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Pizzarelli’s new project plays tribute MYRA MELFORD, HELEN SUNG, ISAIAH J. THOMPSON to that release, adding two original songs, an ode to Jobim by Michael Frank and versions of track recorded by Frank and Recorded on opening night of the 2016-17 Antonio at a 1969 session. Jazz at Lincoln Center season, Handful of CON - 150777 / 14,99€ Keys showcases a band in full stride, bur- ning through electric arrangements of belo- ved compositions from James P. Johnson, (Emanem) Bill Evans, McCoy Tyner, and more. With STEVE LACY 2-CD DIGIPACK guests ranging in age from 13-year-old Free For A Minute prodigy Alexander (recently featured on 60 Minutes) to 89-year-old American treasure Steve Lacy’s main occupation in the early 1960s was leading Hyman, Wynton Marsalis and the JLCO a quartet with Roswell Rudd, however he was no stranger to survey jazz piano’s past and give the stage freer forms having worked on and off with Cecil Taylor sin- to several prodigies who are taking the ins- ce the mid-1950s or performing with the Jazz Composers trument in bold new directions.. Orchestra before leaving New York for an extended visit to DRJ - 151468 / 16,99€ Europe in the spring of 1965.The two albums reissued on this PSI - 151107 / 18,99€ CD were recorded during his first year in Europe and were SONORAMA both issued shortly after they were recorded. HELMUT BRANDT Inlcudes 2 bonus Spree Coast Jazz tracks (Woodneck) GERALD CANNON DIGIPACK Amazing modern jazz from the estate of composer, arranger and baritone saxophonist Helmut Brandt, Combinations recorded March 1963 at Haus des Rundfunks in 14 years after releasing his self-titled debut as a leader, West Berlin - featuring Benny Bailey, Herb Geller, bassist Gerald Cannon makes his long-overdue return with Nat Peck and Ack van Rooyen. One-off concert of Combinations. The album makes up for lost time by mixing mostly unknown Brandt compositions played by and matching a range of styles, moods and collaborators SNR - 151089 / 18,99€ eleven soloists from the Berlin radio orchestras of from across the spectrum of Cannon’s far-reaching career. DIGIPACK RIAS and SFB. Forgotten work by one of the key figures of cool and modern jazz in Germany, care- DRJ - 151171 / 14,99€ fully restored and remastered in 2017. JAZZ QUINTET 60 (Jazz Village) All Music Guide The Last Call: Lost Jazz Files 1962-63 AHMAD JAMAL Marseille Hidden treasure coming to light: restored and newly mastered album full of unreleased music from Co- DIGIPACK penhagen by the godfathers of Danish modern The name Ahmad Jamal is synonymous with peerless talent, jazz, “Jazz Quintet 60”, fluidly playing hard-bop to unmatched character, and a world-renowned career; and his American standards. Final chapter in the history of highly anticipated upcoming album, “Marseille”, will continue a simply remarkable and legendary band recorded SNR - 150373 / 18 99€ to elevate his stature. This release is the bejeweled work of , 1962-1963, featuring Allan Botschinsky, Niels Hu- DIGIPACK a master musician who never says more than he has to but sum, Bent Axen, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen GEN - 151094 / 19,99€ always says enough to make the world sit up and listen. and Bjarne Rostvold. Transferred from reel-to-reel tapes found in the collection of Niels Husum. (Palmetto) VARIOUS ARTISTS FRED HERSCH DIGIPACK European Progressive Jazz in Germany 1959-63 Open Book Unique compilation and 100th release in the cata- A supremely gifted soloist with a sophisticated, yet unself- logue of Sonorama Records - file under: cool, mo- conscious approach to playing standards and his own dern, hard bop, modal! Fourteen previously unknown original compositions, Fred Hersch plays in this new al- tracks recorded 1959-63 in West-Germany by some bum in a way that makes it seem as though he is the finest of the best European jazz artists of the time, featuring jazz pianist in the world. That’s an impossible assertion, of Barney Wilen, Francy Boland, Rolf Kühn, Joki Freund, course. There are a dozen, maybe more pianists who have SNR - 150375 / 18,99€ Attila Zoller, Fats Sadi, Roland Kovac, Rolf Ericson, achieved this level artistry. DIGIPACK PMT - 151126 / 14,99€ Michael Naura and countless others. NEW RELEASES REISSUES / HISTORICAL JIMMY McGRIFF TRIO swINGIN’ oRGAN SOUNDS! Plus 18 bonus tracks KAI WINDING 2-LPs One of the all-time giants of the ON 1 CD Hammons B-3, Jimmy McGriff SOLO + KAI OLÉ (1936-2008) sometimes gets lost amid all the great soul-jazz organists from his hometown of Philadelphia. This release presents two complete Kai Winding albums, which He was almost certainly the bluesiest appear here for the first time ever on CD. Solo (Verve V6-85-25) and of the major soul-jazz pioneers, and Kai Olé (Verve V6-8427). The former LP showcases the trombonist indeed, he often insisted that he was as the only horn in quartet and quintet formats, while the latter more of a blues musician than a jazz finds him backed by a larger band arranged and conducted by artist. Al Cohn and fellow trombonist Billy Byers, and featuring such outstanding soloists as Phil Wood, Clark Terry, Joe Newman, GHR - 151651 / 9, 99€ This CD presents McGriff’s complete PHN - 151641 / 9,99€ and Byers himself. debut album as a leader, Swingin’ Organ Sounds (Funckler MGSU-9216) / I´ve Got A Woman (Sue Records STLP 1012), which also resulted in his first hits. “I’ve Got A Woman”, OLIVER NELSON “All About My Girl”, and “M.G. Blues”. Five selections from his The Complete Blues and the Abstract Truth following session have been added as a bonus. 2-CD 3 COMPLETE ALBUMS SET STANLEY TURRENTINE / GRANT GREEN Quintet Includes 4 bonus tracks Complete Recordings The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Impulse AS-5) is the masterpiece 3 Complete LPs on 2-CD Set that earned Oliver Nelson widespread recognition as one of the finest arrangers and composers in jazz. Everything stands out on the album: Includes 3 Bonus Tracks the wonderful compositions and arrangements, including the splendid “Stole Moments”, which will become a standard, and the all-star group Stanley Turrentine and Grant Green only recor- ded together on four occasions, and the dates 99€ with Freddie Hubbard, Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, and Roy PHN - 151546 / 14, Haynes. It was so successful that a second LP would soon follow, title included here, originally issued on Z.T.s’ Blues More Blues and the Abstract Truth (Impulse S-75), which is also presented here in its entirety. The latter (Blue Note BST-84424), Up at Minton’s Vol.1 (Blue album features a different equally impressive all-star personnel including Thad Jones, Phil Woods, and Note BST-84069), and Up at Minton’s Vol. 2 (Blue Ben Webster. Note BST-84070), marked their only preserved Fantabulous collaborations in a quintet format, with Turren- The complete Oliver Nelson LP (Argo Records LP-737) has been added here as a bonus, tine as the only horn and with Green getting a along wiht the earliest existing versions of “Stolen Moments” - originally issued as “The Stolen Moments” GHR - 151003 / 14,99€ lot of solo space. This release contains all 3 - by Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Nelson, as well as three further versions of the celebrated tune by such albums in their entireties, plus 3 rare tracks by greats as J.J. Johnson, Jack Wilson, and Clarke Terry-Bob Brookmeyer Quintet. Turrentine from a obscure session led by trum- peter Dizzy Reece, which are presented here CHARLES LLOYD as a bonus. The Complete 1960-61 Sessions w/ Chico Hamilton (Fine And Mellows) JULIE LONDON 2-CD Plus Bonus Album: DRUMFUSION 2-CD SET Complete 1955-62 Singles SET This edition contains, for the first time on a single set, the complete Plus 6 bonus tracks 1960-61 sessions that marked the earliest collaborations of Charles CONTAINS LONDON’S ONLY VERSION OF Lloyd and Chico Hamilton.