Author Archives: peterblowry

THE WEST SIDE COMPOSERS COLLECTIVE                                                                           Driving Hat                                                                                                                                Pinnacles PM 0208 Shannon Marshall – tpt; Mikael Strand – tbn; Mark Spencer – as; Rafael Karlin – ts, fl, comp/arr; Graeme Norris – bs; Steve Newcomb – pno; James Sherlock – gtr; … Continue reading →

VARIOUS ARTISTS                                                                                                                                 55 Years of Jazz                                                                                                                          Delmark DE 914 CD: Yves Francois – Lester Leaps In/Deep Blue Organ Trio – Goin’ to Town/King Curtis – Dynamite at Midnight/Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls – Saro-Wiwa/Curtis Fuller – Equinox/Francine Griffin – It’s Crazy/George … Continue reading →

TEN PART INVENTION                                                                                                                  Ten Part Invention                                                                                                                              ABC 2741221 John Pochée – dms; Roger Frampton – pno, sopranino; Steve Elphick – bass; Miroslav (Michael) Bukowsky, Warwick Alder – tpt, flg; James Greening – tbn; Bernie McGann – as; Bob Bertles – … Continue reading →

THREE WISHES: AN INTIMATE LOOK AT JAZZ GREATS                                                 Pannonica de Koenigswarter (compiled/photographed)                                                    Abrams Image: 2008; NY ($19.95) – 317 pp. This is the strangest book on jazz I’ve ever read: This is the most moving book on jazz I’ve ever … Continue reading →

ALISTER SPENCE TRIO                                                                                                                       Fit                                                                                                                                                       Rufus RF 085 Alister Spence – pno; Lloyd Swanton – bs; Toby Hall – dms/perc. Sydney – Jan 4, 5, 2008; Jan 22, 2009 Caught in the Light/Interior System/Five Hundred Suns/Tell Between/Six Acts/Neon and Rain/Radium/Hover/Meld/Seven Hundred … Continue reading →

JAZZ – THE SMITHSONIAN ANTHOLOGY                                                     Smithsonian/Folkways SFWCO 40820: six CDs + book* (207 pp.)                                              111 tracks – US$100.00. The breakdown for the Smithsonian Anthology on each CD is: #I; 25 tracks @ 72 min: #II; 24 tracks @ 78 min: … Continue reading →

JAZZ: The Australian Accent                                                                                          John Shand                                                                                                                              University of New South Wales Press (2009) Sydney                                                               228 pp. – includes CD, contents listed below. AU$ 35.00. CD CONTENTS: Allen Browne’s Australian Jazz Band – “Five Bells” (2006); Bernie McGann/John Pochee – “D. … Continue reading →

THE SAVOY JAZZ COLLECTION: 1 & 2.                                                                                   Brilliant Jazz 8408/1-20 First box: #1.) Adderley Brothers – pt.1 (10 sides) [60:00]//#2.) Adderley Brothers – pt.2 (11 sides) [60:06]///#3.) Art Pepper – pt.1 (12 sides) [42:24]//#4.) Art Pepper – pt.2 (12 sides)[48:18]///#5.) … Continue reading →

ROSWELL RUDD                                                                                                                   Trombone Tribe                                                                                                                         Sunnyside SSC 1207 Roswell Rudd – tbn all sides: Gangbe Brass Band of Benin (1, 11-15), Martial Ahouandjinou – tbn; Magloire Ahouandjinou, Eric Yovogan – tpt; James Vodounnon – tuba; Lucien Gbguidi – ts; Benoit Avihou … Continue reading →

ROB MAZUREK QUINTET                                                                                                              Sound Is                                                                                                                                         Delmark 586 Rob Mazurek – cnt/keys; John Herndon – dms/perc; Matthew Lux – bs gtr; Josh Abrams – bs vln; Jason Adasiewitz – vbs. [Chicago: unk dates] As If An Angel Fell From the Sky/The … Continue reading →