Strictly Jazz Sounds (Part 3)

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Prime Lovano

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One of last years’ best albums…

Anna Webber & Angela Morris - tenor saxophone, flute, conductor
Jay Rattman - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute
Charlotte Greve - alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
Adam Schneit - tenor saxophone, clarinet
Lisa Parrott - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet

Nolan Tsang, Ryan Easter, Jake Henry, Kenny Warren - trumpets

Tim Vaughn, Zekkereya El-magharbel, Jen Baker, Reginald Chapman - trombones

Yuhan Su - vibraphone
Dustin Carlson - guitar
Marta Sánchez - piano
Adam Hopkins - bass
Jeff Davis - drums

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Marta Warelis - piano
Andy Moor - electric guitar

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‘Utility Modern’ - just released by Brandon Seabrook…

Brandon Seabrook - electric and acoustic guitars, banjo
Bill Frisell - electric and acoustic guitars
Rashaan Carter - bass
Marcus Gilmore - drums

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Very cool, pretty listenable reissue of Burton Greene’s first album which was released in 1966.

Marion Brown - alto saxophone
Frank Smith - tenor saxophone
Burton Greene - piano
Henry Grimes - bass
Dave Grant - percussion
Tom Price - percussion

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Another great ESP-Disk album, recently released by drummer Charles Downs (Rashid Bakr).

Charles Downs, drums
Hery Paz, saxophone
Jamie Saft, piano
Joe Morris, bass

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Coming from Verve in November, Louis Armstrong “One Night in Highland Park,” LP, cd and streaming:

A previously unreleased concert recorded in March 1957. That night Louis Armstrong and his All Stars played a fundraiser at Highland Park High School in Illinois, and the school’s student stage crew staffed the show. Joel Goldstein, the student acting as stage manager for the visit, taped the performance and kept the recording for seven decades.

Armstrong came to Highland Park on the back of recent successes, including ‘Mack The Knife’, the Ella and Louis album with Ella Fitzgerald and the box office hit High Society. He was also touring the world for the US State Department as America’s goodwill ambassador. The set brings that touring show into a suburban school auditorium, opening with ‘When It’s Sleepy Time Down South’ and closing out with ‘When The Saints Go Marching In’.

The recording was transferred, mixed and mastered by Kevin Reeves. Includes liner notes by Ricky Riccardi, Armstrong’s biographer and Director of Research Collections for the Louis Armstrong House Museum. Recommended.

TRACKLISTING AND EXTRA INFORMATION

Side One

1. When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
2. (Back Home Again In) Indiana
3. The Gypsy
4. Ole Miss
5. High Society Calypso

Side Two

1. Blueberry Hill
2. Tin Roof Blues
3. My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It
4. Mack The Knife
5. Tiger Rag
6. When The Saints Go Marching In
7. The Star-Spangled Banner

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Real nice 2018 set.

Ambrose Akinmusire - trumpet (1 & 5)
Dayne Stephens - tenor saxophone (1, 2, 5 & 6)
Carmen Staaf - piano
Matt Penman - bass
Allison Miller - drums & percussion

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Terrific release from 2008, I love Mr. Sickafoose’s compositions…

Shane Endsley - trumpet
Ben Wendel - tenor sax, bassoon
Alan Ferber - trombone
Skerik - baritone sax (5, 8)
Adam Levy - guitar (L), acoustic guitar
Mike Gamble - guitar (R), effects
Allison Miller - drums (2-3, 11) & percussion (5-10)
Simon Lott - drums (1, 4-10) & percussion (2-3, 11)
Andrew Bird - violin & looping, whistling
Ani DiFranco - voice, telephone mic, electric ukulele (4)
Todd Sickafoose - acoustic & electric bass, piano, wurlitzer, vibraphone, marimba, bells, celeste, accordion through a leslie.

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Eddie Condon “1944 - Jam Sessions” Jazzology 2 cd set, disc 1

This is an amazing set. (I also have the 2 LP version–both sound great).

A bit of a nuisance with false starts, breakdowns etc–one day I need to make cdrs of the complete takes. But this crew and this music is worth many listens.

Baritone Saxophone – Ernie Caceres
Bass – Bob Casey, Bob Haggart
Clarinet, Bass Saxophone – Pee Wee Russell
Cornet – Bobby Hackett
Drums – George Wettling, Joe Grauso
Guitar, Vocals – Eddie Condon
Piano – Gene Schroeder, Joe Bushkin
Trombone – Wilbur De Paris
Trombone, Vocals – Jack Teagarden
Trumpet – Billy Butterfield, Max Kaminsky
Vocals – Lee Wiley, Red McKenzie

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Cool new reissue release on the Thingamajig archival label.

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Izumi Kimura - piano
Frank Gratkowski - clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, alto flute
Christian Weber - double bass
Gerry Hemingway - drums, voice

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Kenny Warren - trumpet
Adam Schneit - tenor saxophone, clarinet
JP Schlegelmilch - organ
Andrew Dow - electric bass
Nathan Ellman-Bell - drums

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Very cool release on Georg Graewe’s Random Accoustics label.

Laura Strobl - viola
Georg Graewe - piano
Mark Sanders - drums

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My third listen since the 2020 release. Great composer.

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