisk)
10. Ellery Eskelin: One Great Day (hatOLOGY)
11. FJF: Blow Horn (OkkaDisk)
12. ROVA: Morphological Echo (Rastascan)
13. Gold Sparkle Band: Downsizing (Nu)
14. Nuzion Big Band: Hallelujah! (Third Eye)
15. Dave Douglas: Stargazer (Arabesque)
16. Sweet Basil Trio: You're My Everything (Evidence)
17. William Parker & the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra: Sunrise in the Tone World (2 CD's) (AUM Fidelity)
18. Chicago Jazz Ensemble: The Chicago Jazz Ensemble (CMG)
19. David S. Ware Quartet: Wisdom of Uncertainty (AUM Fidelity)
20. King/Bluiett Trio: Makin' Whoopee (Mapleshade)
21. Jimmy Smith*: A New Sound, A New Star (2 CD's) (Blue Note)
22. Peep: The Joy of Being (Knitting Factory)
23. John Zorn & Bobby Previte: Euclid's Nightmare (Depth of Field)
24. Sonny Stitt*: Made For Each Other (Delmark)
25. Carlo Actis Dato Quartet: Blue Cairo (Splasc(h))