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li ON JAZZ CASH BOX JAZZ ALBUMS PASSING ON— Bola Sete, the fine gan is certainly involved), is last, April 6. Brazilian guitarist best known for his Tickets are 12 bucks a pop, and a call to Title, Artist, Label, Number, Distributor 1 work during the years of the bossa nova (212) 598-7150 should fix you up with ir = Available on Compact Disc L = Platinum (RIAA Certified) craze, died February 14. Bossa nova, as many as you’d like. W = Gold (RIAA Certified) WSi PHANTOM NAVIGATOR 22 the growing interest in Brazil- IMPULSE! I’d just like to helped by BUYING— W WAYNE SHORTER (Columbia FC ian popular music (MPB), seems to be point out here that the rejuvenated Im- L O 40373) on the verge of some kind of comeback. pulse! label has just reissued seven W c 21 DOUBLE VISION 21 BOB JAMES/DAVID SANBORN A CHANGE OF HEART 4 4 Composer/guitarist Luiz Bonfa re- more gems from its catalogue, all digi- Q (Warner Bros. 25393) DAVID SANBORN (Warner Bros. cently finished a successful engagement tally-remastered and all available in ev- 27479-1) 22 SPONTANEOUS INVENTIONS i J at Fat here in New York, the ery format but eight-track. I’d also like 2 STANDARDS VOLUME #1 2 13 Tuesday’s McFERRIN (Blue BT- STANLEY JORDAN (Blue Note BT BOBBY Note II elusive, and equally brilliant, to point out how wonderfully clear and 85110) equally 85130) la Baden Powell will be bringing his ele- warm they sound on CD, and how ex- 3 A NICE PLACE TO BE 1 13 n GOOD MORNING KISS 25 £ GEORGE HOWARD (MCA 5855) CARMEN LUNDY (Blackhawke BKH 1 gant guitar style to the Blue Note this traordinarily well the John Coltrane 523) D THE OTHER SIDE OF 5 11 week (March 3-8), Antonio Carlos Jo- albums stand up, over 20 years after ROUND MIDNIGHT 24 RAPTURE 24 ANITA BAKER (Elektra 9-60444) 1 bim is finishing up his first album in their initial release. To commemorate FEATURING DEXTER GORDON 25 PRIVATE PASSION 25 1 Gil- 20th anniversary of years (for PolyGram), and Astrud the Coltrane’s (Blue Note BT 85135) JEFF LORBER (Warner Bros. 1-25492) 1 berto has just released her first album death, four ‘Trane sessions are includ- 5 ROUND MIDNIGHT 3 19 BH TWO HEARTS 29 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS (Columbia SC PETER KATER (Optimism/P.D.K. 4001) in years (on Verve). Bola Sete, who had ed — “Coltrane,” “Ballads,” “Impres- [ 40464) KIND OF BLUE 30 recently been recording for sions,” and “Crescent” and they are B| George — fl NAJEE’S THEME 7 12 MILES DAVIS (Columbia/Jazz Winston’s Dancing Cat Records, was all marvelous. Also just released, and NAJEE (EMI ST 17241) Masterpieces CJ 40579) 7 6 21 63. also, for the most part, quite marvelous, TUTU BH POWER OF THREE 32 MILES DAVIS (Warner Bros. 9 25490-1) MICHELE PETRUCCIANI (Blue Note BJ Bos are Art Blakey’s “Jazz 85133) SWINGING THE HUB—The Messen- 8 THE GOOD AND BAD 8 13 ton Globe Jazz & Heritage Festival, set gers,” Pharoah Sanders’ “Thembi,” TIMES HEADS UP 31 THE CRUSADERS (MCA 5781) DAVID NEWMAN (Atlantic 817256-1) for March 12-22 in the land of the Amer- and Oliver Nelson’s “More Blues and 9 OBSESSION 9 17 KTil THE DRIFTER 33 ican League Champions, looks some- the Abstract Truth.” BOB JAMES (Warner Bros. 1-25495) MAX BENNET (TBA/Palo Alto 216) thing like this: “Coltrane 20 Years 10 ROYAL GARDEN BLUES 10 19 Rl LOVE FANTASY 34 f BRANFORD MARSALIS (Columbia FC ALPHONSE MOUZON (Optimism MPC After” (3/12, Berklee Performance 40363) 6001) Center); Tito Puente Orchestra/ in DUOTONES 14 27 Rl BROTHER’S KEEPERS KENNY G.(Arista AL8 8427) Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (3/13, BOB THOMPSON (Intima SJ-73238) m LAST NITE 15 4 THINK AGAIN 36 ‘“"j Park Plaza), Spyro Gyra (3/14, BPC), Rl LARRY CARLTON (MCA 5866) WISHFUL THINKING (Pausa 7205) Sonny Rollins BPC), “The (3/15, 13 DOWN TO THE MOON 11 29 34 DON’T LOOK BACK 27 Andreas Vollenweider (CBS Best of Spike Jones” with Eddy Da- DAMON RENTE (TBA 218/Palo Alto) Masterworks FM42255) vis and the New City Slickers 35 TONIGHT SHOW BAND 23 (3/ 14 LIS FOR LOVER 12 23 WITH 1 AL JARREAU (Warner Bros. 25477-1) DOC SEVERINSEN 15, PP), Sarah Vaughan /Billy Eck- (Amherst 3611) 1 15 JMOOD 13 24 stine (3/16, Symphony Hall), Irish ten- 36 KLUGH+TWO — After a recent Avery WYNTON MARSALIS (Columbia FC ENCOUNTERS GEORGE SHAW (TBA 218/Palo Alto) or Robert White (3/17, BPC), Oscar 40308) Fisher Hall performance in New York, Earl = 16 ONE NIGHT/ONE DAY 16 11 37 MUDFOOT 37 l| Peterson (3/18, SH), “A Tribute To (r) smiled for the in the Klugh camera compa- TOM SCOTT (Soundwings SW2102) THE LEADERS (Black Hawk/Aspen BKH 52(X)1) Dizzy Gillespie” with Dizzy, Jimmy ny of Ellen Meltzer (c) and his man- ASCAP's 17 LADY FROM BRAZIL 17 12 Heath, Jon Faddis, others (3/19, ager, Bruce Hervey. TANIA MARIA (Manhattan ST 53045) 38 HIDEAWAY 38 STANLEY CLARKE (Epic FE 40275) BPC), Stanley Jordan /The Leaders ORNETTE—-Good news for Ornette fH MOONLIGHTING 20 4 THE RIPPINGTONS (Passport PJ 39 WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS 39 h (3/20, BPC), The Temptations /The Coleman fans (I am most certainly an 88019) GEORGE BENSON (Warner Bros. li 2547S1) O’Jays (3/21, Orpheum), John Sco- Ornette Coleman fan): not only has the 19 ILLUMINATION 19 5 FREE FLIGHT (CBS Records BFM 40 TIMELESS 40 field/John Blake/Bob elusive innovator to Caravan of 1 Moses (3/ signed 42143) DIANNE SCHUUR (GRP-A-10301 II 22, BPC). Dreams Records (which has released an SWINGING BERLIN— For those album by Prime Time and a chamber THE CASH BOX TOP 40 JAZZ ALBUM CHART IS BASED SOLELY ON I who prefer their jazz festivals in exotic work, and has two other Ornette al- ACTUAL PIECES SOLD AT RETAIL STORES.

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’87 coincides with the Boston shindig. ic “Skies of America” on tap), but Set for the March 18-22 blowout at the March 14 & 15 will see an Ornette Cole- 1 JAZZ FEATURE PiCKS^^mM Akademie der Kuenste, are, amongst man “Celebration” at the Weill Recital others, such adventurous blowers and Hall at Carnegie Hall. Joseph Celli BOLLING: SUITE FOR FLUTE & semble and given it sparkling life. Lili shakers as Ruediger are the Carl, Peter and the Composers’ Forum JAZZ PIANO NO. 2—Jean-Pierre the World Sax Quartet times two, arj Kowald, Lars will Rudolph, Peter masterminds of the weekend, which Rampal/Claude Bolling —CBS FM that’s saying something. | Broetzmann, Louis Moholo, Irene feature Ornette Coleman, the compos- 42318— Producer: Claude Bolling THE BRIDGE GAME VOL. 2-, Schweizer, Butch Morris, Derek er. The Kronos Quartet, Neil Bolling has whipped up numerous John Lewis— Phillips 826 691 Bailey, Sonny Sharrock, and Al- Gladd, Malcolm Goldstein, Den- jazz/classical suites, but none more 1 — Producers: John Lewis, Kiyii fred 23 Harth. ardo Coleman, and others will take popular than the first one, with Jean- shi Koyama i PUBLIC EVENTS—The Public The- part, and the evenings should tingle the Pierre Rampal. This follow-up mines Another scintillating blend of chai atre, which used to be one of the hot- spines. much of the same territory and should ber jazz and chamber music, one of till! of beds contemporary jazz activity in BOPPING AROUND— Sass and find much of the same success. best such attempts. A perfect weldii New York, has, for the past couple of Brass, the Cinemax special which MANHATTAN BURN— Paquito of J.S. Bach and J. A. Lewis. j years, been one of the coldbeds of any teams Sarah Vaughan with a gaggle D’Rivera—Columbia FC 40583 BLUE MATTER—John Scofield-i jazz activity in New York. But, wait, the of trumpeters (Maynard Ferguson, Producers: Helen Keane, Paquito Gramavision 18-8702-1 —Produi^ Public — has just announced three Dizzy Gillespie, Al Hirt and Chuck D’Rivera, Ron Saint Germain er: Steve Swallow fhree.^— exceptionally interesting con- Mangione) premieres March A typically hot Paquito blend of be- The bluesiest, burningest fusion gi[l certs in its continuing program of com- 22nd. ..Benny Golson, one of our bop, Cuban salsa, Brazilian sambas, and tarist in a dandy neo-fusion effort th missioning works from leading jazz great jazz composers, has penned the everything else under the warm, swing- drips with feeling. jl lights. “David with Murray Strings,” a music for “The Four Seasons/Jazz Ver- ing sun. JOURNEY TO THE URGE WITI rather self-explanatory concert, is first, sion,” a theatrical event that will get a THE SAXOPHONE SHOP—The IN — Courtney Pine — AntilU March 16; “Dave Holland; Music for showcase presentation at New York’s Saxophone Choir— Soul Note SN AND 8700 — Producer: Michai 12-Piece Jazz Ensemble,” another rath- Hudson Guild Theatre March 13-15. 1129 (dist. by PSI) — Producer: Cuscuna | er self-explanatory concert, is second, is in the Honi Coles cast, and the Art Odean Pope An impressive debut LP from a har j; March and 23; “Don Pullen; Quartet Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet, and Whew! Saxophonist Odean Pope — edged and highly-touted young Engli: T and Organorchestra,” a concert that others, provide the live music. Sounds best known for his work with Max saxophonist with a taste for hard bo III needs some explaining (I’m not quite intriguing to me. Roach — has assembled a dense, boot- The debut of Antilles’ “New Dirt sure what the explanation is, but an or- Lee Jeske ing eight-saxophone-plus-rhythm en- tions” series.

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