Cedar Walton-piano, David Williams-bass & Billy Higgins-drums.
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CRISS CROSS
May 31, 1994
CSS1082.2
KEN BURNS JAZZ
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Nov 07, 2000
Sixteen Songs Including "Hot House," "Ko-Ko," "Ornithology," "Scrapple from Apple" and "Just Friends."
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POLYGRAM RECORDS
Nov 07, 2000
PLG549084.2
Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte / Steber, Peters, Stiedry
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This recording restores a different variety of "period performance" to the catalog. Recorded in mid-1952, the opera is performed in English (in the Martin translation) by most of the cast that gave the premiere of the Met's 1951 production. 'Cosí fan tutte' was thought to be improved most by leaving a lot of it out. Dorabella and Ferrando lose their second act arias as well as the usual omission of the little duet in act I. Aside from the absence of vocal embellishment and the sheer weight of the forces used, the performance is surprisingly close to historically informed performance practice. Tempos are fleet, the recitatives--albeit much abridged--are accompanied by a piano, and the tone is conversational. The four lovers were cast with big voices that today would be associated with Verdi. Of the women, Eleanor Steber's weighty and beautifully sung Fiordiligi and, in contrast, the quite young Roberta Peters' very pert Despina are the standouts. Richard Tucker as Ferrando is the best of the men, very funny and surprisingly fluent, deploying his golden tone in a role unexpected in light of his fame as a Verdi singer. An interesting window on the history of Mozart performance.
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BLUE AFTERNOON
CRISS CROSS
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Apr 06, 1994
Alto saxophonist's quintet w. Brian Lynch, Benny Green, Peter Washington, Marvin "Smitty" Smith. (Previously deleted 1/1/07. Original release date: Pre-2000)
BLUE AFTERNOON
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CRISS CROSS
Apr 06, 1994
CSS1072.2
ULTIMATE LOUIS ARMSTRONG
MARDI GRAS RECORDS
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ULTIMATE LOUIS ARMSTRONG
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Jan 11, 2005
MG6002.2
Glass Organ Works - Music Of Philip Glass / Donald Joyce
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Sep 14, 1993
Glass: Organ Works
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Sep 14, 1993
09026618252
MUNICH 2016
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2019 live release. A solo concert from Keith Jarrett - recorded on the last night of a 2016 European tour at Munich's Philharmonie - finds the great improvising pianist at a peak of invention. Creating a spontaneous suite of forms in the moment with the assurance of a master builder - interspersing touches of lyricism between pieces of polyrhythmic and harmonic complexity - he delivers one of his very finest performances. The audience hangs on every note, every nuance, and is rewarded with tender, magical encores.
MUNICH 2016
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ECM RECORDS
Nov 01, 2019
ECMB003103402.2
Avet Rubeni Terterian: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
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Nov 01, 2019
Armenian composer Avet Rubeni Terterian’s third and fourth symphonies were written in the mid-1970’s, during one of his most prolific periods as a composer. Kirill Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra make a compelling case for these rarely performed works. Terterian is regarded in his homeland as a giant of twentieth century Armenian music, and as the founder of his nation’s progressive school of composers. The backbone of his achievement is enshrined in eight symphonies, which Terterian composed over two decades from 1969 onwards; a ninth was in progress at the time of his death. In summing them up, he wrote: “We are all living on the threshold of a terrible apocalyptic judgement. It has always seemed to me that my symphonies are a cry of the soul for salvation and for the forgiveness of sins.”
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Nov 01, 2019
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ELLA & DUKE AT THE COTE D'AZUR
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Oct 28, 1997
Two giants together in thrilling performance! This classic, best-selling LP recorded in 1966 premieres on CD (with bonus tracks) as a prelude to the 8-CD boxed set the Complete Ella & Duke at the Cote D'Azur (coming in 1998). Highlights include such familiar favorites as "Mack the Knife," "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" and "Misty," and the previously unreleased "Jive Jam," "The Trip" and "Things Ain't What They Used to Be."
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POLYGRAM RECORDS
Oct 28, 1997
PLG539030.2
Wordsworth: Orchestral Music, Vol. 2
Toccata
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Aug 02, 2019
The music of William Wordsworth (1908-88) - a great-great-grandson of the poet's brother Christopher - lies downstream from that of Vaughan Williams and Sibelius; like that of his contemporary Edmund Rubbra, Wordsworth's music unfolds spontaneously, as a natural process. This second volume brings two concertos, both major works - though long forgotten, and strongly contrasted in their approach: the gritty and muscular Piano Concerto is cast in a single, tightly argued span, whereas the lyrical Violin Concerto is expansive and unhurried - and deeply touching. They are complemented by the Three Pastoral Sketches, which grow gently from understated autumnal hues to a dignified and moving climax. All three scores show an extraordinary command of orchestral color.
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Toccata
Aug 02, 2019
TOCC0526
OVERTIME
PEAK RECORDS
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JThis newly recorded CD captures the music from Lee Ritenour's entire career, and features a who's who in the jazz music world. Also includes a new song, "Possibilities," featuring and extraordinary vocal from Kenya Hathaway.
OVERTIME
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PEAK RECORDS
Jun 07, 2005
PEAK8531.2
MASTERS SESSIONS
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Founded in 1977 by Lionel Hampton, the Who's Who in Jazz label existed as a means to present to the world the best musicians that the jazz world had to offer. With Lionel chairing the recording sessions (and also featuring on several of the sessions himself), these recordings have truly earned their title featuring jazz greats such as Buddy Rich, Charles Mingus, Terumasa Hino, Sonny Stitt, Teddy Wilson, St�phane Grappelli and Dave Brubeck, amidst the many others. 730167321631 GODM14141806.2 41995808 9.79 13.98 .26 GOOD TIME COMPACT DISCS POP JAZZ 08/24/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/77/4006177-2740523.jpg 100 1 N
HARPER,WALT QUINTET ON THE ROAD On the Road' (originally released on Gateway Records) is an album recorded in Pittsburgh, 1966 and sees Walt Harper team up Nat Harper (tenor saxophone), Jerry Elliott (trombone), Tommy McDaniel (bass), Bert Logan (percussion) and the Gloria Brisky Singers to interpret a diverse program of well known compositions including 'Shining Stockings' and 'Watermelon Man'. 730167321723 GODM14141800.2 41995792 9.79 13.98 .26 GOOD TIME COMPACT DISCS POP JAZZ 08/24/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/76/4006176-2740528.jpg 100 1 N
WINDING,KAI JAZZ SHOWCASE Founded in 1977 by Lionel Hampton, the Who's Who in Jazz label existed as a means to present to the world the best musicians that the jazz world had to offer. With Lionel chairing the recording sessions (and also featuring on several of the sessions himself), these recordings have truly earned their title featuring jazz greats such as Buddy Rich, Charles Mingus, Terumasa Hino, Sonny Stitt, Teddy Wilson, St�phane Grappelli and Dave Brubeck, amidst the many others.
MASTERS SESSIONS
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GOOD TIME
Aug 24, 2021
GODM14141794.2
ALLIGATOR BOGALOO
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Aug 09, 2019
Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson scored a hit with "Alligator Bogaloo," the jaunty and memorable lead cut and title track of his 1967 soul jazz classic, but the album brims with funky grooves from start to finish with the breezy "Aw Shucks," rollicking "Rev. Moses," and the sinuous minimalism of "One Cylinder." Alligator Bogaloo marked the beginning of a fruitful and long-running collaboration between Lou and organ master Dr. Lonnie Smith, with the stellar band.
ALLIGATOR BOGALOO
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BLUE NOTE RECORDS
Aug 09, 2019
BLUN7759668.1
COOKIN: RUDY VAN GELDER REMASTERS SERIES
PRESTIGE
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This 1956 recording features Miles' first recording of My Funny Valentine.
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PRESTIGE
Feb 06, 2007
PRS30157.2
Ropartz: Piano Music / McCallum
Toccata
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Jan 08, 2016
It’s encouraging to see more and more of Joseph-Guy Ropartz’s music being recorded, as a casual glance at Amazon reveals. Timpani have led the way in promoting this unsung and largely forgotten composer; a couple of years ago I reviewed a delightful CD of instrumental music. I’m particularly fond of the five symphonies, a good starting point, and the six string quartets are similarly worth exploring. It’s promising that Toccata, a label to be lauded for its ventures off the beaten track, has now taken up the cause with this new release of the composer’s piano music; ‘first recordings’, as it states on 'the tin'.
Ropartz lived a long life into his nineties. He was born in Guingamp, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, into a wealthy family. He started off on the path of law but in 1885 entered the Paris Conservatory, where he studied harmony with Theodore Dubois and composition with Jules Massenet. It was around this time that he struck up a friendship with the Romanian composer Georges Enescu. In 1887 he entered the organ class of César Franck. In 1894 he moved to Nancy in the east of France, where he became director of the Conservatory, a post he held for the next twenty-five years. This was followed by a ten year stint (1919-29) in a similar position in Strasbourg. Retiring in 1929, he went on composing until 1953, when he was struck down with blindness. He died two years later.
Opening the disc is the suite Dans l’ombre de la montagne, the most substantial work here. The sombre narrative extends across all seven movements, with recurring motives throughout, providing an idée fixe. Ropartz takes his lead from Vincent d’Indy’s Poème des Montagnes, Op.15 and Promenades, Op. 7 by Albéric Magnard, both of which have been recorded by McCallum. She suggests that Ropartz makes direct reference to the d’Indy work in his title. The music throughout is generally of a bleak, thoughtful and reflective persuasion, with some respite being provided by the more animated and cheery fifth movement, marked ‘Ronde’. Stephanie McCallum’s performance of intensity and rhetorical eloquence has exceptional appeal.
Originally conceived as an orchestral work for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1929, Un Prélude Dominical et six pièces à danser pour chaque jour de la semaine is cast in a more joyous and optimistic vein than the previous work. The ballet characterizes each day of the week with its associated activities. The score showcases Ropartz’s more impressionistic style, and the music is awash in colour which McCallum imaginatively conveys in this piano arrangement which the composer made in 1930. I particularly like the reflective contrasts in Jeudi, the fifth movement. The jaunty swagger of Samedi brings this alluring suite to a close.
The Choral varié of 1904 clearly shows a Franckian influence, almost taking its lead from Franck’s organ chorales. Indeed, the piece was arranged for organ by Ropartz’s student and later colleague at Nancy, Louis Thirion. It consists of four variations on a chorale, each separated by a fermato, whose duration is stipulated by the composer. Having listened to the work several times, I can imagine its character more successfully expressed on the organ. The final two pieces La chanson de Marguerite: Caprice Valse and First-Love: Bluette of 1886, predate the composer’s contact with Franck. These seductively lyrical pieces have an endearing intimacy. McCallum's performances encapsulate the affability, genteel charm and captivating essence of these beguiling miniatures.
These are winning performances, warmly recorded, and make a strong case for both the attractiveness and quality of this composer’s music. Stephanie McCallum’s enthusiastic advocacy adds to the success of the mix. Peter McCallum’s detailed annotations, in English only, provide fascinating and informative background. Will there be any more of Ropartz’s piano music to come? Let's keep our fingers crossed.
– MusicWeb International (Stephen Greenbank)
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Toccata
Jan 08, 2016
TOCC0326
CHANT
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Sep 06, 2019
Vinyl LP pressing. Trumpeter Donald Byrd and baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams had a formidable partnership throughout the early 1960s, making a series of highly regarded hard bop albums. Yet somehow this masterful quintet session from April 1961 (which also features Herbie Hancock, sounding exceptionally fine on his very first Blue Note recording session) remained unreleased for nearly 20 years. Of particular note are Herbie's playing on "Great God" and the sophisticated excellence the entire ensemble brings.
CHANT
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BLUE NOTE RECORDS
Sep 06, 2019
BLUNB003023401.1
POPPIN
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Feb 28, 2020
Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Hank Mobley, famously called the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", had a round sound and an incredible rhythmic lightness. This remarkable 1957 session features a stunning cast of bop giants, including Art Farmer, Pepper Adams, Sonny Clark and more. "East of Brooklyn", a highlight on the album, is a masterpiece of lyrical construction. Part of the Blue Note Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series.
POPPIN
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BLUE NOTE RECORDS
Feb 28, 2020
BLUNB003059701.1
UNA MAS
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Sep 13, 2019
Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Recorded in 1963, Una Mas was the first album to feature the dynamic frontline of trumpeter Kenny Dorham and tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, a potent team that would go on to collaborate on numerous classic albums under each musician's name including Henderson's debut album Page One which was recorded just 2 months later. Along with a tremendous rhythm section of Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren, and Tony Williams, the quintet delivers joyous performances of three Dorham originals.
UNA MAS
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BLUE NOTE RECORDS
Sep 13, 2019
BLUN7764740.1
HUSTLIN
BLUE NOTE RECORDS
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Sep 06, 2019
Limited 180gm audiophile vinyl LP pressing in deluxe gatefold packaging. Mastering is by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) and vinyl is manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI). Stanley Turrentine's 1960s Blue Note output was reliably excellent, but this 1964 session featuring his thick, blues-drenched tenor saxophone backed by organist Shirley Scott, guitarist Kenny Burrell, bassist Bob Cranshaw, and drummer Otis Finch, surely ranks with his very best. From the relentless groove of "Trouble (No. 2)" to the scorching dialog between Turrentine and Burrell on "Ladyfingers" to the deep swinging blues of the title track, Hustlin' is must-have music for fans of Stanley Turrentine.
HUSTLIN
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BLUE NOTE RECORDS
Sep 06, 2019
BLUNB003023301.1
EQUILIBRIUM
THIRSTY EAR
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Jan 21, 2003
A seamless mix of beats, hip hop, free jazz and electronic music. Includes William Parker's stylistic bass, Gerald Cleaver's delicious beats, Chriss Flam's liquid synth programming, Khan Jamal's rich, resonating vibes and Shipp's unique piano styling.
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