TOD/OJ/// /LBVS Is No Question About His Individual Musical the Major European Festivals (Nice and Brilliance, Yet the Two Largest U.S

On Jazz Twenty-two years after his death, Charlie try is gearing up. Two-day shows in Ver- Parker still is a center of controversy. There mont and Colorado are set for August while TOD/OJ/// /LBVS is no question about his individual musical the major European festivals (Nice and brilliance, yet the two largest U.S. record Montreux) are just underway. Weeks Weeks companies are getting close to a collision The three charter members of the On On over Parker. This despite the fact that Crusaders are following the departed 7/16 Chart 7/16 Chart Columbia had no interest in Parker when he Wayne Henderson into production work. 1 FREE AS THE WIND 20 WATERCOLORS was an active recording artist and that War- Joe Sample, Stix Hopper and Wilton THE CRUSADERS PAT METHENY (ECM 1-1097) 22 4 ner Brothers wasn't even a record company Felder are working on Ray Barretto's next (Blue Thumb/ABC BT -6029) 1 7 21 PASSENGERS when Parker died in 1955. The center of the Atlantic album. 2 LIFESTYLE (LIVING & GARY BURTON WITH EBERHARD furor is private recordings taken off the air The latest from Vanguard includes a Joe LOVING) WEBER (ECM 1092) 18 7 KLEMMER (ABC AB 1007) 3 7 from nightclubs. Much of the material has Venuti set done in Italy and Clark Terry's JOHN 22 TURN THIS MUTHA OUT IDRIS MUHAMMAD (CTI KU 35) 19 9 been around before on small one-shot "The Globetrotter." 3 HEAVY WEATHER labels, but Columbia will at least attempt an "Steam" by Archie Shepp and "Tete" by WEATHER REPORT (Columbia PC 34418) 2 18 23 LIVE! orderly reissue program with the material. Tete Montoliu are the latest arrivals from LONNIE LISTON SMITH (RCA APL1-2433) 33 2 Gary Giddins, Village Voice critic, has Inner City. 4 FINGER PAINTINGS KLUGH (Blue Note BN -LA 737-H) 7 5 already assembled eight LPs worth of Rumors are on the street that a good por- EARL 24 BOB JAMES 4 (CTI 7074) 21 16 material for Columbia. We are less aware of tion of the Impulse roster will soon be cut 5 STAIRCASE Warner Brothers' plans but we have read loose. KEITH JARRETT (ECM/Polydor 21090) 8 5 25 BREEZIN' about a projected six -volume set of Parker David Grisman's album on Kaleido- GEORGE BENSON 6 LIFELINE (Warner Bros. BS 2919) 23 55 material, which is likely to duplicate at least scope is achieving a strange kind of ROY AYERS UBIQUITY (Polydor PD 1-6108) 11 5 some of the Columbia material which in- crossover, getting strong country play as 26 AFRO BLUE IMPRESSIONS JOHN COLTRANE volves Ross Russell, Parker's biographer, well as jazz. The 7 group features mandolin 7 FRIENDS AND STRANGERS (Pablo Live/RCA 2620 101) 24 as annotator. What we are most afraid of is and guitar in a setting that combines a bit of RONNIE LAWS YA a (Blue Note/UA BNLA 730H) 4 13 27 A REAL MOTHER FOR protracted court battle that will delay the bluegrass with a Django Reinhardt touch. JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON appearance of the material. was for "Mr. T's (DJM/Amherst DJLPA-7) 28 9 Chicago the site Sunday GYPSY If Bob Krasnow is so interested in jazz he 8 ELEGANT Annual Jazz Blindfold Contest" designed to AL DiMEOLA (Columbia PC 34461) 5 14 Y8 LIGHT'N UP, PLEASE! should check out the Donald Byrd -Claire determine "Chicago's Number One Jazz DAVE LIEBMAN (Horizon/A&M SP 721) 30 6 Fischer collaboration which has been Expert." It drew jazz enthusiasts to Pop's t 9 IN FLIGHT sitting in the Warner vaults for at least fif- on GEORGE BENSON IN YOUR HEAD Garage 50th Street to test their (Warner Bros. BSK 2983) 6 24 29 DANCING teen years. knowledge of jazz music, facts and trivia. ORNETTE COLEMAN (A&M SP -722) 31 4 While we are still recovering from the Cash prizes of $50, $25 and $15 were awar- 10 RIGHT ON TIME 30 MUSICMAGIC Newport Jazz Festival the rest of the coun- ded to the first, second and third place win- BROTHERS JOHNSON (A&M SP 4644) 9 9 RETURN TO FOREVER (Columbia PC 34682) 25 17 ners, respectively. The continuing prosperity of jazz in 11 AL JARREAU LIVE IN 31 GINSENG WOMAN ERIC GALE (Columbia PC 34421) 27 18 Japan is a subject that demands a full EUROPE/LOOK TO THE RAINBOW fledged piece of its own, but it came as no (Warner Bros. WB 2BZ 3052) 20 3 32 MUSIC IS MY SANCTUARY surprise to us to learn that Ron Carter and GARY BARTZ (Capitol ST 11647) 34 6 Herbie Hancock have been recording at 12 SUPER TRIOS 33 BACK TOGETHER AGAIN McCOY TYNER (Milestone M-55003) 14 5 CORYELL/MOUZON Fantasy in Berkeley for exclusive Japanese (Atlantic SD 18220) 36 3 release. David Rubinson is producing and 13 ENCOUNTER LP FLORA PURIM (Milestone M-9077) 10 7 34 CAPTAIN FINGERS there will be one for CBS and one for LEE RITENOUR (Epic PE 34426) 29 11 Milestone. Speaking of Carter, he has a 14 V.S.O.P. double album recorded at Sweet Basil's in HERBIE HANCOCK 35 ROMANTIC JOURNEY (Columbia PG 34688) 12 13 NORMAN CONNORS (Buddah 5682) 32 16 New York set for August release on Milestone. bob porter 15 TAILOR MADE 36 LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE BOBBI HUMPHREY (Epic 34704) 13 5 CHUCK MANGIONE Mercury SRM 1 684) - 1 Monterey Jazz Opens 16 CONQUISTADOR MAYNARD FERGUSON 37 HERE AND NOW UA IN SWITZERLAND - United Artists New Japanese Office (Columbia PC 34457) 15 17 DON CHERRY (Atlantic SD -18217) 39 2 Music and Records Group Inc. and LOS ANGELES The Monterey Jazz - 17 FANTAZIA 38 FROM ME TO YOU Musikvertrieb AG Zurich, Switzerland have Festival has opened an office in Japan for NOEL POINTER GEORGE DUKE (Epic PE 34469) 37 18 signed a licensing agreement for Musikver- Japanese jazz fans interested in attending (United Artists BN-LA736-H) 17 9 this 39 WATER BABIES trieb AG to represent the entire UA Records year's event. Jimmy Lyons, founder 18 MORE STUFF MILES DAVIS (Columbia PC 34396) 38 18 catalog, including the Blue Note jazz label, and general manager of the Monterey Jazz STUFF (Warner Bros. WB BS 3061) 26 3 NG in Switzerland, effective July 1, 1977. Pic- Festival, recently visited the new office and 40 HOECO 19 LOVE NOTES DEXXTERGORDON tured are (l-r): Artie Mogul!, president of said that several hundred Japanese are ex- RAMSEY LEWIS (Columbia PC 34696) 16 10 (Columbia PG 34650) 35 13 United Artists Records: and Jack pected at the festival to be held Sept. 16-18. Dimenstein, president of Musikvertrieb AG. This year's show will be the 20th annual. JAZZ ALBUM PICKS HANK CRAWFORD TICO RICO - Hank Crawford - Kudu 35 - Producer: Creed TICA RICO IN THE ALLEY - Willis Jackson - Muse 5100 - Producer: Taylor - List: 7.98 Fred Seibert - List: 6.98 Crawford is a consistently successful alto man and this Jackson's recent albums have often buried him with pop meeting with the CTI all-stars playing David Matthews' arrange- trimmings, but this set from a couple of years ago finds him in a ments will be another solid hit. The big news here is the title natural combo setting. Standards such as "Man With A Horn" track which maintains a solid groove through solos by Hank and and "More" bring out the best in Jackson as does the funky flautist Jeremy Steig. Another thoroughly listenable set from "Gator's Groove." Should be strong for jazz and R&B play. Crawford and a certain jazz chart item.

S'WONDERFUL - Venuti-Shemblin-Chalker-Burns - Flying JAM SESSION - Wardell Gray -Art Farmer - Jam Session Fish 035 - Producers: Robert Hoban -Bruce Kaplan - List: 101 - List: 6.98 6.98 Four lengthy jams recorded at The Haig in Los Angeles in for Prestige Joe Venuti, violinist, is in the company of several stars of the 1952. Essentially the same band made some sides proved "western swing" idiom in a program of standards, most by Ger- the same year, which to be very good examples of Gray shwin or Ellington. Mandolin, steel and guitar, plus rhythm sec- but this stuff, although poorly recorded, sheds new light on that most An important musically tion seems something of a compromise to us, but nothing stops talented tenor saxophonist. album and Venuti. All in all, a completely successful meeting which merits historically. an encore.

6li.BWL' .: ... ai.QiFTr16 rJVJlü:fAN TIME CAPSULE - Elvin Jones - Vanguard 79389 - MY BLACK FLOWER - Sonny Phillips - Muse 5118 - Producer: Ed Bland - List: 6.98 Producer: Houston Person - List: 6.98 Jones is a powerhouse whose talent is always capable of ex- Phillips plays organ and piano in a program of five originals ploding in unusual directions. His group here spotlights Ryo and a standard. All have good feeling and unique instrumenta- Kawasaki and Bunky Green, but one's attention always comes tion. Flute, organ, guitar, two drummers and percussion high- back to the drums. A horn section appears on "Digital Display," light a most attractive original, "Jalal." This one has excellent perhaps the album's most compelling track. Four other crossover potential and should garner lots of airplay for this originals, three by Green, complete the set, but "Digital Display" deserving and talented artist. is the track we play most often.

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