Strictly Jazz Sounds (Part 3)

Art Pepper/Sonny Redd “Two Altos” Savoy/Denon cd

Four tracks featuring Pepper, two featuring Redd.

Alto Saxophone – Art Pepper or Sonny Redd
Baritone Saxophone – Pepper Adams (with Redd)
Bass – Bob Whitlock, Doug Watkins, Joe Mondragon, Monte Budwig
Drums – Bobby White, Elvin Jones, Larry Bunker
Piano – Claude Williamson, Hampton Hawes, Russ Freeman or Wynton Kelly
Tenor Saxophone – Jack Montrose (with Pepper)

Recorded on November 12,1957, March 4, 1952, March 29, 1953 and August 25, 1954.

Just received from Concord Jazz. Heard it on Qobuz and had to have a hard copy!

A fine trio set from Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Brian Blade. There are two others that I am aware of that are worth seeking out:

Then there is this substituting Steve Gadd for Brian Blade.

Chick Corea Super Trio with Christian McBride and Steve Gadd. Hard to track down, but may be available on Discogs.

Super Trio

Fine new release from drummer Michala Østergaard-Nielsen and her trio.

Michala Østergaard-Nielsen - drums
Marilyn Crispell - piano
Thommy Andersson - drums

Debut album from Dave Adewumi, another winner from GiantStepArts…

Dave Adewumi - Trumpet
Joel Ross - Vibes
Linda May Han Oh - Bass
Marcus Gilmore - Drums

I have the Trilogy 2. Need to listen to the others. Thanks!

very very good live album one of my favorites I got a huge list of favorite and also there’s volume two and volume three!

The sound man of this recording took the approach or similar approach as the Waltz for Debbie

You sense the show as you were there when you’re listening!

and oh my God I answered too fast and there is a fourth one super Trio! What…!

I could easily confuse that cover for one by Jason Palmer!

Too bad this is not available on cd.

The guy that founded Giant Step Arts (photographer Jimmy Katz) apparently is responsible for all the album covers….they all are similar. I have really enjoyed everything I’ve heard from this label. Mark Turner’s ‘Live at the Village Vanguard’ is another excellent set, but digital-only and not available on the streaming services, so I had to download it….

Yes, that is another I wish were on cd. I haven’t dipped my toes into downloading yet. Maybe one day.


I love this.

Drummer Harris Eisenstadt seems to have gone into hibernation, he hasn’t released anything new in quite a while. His ‘Canada Day’ group releases are all excellent. This is from 2009.

Harris Eisenstadt - drums
Nate Woolley - trumpet
Chris Dingman - vibes
Eivind Opsvik - bass
Matt Bauder - tenor sax

Harriett Tubman - ‘Electrical Field of Love’

A very heavy, spacey record…this sounds different from what I remember their early music sounding like, not so frenetic, I’ll have to revisit some previous records. This one is real good and sounds real good, Another Pi Recordings release,

Natural Information Society/Bitchin Bajas - ‘Automaginary’, this was released in 2015. One of NIS’ best collaborations.

Latest release from keyboardist/composer Phillip Golub. Amazing, album of the year so far.

Phillip Golub - Flexichord*, Behringer Neutron, Arturia Digital Synths
Yuma Uesaka - Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, and Bass Clariflute† (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 10)‡
Amir ElSaffar - Trumpet (tracks 1, 3, 5, 9)
Anna Webber - Flute, Tenor Saxophone (tracks 3, 5, 8)‡
David Leon - Alto Saxophone (tracks 7, 9)
Layale Chaker - 5-String Violin (track 7)
Elias Stemeseder - Prophet VI, Moog Minitaur, Modular Synths (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6)
Sam Minaie - Bass (tracks 3, 5, 8)
Jon Starks - Drums, Sensory Percussion, Snaps, and Drum Machine (tracks 1-3, 5, 7-10)

A lively set from Hank Mobely’s quintet, Workout.

A nice 2009 pairing Dave Rempis sax and Frank Rosaly drum kit.

Miles Davis The Lost Quintet brought me to The Cellar Door Sessions. Listening to disc 1 from this fine 6 CD box set.