Jazzwise April 2012 Issue CD Reviews List
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
CDs reviewed in April 2012 issueNew Releases Eric Alexander & Vincent HerringFriendly FireHighNote HCD 7232 | ****1982PinturaHubro CD2510 | ***Anderskov Accident Full Circle ILK178 | ****Matt BakerUndergroundMBCD 004 | ***Eraldo Bernocchi, Harold Budd, Robin GuthrieWinter GardenRareNoise Records | ***Piero Bittolo Bon And His Original Pigneto StompersMusica AcusticaLong Song LSRCD 12o/2011 | **BlixtBlixtCuneiform Rune 335 | **Tore Brunborg/Kirsti HukeScent of SoilHubro CD 2513 | ****Bushman’s RevengeA Little Bit of Big BonanzaRune Grammofon RCD 2123 | ***The Claudia Quintet + 1What is the Beautiful?Cuneiform Rune 327 | ****Chick Corea /Eddie Gomez /Paul MotianFurther ExplorationsConcord Jazz CJA3336402 | ***Andrew Cyrille and Haitian FascinationRoute Des FreresTUM CD02 | ****Dead Cat BounceChance EpisodesCuneiform Rune 323 | ***EST 301ACT 9029-2 | ****FAB TrioHistory Of Jazz In ReverseTUM CD 028 | ***Full Blast And FriendsSketches And BalladsTrost TR107 | ***Larry GoldingsIn My RoomChallenge Records CR73322 | ***Yuri GoloubevTitanic for a BikeCaligola 2145 | ****Billy HartAll Our ReasonsECM 2248 | ****Gerry Hemingway and Marilyn CrispellAffinitiesIntakt CD 177 | ****Indigo KidIndigo KidBabel | ****Anders JorminAd LucemECM 2786145 | ***Kenny GarrettSeeds From The UndergroundMack Avenue MAC1063 | ****Get The BlessingOC DCNaim 170 | ****Mário Laginha / Julian Argüelles / Helge Norbakken20 Anos de Jazz no ParqueSerralves | ****Lighthouse TrioLighthouseACT | ****David Linx, Rhoda Scott, André CeccarelliRock My BoatNaïve NJ621311 | ***Tania MariaTempoNaïve NJ621711 | ***Brad Mehldau TrioOdeNonesuch 529689 | ***Joyce Moreno Rio de JaneiroFar Out Recordings FARO163CD | ****MSMWIn Case The World Changes Its Mind LiveIndirecto Records IR13 | ***Opus 5Introducing Opus 5Criss Cross Jazz 1339 CD | ***Ivo Perelman/Joe Morris/Gerald CleaverFamily TiesLeo CDLR 630 | ***Phronesis Walking DarkEdition EDN1031 | ****Verneri Pohjola Quartet with Aki RissanenAncient HistoryACT 9517-2 | **** Edward Ricart QuartetAncónSLAM 529 | ***Rodrigo y Gabriela Area 52Rubyworks RWXCD100P | ****Wallace RoneyHomeHighNote HCD 7218 | ****São Paulo UndergroundTrês Cabeças LoucurasCuneiform Rune 325 | ***Ronnie Scott’s All StarsJazz ClassicsRonnie Scott’s Records RSR 001 | ***Theo TrioTheo TrioSouth West Music School SWMS004 | ***Jens ThomasSpeed of GraceACT 9509-2 | **Steve TurreWoody’s DelightHighNote 7228 | ****Warren VachéBallads and Other Cautionary TalesArbors ARCD 19340 | ***Larry VuckovichSomethin’ SpecialTetrachord Music 686 | ***Bugge WesseltoftSongsJazzland 279 173-3 | ****Kenny Wheeler Big BandThe Long WaitingCamJazz CAMJ7848-2 | ****ReissuesChet BakerAt The Salt Peanuts Club, Cologne 1981Domino Records 891217 | ***The Blue Notes Before The Wind ChangesOgun OGCD037 | ****Dave Brubeck Quartet With Carmen McRaeTonight Only!American Jazz Classics 99027 | ***Steve Colson And The Unity TroupeTriumph!Universal Sound US CD40 | ****John ColtraneColtrane Plays The BluesEssential Jazz Classics EJC55523 | ***Miles DavisThe Complete Recordings 1945-1960Membran/Proper 233448 (34 CDs) | ***Miles DavisUnissued At Birdland 1952-59Essential Jazz Classics RLR88666 | ***Bob Downes Open MusicNew York SuiteOpenian BDOM 91011 | ***Duke EllingtonThe Treasury Shows Vol.
Storyville 903 9015 (2 CDs) | ***
Duke Ellington
At The Crystal Gardens 1952
Hep CD92/93 (2 CDs) | ***
Fania Allstars
Live At the Cheetah
Strut Records 088 (2 CDs and DVD) | ****
Stan Getz
Stan Getz In Halen
Riverside RRCD 139 | **
Jimmy Giuffre Quartet
Live In 1960
Phoenix 131536 | ****
Johnny Hammond
Wild Horses Rock Steady
Sony Jazz Masterworks 943802 | **
John Handy Quintet And Quartet
In The Vernacular/No Coast Jazz
Fresh Sounds FSR-CD 647 | ****
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Original Album Series
Rhino/Warner Brothers 8122797706 | ***
Lloyd McNeil Quartet
Washington Suite
Universal Sound US CD39 | ****
Wes Montgomery
Grooveyard
Poll Winner Records PWR2728 | ****
Lee Morgan and Wynton Kelly
Dizzy Atmosphere
Specialty OJCCD 1762-2 | ***
Michael Nyman Band
Michael Nyman
MN MNRCD | ***
Sonny Rollins Trio
Live In Europe 1959
Solar 4569910 (3 CDs) | ****
Heiner Stadler
Brains on Fire
Labor Records LAB 7069 | ***
Billy Taylor Trio
With Candido
Prestige OJCCD-015-2 | ***
Various artists
The Big Blast:100 Classic Big Bands
Properbox 165 | ****
Various Artists
Spiritual Jazz: Esoteric, modal and deep European jazz 1960-78
Jazzman JMANCD 046 | ****
Michael White
Spirit Dance/Pneuma
Impulse! 06025 2780958 | ****
Short Cuts – New releases
Duck Baker Trio Amnesia in Trastevere
Les Cousins | ***
Jon Balke Batagraf Say and Play ECM | ***
Theo Bleckmann Hello Earth!
Winter & Winter | ***
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Leaving Eden Nonesuch | **
Heather Cairncross At Last
BearPaw Music | **
Francois Carrier In Motion Leo | ***
Cinque Catch a Corner Alma | *
Dave and Don Grusin One Night Only!
CARE Music Group | *
Carolyn Hume/Katja Cruz Light And Shade Leo | **
Imperial Tiger Orchestra Mercato
Mental Groove | ***
Jezebel Sextet Lift it Up!
Sookie Records | ***
Mats/Morgan Band Live
Cuneiform | ***
Ola Onabule Seven Shades Darker
Rugged Ram Records | ***
Parallax Krutthuset Pling | **
Tournesol Tournesol
Kelsey Records | ***
Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra
Tito Puente Masterworks Live!!!
Jazzheads | ***
Quantic & Alice Russell
Look Around The Corner
Tru Thoughts | ***
Barry Romberg’s Random Access
World Creativity / Unplugged Live
Romhog | ** / **
Irène Schweizer
To Whom it May Concern
Intakt | ***
Bob Sheppard
Close Your Eyes
Challenge | ***
E Simon S Colley C Penn
A Master’s Diary
CamJazz | ***
Gary Smulyan
Smul’s Paradise
Capri | ***
Ex-Woody Herman/Dave Holland baritone sax specialist in combination with an organ trio here plays consummate straightahead.
Bram Stadhouders/Sidsel Endresen/Jim Black
Bell Time
IDGR | ***
Steve Tromans/JJ Wheeler
Blue Room
Mongrel Records | **
The Wee Trio
Ashes to Ashes
Bionic Records | *
Short Cuts Reissues
Count Basie Chairman of the Board
Essential Jazz Classics | ****
Sidney Bechet Petite Fleur
Phoenix | **
Bob Brookmeyer Street Swingers
Phoenix | ***
Dave Brubeck At Newport 1956 and 1959 Phoenix | ***
Teddy Edwards / Howard McGhee
Together Again
American Jazz Classics | ***
Duke Ellington Treasury Shows Vol. 15 DETS | ***
Don Ellis
New Ideas
Poll Winners | ***
Tony Fruscella / Brew Moore
1954 Unissued Atlantic Session
Fresh Sound | ***
Stéphane Grappelli Plays Jerome Kern Just a Memory | **
Toni Harper With the Oscar Peterson Quartet Fresh Sound | ***
Hampton Hawes All Night Session 1-3 Phoenix | ***
Coleman Hawkins and Tommy Flanagan All Stars / At Ease / Night Hawk Fresh Sound | ***
Milt Jackson / Monty Alexander
Soul Fusion Pablo/OJC | ***
Steve Lacy and Don Cherry
Evidence Poll Winners | ***
Les McCann
The Shout Fresh Sound | ***
The Truth Fresh Sound | ***
Carmen McRae After Glow / Mad About The Man Phoenix | ***
Wes, Buddy and Monk Montgomery
Montgomeryland Sessions / Plus Horns and Strings Fresh Sound | ***
Oscar Peterson Plays the Jimmy McHugh Songbook Solar | ***
Bill Potts The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess Fresh Sound | ***
Max Roach Plus Four Quiet as it’s Kept / Parisian Sketches
Essential Jazz Classics | ***
Charlie Rouse / Julius Watkins
Complete Jazz Modes Sessions
Solar | ***
Zoot Sims / Bob Brookmeyer
Stretching Out Phoenix | ***
Various Artists Down Beat Jazz Concert Fresh Sound | **
This 1958 New York Town Hall concert has a great array of talent, occasionally given the chance to shine, amid Manny
Dinah Washington The Swingin’ Miss D Phoenix | ****