GA Russell Posted March 13, 2022 Report Posted March 13, 2022 1. Sweet Sucker 2. Only Trust Your Heart 3. Easy Walker 4. The Way We Were 5. Lester Leaps In 6. Since I Fell For You 7. Sunny 8. Jean-Jaures Shuffle New from Houston Person HOUSTON PERSON LIVE IN PARIS HighNote Records HCD 7338 Houston Person is the real deal. With a lifetime of experience Houston continues to grace concert stages with his expressive style which stubbornly defies categorization. One moment he is letting loose with some hard-driving swing and the next he is caressing your ears with his mellifluous, baritonal utterances on a beautiful ballad. “I just play good music,” explains Houston. “I look for a great melody and great lyrics.” Houston's preoccupation with the art of melody is on full display in this superb concert captured during his appearance at the Festival Jazz a la Villette in 2019. This is Houston's first live recording in some time and it is quite an unforgettable experience, with the legendary man taking great care in putting just the right set list together for his audience, covering a wide variety of styles drawn from his remarkable career. Having recorded his first album as a leader in 1966 titled Underground Soul, coincidentally also an organ-tenor quartet, Houston Person has been a standard-bearer of so-called “soul jazz,” but that is a misnomer in his case. The truth is Houston plays soulful jazz rather than “soul jazz”; music that communicates with the listener and touches the heart. How appropriate it is then, that this live recording originates from Paris, also known as the “City of Love.” Like our stuff? Let’s hear from you. Record Company Contact Barney Fields • HighNote Records, Inc. jazzdepo@ix.netcom.com • (212) 873-2020 • www.jazzdepot.com 7338 Houst... 7338 Houst... Artist Title Time David Kikoski B Flat Tune 06:02 David Kikoski E 06:45 David Kikoski Fugue from “The Endless Enigma” 02:31 David Kikoski Strength For Change 09:32 David Kikoski Quartet #1 09:31 David Kikoski Satellite 06:33 David Kikoski Sure Thing 07:38 David Kikoski Winnie's Garden 08:39 David Kikoski Strength For Change - Edited for Radio (Radio Edit) 06:35 David Kikoski Quartet #1 - Edited for Radio (Radio Edit) 05:54 David Kikoski Sure Thing - Edited for Radio (Radio Edit) 05:34 David Kikoski Winnie's Garden - Edited for Radio (Radio Edit) 06:07 New from David Kikoski DAVID KIKOSKI - Sure Thing - with Boris Kozlov HighNote Records HCD 7336 David Kikoski, piano Boris Kozlov, bass The dynamic duo of pianist David Kikoski and bassist Boris Kozlov is a triumph of musicality and virtuosity. There's some kind of magic happening between the two kindred spirits that goes beyond the notes. The musical connection between the two goes back more than 20 years. They have continued to play together regularly over the years in groups like the Mingus Big Band, in Kikoski's own trio and the all-star post-bop cooperative Opus 5. You can feel their sense of telepathy throughout Sure Thing and it is readily apparent on Kikoski's original compositions like “B Flat Tune,” “E” and “Strength for Change,” on the swinging version of John Coltrane's “Satellite” and the duo's faithful reading of keyboardist Keith Emerson's classically influenced “Fugue” from “The Endless Enigma”. Their playful, relaxed chemistry permeates all eight tunes here and makes Sure Thing a true work of collaborative genius. Like our stuff? Let’s hear from you. Record Company Contact Barney Fields • HighNote Records, Inc. jazzdepo@ix.netcom.com • (212) 873-2020 • www.jazzdepot.com Artist Title Time Jeremy Pelt Griot Intro (words by Jeremy Pelt) 02:59 Jeremy Pelt Griot Words by Paul West (spoken) 00:59 Jeremy Pelt Griot Carry Christ Wherever You Are 06:55 Jeremy Pelt Griot Words by Larry Willis (spoken) 00:51 Jeremy Pelt Griot Underdog 04:35 Jeremy Pelt Griot Words by JD Allen (spoken) 01:03 Jeremy Pelt Griot Don't Dog The Source 06:55 Jeremy Pelt Griot Words by Bertha Hope (spoken) 00:58 Jeremy Pelt Griot A Seat At The Table (words by Bertha Hope) 03:00 Jeremy Pelt Griot Words by Harold Mabern (spoken - explicit content) 00:38 Jeremy Pelt Griot Solidarity 05:42 Jeremy Pelt Griot Words by Rene Marie (spoken - explicit content) 01:25 Jeremy Pelt Griot A Beautiful (f*cking) Lie 04:58 Jeremy Pelt Griot In Spite Of… (words by Warren Smith - explicit content) 01:18 Jeremy Pelt Griot Words by Ambrose Akinmusire 01:10 Jeremy Pelt Griot Relevance 04:44 New from Jeremy Pelt JEREMY PELT - Griot: This is Important! HighNote Records HCD 7341 Jeremy Pelt, trumpet Chien Chien Lu – vibraphone • Victor Gould – piano, nord keyboard Vicente Archer – bass • Allan Mednard – drums • Ismel Wignall – percussion • Brandee Younger – harp (track 13 only) It is only natural that Jeremy Pelt's voracious curiosity would lead him to investigate the West African Griot tradition where stories, reminiscences and accomplishments from times past are handed down as oral histories. Researchers such as Art Taylor, William Russell and Alan Lomax have preserved interviews with older jazzmen but for his Griot odyssey, Pelt turns to his own peer group to record their thoughts on creating jazz, playing jazz and experiencing the life of a jazz musician of color in our own time. Each brief interview is followed by a composition by Pelt which perfectly captures the sentiments and emotions of its spoken-word prelude. To help him bring his vision to life, Pelt has assembled a hand-picked group of colleagues, featuring vibraphonist Chien Chien Lu, pianist Victor Gould, bassist Vicente Archer, harpist Brandee Younger and others. The tunes themselves run the gamut from the remarkable mixing of the sacred and the secular in “Carry Christ Wherever You Are,” to the Monk-like gallumphing opening unison in “Don't Dog the Source,” and the urgent, “Underdog.” As Pelt himself says, “I want people to understand that this is for everybody,” that the project was undertaken to perhaps help them “understand that whatever they might be going through, their perspectives might run parallel to those of people who are generations apart from them. Maybe, to a certain extent, these younger people will find themselves in these stories.” Debuts This Week at Number 33 plus Increased Airplay on the JazzWeek Chart Like our stuff? Let’s hear from you. Record Company Contact Barney Fields • HighNote Records, Inc. jazzdepo@ix.netcom.com • (212) 873-2020 • www.jazzdepot.com Artist Title Time Black Art Jazz Collective Ascension 05:37 Black Art Jazz Collective Mr. Willis 04:16 Black Art Jazz Collective Involuntary Servitude 06:46 Black Art Jazz Collective Twin Towers 06:28 Black Art Jazz Collective No Words Needed 01:54 Black Art Jazz Collective Tulsa 06:32 Black Art Jazz Collective Iron Man 06:31 Black Art Jazz Collective For the Kids 05:34 Black Art Jazz Collective Birdie's Bounce 04:28 New from Black Art Jazz Collective Black Art Jazz Collective - Ascension • HighNote Records HCD 7329 Wayne Escoffery, tenor sax • Jeremy Pelt, trumpet • James Burton III, trombone Victor Gould, piano • Rashaan Carter, bass • Mark Whitfield Jr., drums The Black Art Jazz Collective was founded in 2012 by Wayne Escoffery and Jeremy Pelt with the aim of honoring and preserving the art of some of the progenitors of jazz who inspired them, hired them and mentored them first hand. And while the band does pay homage to the greats of the past they also continue the evolving tradition of jazz with a body of work that remains firmly entrenched in the modernism of today. From the angular melody of Escoffery's “Involuntary Servitude,” to the ingratiating groove of Pelt's “For the Kids,” the ensemble extends the range and potential established by their illustrious predecessors with innovative original compositions, solos that run the gamut from thoughtful to virtuosic and a shared sense of purpose that is unique on today's jazz landscape. Like our stuff? Let’s hear from you. Record Company Contact Barney Fields • HighNote Records, Inc. jazzdepo@ix.netcom.com • (212) 873-2020 • www.jazzdepot.com Attachments 7329 BAJC .. BAJC - dig.. Quote
GA Russell Posted April 12, 2022 Author Report Posted April 12, 2022 (edited) My apologies to Michael. When I started this thread and the Savant thread last month, I did not realize that he had started a similar thread in May, 2014. Mods, if you wish you are welcome to combine the three threads. ***** Alternative Guitar Summit Honoring Pat Martino, Volume 1 Format(s): Jazz Artist Title Time Alternative Guitar Summit – Adam Rogers & Peter Bernstein Inside Out 06:43 Alternative Guitar Summit – Kurt Rosenwinkel Black Glass 04:13 Alternative Guitar Summit – Fareed Haque Line Games 06:36 Alternative Guitar Summit – Sheryl Bailey & Ed Cherry Willow 07:00 Alternative Guitar Summit – Rez Abbasi & Jeff Miles Noshufuru 07:19 Alternative Guitar Summit – Russell Malone Lament 05:30 Alternative Guitar Summit – Dave Stryker & Paul Bollenback On the Stairs 06:35 Alternative Guitar Summit – Nir Felder & Oz Noy Joyous Lake 09:22 Alternative Guitar Summit – Joel Harrison Country Road 05:49 New from HighNote Records Alternative Guitar Summit - Honoring Pat Martino, Volume 1 HighNote Records HCD 7333 There are a mere handful of guitarists that have changed the way we think about the guitar over the past five or six decades. Pat Martino is perhaps one of the greatest and best-known of those icons. The term “genius” is overused today, but Pat Martino was definitely one. His life story was the very definition of the word. Before Martino's passing in November, 2021, the Alternative Guitar Summit honored him and his enormous contribution to jazz in this set of studio recordings by 14 jazz guitarists playing selections from his imaginative and varied catalog of compositions. Producer Joel Harrison is thrilled to have brought together this crew of great musicians to show their love for Martino while HighNote Records is proud to present this first volume of their recordings. Playing Pat Martino's music is daunting. We know we can't do better, we can only do it differently, part tribute, part self realization. This is the beauty of the jazz tradition. We can infinitely explore each other's work, and the lens changes each time. As a team we marvel at the different ways each explores and navigate the master's work. Egos are left behind, it becomes about love. This CD is just a small beginning. We'll all be playing his music for a long, long time. – Joel Harrison Like our stuff? Let’s hear from you. Record Company Contact Barney Fields • HighNote Records, Inc. jazzdepo@ix.netcom.com • (212) 873-2020 • www.jazzdepot.com HCD 7333 M... HCD 7333 A... Jeremy Pelt Soundtrack Impacting April 4th, 2022 Format(s): Jazz Artist Title Time Jeremy Pelt Picking Up the Pieces 06:21 Jeremy Pelt Soundtrack 05:59 Jeremy Pelt Be the Light 06:36 Jeremy Pelt Part 1: The Lighter Side 00:28 Jeremy Pelt Part 2: The Darker Side 03:56 Jeremy Pelt Elegy 03:17 Jeremy Pelt I'm Still Standing 03:46 Jeremy Pelt I Love Music 04:19 Jeremy Pelt Shifting Images 05:26 Jeremy Pelt You and Me 04:10 New from Jeremy Pelt on HighNote Records Jeremy Pelt - Soundtrack HighNote Records HCD 7346 Jeremy Pelt - trumpet Chien Chien Lu – vibraphone • Victor Gould – piano & Fender Rhodes Vicente Archer – acoustic & electric bass • Allan Mednard – drums Anne Drummond – flute (tracks 4 & 5) Brittany Anjou – Mellotron (track 5), Moog Sub 37 (track 7) AIRPLAY STARTS NOW SUGGESTED TRACKS 1. Picking Up the Pieces • 3. Be the Light 7. I’m Still Standing • 9. Shifting Images Jazz trumpeter, composer and author Jeremy Pelt has certainly never shied away from themed albums so one might expect something cinematic from the enigmatically-titled Soundtrack. However, as Pelt himself explains, “I've certainly done plenty of concept albums, but in this case there's nothing I'm on a soapbox about. It's been a tough time for all of us, so let's not worry about sending messages for a minute. Here we are, playing some songs and having some fun.” Having fun the band may be but along the way they make some compelling jazz weaving a beguiling tapestry of kaleidoscopic colors with Pelt's sultry and communicative trumpet to the fore surrounded by Chien Chien Lu's hypnotic vibraphone and pianist Victor Gould's subtle splashes of the Fender Rhodes. The inclusion of Brittany Anjou on Moog synthesizer and the rarely-heard Mellotron may imply a real electronica aspect present on the recording but, quite to the contrary, Pelt uses them sparingly and incorporates them brilliantly into the group's tonal palette. Their appearance does occasionally bring a certain 70s independent jazz vibe to the proceedings but they far from define the sound of the group. Anne Drummond's silvery flute on two tracks adds yet another dimension to the already wide spectrum of colors on this latest album in the discography of the sometimes surprising but always inspired Jeremy Pelt. Like our stuff? Let’s hear from you. Record Company Contact Barney Fields • HighNote Records, Inc. jazzdepo@ix.netcom.com • (212) 873-2020 • www.jazzdepot.com HCD 7346 J... JeremyPelt... Edited April 12, 2022 by GA Russell Quote
mjzee Posted April 12, 2022 Report Posted April 12, 2022 GA, no problem at all. More info is better than less, and your enthusiasm is always appreciated! Quote
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