Category Archives: JAZZ

Dr. Midnight                                                                                                                          SABRETOOTH                                                                                                                           Delmark DE 579 Cameron Pfiffner (ts/ss/fl/pic); Pat Mallinger (ts/as/fl); Pete Benson (org); Ted Sirota (dms) – “The Green Mill”; Chicago, IL – 23 June, 2007. Blues for C Piff/It’s Surely Gonna Flop if it Ain’t Got that … Continue reading →

CY TOUFF & SANDY MOSSE                                                                                           Tickle Toe                                                                                                                                   Delmark DE 583 Cy Touff – bs tpt; Sandy Mosse – ts; John Campbell – pno; Kelly Sill – bs; Jerry Coleman – dms. Chicago; Oct. 24, 1981. Tickle Toe/Centerpiece/The Man I Love/Allen’s … Continue reading →

MIKE WALBRIDGE’S CHICAGO FOOTWARMERS                                                              Crazy Rhythm                                                                                                                            Delmark DE 247 Mike Walbridge (tu); Kim Cusack (cl/as); Don Stiernberg (bjo/gtr); Bob Cousins (dms) [1-8] – Walbridge, Cusack, Eddie Lynch(bjo); Glen Koch (dms) [15-17]; add Johnny Cooper (pno) [9-14] : Chicago, 14 Aug, … Continue reading →

THE PHIL COLLINS BIG BAND                                                                                                        A Hot Night in Paris                                                                                                                           WEA 3984272212 (issued on Atlantic in the USA) Collins – dms; Daniel Fornero, Harry Kim, Tito Carillo, Alan Hood, Ron Modell – tpt/flg; Arturo Velasco, Scott Bliege, Mark Bettcher – … Continue reading →

GARVIN BUSHELL & FRIENDS                                                                                                   One Steady Roll                                                                                                                         Delmark DE 250 Bushell – clt/bassoon; Richard Hadlock – ss; Ray Skjelbred – pno; Stu Wilson – bs; Leon Oakley – crt (5, 9, 10); Barbara Ashley – vo (2, 6, 8): Alameda, … Continue reading →

BLAKE MEISTER                                                                                                             Septagon                                                                                                                                            Inner Circle Music INCMCD 028 Blake Meister – bs; Gary Thomas – ts/fl; Paul Bollenback – el gtr/ac gtr; Marc Copeland – pno; Ralph Peterson – dms. [Peabody Studios, Baltimore, MD; 2011.] Blackout/Sunken City/The Grind/Falling (In Slow … Continue reading →

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 →