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Displaying records 1-8 of 16 for the letter A. Go to the next page
The AALY Trio with Ken Vandermark
Aardvark Jazz Orchestra
Ahmed Abdullah's Diaspora
Rabih Abou-Khalil
Muhal Richard Abrams
Accroche Note
Africa Djolé
Eddie Allen Quintet
The AALY Trio with Ken VandermarkAALY Trio / Ken Vandermark
Stumble
WOB-002
Mats Gustafsson - tenor sax, fluteophone, flute; Peter Janson- bass; Kjell Nordeson - drums; Ken Vandermark - tenor sax, clarinet, bass clarinet. Recorded live January 1998, Unity Temple, Chicago, U.S.A. 5 tracks, time 57:56
"Vandermark and Gustafsson give the music such palpability, it seems as if one can hear the grain of their actual voices coming through their horns. The rhythm section...treads a fine line between holding the pieces together and letting them fall completely apart. They play so slowly, the music seems to dissipate. It's as if they stumble yet gracefully catch themselves. This works well with Vandermark's slow-moving bluesy compositions." - Bruce Carnevale - Jazziz, December '98
PGJ (5th Ed) *** The AALY Trio with Ken Vandermark
Live at the Glenn Miller Café
WOB 008
Mats Gustafsson - alto sax, tenor sax; Ken Vandermark - tenor sax, clarinet; Peter Janson - bass; Kjell Nordeson - drums. Recorded March 1999, at the Glenn Miller Café, Stockholm, Sweden. 4 tracks: 1. Unit Character (for Jimmy Lyons) 8:56, 2. Ghosts (for Albert Ayler) 17:42, 3. AlvaJo 12:21, 4. Idioms 11.55. Total time 51:07.
"In March of 1999, Ken Vandermark returned to Sweden for the third time since 1996 to reunite with Mats Gustafsson's critically acclaimed AALY Trio. The results of that tour's musical breakthroughs can be heard on Live At The Glenn Miller Cafe, which features four highlights from the explosive concert they played to an ecstatic, packed house. The performance was electrifying: saxophones firing splitting melodies into the audience that had formed a captivated wall around them, as the rhythmic machine of Kjell Nordeson and Peter Jansen pushed the energy level through the roof." - liner notes by Thurston Moore
PGJ (5th Ed) ***(*)
Aardvark Jazz OrchestraPsalms & Elegies LEO LAB 028
Mark Harvey- trumpet, piano; Mike Peipman, Frank London, Jeanne Snodgrass, Raj Mehta- trumpet; Bob Pilkington, Jay Keyser, Jeff Marsanskis- trombone; Marshall Sealy- French horn; Arni Cheatham, Peter Bloom, Tom Hall, Phil Scarff, Brad Jones, Vinny Golia- reeds; Rick Nelson- guitar; Diana Herold- vibraphone; Ken Filiano, Joe Higgins, Brian McCree- bass; Jerry Edwards- bass, v; Harry Wellott- drums; Craig Ellis- percussion; Donna Hewitt-Didham- vocals.
This is the second CD by the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra on Leo Lab. The orchestra is led by composer/pianist/trumpeter Mark Harvey. The music is deeply spiritual: it speaks about life, people, experiences, joy, sorrow, etc. Three of four long pieces are elegies for specific people, the fourth piece moves from elegiac towards the epic. Total time over 76'00"
PGJ (5th Ed) ***
Ahmed Abdullah's DiasporaDedication CIMP 152
Ahmed Abdullah - trumpet, flugelhorn, voice; Carlos Ward - flute, alto sax; Masujaa - guitar; Alex Blake - bass; Cody Moffett - drums. Recorded June 17 & 18, 1997.
Ahmed Abdullah's first release in ten years is a well-conceived and executed dedication to the late Charles Moffett, his colleague of many years. Cody Moffett took over his father's drum seat (and drums) for this eclectic and charming program of 9 tunes (La Vie En Rose and I'll Be Seeing You along with standards and traditional music.
Track listing: Amanpondo - Brazil One - Song of the Force - Deja's View - Song of the Holy Warrior - La Vie En Rose - Song of Love - I'll Be Seeing
You - Song of the Force
Rabih Abou-KhalilYARA
ENJA - ENJ-9360 2
Rabih Abou-Khalil - oud; Dominique Pifarely - violin; Vincent Courtois - cello; Nabil Khaiat - percussion. Recorded June 1998, and co-produced by Walter Quintus at the CMP Studio in Zerkall, Germany.
12 tracks: 1. Requiem (6:48) 2. Imminent Journey (1:17) 3. A Gracious Man 4:55) 4. On A Bus (4:16) 5. Grateful Parting (7:09) 6. The Passage Of Life (4:05) 7. Through The Window (5:43) 8. Lithe Dream (5:38) 9. Puppet Master (3:42) 10. Bint El Bahr (6:47) 11. The End Of Faith (2:16) 12. The Knowledge Of A Child (2:19) total time 55:44
Lebanese oud player Abou-Kahlil moves ahead into the field of contemporary composition. YARA was conceived as the sound track to a feature film of the same name (a Turkish / German production directed by Yilmaz Arslan which will come to the movies in spring 1999). Besides Abou-Khalil on oud (more featured as a soloist than on his previous productions) two excellent French stringplayers, Dominique Pifarely on violin and Vincent Courtois on cello, and Rabih's rhythmic mainstay, Syrian percussionist Nabil Khaiat interpret the intriguing compositions. The film YARA was premiered at the Venice Film festival in September to a standing ovation and the sound track is a strong, integral part of it.
Rabih Abou-Khalil continues on his way to find his own place drawing on the Arabic musical tradition, jazz improvisation and European classical techniques which puts him into a class of his own.
Muhal Richard AbramsOne Line, Two Views NEW80469-2
Abrams-piano, synth; Marty Ehrlich- alto sax; Patience Higgins- tenor sax; Eddie Allen- trumpet; Mark Feldman- violin; Tony Cedras- accordion; Anne LeBaron- harp; Lindsey Horner- bass; Reggie Nicholson- drums; Bryan Carrott-percussion. "A triumph...and essential purchase for Abrams enthusiasts." PGJ ****
The Open Air Meeting NEW80512-2
Abrams- piano; Marty Ehrlich- alto sax, clarinet. Recorded August 1996, live, New York
This disc is taken from a live recording of an open air concert which took place at the Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, New York. The duet concert was, on one level, a meeting between two of the seminal jazz innovators of their respective generations. The subtle and nuanced interchange between these two great musicians - as they challenge and provoke each other to explore new musical ground - is enthralling throughout and a testament to their improvisational genius and communicative powers. PGJ ***(*)
Accroche NoteLive in Berlin 1995FMP CD 83
Armand Angster- clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet; Françoise Kubler- voice, melodica, percussion; Emmanuel Séjourné- vibes, percussion, marimba; Benoît Dunoyer de Segonaz- bass; Abdellatif Chaarani- darbuka, bendir, tar, chimes. Recorded during the "Workshop Freie Musik" on June 16, 1995 at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. Total duration: 69'47"
"It is impressive that 'Accroche Note' allows us to experience their own compositions, improvisation and processes of instant composing on the same level...as the work of other contemporary composers Pascal Dupasin, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and John Cage...A moving and stimulating experience, an experience of rare beauty." - from liner notes by Bert Noglik
Africa DjoléLive The Concert in Berlin 1978 FMP CD 1
Ségou Camara - tam-tam (soloist), - vocals ; - Fodé Youla - tam-tam, sico, congoma, vocals (soloist); Fodé Camera- tam-tam, vocals; Kaloga Traoré - doundoumba, tam-tam, vocals. Recorded March 1978, Berlin. Total time: 74:00 Fodé Youla/Africa Djolé
Basikolo Né Né FMP CD 44
Fodé Youla - lead vocals, djimbé, sico, boté, bells, congama, tama, wassakhoumba, calabas, harm; Carlo Hoop - voc, djimbé, small percussion instruments; Ponda O'Bryan - voc, djimbé, small percussion instruments; Amancio Batta -voc, doundoumba, small percussion instruments. Recorded March 1984, Berlin. Total time: 70:00 Alati/Ielasi/Radaele/Sciajno
...I am surprised while it is actually happening... LEO LAB 038
Christian Alati - guitar, toy flute; Giuseppe Ielasi - guitar, percussion; Ruggero Radaele - drums, percussion; Domenico Sciajno - double bass. Recorded in April 1997, Santa Croce's Chapel, Ivrea, Italy. Time 64'19
The debut CD by the four young Italian musicians...the music is marked by a real sense of adventure. They surprise themselves, and one can actually feel their zest and pleasure in making music.
Eddie Allen QuintetSummer Days
ENJA - ENJ-9388 2
Eddie Allen - trumpet; Dan Faulk - tenor & soprano saxes; Anthony Wonsey - piano; Richie Goods - bass; Cindy Blackman - drums; Guest: Steve Turre - trombone. Recorded July 1999, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.
10 tracks: 1. Eye Of The Hurricane (3:53) 2. You Were Never Lonelier (7:24) 3. You Say (6:09) 4. Summer Days (7:43) 5. Stablemates (8:05) 6. Inner Glimpse (5:57) 7. Mystic Dreams (1:06) 8. The Crusade (8:10) 9. Later (2:47) total time: 63:04
British critic Richard Palmer wrote about "R'n'B" (ENJ-9033 2), Allen's last release as a leader: "The music overflows with fresh ideas and authoritative execution (...) evincing prodigious imagination as well as high-spirited drive. Plenty of passion and good-humoured power, yes, but every phrase of every track is characterised by sophistication and comprehensive musicality (...). So don't hurry on by: this near-hour's worth will enrich your collection as it has mine."
Based on the leader's heavy originals and some modern jazz standards by such as Benny Golson and Herbie Hancock, the new Eddie Allen Quintet (featuring on four tunes internationally well-known trombonist Steve Turre) offers an exciting re-definition of neo-bop aesthetics ready to face the artistic adventures of the 21st century.
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