Bobby Hutcherson

Tony Williams - Mosaic Select 24 (2006) {3CD Set, Mosaic MS-024 rec 1985-1991}
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© 1985-91, 2006 Mosaic Records / EMI Music | MS-024 / 0946-3-59903-2-4
Jazz / Hard Bop / Post Bop / Fusion / Drums

This Mosaic edition of Tony`s later Blue Note years w/ his postbop band (1985 - 1992) compiles 5 cd`s - 'Foreign Intrigue','Civilization','Angel Street','Native Heart' and 'The Story Of Neptune', and while it may seem pricey, it`s now cheaper to buy this box than to purchase the titles individually, as they have risen since his passing (2/23/1997). This was a great band and showcased Tony`s skills as a composer as well as reaffirming his status as the most defining drummer in Jazz. It clearly indicates how strong an influence Art Blakey`s band was to Tony`s early development (he used to sit in w/ Art`s band when he was only 15 years old when Blakey`s group played in Boston, Tony`s hometown).

Despite Leonard Feather's raves in the liner note of this CD reissue (which adds two additional selections to the original five-song LP), the music on this post-bop set by tenor saxophonist Harold Land is good but not great. The original five songs (four Land originals plus one by drummer Ndugu) have some dated electronics by keyboardist Bill Henderson and electric bassist Buster Williams (who does play his customary acoustic on some numbers) but also some fiery trumpeter from Oscar Brashear. None of the five originals are all that memorable, but there are some cooking moments, and Land takes a rare turn on oboe during "Pakistan." A similar group (with vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson in Brashear's place) performs the two extra tracks. The modal music, which clearly shows the influences of early fusion and funk, is interesting but very much of its period.

Hal Galper - Dreamsville (1986) {2014 Enja Japan Remaster CDSOL-6533}
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© 1986, 2014 Enja Records / Solid Records Japan | CDSOL-6533
Jazz / Post Bop / Neo Bop / Piano

Features the latest remastering and an original cover artwork. Includes a description written in Japanese. Another excellent trio outing from this top class pianist recently re-issued on Enja. Harold Galper, 18 April 1938, Salem, Massachusetts, USA. Galper was taught classical piano as a boy but turned to jazz and studied at the Berklee College Of Music between 1955 and 1958. He was taught privately by Jaki Byard and Herb Pomeroy. He moved to Boston in 1959 and played with Herb Pomeroy’s big band. Then he worked with Sam Rivers, Tony Williams, Chet Baker, Stan Getz, Randy and Michael Brecker, Bobby Hutcherson and Attila Zoller.