Jazz Trio

Jazz Trio

ASIN: B00005YLKV

Track Listings

1. I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll

2. Blues

3. Everybody Loves My Baby

4. Willow Weep for Me

5. Bucket's Got a Hole in It

6. Someday Sweetheart

7. Fidgety Feet

8. Just a Closer Walk With Thee

9. Willie the Weeper

10. Winin' Boy Blues

11. I Would Do Anything for You

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The Trio of Doom Live
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unrealized potential (and other thoughts)

Trio of Doom vs Havana Jam 1/2

Legendary meeting, a bit less than legendary performance.

Thank you Sony, keep the vault open!!!

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The Trio of Doom Live
Trio of Doom
Manufacturer: Sony Legacy
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000QEIM7S
Release Date: 2007-06-26

Tracks:

Drum Improvisation (Live)
Dark Prince (Live)
Continuum (Live)
Para Oriente (Live)
Are You the One, Are You the One? (Live)
Dark Prince (Studio)
Continuum (Studio)
Para Oriente (Alternate Take One/Studio)
Para Oriente (Alternate Take Two/Studio)
Para Oriente (Studio)

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Recorded at the 1979 Havana Jazz Festival, this short and powerful set, with Miles Davis alumni, drummer Tony Williams and guitarist John McLaughlin, and Weather Report bassist Jaco Pastorius, was one for the ages. The previously unreleased selections, one through five, are explosive, but mis-miked live tracks. Williams' "Drum Improvisation" segues into McLaughlin's fuzz-toned "Dark Prince," which does not swing in a silent way. Pastorious' theme song "Continuum" is scaled down to its essential twilight textures, while the drummer's "Para Oriente" - which later became a stable in V.S.O.P's book, and was recast as "Angel Street" - is rendered here in a funky, pre-grunge mode. The guitarist's "Are You the One, Are You the One?" previews the jam band craze. The rest of the cuts were recorded a week later in a New York studio, But the warts-and-all original sides are unmatched for their primal power. --Eugene Holley, Jr.
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unrealized potential (and other thoughts).......2007-07-11
It is amazing that these 3 seminal musicians only got together for 40 minutes of music. John McLaughlin, arguably the most musically wide-ranging guitarist I've ever heard; Jaco Pastorius, maybe the greatest electric bass player ever; and Tony Williams, one of the top 5 scariest drummers in jazz/rock. Unfortunately, this recording isn't the best one for either of these guys; probably more time spent playing together would've done the trick, therefore my review title. Unfortunately, this will never happen, as 2 of them are dead. As far as Sony keeping these recordings in their vault; well, we all know what motivates these companies, and it isn't music, so don't hold your breath for unreleased treasures seeing the light of day (hey, where's that McLaughlin/Hendrix recording that supposedly exists). Speaking of McLaughlin, check out his short gig on the Crossroads Blues Festival 2-dvd set (featuring Clapton and other blues icons), where he plays with Dennis Chambers and Zakir Hussain. The guitar playing is amazing, in case anybody thought he had "lost" anything in the past 30 years. In fact, I was shocked. Getting back to Trio of Doom, I think Jaco really holds this thing together. Comments, everybody?
Trio of Doom vs Havana Jam 1/2.......2007-07-07
John McLaughlin should receive full credit for making this 1979 performance available. It has been well worth the wait, given that on Havana Jam 1/2 only three tracks were included, "The Dark Prince", "Continuum" and "Para Oriente". On this CD there is "Are You The One, Are You The One?" (live) plus the live versions of the three tracks mentioned above on one single CD. The recordings give new insights into the version of "Are You The One, Are You The One?" featured on "Johnny McLaughlin Electric Guitarist" as well as "The Dark Prince" on The One Truth Band's " Electric Dreams".
Legendary meeting, a bit less than legendary performance........2007-07-05
In 1979, a group of jazz musicians gave a series of performances in Havana, one of the seemingly endless gestures of art reaching out through the blocade to Cuba. Legendary among these performances was the "Trio of Doom" performance, a power trio of guitarist John McLaughlin, bassist Jaco Pastorius and drummer Tony Williams, all at the heights of their powers. Their brief performance (about 25 minutes) was intended for partial release, but McLaughlin blocked it, instead pulling the group in the studio for a brief session that was then released, with crowd noise dubbed in, as these performances (a popular technique since at least Duke Ellington's legendary "Live at Newport" performance). This CD gathers together all the material-- the 25 minute live show and about 15 minutes of studio material.

McLaughlin's concerns may have been a bit extraneous-- the live performance has its flaws, to be certain (Jaco wanders off key briefly on "Dark Prince", "Are You the One, Are You the One?" threatens to fall apart), but there's a rare energy and power to the performance that really can't be underestimated, starting with Williams brief drum solo intro that sets the mood for high tension before welcoming his band mates on a racing "Dark Prince". For me, as a Jaco fan, the highlight is "Continuum", performed with grace as Pastorius and Williams stick true to the studio recording and McLaughlin offers a superb commentary that sounds both new and natural.

The studio material, particularly when presented next to the live takes sounds a bit sterile. "Dark Prince" probably best illustrates this-- live, it has an energy and urgency to it, McLaughlin's guitars sound dirty and fierce, Pastorius and Williams explode full of energy. In the studio, McLaughlin's tone, while still overdriven, cleans up and the rhythm section gets a bit too lockstep.

All of the material has been remastered and sounds fantastic-- the live material in particular is notable, clearly the source tapes were in good shape, this could have been recorded yesterday. The set is augmented by brief liner notes by McLaughlin and an essay discussing the performance and subsequent studio session.

This recording is difficult to rate-- the sentimental part of me wants to give it five stars and an endlessly positive, glowing review, but in all honesty, while this is a great recording and one that I'm ecstatic to have, it's not exactly the sort of jaw-dropping performance you'd hope it'd be. Fans of any of the three artists will want this, but don't expect something that'll shake the world.
Thank you Sony, keep the vault open!!!.......2007-07-01

Tell me why in the first week has this CD sold so well coming from the "Jazz" category? What would music be like if there was no Tony Williams, John Mclaughlin, or Jaco Pastorius. Man I tell you these guys are responsible for a whole lot of musicians playing music today. There problably wouldn't be fusion as we know it today. Jaco was the sound innovator (as you can hear on this disc), John is the musical innovator, and Tony is the revolutionary musician. Columbia/Sony thank you for letting this disc come out, now you are seeing the fruits of some real musicians that played some unbeliveable music in the 70's. Again, why is this selling so well, I mean after all this was way back in 1979 and Jaco and Tony are dead. But their musical footprints still live. Sony the answer is John Mclaughlin to many is the greatest all around (acoustic/electric) guitarist that has ever lived. He is responsible for creating different types of genres of music. Jaco Pastorius to many is the greatest bassist to ever live, and Tony Williams is the greatest drummer to ever live. That is why!!!! It was a time when crafting your instrument was important in America (the 40's-70's). America is in trouble because it is sick. It really is a scary world out there that these record companies are allowing this "non music" out in the mainstream that sells millions, instead of these geniuses.

Sony/Columbia your vaults are filled with this stuff. Check this out. For most of us jazz fusion fans this is a dream disc. The Trio of Doom is basically a group that had only one performance, and we understand this is all you have on this particular group. We know about Havana Jam as well. Here is a deal if you can hear me. Weather Report played at the same venue in 1979. On youtube and dailymotion there have been videos posted of their performance palying the tunes Scarlet Woman, Slang, Birdland. On the albums that you released nearly three decades ago showed they played Black Market and Teen Town (Havana Jam I & II). So I am counting together 5 songs. Why can't we have another live Weather Report, the full show on CD and release the video DVD because CBS filmed the concert.

Aside from all our dreams, the music is great and fresh. The photos are awsome as well are the linear notes.

(Lifetime, Mahavishnu, and Weather Report shook up this world musically, and there really hasn't been anything that groundshaking since. The three men on this disc were some of the leaders of those bands). Again Columbia/Sony you have most of the live fusion in your vaults just sitting there. You are responsible for a lot of the music that is released. We can't find fusion at our local music stores, so we trade all over the world for this stuff. Thank you again, because we have this historic documentation of music that is in it's primitive condition and we didn't have to trade or bootleg this time!
GREAT JAZZ FUSION SUMMIT: FORGET THE CONTROVERSY, IT'S WONDERFUL!.......2007-06-26
Four and a half ENJOYABLE Stars! John (Mahavishnu) McLaughlin, Jaco (Weather Report) Pastorius, and Tony (Miles Davis & Lifetime) Williams formed a brief incendiary, but hugely imposing trio that played some very enjoyable fusion music found on this CD. One should enjoy the music and avoid the background controversy: you will hear no evidence of whatever it was here. One song, "Dark Prince", was originally heard on the first all-star "Havana Jam" LP, and "Continuum" and "Para Oriente" were on the second Havana Jam LP. So they have done us a favor by putting all three songs on one CD plus adding in an inventive Tony Williams drum excursion and a new song (McLaughlin's "Are You the One? Are You the One?") from the live set, and then there are tracks from the studio session (with some false starts) of the original three songs that was to flesh-out what they originally intended to perform in Cuba.

The entire CD is one big 'Piece de Resistance", the best of the best, with the group laying down some fiery, urgent collective and individual improvisation, but also some beautiful peaceful music. The repetition of 3 of the songs is fine with me since they are improvised and different. "Dark Prince" has all members on the front line and firing on all cylinders, Williams in particular with some muscular drumming as his bandmates blaze away. "Continuum" has beautiful chord changes with a touching, restrained Pastorius solo. "Para Oriente" is a funky exposition of group dynamics and solos with Pastorius and McLaughlin getting off some wonderful solos. "Are You the One?" is a multiphase fusion delight thanks to Pastorius' bass booting things along nicely. The audience obviously enjoyed the live set very much. The studio versions are very nice extentions of the live sessions with "Dark Prince" having some great solos that end much too soon. "Para Oriente" has two unnecessary false starts that add no real value to the CD before they get down to business of the complete satisfying performance. Had they stayed together or recorded more as a unit, Trio of Doom could have cast a very long musical shadow: three musicians making this much wonderful music is very impressive. Wonderfully recorded with a total running time of about 40 minutes, this CD documents a brief meeting of three jazz giants that is "Highly Recommended" from both the historical and the musical perspectives. I couldn't buy this CD fast enough. Four and a half IMPOSING Stars!!

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How to navigate the perils of a saxophone trio

Always Open Ears For Josh - Always Time For Dewey

Impressive!

Art of the Trio (version #1)

Back East
Joshua Redman Trio
Manufacturer: Nonesuch
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000N4S95Q
Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

The Surrey With The Fridge On Top

East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)

Zarafah

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I'm An Old Cowhand

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Back East

Mantra No.5

Indonesia

India

GJ

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Sonny Rollins's 1957 release Way Out West established the pianoless bass-sax-drum configuration. The Berkeley-raised tenor/soprano saxophonist Joshua Redman's geographically reversed tribute was recorded in New York, where his career began. It features three sets of trios, with drummers Brian Blade, Eric Harland, and Ali Jackson and bassists Rueben Rogers, Christian McBride, and Larry Grenadier. Redman's sure-headed, serpentine, and sensual saxlines upgrade the two WOW tracks "I'm an Old Cowhand" and "Wagon Wheels" with Afro-Asian rhythmic motifs. Joe Lovano, Chris Cheek, and the leader's late father Dewey Redman lend their sax sounds to selections by Redman's horn influences: "Indian Song" by Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane's "India," and the Stan Getz-associated ballad "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)." Redman's compositions--"Mantra #5," the tantric-tempoed "Indonesia," the title track, and "GJ," a touching dedication from Joshua Redman's dad to his grandson--complete the thrilling project from this future saxophone colossus. --Eugene Holley, Jr.
Album Description
Joshua Redman mixes originals with standards in tribute of the great sax players before him, on his new album Back East. But Redman doesn't just pay homage with these tunes, he makes them his own, adding a different sort of "eastern" feel to both the covers and his original compositions. With many special guest performers, including his own father, Redman has created a eloquent gift for the music world.
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Fair cd.......2007-06-25
Off the Mark & what I mean is wrong material. Doesnt show what his talents are. Id get George Benson, Bob James Nathan east, David Beniot, Peter white, Mark antione on your next cd & this would make a awesome Cd.
How to navigate the perils of a saxophone trio.......2007-06-21
A saxophone trio album can be tricky, since the saxophonist has to pretty much carry the entire load. If the sax playing isn't utter genius (think of Ornette Coleman's "At The Golden Circle"), then you can get a CD that seems to go on for too long (think of Branford Marsalis's "Bloomington"). Joshua Redman does a few things to avoid that pitfall. The first thing is call in three guest saxophonists, Chris Cheek, Joe Lovano, and Dewey Redman, to appear on three different songs. The two-sax songs are sprinkled through the CD. Another way to avoid monotony is to have three different rhythm sections. All three sections are top-notch, and you get the sense they're playing to the song and the saxophone, not to out-do the other bassists and drummers. Larry Grenadier and Ali Jackson play on most of the songs. Lastly, the songs are kept relatively short, so it isn't too long before a new melody or tempo is introduced.

Joshua Redman starts off with an old warhorse, "Surrey With The Fringe On Top" and freshens it up a little by chopping up the rhythm. Most of the rest of the songs have an Asian reference in their title, and to a lesser extent in their music. I'm not sure how "I'm An Old Cowhand" and "Wagon Wheels" fit in with the theme, since they're western songs . At any rate, the standards are nicely played, and the new compositions are also good. It's simply a top-notch album, and is highly recommended. This will be one of the better CD's of 2007. The last song doesn't have Joshua on it, but has Dewey Redman playing for his granddaughter. It's interestingly free-jazzy, and perhaps a suitable capstone to Dewey's long and interesting career.

Always Open Ears For Josh - Always Time For Dewey.......2007-06-03
Nowhere is it written that expressing angst is in the sole dominion of the consternated pop/alt./rockers and their ilk. Joshua Redman makes that clear by bailing himself out of San Fran (temporarily), scooping up his little bambino, and coming "Back East" to bury his father. Josh has plenty of strong emotions to work out in front of us, and we should have no problem with that. This is healthy music-making. There's also the palpable sense that Redman was jonesing big-time to play again in a trio setting with Brian Blade, his musical alter-ego. Other drummers are on-board besides Blade, but it's not the first time, as some have suggested, that Brian and Josh have recorded in a trio. See Yaya3 for proof of that (with no bassist, but bass-end courtesy of B3-er Sam Yahel). This isn't even the first time that Josh has recorded with just the bare-bones sax-bass-drums thing going on (see isolated tracks on Joshua Redman, Wish, and Spirit Of The Moment: Live At The Village Vanguard). But an entire album of it? Yes, now we're talking "Back East" style. Before getting all caught up with this distinction, however, just watch those lines get blurred by some of these trios morphing into quartets with the addition of some very special guests.

It's impossible to write this review and not drop the name Sonny Rollins, since a full third of the tracks here are tunes that Newk explored within the very same trio constraints back in the late 50's, and you know that Josh loves his Newk. He doesn't try to sound like Rollins here - he just invokes Sonny's powerful visage. The name and the sound, both invoked and actually present, which "Back East" *is* suffused with is that of Joshua's late father, Dewey Redman. My first exposure to the music of Dewey Redman came in the mid 70's when he was part of Keith Jarrett's incendiary American combo that made recordings for Impulse!, but I have to confess that most of it went way over my head at the time. What really made me pay attention to Dewey was his significant contribution to Pat Metheny's ECM double-album 80/81, right there next to Jack DeJohnette, Charlie Haden (also a vet of that Jarrett unit), Metheny, and the late Michael Brecker. What a free-emotive ear-opening revelation Dewey was on those tunes! Next came my awareness of the outfit known as "Old And New Dreams" with Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell, and Haden again, which really convinced me that it was Miles Davis who was "all messed up inside" and not Ornette Coleman. And in the midst of all this great music came a Dewey Redman album for the ages - 1983's "The Struggle Continues" on ECM. Search hard in used vinyl shops for it - or even harder for a CD copy.

So what does any of this have to do with Joshua Redman's new self-produced title on Nonesuch? The answer is: everything. Josh has some of the biggest ears on this planet - don't go thinking for a minute that any of this stuff from the late 70's and 80's was lost on him, even if he tells you that he had to "come back" for some of it (he grew up apart from his dad with his mother in the Bay Area). Once Josh made the commitment to music over law school, *all* the great tenors who came before him contributed something to his jurisprudence of jazz degree. And with this latest offering, Redman (the younger) continues to show off his very sponge-like abilities even further. If there were just a few more tracks like the Josh original "Indonesia" (which isn't exactly gamelan, but sure ain't no 12-bar blues either) or the Coltrane gem "India" (performed in 4tet with father Dewey), or the Shorter jewel "Indian Song" (4tet with Joe Lovano, tune lifted from Wayne's o.o.p. 1965 album "Etcetera") this review would be attached to a 5-star rating. But 4 stars is still pretty darned good, and "Back East" is worth extra spins just to reflect on the incredible musical legacy left to us by Dewey Redman, who not so incidentally gets the last dance all to himself (in a trio) for the set closer. Salaam, Dewey. Great album, Josh.
Impressive!.......2007-05-24
I own every single Joshua Redman album and I think that Back East is the album I'm most impressed with. Simply put, Redman's improve prowess is off the charts. Redman has always been good, even great, but now I think he is on another planet planet.
Art of the Trio (version #1).......2007-05-12
In general, I tend to find the sax/bass/drums trio setup rather challenging. I find the music a bit dry and monochromatic without keyboards and/or guitar to lend some life and colour. I decided to give this and Kenny Garrett's 1995 CD Triology a try though, as I wanted to try roaming beyond my comfort zone. I'd heard good things about both albums and besides - it's Joshua Redman and Kenny Garrett, right?

Well, Joshua Redman produces this CD and it features the trio formation with different cast members on different songs. Of particular personal interest are the tunes "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)", a barnstormer that features Redman on tenor and some really exciting drumming by Ali Jackson; the ballad "Zarafah", with Redman on soprano, accompanied by Christian McBride on bass (with a very interesting solo) and Brian Blade on drums; "Wagon Wheels", another ballad with Redman on soprano but this time accompanied by Reuben Rogers on bass and Eric Harland on drums; "Mantra #5", a duet with both Redman and Chris Cheek on soprano, backed by Larry Grenadier on bass and Ali Jackson on drums; the jaunty "Indonesia" with Redman back on tenor and joined by Grenadier and Jackson; (I'm sure I can hear percussion on this number but it's not credited) and last but not least, the Coltrane tune, "India" - another duet but this time with Dewey Redman, and with both men on tenor.

There's also an appearance by Joe Lovano on the Wayne Shorter tune "Indian Song", which I found interesting but not much else. Shame really, as I'm a huge Lovano fan.

So on the whole with regard to this particular CD, the let's-try-something-different experiment hasn't really worked and I remain underwhelmed by the sax/bass/drums trio format. I reiterate that it's a very personal thing but I still find it rather bland, cold and unemotional. That said, I do recognise the artistry on show here. I've already grown to love Joshua Redman's sound anyway and I have a feeling that the album could grow on me in time. I hope it does.

As a measure of enjoyment, I'd say three and a half stars. Four at a push, but only as an added mark of respect.

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Dreamlike Adagio

Being There
Tord Gustavsen Trio
Manufacturer: Ecm Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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At Home

Vicar Street

Draw Near

Blessed Feet

Sani

Interlude

Karmosin

Still There

Where We Want

Cocoon

Around You

Vesper

Wide Open

Album Description
One of the great success stories of jazz in the last five years, the Tord Gustavsen Trio follows up their first two hit albums with the eagerly-anticipated Being There. The new release finds the trio continually opening up the music in new and lyrical ways. Along with Gustavsen's infectious music (both ballads and up-tempo) drummer Jarle Vespestad and bassist Harald Johnsen make considerable contributions to the new album. Johnsen lends his compositional skills with the graceful tango "Karmosin," and Vespestad is often as much a front-line voice in the music as Gustavsen himself.
Proving that sensual, spiritual jazz can come from even icy Norway, the Tord Gustavsen Trio stormed onto the jazz scene in 2003 with their debut recording, Changing Places. 2005's The Ground took the band one step further and even topped the pop charts in Norway, an unprecedented achievement. The restraint of Gustavsen's approach and the allure of his simply drawn melodies has spoken to an audience that does not normally concern itself with improvisation.
Customer Reviews:

takes more than a listen to................2007-06-29
I loved Tord first cd . This mix of orientalisim , romantisim , the slow tempo .....everything worked . On this 3rd cd , it took me awhile to get to the music . I first found it much to slow , some of the best tracks are actually hidden in the end of the cd , the last 4 or 5 tracks , couple in the beginning , and then a long and empty passage in between . Tord is a wonderfull artist , with a great sense of drama , but I think he falls a little short on his 3rd cd .
Dreamlike Adagio.......2007-06-12
The one thing Tord Gustavsen's jazz trio has in common with novelist Haruki Murakami is their ability to create dreamlike landscape through their own creativity media. The difference, though, is that in the process of the creation, Murakami will use as many as possible details to blend reality and dreamscape; whereas in the case of Tord Gustavsen Trio, we are only provided with the basic framework for slow and very often restrained melodies, in which nothing is developed into complexity rather than merely the feeling per se.

Nonetheless, this is not to say that their music is lackluster. The trio displayed in their previous albums Changing Places and the Ground, their abilities to compose such beautiful yet not abstract jazz in a discipline which Gustavsen puts, "inspired by a love of spaces". In jazz, sometimes playing a riff in between notes might be easy, but leaving it blank takes up imagination. Tord Gustavsen Trio definitely has this imagination.

Releasing their third album in five years, Being There, as part of a trilogy, the trio has taken their restraint way of utterance to a new territory. When you start listening to the album, the sense of déjà vu will dominate you even if you have never heard of their previous albums. Yet as the music goes on, it will be clear to even long-time listeners that you are not in a familiar place at all. Tunes like Blessed Feet (a Jarrett-like funky tune) and Where We Went (an up-tempo Spanish dance) sing a more assertive but not aggressive kind of lyrics, while the music is still kept as simple and uncanny as it possibly can. The way trio instruments are approached, especially by drummer Jarle Vespestrad, whose plays are being felt rather than heard for most of the time, meshes delicate whispers altogether in modest tempi and continuous rubato. This un-trio-like instrumental integration makes the music feel like dream flows in a constantly changing vista, which finally resolves back to the same place where it started when the album ends with the peaceful tune Wide Open.

All About Jazz reviewer John Kelman put the trio's distinctive character beautifully: "As silence can sometimes speak as loudly as thunder, and insofar as careful elaboration of melody can be just as compelling as more vivid expansion, Gustavsen's trio makes a clear case for the elusive power of restraint." Gustavsen phrases it romantically, that his music is "about loving every note". It is this very tendency of playing what you like, rather than what you ought to play between passages, together with the elaborated yet elegant lyrics of the tunes, that creates this unique aesthetic and the kind of feeling you will not have very often in reality, but in dreams.

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4 ½ stars

A Great Snapshot of an Excellent Trio

Live at the Village Vanguard
The Bill Charlap Trio
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000PC6FP2
Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

Rocker

Autumn In New York

Godchild

The Lady Is a Tramp

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All Across the City

While We're Young

Last Night When We Were Young

Customer Reviews:

4 ½ stars.......2007-06-04
From Charlap's solo choruses in "Rocker," at once burning hot and supremely cool, to the wistful "Last Night While We Were Young," this is an absorbing and sometimes startlingly good record. Although it doesn't seem right that Charlap tends to get most of the attention - i.e. the focus on Charlap in interviews about the trio's work, his lone cover photo here, and some critics' annoying habit of dubbing the unrelated bassist and drummer "the two Washingtons"- he really is a fine player. His solos are consistently interesting and invigorating; his technique is impressive; and how about the way he uses the piano? Even if one may grow weary of a certain right hand tremolo/trill effect as transitional device, Charlap's quiet but hip comping, use of lower registers, piano-rattling glissandi, and superimposition of left hand and right hand are extremely effective and rather unique. So too are his undulating lines, at once muted and strong, and his enviable ability to create a translucent, ethereal musical space. It is for these reasons that "Autumn in New York" garnered such a reverent response from the Vanguard audience - and "My Shining Hour" such a raucous one.

Speaking of "My Shining Hour," let me not be guilty of the same Charlap-centered commentary I lamented earlier. As the liner notes point out, "the incandescent playing captured here is made possible by trust," a trust which in turn is only possible thanks to the rock-solid foundation provided by Peter Washington on bass and the combustible energy released by Kenny Washington on drums. Although I feel that Peter has not yet been ideally captured on recording, it is quite evident from this album and others that Kenny sets the fire under the band and leads them to "Shining Hour" heights. The very swinging feel of a potentially square tune like "Rocker" and potentially static arrangement of "While We're Young," as well as "Last Night While We Were Young's" magical coda, owe much to Kenny's fire, too.

It should be no surprise, then, that numbers like "Lady is a Tramp" cook when the Charlap Trio plays `em, and ballad arrangements like "All Across the City" are so good they almost hurt. But "While We're Young" also provides indisputable proof that this group can play in 3. So let's hear some more waltzes, and more of that glorious ebb and flow that another pianist named Bill inspired at the same Village Vanguard :) How about more bass and drum solos too?!? (come now, 2 bass solos and 1 drum solo really are not enough for a whole album). Then, consider the possibilities of straight 8, Latin, funk, mixed meter...you know these guys can do it. To me, this would make a visit to see them at the Vanguard or Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola that much more memorable - and their group that much better.

A Great Snapshot of an Excellent Trio.......2007-06-01
After many years of widespread acclaim as one of the best working groups in mainstream jazz, the Bill Charlap Trio has finally issued its first live recording, and the results are most impressive. Individually, the group's members are all virtuoso musicians of the highest caliber, and in any setting they can be counted upon to deliver vivid, engaging performances (see for example Charlap's collaborations with Warren Vaché and Peter Washington's work with the great Tommy Flanagan). However, when they play together their rapport is so strong that each seems to bring out the best in the others, and even on the trio's studio recordings they sometimes attain a level of controlled intensity that is downright mesmerizing, both on uptempo numbers and on slow ballads. Here, they reach that level again and again, and the interplay among them is consistently thrilling; each plays with great energy and creativity, but also with great precision, and they are so perfectly attuned to one another that when they improvise together they do so with a degree of cohesion and unity that is nothing short of astonishing. ("My Shining Hour" provides an especially good example of this.) Their own enjoyment of what they can do is both palpable and infectious, and while they never indulge in the kind of showboating that sometimes mars live recordings, the presence of an attentive and appreciative audience does seem to inspire them. The sounds made by that audience are not the least bit obtrusive, but their applause helps to create a pleasant atmosphere of immediacy, as does the immaculate sound achieved by engineer Joel Moss. The disc is also nicely programmed, though there are fewer rarities than one might expect given Charlap's extensive knowledge of the American songbook and his penchant for reintroducing overlooked but worthy material.

In all, this is a most welcome document of an exceptional group in action. It is also long overdue, so let's hope that volume two will follow in short order!

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She does it again

Inga sings and swings

Reverie
Inga Swearingen , and The Bill Peterson Trio
Manufacturer: Rhythome
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CAFUKI
Release Date: 2005-06-01

Tracks:

Tiptoes

Black Crow

Reverie

Where Flamingos Fly

Stargazer

Down by the Riverside

Happy to Be

Sunrise

Stompin' at the Savoy

Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most

Beautiful Love

Just In Time

My One and Only Love

Product Description
Intimate, beautiful & strong - Inga Swearingen sings and scats with the Bill Peterson Trio on "Reverie" so comfortably that every note, chord, beat and breath will pull you in closer.
Customer Reviews:

She does it again.......2007-01-29
An outstanding follow-up to her debut album, Learning How To Fly. Inga's voice is smooth and accurate while at the same time retaining a sense of intimacy and warmth.
Inga sings and swings.......2006-07-09
A great album of great songs. Inga sings with feeling and is ably supported by the Bill Peterson Trio. 'Black Crow' and 'Just in Time' are exceptional tracks, but then the whole album is superb. Excellent.

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A lady you can never get tired of hearing

a pleasure to listen to

great combination

Another great album

Incredible singing instrument

All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio
Diana Krall
Manufacturer: Grp Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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From This Moment On

When I Look in Your Eyes

The Look of Love

Only Trust Your Heart

ASIN: B000003N89
Release Date: 1996-03-12

Tracks:

I'm An Errand Girl For Rythm

Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You

You Call It Madness

Frim Fram Sauce

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Baby Baby All The Time

Hit That Jive Jack

You're Looking At Me

I'm Thru With Love

Deed I Do

A Blossom Fell

If I Had You

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All for You is a tribute to the Nat "King" Cole Trio of the 1940s, when Cole performed as both a singer and a pianist. Krall, like her heroes Lena Horne and Carmen McRae, is also a singer-pianist, and she plays both roles on most of the songs here. She's able to link her singing to her piano playing in sympathetic ways and projects tremendous feeling through both. Like Cole in the '40s, Krall plays with a drummerless trio--here with guitarist Russell Malone and bassist Paul Keller. Their sense of intimate rapport is especially valuable on ballads such as "You Call It Madness" and "I'm Thru with Love," but also allows such uptempo tunes as "Hit That Jive Jack" to swing with surprising lightness. --Geoffrey Himes
Customer Reviews:

A lady you can never get tired of hearing.......2007-07-04
Its so good to hear a musician who doesnt force the music but rather lets it flow, lets it just drift out from within. Beautiful, soft and mellow; this is definatly chill out music. Hard day at work, in need of something to take your mind off the rat race? Just slip this CD into the player and sit back and listen to a wonderful gifted jazz musician.
a pleasure to listen to.......2007-03-08
nice voice, nice music.
When it's good there is no need to go on and on with words.
great combination.......2007-02-19
The magic of Nat King Cole's music sung by the beautiful voice of Diana Krall, a great combination.
Another great album.......2007-01-22
Diana Krall's voice is like no one else's and I love listening to her. She's very talented in her piano playing, of course, but that voice of hers and the songs on her albums --- I've never been disappointed in any of her work.
Incredible singing instrument .......2007-01-01
Most of the songs here are unfamiliar to me. But in every track one hears the remarkable singing voice of Krall. She is one of those singers like Streisand who makes the voice a musical instrument. She moves us in so many subtle ways. And there is something about the quality of her voice, its fullness, its beautiful timbre. She seems also to have such control of what she is doing , and she is always making it interesting with new little riffs here and there. She is the best 'new singer' I have heard in years.
Just a remarkable singer who it is pleasure to hear.

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Night Train - Oscar Peterson

Amazing performance, less than perfect recording

Must Buy, Especially For Jazz Pianists

Essential Peterson

A mature Oscar Peterson

Night Train
Oscar Peterson Trio
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
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Jazz Samba

ASIN: B0000047D4
Release Date: 1997-05-20

Tracks:

Happy-Go-Lucky Local (AKA 'Night Train')

C-Jam Blues

Georgia On My Mind

Bags' Groove

Moten Swing

Easy Does It

The Honeydripper

Things Ain't What They Used To Be

I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)

Band Call

Hymn To Freedom

Happy-Go-Lucky Local (AKA 'Night Train') (Alternate Take)

Volare

My Heart Belongs To Daddy

Moten Swing (Rehearsal Take)

Now's The Time

This Could Be The Start Of Something

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This 1962 recording represents Oscar Peterson at his most commercially accommodating, yet his trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen never fails to swing. The program includes such familiar melodies as the title track (which began life as Duke Ellington's "Happy Go Lucky Local"), "Georgia on My Mind," and "The Honeydripper." With the notable exception of the gospel-like original "Hymn to Freedom," most of the tracks clock in at around three minutes. This reissue contains several alternate takes that were wisely left off the original LP, including such unlikely jazz vehicles as "Volare" and "My Heart Belongs to Daddy." --Rick Mitchell
Customer Reviews:

Night Train - Oscar Peterson.......2007-06-26
Nice, easy listening jazz.

One tune is repeated and some studio tracks end rather abruptly, but the rest is great.
Amazing performance, less than perfect recording.......2007-06-20
Each song is full of passion, creating a heart-warming atmosphere. One drawback of this CD is that the sound quality is not very good. I wish there was an SACD version of this recording.
Must Buy, Especially For Jazz Pianists.......2007-04-24
Wow, this is a great CD. I love listening to it and many great pianists have been influenced by Oscar Peterson. He is an amazing genius.
Essential Peterson.......2007-03-23
This is the Oscar Peterson album that everybody should have. Committed followers know its one of the very best, and newcomers won't find anything too dificult on it. This is the first CD I ever bought 21 years ago and I've been playing it ever since.

The basic feel of the album is blues. C Jam Blues, Night Train, Thing Ain't What They Used To Be, Moten Swing and Honey Dripper are all blues or blues related. However there's great variety amongst these tracks, contrast the mellow version of "Things Ain't What..." with the swinging version of "Honey Dripper".

On this album Peterson makes everything sound effortless, whether its his uptempo playing or superb ballad playing (such as on I Ain't Got It Bad..). My favourite track is Ellingtons Band Call. At the end of the track Oscar plays 3 increasingly syncopated resolutions leading on the 4th occasion to the end of the tune.

Perhaps the only thing you don't get on this album is the virtuoso Peterson (try the "The Trio" or "Tracks" for this). Sure some of this stuff requires excellent technique, but even at this level Oscar still has another gear.

As previous reviewers have said, special mention should be made of "Hymn To Freedom". This is a marvellous Peterson original with a great performance. A fitting way to end a superb album.

A mature Oscar Peterson.......2007-01-14
Oscar was 36 when he and his favorite bass player, Ray Brown, teamed up with Ed Thigpen on drums to record this confident, mature cool jazz collection in 1962. In a very good sense this is a commercially enjoyable studio-recorded collection of safe tunes and some originals. Generally upbeat defined by Oscar's fingers dashing from one end of the keyboard to the other.

If you're unfamiliar with Oscar's work, this is the place to start...then go backward in time and forward. This son of Canada is still living, and may he do so for a long time.

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Great singing, great jazz.

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Learning How To Fly
Inga Swearingen , and Trio 14
Manufacturer: Inga Swearingen
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CAG0ZM
Release Date: 2003-02-01

Tracks:

Learning How To Fly/Fly Me To The Moon

Caravan

The Nearness Of You/Misty

Mood Indigo

Dat Dere

All Blues

Speak Low

Product Description
Inga revives the art of scat-singing, imbuing these jazz standards with a rare vitality.
Customer Reviews:

Great singing, great jazz........2006-07-08
This is a great album from Inga Swearingen ably supported by Trio 14.She sings a wonderful selection of songs, the outstanding tracks being 'The nearness of you' and 'All blues'. Superb jazz on an album that should become a collectors item. Buy it while you can.
Forwarded Review from CD Baby.......2005-12-14
Original Reviewer: Christy Devine * RIM student from MTSU"Home of the largest recording school
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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Good for the soul and ears. Highly recommended for all music lovers

Refreshing, soothing, and amazing were some to the 1st thoughts that came to mind after listening to this CD. Inga's vocal ability is awesome not to mention very enjoyable to my ears. I highly recommend this album and can't wait for her upcoming projects.

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pure genius

Another great Yo-Yo Disc

first disc great- second a flop

Encore

The Versatile Yo-Yo Ma

The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

Manufacturer: Sony
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Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon

ASIN: B000A7Q29G
Release Date: 2005-08-16

Tracks:

Prde from Suite No. 1 in G Major for Cello, BWV 1007

II. Largo from "Winter", Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297 from the Four Seasons

Jesus, bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring), BWV 147

Schafe kn sicher weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze), BWV 208

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake), BWV 645

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Mtation from Tha

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Andante Cantabile for Cello Solo and String Orchestra, Op. posth.

IV. Rondo alla Zingarese. Presto from Quartet No. 1 in G minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 25

III. Finale. Allegro moderato from Concerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 104

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Cristal

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Chega de Saudade Live

Wapango Live

Libertango

Appalachia Waltz Solo Cello Version

Butterfly's Day Out

1B

Pickin' from Three Pieces for Solo Cello

Simple Gifts

The Mission

Gabriel's Oboe

The Falls Album Version

The Eternal Vow from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

The Cellist of Sarajevo - A Lament in Rondo Form for Solo 'Cello, Op. 12

Chi passa per'sta strada

Mido Mountain (Chinese Traditional)

Mohini (Enchantment)

Baroque in Rhythm from Suite for Cello and Jazz Piano Trio

Anything Goes Instrumental

I Could Have Danced All Night Extended version

Amazon.com
Here are three dozen pieces of music, all played by Yo-Yo Ma, culled from his extensive discography. Aside from the technical mastery and beautiful tone that are absolutes in all of his playing, one is dazzled by his curiosity and ability to adapt to so many forms and types of music. His Bach and Vivaldi are pellucid and played with non-sentimental crispness, his tango music gritty and rhythmically pungent, his jazz seemingly spontaneous, the "Meditation" from Thais simply ravishing, "Anything Goes" a romp, and the Appalachian music performed with both respect and a great twang, while the traditional Chinese music is fascinating. It's really a matter of how much Ma loves whatever he plays here, how entirely he becomes involved in it, and what a fine partner he invariably is to other musicians. This collection is a doozy--it is truly "essential." --Robert Levine
Customer Reviews:

pure genius.......2007-05-21
No instrument asks more from the soul of an artist as the cello does.
Yo Yo Ma shows to be master of the instrument and his interpretations en technique are pure genius. Everyone should have this album in his (or hers of course) basic classical collection
Another great Yo-Yo Disc.......2007-05-15
The set-up with the classical pieces on the first disc and the other on the second is excellent.
first disc great- second a flop.......2007-04-12
the first disc is awesome. the second disc is weird and boring.
Encore.......2007-03-31
Incredible. My young cellist (son) loves it. Beautiful music. The album is well organized and each song transitions nicely.
The Versatile Yo-Yo Ma.......2007-03-29
I've found this collection to be extremely delightful! It gives you a sense of the versatility of Yo-Yo Ma like no other, with one disc being dedicated more to his classical side, while the other explores jazz and world music venues. Not your typical "greatest hits" collection.

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A Masterful Mixed-Genre Marriage

Classic Must Have Jazz

Life Saver

There's nothing in the world quite like it!

My favorite recording

Bolling: Suite for Flute & Jazz Piano Trio

Manufacturer: Fremeaux & Assoc. Fr
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ASIN: B00006329Y
Release Date: 2003-06-10

Tracks:

Baroque And Blue

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Javanaise

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Irlandaise

Versatile (With Bass Flute)

Veloce

Customer Reviews:

A Masterful Mixed-Genre Marriage .......2007-07-06
While digging through some of my old cassettes today for something I hadn't heard in a while, I uncovered Bolling: Suite For Flute and Jazz Piano Trio. I bought it on a whim back when it was first released and I vaguely remembered liking it, so I thought why not play this? Well, after listening I was very sorry that I had forgotten how good it is!
Though the album is far too short, jazz pianist Claude Bolling and flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal make this suite a sweet one indeed. Though I have my favorites, there is not a single cut that is not worth hearing over and over. You might say that Bolling and Rampal have entered a masterful mixed-genre marriage. My favorite cuts are Sentimentale, Javanaise, Versatile, and Veloce.
As another reviewer said, this recording is the perfect one to pop in on any day you need your spirits lifted. Even if you are already in a great mood, hearing this will prolong it for you. Now that I've become reacquainted with this Suite and see that it is now remastered and available on CD, I will order it in that format. And you can be sure I won't forget it again.
Classic Must Have Jazz.......2006-11-10
I first bought this 25 years ago and have never grown tired of it.
Life Saver.......2005-12-25
Normally reviews try to tell you about the music. In this one I will only tell you what the music did for me. When I was 14, I was in the hospital for two months for a corrective surgical process on my leg. While I was in, I became very depressed, had trouble eating, and lost a lot of weight off a frame that was not exactly hefty to start with. This album (and a version of Handel's Water Music which I'm trying to find) I listened to every day, again and again. It kept me from becoming utterly despondent. I have heard no other music as serenely cheerful and bouyant.
There's nothing in the world quite like it!.......2005-04-12
I'm a fan of all sorts of music, from film music to pop/rock, folk, some country, vocal, opera, classical, and even some heavy metal. I don't have ANY music like this other than some of the other Bolling suites. This and "Suite No. 2" for Flute and Jazz Piano are ESSENTIAL. They never get old, and are like old friends every time you hear them, as they never fail to deliver. Whatever type of music you like or don't like, if you try this disc out and don't find yourself feeling happier than you were before you put it on, there's something wrong with you. One of those rare discs (like the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds") that should be in every person's music library, to pop on from time-to-time as they go through life. I'm sure I will be listening to this and other Bolling jazz suites for decades and decades to come. He is the master of this art form as far as I'm concerned.
My favorite recording.......2005-03-16
I bought this on cassette over 20 years ago, and it continues to be #1 in my top ten list of favorite recordings. It is a perfect blend of baroque and jazz. I remember playing this in my car and my passenger was amazed at the structure of the music, particularly transitions within the pieces. I like all of Bollings series of "_____ and jazz piano" but this is the best of all. It remains fresh & creative. How could anyone not find this music compelling?
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