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ON JAZZ I CASH BOX JAZZ ALBUMS

— at Barrow Street’s Greenwich ON BLUES— The reissue craze as always, Bowie and the Title, Artist, Label, Number, Distributor some sort of fever House — are Lester which is reaching = Available on Compact Disc other Brass Fantasy (9/13), “The Soul Stir- pitch in jazz — has extended to = Platinum (RIAA Certified) rings of Linda Tillery”, with a trio fea- fields. MCA-which has had the good = Gold (RIAA Certified) 20 IT TAKES TWO RODNEY FRANKLIN (Columbia FC reissue pro- turing Michele Rosewoman (10/4), sense to begin an active jazz 40307) with L O up “Bop Connection: Then ai)d Now’ , gram with Impulse! — has just come 21 LIGHT STRUCK Big W C its Kenny Barron, Cecil McBee, DAVE VALENTIN (GRP-A-1028) with ten dandy blues reissues from 1 14 I DOUBLE VISION Eddie Henderson, Sonny 1 SANBORN Chess vaults. The albums are hand- Black, BOB JAMES/DAVID m SAND dance (TBA TB-206) and Freddie Waits (11/8); (Warner Bros. 25393) Frank Potenza somely packaged — they have their Fortune, 2 11 23 INTRODUCING the Hatian band Ayiza, featuring I BREAKOUT notes, as well and 1 original covers and liner SPYRO GYRAIMCA 5753) JONATHAN BUTLER — and the sound Andrew Cyrille (12/13). (Jive/ Arista JL8-8404) as updated liner notes SHADES 3 12 jazz label has been 1 generally, clear and crisp. SWIFT—A new YELLOW JACKETS(MCA 5752) 24 SCHUUR THING on them is, DIANE SCHUURIGRP-1022) born. Gazell Records has revved up by The classic “Muddy Waters At New- 4 LOVE WILL FOLLOW 26 25 LYLE MAYS releasing four LPs from the excellent GEORGE HOWARD (TBATB 210) port”— which includes two definitive (Geffen /Warner Bros. GHS 24097) — which hasn’t had label Sonet I THE MOON versions of “Got My Mojo Workin by Swedish DOWN TO 26 SAVE TONIGHT FOR ME Andreas Vollenweider (CBS presence for years. Up first CHUCK MANG10NE(Columbia FC includes Otis Spann and a stateside Masterworks FM42255) a band that 40254) Gazell are the Paris Reunion — is the gem of the set, from 20 James Cotton 6 SONG X 27 IS THAT THE WAY TO 27 (a Feature PAT METHENY/ORNETTE nine albums are certainly Band’s “French Cooking” HEART but the other COLEMANIGeffen/Warner Bros. GHS YOUR of months THE KAZU MATSUI PROJECT are “Muddy Pick on this page a couple 24096) nothing to sneeze at. They (Passport Jazz PJ 88011) ago), Chet Baker’s “Candy”, Sivu- Waters Sings Big Bill Broonzy”, “Big JOYRIDE 28 22 | 28 DOUBLE TAKE PIECES OF A DREAM (Manhattan ’, ca’s “Som Brasil”, and Barney Kes- FREDDIE HUBBARD/WOODY Bill Broonzy and Washboard Sam “Two Way ST53023) SHAW(Blue Note BT 85121) “John Lee Hooker Plays and Sings sel/Red Mitchell’s 8 ALONE/BUT NEVER 25 YOU SATISFIED 29 if; Gazell is at 204 W. 20th 29 KEEP the Blues”, “The Best of Little Wal- Conversation”. ALONE NANCY WILSON(Columbia FC 40330) LARRY CARLTONIMCA 5689) Street, New York, NY 10011. - ter”, “Memphis Slim” (a must have ETil BLACK & BLUE 34 great Mem- BOPPING AROUND— It was heart THIS IS THIS 10 RARE SILK (TBA-TB-214) if you’re unfamiliar with the Q WEATHER REPORT (Columbia FC see the public reconciliation be- 31 FLOPPY DISK 30 31 phis Slim), “We’re Gonna Make It by ening to 40280) Marsalis. At KIRK WHALUMIColumbia FC 40221) Milton, “Go Bo Diddley ”, the tween the brothers 9 79 Little 10 MAGIC TOUCH TO THE SOURCE 31 2< or so JORDAN(B!ue Note BT 32 CLOSER Wynton’s Pier Concert a week STANLEY Atlantic 81646-1) Soundtrack of Rock , Rock, DIZZY GILLESPIE( “Original 85101 — who, you’ll recall, Rock”, with Chuck Berry, the Fla- ago, Branford 33 NITE STREET 33 i' 11 TOO FAR TO WHISPER 11 11 Wynton’s Quintet after ROB MULLINSfRMC 1006) * mingos, and the Moonglows; and was fired from SHADOWFAX(Windham Hill/A&M « “spe- WH1051) DRINKIN’FROM THE 36 got Stung — was on hand as a ET1 , “The Blues Volume 1”, a compilation. he “ MONEY WATER he raised the level of POWERPLAY 12 10 of the great independent labels of cial guest”, and 12 GRANT GEISSMAN (TBA TB 217) Many BILLY COBHAM (GRP-A-1027) of notches. Bran- yore are now owned by the megalabels the band by a couple 35 THE BOHEMIANS 32 — 13 ANOTHER PLACE 13 45 ZEB 5715) ford was busy on the Pier that week SKYWALK (Zebra/MCA and it’s good to see that, slowly but HlROSHIMA(Epic BFE 39938) 38 American two nights before he guested with the EH SPONTANEOUS surely, much of our classic IQ DUTONES 19 “ INVENTIONS Neville Brothers Max Roach KENNY G. (Arista AL8 8427) (Blue Note BT music is seeing the light of day again. BOBBY McFERRIN jazz drummer — 85110) These reissue trends don’t tend to last, who ain’t your typical IH SLICE OF LIFE 16 SPECIAL EFX (GRP A 1025) 37 ATAVACHRON 35 get ’em. and the Kronos Quartet — which ain’t so if you want ’em, better go ALLAN HOLDSWORTH (Enigma/ THE WORLD 18 Green your typical string quartet — will team IH AROUND Capitol ST-73203) WORLD CLASS SERIES’— JETSTREAM (TBA TB 211) of performances of Peter 37 wich Village, which is the current heart up for a pair 38 PARKER’S MOOD 1 17 ROSSITER ROAD 14 22 SADAO WATANABE LIVE AT — “Survivors”, written for Max of the contemporary jazz world Phillips’ AHMAD JAMAL(Atlantic 81645-1) BRAVAS CLUB '85(Elektra 60475) a string quartet, September 12 at thanks to such clubs as Sweet Basil, the and 18 THE CHICK COREA 15 24 39 STILL WARM 39 f — Herbst Theatre, and JOHN SCOFIELD (Gramavision 18- Village Vanguard,and the Blue Note San Francisco’s ELEKTRIC BAND (GRP-A-1026) 8508) September 13 at UCLA’s Schoenberg also harbors an excellent pair of jazz 40 — ONE OF A KIND 21 40 DIALECTS Hall... Three cheers to Phil Alvin a ZAW1NUL (Columbia FC-40081) series’: Jack Kleinsinger’s “High- E FATTBURGER (Golden Boy GBT 2001) JOE rock band, The Blast- lights In Jazz”, and Kwame Shaw’s member of the l enlisting Sun Ra and his Ar- SOLELY ON “Jazztrack”. The series’ are comple- ers— for THE CASH BOX TOP 40 JAZZ ALBUM CHART IS BASED role on his solo RETAIL STORES. mentary — Kleinsinger’s shows run to kestra for a featured ACTUAL PIECES SOLD AT — n Stories’” (Slash); the Ar- the traditional, with a smattering of be- LP, “Un'Sung three tunes ar- 1 bop; Shaw’s shows run to the contem- kestra cuts it up on the Omniverse. porary, with a smattering of bebop. ranged by the Master of Band is also “Highlights In Jazz’”s fall series — The Dirty Dozen Brass number. ..Chicago’s Mar- which will take place, as always, at on hand for a NYU’s Loeb Student Center — goes like coa Direct will begin a national televi- JAZZ FEATURE PICKS to market “Let It this: “Still Going Strong”, with veterans sion sales campaign Barney Kessel/Red Mitchell—Gaz-’U Art Hodes, Milt Hinton, Doc Live”, the Jazzletter Records LP that TWO WAY CONVERSATION— Bergstrom, Sven Lindholm ba Cheatham, George Kelly, Tommy features Sarah Vaughan singing jazz GJ 1003— Producers: Gunnar toget Paul Guitarist Kessel and bassist Mitchell-who worked ba Benford, and Clarence Hutchen- versions of poems by Pope John A well-titled LP. weave a seamless tapestry fc is getting their extensively in the ’50s-are musical soulmates who drider (9/25); “A Salute to Pepper II... Concord Records and r the on this ’73 session, produced by Sweden s Sonet tin Adams”, with Adams, Clark Terry, artists together and taking them on swinging improvisation Ronnie Cuber, Nick road: Rosemary Clooney, Scott available on the new Gazell label. •>& Cecil Payne, AND THE BOSS BRASS—Cone Brignola, Joe Morello, and others Hamilton, Maxine Sullivan, Jim MEL TORME/ROB McCONNELL p Remler, Producer: Carl E. Jefferson ? (10/20); “Voices ofJazz”, with Hall, Ray Brown, Emily Jazz CJ-306 — been done in the sparest of company, fj and others will be participating in a 10- Torme, whose vocalizing has lately of McConnell’s smoking, 24-piece big band and concert tour of Japan this month. ..“Mu- gets to air his pipes in front j voice is matched perfectly by sical Interpretations of Yoruba results are excellent: the lushness of Torme’s

Proverbs” is an intriguing-sounding pro lushness of the Boss Brass. Producer: Lee Riteno gram that Wind And Thunder will be EARTH RUN— Lee Ritenour—GRP A-1021— along for most of the ride. This ca performing at NYC’s Symphony Space, Dave Grusin is not co-billed here, but he’s guitar synthesizer u wrote the mu- of fusion finesse-his guitar work (mostly September 26. Bill Cole Ritenour’s stamp | Roy Eldridge, Marlene VerPlanck, sic, Julius Hemphill did the arrange hops, skips, and jumps. Eschete Bainbridge BT 6264—Producer: Jay Leonhart, and other (12/11), and ments, and they will be joined by Olu STUMP JUMPER—Ron — Abdul Wadud, “Jazz Is My Passport”, with Astrud Dara, Joe Daley, mond Edwards different jazz genres-popping electr Gilberto, Niels Lan Doky, Claudio Gerald Veasley, Warren Smith, Guitar man Eschete straddles several being the prominent sounds-with well-seas Roditi, and others. “Jazztrack’”s au- and Hafiz Shabazz. Call (212) 864 sion and plaintive acoustic ballads tumnal offerings — which will take place, 5400 for tickets. Lee Jeske chops and a well-tuned ear.

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