In case you missed the last one…
David Murray & Mal Waldron, Silence (Justin Time): A lost 2001 session. Wish there were more of Murray’s bass clarinet, but we hear it on the opening Waldron-Roach number “Free for C.T.” and the closing “Soul Eyes.” The 10-minute reading of “Jean-Pierre,” Miles Davis’s hypnotic eight-bar theme, moves from spooky pedal point harmony to saloon-style blues.
Darrell Katz & Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra, The Same Thing (Cadence): Crazy, avant-garde, third-stream, god-knows-what big band composition that manages to stay in touch with what Julius Hemphill called “the hard blues.” The title track is an old Willie Dixon tune; “Everybody Loves Ray Charles” romps in a similar vein. Jim Hobbs’s alto is a killer. A tiny sample of Paula Tatarunis’s text on “I’m Me and You’re Not (Ha Ha)”:
Satoko Fujii’s ma-do, Heat Wave (Not Two): If there’s a more prolific jazz musician on the planet, I don’t think I want to know. The Japanese pianist has also given us Cloudy Then Sunny (with John Hollenbeck), Trace a River (with Jim Black) and a few others to mark her upcoming 50th birthday. Her ma-do, a Japanese acoustic quartet, is bound for Philly on September 3.
Bob Gullotti/Leo Genovese/Dave Zinno, Planet Safety (Soul Note): Burning, open trio music from the Fringe bassist and Genovese, one of the most gifted young pianist-keyboardists on the scene. He’s effective in Esperanza Spalding’s pop-jazzy band but really gets loose here.
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