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THE INDEPENDENT JOURNAL OF CREATIVE IMPROVISED MUSIC SHORT TAKES JAZZ NEWS FESTIVAL REVIEWS JAZZAMANCA 2020 JAZZ STORIES PATTY WATERS INTERVIEWS PETER BRÖTZMANN BILL CROW CHAD LEFOWITZ-BROWN COLUMNS NEW ISSUES - REISSUES PAPATAMUS - CD REVIEWS OBITURARIES Volume 46 Number 2 April May June Edition 2020 Ed Schuller (bassist, composer) on GM Recordings My name is Eddy I play the bass A kind of music For the human race And with beauty and grace Let's stay on the case As we look ahead To an uncertain space Peace, Music Love and Life" More info, please visit: www.gmrecordings.com Email: [email protected] GM Recordings, Inc. P.O. Box 894 Wingdale, NY 12594 3 | CADENCE MAGAZINE | APRIL MAY JUNE 2016 L with Wolfgang Köhler In the Land of Irene Kral & Alan Broadbent Live at A-Trane Berlin “The result is so close, so real, so beautiful – we are hooked!” (Barbara) “I came across this unique jazz singer in Berlin. His live record transforms the deeply moving old pieces into the present.” (Album tip in Guido) “As a custodian of tradition, Leuthäuser surprises above all with his flawless intonation – and that even in a live recording!” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) “Leuthäuser captivates the audience with his adorable, youthful velvet voice.” (JazzThing) distributed by www.monsrecords.de presents Kądziela/Dąbrowski/Kasper Tom Release date: 20th March 2020 For more information please visit our shop: sklep.audiocave.pl or contact us at [email protected] The latest piano trio jazz from Quadrangle Music Jeff Fuller & Friends Round & Round Jeff Fuller, bass • Darren Litzie, piano • Ben Bilello, drums On their 4th CD since 2014, Jeff Fuller & Friends provide engaging original jazz compositions in an intimate trio setting. "Round & Round" features Fuller's virtuosic bass playing, pianist Darren Litzie's inventive improvisations, and drummer Ben Bilello's great soloing and accompaniment. Beautifully recorded by Norman Johnson, the trio explores contemporary jazz and Brazilian styles on "Round & Round," "Rest, Dear," "Sambeleza,” “New Bossa” and 8 others. 2018 – Happenstance 2016 – Shoreline Blues 2014 – The Call From Within Available on CD Baby, Amazon Music, iTunes Also available directly from Jeff Fuller • www.jefffuller.net Quadrangle Music • P. O. 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JOEL PRESS His robust and burnished tone is as warm as the man....simply, one of the meanest tickets in town. “ — Katie Bull, The New York City Jazz Record, December 10, 2013 PREZERVATION Clockwise from left: Live at Small’s; JP Soprano Sax/Michael Kanan Piano; JP Quartet; Return to the Apple; First Set at Small‘s. Prezervation CD’s: Contact [email protected] WWW.JOELPRESS.COM Harbinger Records scores THREE OF THE TEN BEST in the Cadence Top Ten Critics’ Poll Albums of 2019! Let’s Go In Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffl e Along of 1950 to a Picture Show Shuffl e Along “This material that is nearly “A 32-page liner booklet GRAMMY AWARD WINNER 100 years old is excellent. If you with printed lyrics and have any interest in American wonderful photos are included. musical theater, get these discs Wonderfully done.” and settle down for an afternoon —Cadence of good listening and reading.”—Cadence More great jazz and vocal artists on Harbinger Records... Barbara Carroll, Eric Comstock, Spiros Exaras, Barbara Fasano, Sylvia McNair, Mark Murphy, Steve Ross, Wendy Scherl, Maxine Sullivan, Elio Villafranca, Cy Walter and Sara Zahn To view our catalogue, visit www.HarbingerRecords.com To purchase CDs or downloads, please visit www.Amazon.com or www.NaxosDirect.com B I N G R E A R H • • R S E D C O R Harbinger Records is a division of THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT 21 | CADENCE MAGAZINE | APRIL MAY JUNE 2020 Ben Ro sen blu m C a d e n c e t o p 1 0 c r it ic 's p o l l , 2 0 1 9 River City “There do emerge conservatoire aces with grit in their imaginations and a facility to express such in their playing. Ben Rosenblum is one such performer/composer” — All About Jazz “Caresses [the music] with the reverence it merits” — Downbeat Magazine “Got the hands of a diamond cutter www.benrosenblummusic.com here.” — Jazz Weekly 22 | CADENCE MAGAZINE | APRIL MAY JUNE 2020 THE DIFFERENT DRUMMER... IS ON OUR LABEL WWW.INNOVA.MU Cadence Top 10 Critic's Pick pg 12 pg 1 Historical Releases BLACK SWANS The fi rst recordings of black classical music performers, most not reissued since they were new 100 years ago. 4.719” Also of historical interest from Parnassus: PDVD 1204 Mravinsky Conducts Shostakovich (videos of Symphonies 5, 8, & 12) “There are no words to express how grateful I am to hear of this marvelous piece PACD 96065/6 The Art of Josef Gingold (live performances and 78s) of love. It’s far too seldom that we speak of our great singers who contributed PACD 96061/2 Richter in Brooklyn (the complete 1965 concert) so very much to the world of Classical Music, not just Pop. I thank you from the PACD 96059/60 Sviatoslav Richter in the 1940s (earliest surviving live performances) bottom of my heart.” – Grace Bumbry PACD 96058 The Bohemian String Quartet “Listening to these almost-lost recordings is like witnessing an archeological dig (authentic recordings of Smetana Dvořák and Suk) PACD 96028 Arthur Grumiaux: The Boston Recordings reassembling into a bustling street scene, replete with sayers and players, united PACD 96023 Stravinsky & Prokofi ev Conduct Their Works in music. What a profound gift: great songs and their history reverberating into this PACD 96011 Erwin Schulhoff Complete Piano Recordings century from our chasmic past! Thanks to the formidable efforts of Leslie Gerber and his dedicated team, these voices will never go silent again.” – Rita Dove PACD 96067 Booklet.indd 1-2 17/06/2019 09:46 OUTSIDE BACK COVER OUTSIDE FRONT COVER Black Swans – Various Artists Item #C03 PACD 96067 Title 4 Page Folder Flat Size 9.5”x4.719” Folded Size 4.75”x4.719” This CD contains the first recordings made by black classical performers, Bleed 1/8“ (.125”) All Around - Size with Bleed 9.75”x4.969” singers and instrumentalists, dating from approximately 1917-1922. Only 5 of the 25 tracks have ever been reissued before. Together they provide a demonstration of the forgotten culture of black performers in classical music from the early 20th century www.parnassusrecords.com Buy BLACK SWANS: Earliest African-American Classical Stars via Amazon 26 | CADENCE MAGAZINE | APRIL MAY JUNE 2016 Cadence Top 10 Critic's Pick SEDITION Blaise Siwula Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic Jon Panikkar Setola Di Maiale Records (630318875573) Spontaneously composed music sometimes known as seditious or free jazz created in a non-verbal environment. Order the CD https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/blaisesiwula22 27 | CADENCE MAGAZINE | APRIL MAY JUNE 2020 RareNoiseRecords presents Digtial Downloads and Streaming available from: RareNoiseStore | www.rarenoisestore.com (HD .flac /.flac / .mp3) Amazon / Itunes / Emusic / Spotify / Deezer / Rhapsody and many others 28 | CADENCE MAGAZINE | APRIL MAY JUNE 2020 NEW release by double JUNO winner Diana Panton! A sequel to her chart-topping album I Believe in Little Things (****DownBeat).