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  1. Kurt Masur - The Complete Warner Classics Edition, disc 41.
  2. Uncertain about the release date: Lovabye follows Groover's formidable first full-length album, Negro Spiritual Songbook, Vol. 2 (The Message), performed by his excellent Boston band in quartet or quintet configurations, contains Groover's arrangements of, as he then wrote, "Black America's praise music through jazz's evolving language to produce a radical theology that connects you to a higher power, ". Recorded in August 2019, it was released two years later, as society unwound from the Covid-19 pandemic. During the lockdown, Groover had generated a group of "love songs and songs of people I love." In spring 2023, he brought this music to Walter Smith III, who Groover had idolized as a teenager, and is now his friend and colleague at Berklee School of Music, their mutual alma mater, where Groover serves as Assistant Chair of the Ensemble Department. "I told Walter I'd like to play with some of my other heroes and peers, " Groover recalls. "He said, 'What's stopping you? The music is there.' Luckily for me, everyone who I wanted to record with was available and happy to do it." The Album was recorded August 16, 2023 at the GSI Studios, NYC. Producer Walter Smith III. Recording engineer Chris Allen. Sound engineer Mike Marciano did the mixing and mastering at Systems Two in NYC. Photography by Saito Ogata.
  3. Uncertain about the release date: 13-time Grammy nominee and American Jazz Hall of Famer Kenny Barron's Beyond This Place is comes on the heels of his 2023 Grammy-Nominated solo album, The Source. Beyond This Place brings together a multi-generational quintet featuring Immanuel Wilkins, saxophone's rising star; Johnathan Blake, one of the most accomplished drummers of his generation; Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Barron's long-time double bassist and Steve Nelson, one of the most highly regarded vibraphonists.
  4. https://www.amazon.com/Duke-His-Very-Best-Legendary/dp/B0CTN27CT8/ https://www.amazon.com/Copenhagen-1958-Bonus-After-Hours/dp/B0CXTP13FM/
  5. Release date May 10: Explore a rich tapestry of jazz heritage in Ivo Perelman's latest album. This collaborative endeavor features the seasoned artistry of historic figures Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille, whose decades-spanning careers infuse each piece with depth and history. Joined by saxophonist Chad Fowler, the album is a journey through time and improvisation, showcasing the profound musical dialogue between these accomplished musicians. 1. embracing the unknown 2. soul searching 3. self-reflection 4. introspection 5. self-analysis 6. self-fulfillment 7. self-contemplation
  6. Release date April 26: The craft is tight, the feeling is refreshing, the sound is quick and precise, and the gestalt brings the individual voices of the musicians into group form. - Robin James, All About Jazz. With an all-star, monumentally swinging band in tow, saxophonist Jordan VanHemert returns to his roots on "Deep in the Soil," setting aside his usual tenor saxophone for the alto, and revisiting the sounds and life-force of Charlie Parker, whose music first shaped his playing. With his partners on the front-line - trumpeter Terell Stafford and trombonist/co-producer Michael Dease - and the fleet rhythm section of Helen Sung, Rodney Whitaker and Lewis Nash, VanHemert explodes with a set of modern jazz originals, composed by himself, Dease, Stafford, Jimmy Heath and Sharel Cassity, along with an effervescent arrangement of Stevie Wonder's "Superwoman." "Creative, grounded, and strikingly passionate." - Jazz Sensibilities
  7. More on this release, if you can read it:
  8. Release date May 24: Music has a long history of cultural cross-pollination, where artists draw inspiration from various traditions leading to the evolution of rich and diverse musical genres. Conrad Herwig's current offering is just such a recording. The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner is the latest installment in a critically-acclaimed series that started in 1996 with The Latin Side of John Coltrane. It's the work of a musically gifted, bilingual artist, a master trombonist who grew up admiring jazz's greatest practitioners but, at the same time, cutting his Latin Jazz teeth with legends such as Mario Bauza, Tito Puente, Paquito D'Rivera and others. On the gig here with Herwig, giving the recording and, by extension, the entire "Latin Side of..." project his personal seal of approval, is the great pianist and composer, Eddie Palmieri. Palmieri is surrounded by some of the most respected names in Jazz / Latin Jazz, including Craig Handy, Bill O'Connell, Alex Norris, Robby Ameen and others, all playing imaginative and challenging arrangements by O'Connell and their fearless leader. Here, Conrad Herwig goes directly to the very core of Tyner's compositions and imbues them with the vibrant essence of Afro-Cuban and Afro-Caribbean traditions.
  9. Release date May 17: Adding to her lovingly-long list of Brazilian repertoire and recordings, five-time Grammy Nominee Karrin Allyson embarks on yet another inspired Brazilian adventure, this time including a very special pairing with the legendary singer, composer and guitarist Rosa Passos. Long admiring each other's work, this vocal match made in heaven features Ms. Passos on two songs with Karrin - her own composition "Dunas" (with new English lyrics penned by Karrin) and the classic Vinicius de Moraes' song, "O Grande Amor." Karrin and her stellar band of Brazilian instrumentalists - Rafael Barata on drums and Vitor Goncalves on piano & accordion, along with guitarist Yotam Silberstein and bassist Harvie S - unfurl gorgeous classics such as "So Many Stars," "The Island," "Manha de Carnaval," "Flor de Lis," "Wave," and "Only Trust Your Heart," in a luxuriously grooving, sonic love letter to Brazil.
  10. It's because of progressivism, aka enforced groupthink.
  11. Kurt Masur - The Complete Warner Classics Edition, disc 40.
  12. The Decca Sound - The Piano Edition, disc 50.
  13. I believe this was released in the U.S. as "Mann In The Morning" on Prestige: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mann_in_the_Morning
  14. Reinhard Goebel Complete Archiv box, disc 24.
  15. Kurt Masur - The Complete Warner Classics Edition, disc 39.
  16. I haven't heard the Snidero, but I find, in general, trio recordings often don't hold my interest.
  17. If you're a visual person, you might want to check out the film It Must Schwing! https://itmustschwing.com/en
  18. I didn't mind the Richard Cook book. It was a fast read, and covered most of the key points. It didn't really tell me anything I didn't already know, but I can't fault it for that. It was generally factual. If you already know the BN story, you might want something more in depth. Try the recent Sonny Rollins bio, or this, which is a personal favorite of mine:
  19. Why not just use the Music (aka iTunes) software that came with your Mac? That's what I use to rip my CDs.
  20. Reinhard Goebel Complete Archiv box, disc 23.
  21. Weirdly enough, this evening I started to read the January 2024 issue of Stereophile. There, in the letters section, is a letter from Jonathan Horwich of Chicago, Illinois.
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