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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Afro-Jaws (1961) {Riverside OJCCD-403-2 rel 1991}
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© 1961, 1991 Riverside Records / Fantasy | OJCCD-403-2
Jazz / Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Saxophone

This set was a change of pace for tenor saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis. Backed by three trumpeters (Clark Terry gets some solos), a rhythm section (pianist Lloyd Mayers, bassist Larry Gales and drummer Ben Riley) and a percussion section led by Ray Barretto, Lockjaw performs four compositions by Gil Lopez (who arranged all of the selections) plus "Tin Tin Deo," "Star Eyes" and his own "Afro-Jaws." The Afro-Cuban setting is perfect for the tough-toned tenor, who romps through the infectious tunes.

Taft Jordan - Mood Indigo (1960) {Prestige PRCD-24230-2 rel 1999}
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© 1960-61, 1999 Prestige / Fantasy | PRCD-24230-2
Jazz / Bop / Mainstream / Trumpet

1999 was the year of the Ellington Centennial, and, as such, the Maestro's music was very much in the air. It was also an ideal year in which to reissue Taft Jordan's first-rate, long-deleted tribute to the Duke, Mood Indigo. It's paired with a fine, equally rare set by the Swingville All-Stars, with Jordan on trumpet. An Ellingtonian from 1943 to '47, Jordan renders some choice material by his ex-boss. Long a first-call New York session man, he's as impressive on open horn as with a mute. Here he's surrounded by two empathetic but distinctly different groups: a younger, more boppish quintet that numbers guitarist Kenny Burrell, and a sextet–whose program offers two more tunes from the Ellington band's voluminous book–featuring three other Ducal alumni (the other horns, plus bassist Wendell Marshall). Mood Indigo recalls the manifold gifts of a trumpeter who seldom recorded as a leader.

Duane Tatro - Jazz For Moderns (1955) {Contemporary OJCCD-1878-2 rel 1996}
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© 1954-55, 1996 Contemporary Records / Fantasy | OJCCD-1878-2
Jazz / Cool / West Coast Jazz / Third Stream

Jazz for Moderns is a wonderful experience. His use of polyphonic composition in the arrangement of the instruments creates a full and rounded sound between the various horns, the bass and drums. However, the pieces are not dry intellectual exercises, they are moving and filled with emotion.

Count Basie and His Orchestra - I Told You So (1976) {Pablo OJCCD-824-2 rel 1994}
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© 1976, 1994 Pablo Records / Fantasy | OJCCD-824-2 / 00025218682428
Jazz / Big Band / Swing

A touch of jazz genius pairing the charts of the "Fabulous Bill Holman" with the relentlessly swinging Bill Basie's Orchestra. The lines are pure Holman, particularly the call and response counterpoint between reeds and brass and, use of unison voicings. The classic 4/4 rhythm feel underpinned by guitarist Freddie Green is pure Basie.

Carla Bley - Escalator Over The Hill (1971) {2CD Set, JCOA Records–ECM Records 839 310-2 rel 1998}
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© 1971, 1998 JCOA Records / ECM Records | JCOA / EOTH 839 310-2
Jazz / Post Bop / Experimental Big Band / Avant-Garde Jazz

This two-hour-plus opus is billed as "a chronotransduction." With music by Carla Bley and lyrics/text are by Paul Haines, the project was recorded over nearly three years (1968-1971) in several locations and with nearly a hundred people involved in one way or another (musicians, singers, speakers). Those involved included a veritable who's who of the jazz world at that time (from Don Cherry to John McLaughlin) along with such unexpected combinations of singers as Linda Ronstadt and Jack Bruce.

Joe Henderson - Tetragon (1968) {Milestone OJCCD-844-2 rel 1995}
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© 1968, 1995 Milestone | OJCCD-844-2
Jazz / Post Bop / Modal Music / Tenor Saxophone

After a shaky start with his first outing on the Milestone label, "The Kicker" marred by poor sound like it was recorded in a tunnel and too short on the tracks, Henderson scores on this outing where he's backed by two great rhythm sections of Kenny Barron and Don Friedman, Ron Carter on bass and Jack DeJohnette and Louis Hayes on drums. This is the first time that Joe had recorded Bronislau Kaper's classic, "Invitation", and it was such a winner that Joe included it in his repetoire.

Elmo Hope - Hope Meets Foster (1955) {Prestige OJCCD-1703-2 rel 1991}
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© 1955, 1991 Prestige Records / Fantasy | OJCCD-1703-2
Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / Piano

This session featuring pianist Elmo Hope and tenor saxophonist Frank Foster was originally recorded on October 4, 1955 in Rudy Van Gelder's Hackensack Studio for Bob Weinstock and Prestige Records. Rounding out the quintet are Freeman Lee on trumpet, John Ore on bass and Art Taylor on drums. The group tackles three Hope originals, two Foster originals and a solid rendition of "Georgia On My Mind." Hope had a very unique piano style which to me was a perfect synthesis of Monk and Bud, but his career was ultimately stunted due to drug addiction, incarceration, overall poor health, and ultimately his premature death in 1967 at the age of 44. The music should please bop fans.