New York Sessions

Richard Galliano New York Trio - Ruby, My Dear (2005) {Dreyfus Jazz FDM36670-2}
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Jazz / Post Bop / Modern Composition / Accordion

There are two types of accordionists in jazz: Richard Galliano and everyone else. Galliano plays his instrument with the fluidity and looseness of a saxophonist, the technique of a classical pianist, and the individuality of a singer. Few are close to being on his level. The Ruby, My Dear sessions find Galliano in New York, interacting with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Clarence Penn.

Chubby Jackson Big Band - Ooh, What an Outfit!: New York City 1949 (2014) {Uptown Records UPCD27.75/27.76}
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© 1949, 2014 Uptown Records | UPCD27.75/27.76
Jazz / Big Band / Bop / Progressive Jazz / Swing / Bass

Bob Sunenblick's Uptown label continues with its research work to unearth obscure but always gratifying musical moments. Now it’s the turn of Chubby Jackson’s amazing 1949 big band. Chubby was never a best-seller, and a double CD set of this band won’t probably make anyone rich, but it will nevertheless give great amounts of pleasure to many jazz fans.

Ryo Fukui - Ryo Fukui In New York (1999) {Sapporo Jazz Create SJC-9901}
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© 1999 Sapporo Jazz Create | SJC-9901
Jazz / Post Bop / Modal Music / Piano

A smoking trio set from Japanese pianist Ryo Fukui – recorded in New York with help from Lisle Atkinson on bass and Leroy Williams on drums! The date's a bit later than some of the classics from the golden age of Japanese piano trio recordings, but has a very similar vibe – and in addition to very deft, expressive work from Fukui – a player who's maybe got more bop elements here than in his early days – the group also really sparkles with the work of Atkinson, a player who's sometimes overlooked, but who always brings a subtle depth to his sessions. Titles include "All The Things You Are", "Embraceable You", "Hot House", "Red Carpet", "Bouncing With Bud", and a great remake of Fukui's earlier song "Mellow Dream".

"The most unusual project was perhaps Electrochronicle which I worked on from 1972-1974. The floating, the vibration of a standing interval, played on an organ and relayed through several sound converting appliances joined together, created original, independent melodies and rhythms. These sounds can be compared to the ripples made by a pebble thrown into water, where one can admire the beauty of the ripples running to meet each other and the laws that produce them at the same time. Electrochronicle is not improvised nor composed music; its beauty lies in the richness of the microscopic musical movements." Peter Eötvös