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192496_HH_June_0 5/25/18 10:36 AM Page 1 E Festival & Outdoor THE LATIN SIDE 42 Concert Guide OF HOT HOUSE P42 pages 30-41 June 2018 www.hothousejazz.com Smoke Jazz & Supper Club Page 17 Blue Note Page 19 Lezlie Harrison Paquito D'Rivera Randy Brecker John Bailey Jazz Forum Page 10 Smalls Jazz Club Page 10 Where To Go & Who To See Since 1982 192496_HH_June_0 5/25/18 10:36 AM Page 2 2 192496_HH_June_0 5/25/18 10:37 AM Page 3 3 192496_HH_June_0 5/25/18 10:37 AM Page 4 4 192496_HH_June_0 5/25/18 10:37 AM Page 5 5 192496_HH_June_0 5/25/18 10:37 AM Page 6 6 192496_HH_June_0 5/25/18 10:37 AM Page 7 7 192496_HH_June_0 5/25/18 10:37 AM Page 8 8 192496_HH_June_0 5/25/18 11:45 AM Page 9 9 192496_HH_June_0 5/25/18 10:37 AM Page 10 WINNING SPINS By George Kanzler RUMPET PLAYERS ARE BASI- outing on soprano sax. cally extroverts, confident and proud Live 1988, Randy Brecker Quintet withT a sound and tone to match. That's (MVDvisual, DVD & CD), features the true of the two trumpeters whose albums reissue of a long out-of-print album as a comprise this Winning Spins: John Bailey CD, accompanying a previously unreleased and Randy Brecker. Both are veterans of DVD of the live date, at Greenwich the jazz scene, but with very different Village's Sweet Basil, one of New York's career arcs. John has toiled as a first-call most prominent jazz clubs in the 1980s trumpeter for big bands and recording ses- and 1990s. The DVD shows the wood walls sions in multiple genres for over 30 years, that made the club's acoustics appealing but never before releasing an album in his for live recordings, while also showing the own name. While Randy has had a major late 1980s fashion for wide shoulder pads, career that saw his first disc as a co-leader worn by Randy and tenor saxophonist Bob with his late brother, saxophonist Michael, Berg, the latter also sporting a then trendy 50 years ago. turtleneck. Included on the DVD are two In Real Time, John Bailey (Summit bonus tracks not on the audio album, Records), reveals a trumpeter in his prime, which has seven selections. reeling off runs and phrases with consum- Except for Cole Porter's "Love for Sale," mate technique and admirable logic. John all the tunes on both discs are Randy's leads a piano-less quintet featuring Stacy originals, many of them with elaborate Dillard, tenor and soprano saxes; John melodic lines. But what distinguishes this Hart, guitar; Cameron Brown, bass, and recording is the intense energy of the Victor Lewis, drums. Seven of the CD's music, a reflection of the volatile times. It nine tracks are originals by the leader that is very much a chronicle of the moment, range from hard bop to blues to a swinging the band fueled by Joey Baron's volcanic, waltz. The two other tunes are by giants of whirling dervish attack on his drum kit, Brazilian music. Cameron Brown's hefty, thumping bass, On Milton Nascimento's "Morro Velho," and David Kikoski's two-fisted approach to John plays flugelhorn with Leo Grinhauz, both piano and synthesizer. cello; John's wife, Janet Axelrod, flute; But it is Joey's ebullient polyrhythms, Cameron and Victor. His captivating, exot- reminiscent of Elvin Jones, that bolster ic arrangement pairs flugelhorn and cello every tune and solo, pushing especially the echoing and soloing with each other. horns to febrile heights, like Randy's Tandem soloing from trumpet, guitar and brash, high flying excursion on "Mojoe," a tenor sax also dominates the other tribute to Joe Henderson. "Ting Chang," a Brazilian tune, Gilberto Gil's bossa speedy hard bop tune, begins with an "Ensaio Geral," the bright, short conclu- explosion of drums and piano that contin- sion to the album. ues under kinetic solos from Bob's growl- The CD kicks off with John's ing, hard-edged tenor and Randy's daz- "Rhapsody," a piece that belies its name zling, mercurial trumpet. Randy's composi- with a rollicking rhythm and joyful, exu- tional talents shine on "Moontide," a piece berant solos. John mines his bebop and that plays off the "spacier" vibe of Herbie hard bop knowledge on three originals: Hancock tunes like "Maiden Voyage," "Triplicity," a multi-strand theme with trumpet and tenor weaving through a quick-step trades between the horns and modal-like theme with fluid, contrasting guitar; "Blues for Ella," a fast, staccato bop times. blues line with an especially fluent, crisp Randy nods to the Miles Davis influence trumpet solo; and "Stepping Up," a hard on "Love for Sale," employing a Harmon bop piece that culminates in exhilarating mute over Joey's brushes. "Hurdy Gurdy" four-bar trades. evokes the title instrument in David's syn- John's versatility comes to the fore on thesizer and in hard beats over a circus three other tracks. "My Man Louis!" (for inspired melody. It all adds up to an ener- his teenage son, not Satchmo) rides over a getic revival of a most worthy item in jaunty ostinato riff from bass and guitar Randy's discography. and a trumpet solo of precisely clipped notes. "Lovely Planet" is a melodically ele- John Bailey's quintet celebrates the giac ballad with Cameron's bass prominent release of In Real Time at Smalls Jazz under John's trumpet. And "Children's Club, June 22-23. The Randy Brecker Waltz" is in a seductively swinging 3/4, Quintet is at Jazz Forum, June 1-2. John's flugelhorn joined by Stacy's only 10 D'Rivera cover photo by Geandy Pavon, Harrison by David A. 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