Hugh Ragin - Revelation (2004)

Best known for capably filling the problematic trumpet chair in saxophonist David Murray's various large ensembles, Hugh Ragin possesses the well-rounded technique and abundant imagination that his predecessors in those bands did not.A harmonically daring player, Ragin combines the clear, ringing tone of a classical trumpeter with the chops and rhythmic ingenuity of a top-notch bebopper. Here in quite accessible free jazz compositions with bassist William Parker, drummer Hamid Drake plus Assif Tsahar on clarinet and tenor saxophone.

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Ingrid Laubrock - Some Times (2001)

Ingrid Laubrock is a jazz saxophone player (alto, soprano, tenor, and baritone saxes) from Germany who is based in London, England. She received master class instructions from noted saxophonist Dave Liebman. She is considered a rising star in British jazz who was nominated for 1999s 'Rising Star of the Year' at the BT Jazz Awards and nominated for the BBC Award 'Rising Star' in 2005. She has several CD recordings under her name. SOME TIMES features Ingrid Laubrock on soprano, alto and tenor saxophones and vocal on track 6. www.ingridlaubrock.com

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Eric Alexander and Vincent Herring - The Battle live at Smoke

Tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander and alto saxophonist Vincent Herring pair up for two nights of fireworks at Smoke on this 2005 release.

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Olivier Louvel - Snoo (2005)

Olivier Louvel plays a wide variety of string instruments -- guitars, bouzouki, sitar, saz -- joined by an ensemble of traditional jazz instruments plus cello in music that fuses jazz with sounds of the Middle East and West. Visit his website here.

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Mike Mainieri - Love Play (1977)

Mike Manieri is probably one of the premier vibes players we do not often heard of. He played for a long time with Buddy Rich (1956 - 1963) and also for the ever evolving jazz fusion group Step head ( Michael Brecker, Steve Gadd, Mike Stern were among the most notable members). He also appeared on Dire Strait's "Love over Gold" album. Love play was orginally released in 1977 and this is the 2007 reissued version. Personnel in the session include: Michael Brecker, David Sanborn, Don Grolnick, David Spinozza, Tony Levin, Steve Gadd and others.

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Russell Gunn - Ethnomusicology Volume 1 (1999)

" Crossover recordings run an extraordinary risk of failing, or at least flailing. Russell Gunn's avoids the former fate and, by and large, also escapes the latter. .... with Ethnomusicology, Vol. 1 , Gunn's ensemble crosses the wires of hip-hop and postbop coming up with a slinky funk feel but keeping a strong neobop improvisational vibe heavy ... the album was nominated for Grammy award in 2000". (AB)

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Julien Lourau

I. The Rise (2002)

French jazz saxophonist Julien Lourau (Born 1970) never wanted to freeze in one aesthetic and always keeping abreast to contemporary currents. To date he has released eight albums and each reflects his thirsts for something new as well as his takes on contemporary events. Gambit, his fourth release, is an excursion to electronic territories with among other, flautist Malik Mezzadri and DJ Shalom. In the follow up album The Rise’ (2002) his composition is more classical and elaborated which largely influenced by his trips to Latin America and his numerous encounters. Try to listen to his twin albums Fire and Forget (2005) which he takes on the event in Iraq, more specifically to the tactic being deployed by the British troop in the war in Iraq. Lourau made his mark in the jazz scene since the early 90s when he won the first soloist prize in La Défense and he has since lead a productive and successful career. He's someone to watch in the years to come.

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II. Gambit (2000)




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Shadowfax - Live (1998)

This live album was recorded in a concert at Santa Cruz California on January 1995 and was the last album they made together before the death of Chuck Greenberg later that same year. The album features some of their most popular tracks such as Alien Forest, Ariki, Include Me Out. and others.

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Other Shadowfax albums

Chuck Mangione - Disguise (1984)

Disguise is Mangione's third album for Columbia released in 1984. Musicians for the session were:

Chuck Mangione (Flugelhorn)

Deodato (Keyboards)

Steve Gadd (Drums),

Don Potter (Flugelhorn)

Jerry Barnes (Bass)

Katreese Barnes (Keyboards)

Jeff Mironov (Guitar)

Chris Vadala (flute)

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Jay Berliner - Bananas Are Not Created Equal (1972)

Never mind the title, but this is one helluva jazz+funk album released by the versatile guitarist Jay Berliner. This is the only such release he made as most, if not all, of his other solo recordings were in classical guitar categories; the album was originally released in 1972 on Mainstream Records and was reissued in 2007. Other personnel in the session include Paul Griffin (keyboards), Ray Barretto (Congas), Jimmy Johnson (drums), Cornell Dupree (Rhythm Guitar).

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Rabnett 5 - Dan's Party (2006)

A Jazz quintet based in Canada’s Pacific Northwest. Rabnett 5 have been writing, recording, and touring together for 7 years and the lineup has remained intact over this period with Mike Kennedy on Bass, Ian Cox on Piano/Organ and Rhodes, Dan Gaucher on Drums, and Kiyoshi Elkuf on Tenor Saxophone. The band has released 4 albums to date; “Rest” and “Reclamation” on the Maximum Jazz Label, “Dan’s Party” on the CellarLive label and Leopardism on ROPEADOPE.

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Yoshi Malta - Sparkling Malta (1995)

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Sadao Watanabe - Selected (1990)

A compilation album made in 1990 with selection from earlier albums California Shower, Made in Coracao, Rendezvous, My Dear Life and others.

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Davell Crawford - The B-3 and Me (1998)

"Davell Crawford has been playing piano since he was seven and first toured Europe in his early teens. and he was only 21 when he played the organ exclusively on The B-3 and Me. This soul-jazz/hard bop CD showed the New Orleans native to have a Smith-based approach to the instrument, and there isn't much to set B-3 apart from the many similar organ-combo recordings that had come out 30 and 35 years earlier. But while Crawford (whose competent backing includes tenor saxman Clarence Johnson III and drummer Shannon Powell) won't win many awards for innovation, he's likable and consistently swinging ..." (AMG)

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Stuff

I. Stuff (1976)

Stuff was a New-York based jazz funk band active in the late 1970s and early 1980s with members among the finest session musicians in the New York studio music scene at that time . The members were Gordon Edwards (bass), the late Richard Tee (keyboards), the late Eric Gale (guitar), Cornell Dupree (guitar), Chris Parker (drums), and later Steve Gadd (drums). These are their self -titled debut and third release respectively.

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II. Stuff It (1978)

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Ondrej Pivec - Overseason

This recording was made in New York when organist Ondrej Pivec and drummer Tomas Hobzek visited the US in the summer of 2007. Initially the visit was only for some orientation, to meet people, make some contacts, play a little and be part of the jazz metropolis of the world. The fact that they returned with a complete album was primarily the result of a number of fortunate coincidences: listening to Ondrej Pivec's debut album 'Never Enough' aroused the interest of guitarist Jake Langley, and Pivec’s short performance with guitarist Peter Bernstein later opened the doors for him to a recording studio on Long Island. Hobzek’s participation in a jam session brought in saxophonist Joel Frahm.The session features four new compositions by Pivec, one by Hobzek and one by Langley and two standards round out the repertoire. The material was prepared in one week and the album recorded in one day. The sound of the album is bursting with the spontaneity with which the album came together “unplanned,” as well as the drive that Pivec and Hobzek got out of working with musicians who are already well-established in the New York jazz scene.

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