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Billy Taylor - The Billy Taylor Trio with Candido (1954) {Prestige OJCCD-015-2 rel 1991}
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© 1954, 1991 Prestige Records / Fantasy | OJCCD-015-2
Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / Piano

Having already dedicated half of 1953's Cross Section to numbers with Machito's band, it was no surprise that Bill Taylor's 1954 follow-up, Trio with Candido, would feature more Latin touches – this time with star Cuban conga player Candido. In line with fellow jazz pianists George Shearing and Red Garland, Taylor doesn't incorporate the Cuban clavé beat so much as he includes the percussion for accentuation.

Joey DeFrancesco - Where WERE You? (1990) {Columbia CK 45443}
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© 1990 Columbia / CBS Records | CK 45443
Jazz / Soul Jazz / Post Bop / Keyboards

On his second recording, organist Joey DeFrancesco is heard in settings ranging from a quartet to a large orchestra. Although he is generally the main star, DeFrancesco welcomes such guests as tenors Illinois Jacquet and Kirk Whalum (heard on two songs apiece, including both jamming on "Red Top") and guitarist John Scofield. DeFrancesco holds his own and is in top form on such selections as "Teach Me Tonight," "Where Were You," "But Not for Me," and "Love Attack."

John Zorn & Eyvind Kang - Alastor: Book Of Angels, Vol. 21 (2014) {Tzadik TZ 8316}
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© 2014 Tzadik | TZ 8316 | Tzadik Archival Series
Jazz / World Music / Klezmer / World Fusion / Modern Creative

World traveler, nomad, mystic and violist, Eyvind Kang has created several of the most wildly creative CDs on Tzadik. Here he turns his hand to ten tunes from Zorn’s remarkable Book of Angels. Featuring spectacular orchestral arrangements and brilliant studio techniques, Eyvind has put together a CD unlike anything on the Angels series, highlighting the spiritual side of the Angels project, the singular lyricism of Zorn’s compositions and his own richly inventive musical imagination. One of the most personal and gorgeous installments in the Masada series, Alastor is a modern orchestral reading of the mystical charts from the Book of Angels.