Dizzie Gillespie Shaw 'nuff

Bud Powell - The Complete RCA Trio Sessions (2009) {Essential Jazz Classics EJC55432 rec 1956-1957}
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© 1956-57, 2009 RCA / Essential Jazz Classics | EJC55432
Jazz / Bop / Piano

This release contains the complete original albums Strictly Powell and Swingin' with Bud, two of his last American releases prior to his departure to Europe in 1959. Both LPs showcase Powell in a trio format with bassist George Duvivier and drummer Art Taylor, who formed his regular trio at Birdland.

Freddie Hubbard - Back To Birdland (1982) {Drive Archive DE2-41036 rel 1994}
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© 1982, 1994 Drive Archive | DE2-41036
Jazz / Hard Bop / Post Bop / Trumpet

This well-recorded outing (which has been reissued on CD by Drive Archive) was trumpeter Freddie Hubbard's first worthwhile studio recording (with the exception of Super Blue) since the mid-'70s. Essentially a bebop date, Hubbard is teamed with a sextet comprised of altoist Richie Cole, trombonist Ashley Alexander, pianist George Cables, bassist Andy Simpkins and drummer John Dentz; altoist Med Flory sits in on "Byrdlike." Hubbard shows on such standards as "Shaw Nuff," "Star Eyes" and "Lover Man" that he could still play straightahead jazz with the best of them, Alexander is featured on "Stella by Starlight" and Cole is also in excellent form.

This is a true classic. Altoist Art Pepper is joined by an 11-piece band playing Marty Paich arrangements of a dozen jazz standards from the bop and cool jazz era. Trumpeter Jack Sheldon has a few solos, but the focus is very much on the altoist who is in peak form for this period…

Pianist Oscar Peterson and flugelhornist Clark Terry always made for a perfect matchup. Their duet set (one of five Peterson made during this period) is quite friendly, witty and hard-swinging. C.T. generally sets the joyous mood and on numbers such as "On a Slow Boat to China," "Shaw 'Nuff," "No Flugel Blues" and "Mack the Knife," the warm-toned flugelhornist shows that he was one of the few who could truly keep up with the remarkable pianist.

Greg Osby's outings for Blue Note are always challenging, always extending one boundary or another in his own idiosyncratic jazz iconography that uses elements of the historical tradition, the mainstream, and the avant-garde> in forging that signature. Public was recorded in January, 2004 at New York's Jazz Standard. Osby was playing in support of 2003's excellent St. Louis Shoes album. That band - trumpeter Osby on alto, trumpeter Nicholas Payton, bassist Robert Hurst, and drummer Rodney Green - all make this gig. The only change is the replacement of pianist Harold O'Neil with Japanese prodigy Megumi Yonezawa…

For the programme on this CD, the renowned recorder group Flautando Köln explore entirely new directions, interpreting music well outside the normal repertoire for their instruments. Amongst them are pieces by Kurt Weill, Claude Debussy and the jazz great Dizzie Gillespie.