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Is Nicole Mitchell the daughter of Roscoe Mitchell? And at any point has she been in the AEC. I really dug her Black Earth Ensemble CD last year. I think it was on Delmark. Anyone have any recommendations of her music? I am very into AEC and the whole Chicago scene/history is growing on me. She was just here in Pittsburgh. Was supposed to be with David Boykin on this mini-tour, but word has it he didn't show (probably because he knew he wouldn't make his guarantee at this venue on a Sunday night). It was just her and some good local cats like this sax player named Ben Opie and this bassist named Mark Perna. Apparently they were playing pretty straight-ahead material. Y'all need to check out Opie and his ensemble Opek which does concerts that are usually tributes to a given composer - Trane, Miles, Sun Ra, Monk, etc. He is an excellent all-around reed player. His day job is teaching music technology at Carnegie Mellon and the local performing arts high school. He does a mean version of Beatrice! He also leads a group called Thoth Trio. Anyways, info on Nicole Mitchell Would be appreciated.

Does he ever come to the US? I need to see him. There seems to be no website on him but it is evident he is still working. Matt

I would never have gotten into Hank Mobley, Cecil Payne, and Patato had I not heard Kenny Dorham's Afro Cuban.

I edited down to stuff that was spun a minimum of 10 times in the course of 10 weeks in rotation. Note that I usually have 60 jazz recordings in New Rotation out of a total of about 500 new CDs from which they can choose their require 3 new cuts per hour. 31 spins 1. Vijay Iyer -- Reimagining -- Savoy 26 spins: 2. David S. Ware Quartets -- Live in the World -- Thirsty Ear Recordings 25 spins: Dave Holland Big Band -- Overtime -- Dare2 Brooklyn Sax Quartet -- Far Side of Here -- Omnitone 24 spins: John Zorn -- Classic Guide to Strategy: Vol. 3 -- Tzadik The Nels Cline Singers -- The Giant Pin -- Cryptogramophone (24) 23 spins: Kermit Ruffins -- Kermit Ruffins (Putumayo) -- Putumayo World Music Mingus Big Band, Orchestra, & Dynasty -- I Am Three -- Sunnyside 22 spins: Groundtruther -- Longitude -- Thirsty Ear Recordings Michael Galasso -- High Lines -- ECM Records Fieldwork -- Simulated Progress -- Pi Recordings 21 spins: Sun Ra -- Heliocentric Worlds Vol. 3 -- ESP-Disk Ravi Coltrane -- In Flux -- Savoy 20 spins: Organissimo -- This is the Place -- [self-released] Ahmad Jamal -- After Fajr -- Dreyfus Jazz 19 spins: Various Artists -- The Sound of NY Jazz Underground -- Fresh Sound New Talent Assif Tsahar and The New York Underground Orchestra -- Fragments -- Hopscotch Records Kurt Rosenwinkel -- Deep Song -- Verve Music Group Dave Douglas -- Mountain Passages -- Greenleaf Music 18 spins: Thoth Trio -- Apropos of Nothing -- DHP Records Dodo Marmarosa -- A Proper Intro To -- Proper Records 17 spins: Grachan Moncur III -- Exploration -- Capri Records Meat Beat Manifesto -- At The Center -- Thirsty Ear Recordings Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra -- Not In Our Name -- Verve Music Group BeatleJazz -- With A Little Help From Our Friends -- Lightyear/Razler Records 16 spins: Henry Grimes Trio -- Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival -- Ayler Richard Galliano New York Trio -- Ruby, My Dear -- Dreyfus Jazz Bill Frisell -- East/West -- Nonesuch Records John Ellis -- One Foot in the Swamp -- Hyena Records Eldar -- Eldar -- Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble -- Mean Ameen -- Delmark Records Scott Amendola Band -- Believe -- Cryptogramophone Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra -- Una Noche Inolvidable -- Palmetto Records 15 spins: Kenny Wheeler -- What Now? -- CamJazz Marc Ribot -- Spiritual Unity -- Pi Recordings Mulgrew Miller -- Live at Yoshi's Vol. 2 -- MaxJazz Marian McPartland -- 85 Candles - Live in New York -- Concord Records Alice Coltrane -- Translinear Light -- Verve Music Group Avishai Cohen -- Trio and Ensemble At Home -- Sunnyside 14 spins: SF Jazz Collective -- Self-Titled -- Nonesuch Records Rebirth Brass Band -- We Come to Party -- Shanachie Records Jason Moran -- Same Mother -- Blue Note Records IsWhat?! -- You Figure it Out... -- Hyena Records 13 spins: Steve Turre -- The Spirits Up Above -- High Note Fred Lonberg-Holm -- Dialogs -- Emanem John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble -- A Blessing -- Omnitone Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio -- Live at the River East Art Center -- Delmark Records Joey DeFrancesco -- Legacy -- Concord Records James Carter -- Out of Nowhere -- Half Note Records Dave Burrell Full Blown Trio -- Expansion -- High Two Terence Blanchard -- Flow -- Blue Note Records 12 spins: New Birth Brass Band -- New Birth Family -- Fat Black Records Brad Mehldau Trio -- Day is Done -- Nonesuch Records Kneebody -- S/T -- Greenleaf Music Hot 8 Brass Band -- Rock with the Hot 8 -- The Red Hot Organization Bobby Darin -- Live At the Desert Inn -- Concord Records Peter Brotzmann -- 14 Love Poems Plus 10 More -- FMP Rashanim -- Masada Rock -- Tzadik 11 spins: Victor Wooten -- Soul Circus -- Vanguard Bryn Roberts -- Ludlow -- Fresh Sound New Talent Pharoah Sanders Quintet -- Pharoah's First Quintet -- ESP-Disk Peter Martin -- In the P.M. -- MaxJazz London Improvisers Orchestra -- Responses, Reproduction & Reality -- Emanem Charles Lloyd -- Jumping the Creek -- ECM Records Eric Kloss -- First Class! -- Fantasy Records Hungry March Band -- Critical Brass -- self-released Donald Harrison -- Free Style -- Nagel-Heyer Cecil Taylor Unit -- Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye -- Hat Hut Records 10 spins: Tatsuya Nakatani -- Green Report 12 -- H&H Productions Luciana Souza -- Duos II -- Sunnyside Wayne Shorter -- Beyond the Sound Barrier -- Verve Music Group Kermit Ruffins -- Throwback (with the Rebirth Brass Band) -- Basin Street Records Sam Rivers/Adam Rudolph/Harris Eisenstadt -- Vista -- Meta Records Joe Lovano -- Joyous Encounter -- Blue Note Records Babatunde Lea -- Suite Unseen -- Motema Music Juez -- Shemspeed Alt Schule -- Modular Mood Rosario Giuliani -- More Than Ever -- Dreyfus Jazz FES -- ISMS -- Ipecac Brotzmann Clarinet Project -- Berlin Djungle -- Atavistic Monty Alexander -- Live At the Iridium -- Telarc Quite a variety. Being jazz director at college radio is nice - get all this stuff for FREE!!!! Matt

One of their better releases is Paquito D'Rivera and the United Nations Orchestra from like 1994....

Remember when I said I didn't dig him? Well since then, that has changed and all the listening inspired me to read a lot about him as well....10 out of 12....not bad.

I wish a woman cut my hair - its happened a couple times here and there. I just go to male barbers cuz that's what I've always done. Is it the case in other cities that almost all barbers in certain areas are Vietnamese or Greek or Philipino (rather than the stereotypical Italians)? In DC, it's all Greeks and Vietnamese. Matt

Thanks. Wish I could find that one. I looked on several comps. Is it available today on CD or 10-inch only? Does anyone know of any comps on which this original Monk trio version is included?

I am on the air right now and I need to know the original recording of this song. I am playing several versions. I don't think it's the version on Brilliant Corners. Is it the version with the Miles Davis All-Stars from 1954 (a 10-inch on Prestige)??? Any help would be appreciated. Matt

Come see these three brothas excellent saxophonists w/ Chris Funn on bass and Benito Gonzalez on piano. For more info on this and other sweet shows visit http://www.twinsjazz.com Sets at 9 & 11 PM; $10 cover w/ $10 minimum (food or drink) per person Full disclosure: Paul Carr was my saxophone teacher for my best years of high school. He is very much a texas tenor - coming mostly out of the tradition of Arnett Cobb. Matt

There are people on this board that freeload my man.... I myself, usually give a bi-monthly contribution by paypal with that little dollar sign link at the top right corner of the board. I figure this is a place and a band worth supporting since I gain so many insights through this board. I have stopped my subscriptions to Jazztimes and Downbeat since I have AAJ and Organissimo as well as my radio gig. It bewilders me that even though Jim is providing this amazing board to all of us for free and that he pays hosting fees monthly, some do not give. BTW, I have the CD and love it! Can't wait for more exclusive tracks! This is a monster band. I finally had the chance to see them in Pittsburgh and despite it being a monday night and having to help ease the 500-lb m-f down and back up a flight of stairs, the gig was amazing. Matt

Yeah Sangrey, The part that hit me hardest and had the most profound effect on how I now hear Nelson's sparing solo was one of the last few paragraphs. I am too lazy to quote it but it was the part about what he DID play being both "nothing and everything." That to me seems like an answer a composer might give if he were here to explain things to us, which I doubt he'd do anyways..... Thanks for the words. Matt

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Hey can I get in still???? Matt

Red, I think the beauty in Nelson's tenor solos is that you know he could go all out and cut loose and wail like Hubbard and Dolphy do on the record but there is a lot to be said for restraint; for not stating the obvious/what one might expect. To be fair though, Freddie doesn't state the same old licks over and over (something which I tend to hate about Lee Morgan - every tune he spits the same old lines, amazing in technique, but boring after a while). Nelson's solos remind me of Sonny's restraint coupled with Ben Webster's tone/grit....yeah I think that's what it reminds me of....

This is so weird. I was just listening to this this morning. Could not sleep. Woke up and relistened to Blues and the Abstract Truth - probably a bad idea in the sense that Freddie's solos keep me humming and thus unable to sleep. I was noting how Dolphy sounds totally out of place on this record but somehow blends in for the ensemble parts and his solos fit to a certain degree (he keeps things relatively tame). Anyways good pick. Have we ever done "More Blues And The Abstract Truth," on which he actually recorded the song, "Blues and the Abstract Truth"? If not, we should. P.S. speaking of dolphy. I recently discovered a date of his w/ Misha Mengelberg called either "Last Session," or "Last Date." Anyways it was really beautiful and the mix of familiar tunes with originals despite there only being 5 or 6 tunes was really well-executed. And speaking of Mengelberg - y'all need to go out and buy his latest "Senne Sing Song" with Ben Perowsky and Greg Cohen on Tzadik. It is a celebration of his 70th birthday. cannonball-addict

Only vocalist who really understood the lyrics to every song she sang. RIP Ms. Horn

Screw the critics, man. I love this album. I can't get enough Eliane Elias! Lovano I could do without on this particular album, although I love the man's playing in general. Matt

Finally! I had been waiting and waiting and perusing all woody shaw sites to find this info. I played it many times on the radio without being able to tell my listeners what exactly it was and who was on it. Now I can! Yay for bootlegs and the people who document and obsess over them!!! Matt

Bret Primack strikes again. I gotta say he did a great job on Lovano's new site, as well as Billy Taylor's site. But his layout is really elementary and generally poor-looking. I wonder if he is a self-appointed (DreamWeaver) web designer.

Jim, I definately agree that Malaby is the more subtle player. His harmonies are so much darker and his articulations are not as "obvious" as Cheek's. Also Cheek sound like a Chris Potter rip-off a lot of the time. I know you don't care for Potter, so it's not surprising you say Cheek goes for the obvious stuff. Since apparently people here are not terribly in the know about young cats on this CD, Seneca Black is the former lead trumpeter with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. He recently quit that gig. I heard he was sick of NY but I suspect some other shit too. He was a wunderkind whom Wynton purportedly "discovered," much like Ryan Kisor who is still the 2nd tpt in the LCJO and still fails to impress me that much. As for Michael Rodriguez, I first became aware of him on a very independent release by a drummer named Pete Zimmer. Rodriguez is a monster player and I suspect it is his soloing on the America the Beautiful suite (part 2 or 3). I can't believe no one mentioned the addition of Matt Wilson. What a perfect choice! Wilson's arsenal of styles and bags he can dip into is unmatched among drummers under 50 today (IMO). Also, gotta love Joe Daley's tuba solo on part 3 of America the Beautiful (Lift Every Voice and Sing)! Matt

It is way better than his last album. Michael Caine is the main reason. Also the tunes are more interesting harmically. Ron could have had a smash hit on smooth jazz radio if he had cheezed this album up a little more! Probably did really well in AAA markets. I played it a few times. But a lot I thought was senseless/uninteresting jamz/groovz. Matt

After repeated listens only a few tracks are really worthy of airplay. Others are just jammy vamps where Margitza gets to show off his technique. Again, this rhythm section really understands each other. All three of them are playing together all the time.

Any thoughts? I have had this in my car for a few days now. I like their approach. Nothing new. It just swings really hard. Margitza has been long forgotten by anyone who bought his Blue Note stuff including Blue Note itself, but the guy has some serious chops/ideas. And he doesn't always sound like Brecker on this one. Also this pianist is ridiculous. I saw them at the JazzWeek Conference in Syracuse. They do this song where the trio is just cookin at some ridiculous tempo in like 7 or 12 or something and Margitza's tenor comes in just swingin' like simple and somehow the sounds just meld immediately. Its some kind of crazy polyrhythmic thing where two totally different things meet on the other side. Also, Francois took the sickest bass solo I've ever seen at that concert in Syracuse. And Louis drums REALLY QUIETLY BUT WITH SUCH PANACHE. It's really quite something. I recommend all your DC folks go see them on the Mall next weekend at the inaugural Washington DC Duke Ellington Jazz Festival. Also appearing are Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band, Wayne Shorter's quartet and Brubeck.

Any suggestions of classic versions of Willow Weep For Me or In Your Own Sweet Way? I hate Brubeck's version of the latter because he tries to do so much to it and it ends up sounding bad overall. Matt