Monthly Archives: April 2015

BLACK EUROPE: The Sounds and Images of Black People in Europe pre-1927. Edited/produced by: Jeffrey Green, Rainer Lotz, and Howard Rye w. Hans-Jürgen Mahrenholz, Konrad Nowakowski, Holger Stoecker, Horst Bergmeier, and Susanne Zeigler.                                                                                                                                                        Bear Family Records BCD 16095 (2013) Hambergen, … Continue reading →

BERNIE McGANN – obit And so it goes: Life is a fatal disease for which there is no cure, an outcome that none of us can escape. Sadly, death has taken the Australian altoist Bernie McGann who away passed here … Continue reading →

JASON AJEMIAN (& Smokeless Heat)                                                                                            The Art of Dying                                                                                                                      DELMARK DE 581 Tim Haldeman – ts; Noritaka Tanaka – dms; Jason Ajemian – bs; Jaime Branch – tpt; Matt Schneider – gtr; Jason Adasiewicz – mar. Recorded Chicago, 4-6 July, … Continue reading →

TRIO APOPLECTIC                                                                                                                      “Sofia”                                                                                                                                         Rufus RF080 Dave Jackson – as; Abel Cross – bs; Alex Masso – dms: (Sydney[?]; 11 June 2008). Sofia/Midnight/Holly & Bobby/I Remember Rusty/Iron Dusk/Transition/ Thang/Texas-Sofia. TT:45: 38. Unfortunately the promo material and the packaging gives no indication … Continue reading →

100 JAZZ LEGENDS: BBC Music Magazine Presents.                                       Geoffrey Smith                                                                                                                                  BBC Magazines (2011) London                                                                                                       210 pp – ₤7.99/Aus$13.95 “Who is Geoffrey Smith?”, you may well ask. For non-Britains, he is a US-born individual, a “defrocked jazz musician” living in the UK … Continue reading →

COREY WILKES Drop It Delmark DE 582 Corey Wilkes – tpt/flg/cnt; Jabari Liu – as (3, 7, 9, 10, 11); Chelsea Baratz (2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10), Kevin Nabors (3, 5, 6) – ts; Robert “Baabe” Irving III – … Continue reading →

JOE “KING” OLIVER                                                                                                                              The Complete 1923 Creole Jazz Band Recordings                                                           … Continue reading →

VARIOUS ARTISTS                                                                                                                         Jazz on Disques Vogue                                                                                                                   Sony Music/Disques Vogue/Legacy 88725443772 This box is just what it says it is: “LEGACY ressuscite les trésors du jazz enregistrés en 33t (25 et 30 cm) sur le prestigieux label VOGUE. – 35 chefs-d’oeuvre … Continue reading →