JAZZ CORNER Presents: Heads of State – Search for Peace
Heads of State - Search for Peace (Smoke Sessions Records, 2015) Gary Bartz - Saxophones Larry Willis- piano Buster Williams - bass Al Foster - drums “Supergroups” are...
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JAZZ CORNER Presents: A Gathering Of Minds – Montreaux, July 23, 1982
A Gathering Of Minds - Montreaux, July 23, 1982 (Upbeat/Unofficial Release ) Listen Billy Cobham – Drums Didier Lockwood – Violin ...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Dawn Of Midi
Ola psychedelic people. Happy autumn and I wanted to put a few cranks on the jazz review/sausage machine and toss some records out for your listening pleasure. Today's...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Charles Mingus – ‘The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady’ (1963)
I probably shouldn’t be reviewing any Jazz for awhile, as I just laid down some remarks concerning Bitches Brew, and now it seems that everything is overshadowed by...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: The Larry Young Trio – Testifying (1961)
The Larry Young Trio - Testifying (New Jazz Record, 1961) Listen: https://www.youtube.com Jazz recordings are not only difficult to write a reviews for, they’re also problematic in their personal...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Noura Mint Seymali – Tzenni (2014)
Noura Mint Seymali 'Tzenni' (Glitterbeat, 2014) Tzenni is one of my favorite records from 2014. Ms. Seymali fronts a North African power rock quartet with her beautifully ecstatic...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Pat Bianchi
Pat Bianchi is a dominant force on the Hammond Organ. He's one of the leading Organist and an incredible B3 player. He's a very busy man – playing...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Wayne Shorter – Night Dreamer (1964)
Night Dreamer is all that it’s supposed to be ... for me it was as if I had opened the door to my past. I remembered being about...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Pete La Roca – Basra (1965)
What a sincerely fun piece of work this is ... from the onset, there is a nice heavy bottom created by the piano and bass, evoking an intensely...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Cannonball Adderley – Somethin’ Else (1958)
Perhaps I’ve watched too many movies, because I pictured my adventure into the world of Jazz as being more cerebral, more intellectual and more scholarly ... but, to...