New Jazz Releases
Jason
Ajemian
The
Art
Of
Dying
CD: Delmark DE 581
What
makes
this
group
so
important
is
the
relationship
that
exists
between
its
members.
Bassist
Jason
Ajemian
(Chicago
Underground
Trio,
Lay
All
Over
It,
Born
Heller)
saxophonist
Tim
Haldeman,
and
drummer
Nori
Tanaka
are
regulars
on
the
Chicago
improv
scene.
Joined
here
by
vibist
Jason
Adasiewicz
(Loose
Assembly,
Exploding
Star
Orchestra,
Aat),
trumpeter
Jaimie
Branch,
and
guitarist
Matt
Schneider
this
prolific,
expansive
and
inventive
group
becomes
a
sonic
family.
The
interplay
between
the
players
is
ceaseless
in
reawakening
the
heart
of
what
is
jazz
today.
Like
a
conversation
among
old
friends
its
intimacy
is
palpable;
warm,
friendly
and
at
ease.
CD:
038153058128
|
AJEMIAN,
JASON
/
The
Art
of
Dying
-CD
*Delmark
581
Jazz CD Delmark 581 with Tim Haldeman, Jaimie Branch, Matt Schneider, Jason Adasiewicz, and Nori Tanaka *A |
$14.99 |
Wally
Rose
Whippin'
The
Keys
CD: Delmark DE 248
Pianist
Wally
Rose
was
the
original
piano
player
in
Lu
Watters
Yerba
Buena
Jazz
Band,
the
band
that
started
the
Traditional
Jazz
revival
of
the
1940s
and
'50s.
Rose
also
played
with
Bob
Scobey
in
1950-51,
Turk
Murphy
in
1952-54
and
spent
many
years
as
soloist
in
San
Francisco.
In
1953
Rose
recorded
two
influential
solo
LPs:
Ragtime
Classics
and
Ragtime
Piano
Masterpieces.
Rose
remained
active
throughout
the
'70s
and
'80s.
Whippin'
The
Keys
was
recorded
at
two
sessions;
1968
and
1971.
The
twenty
ragtime
selections
were
originally
issued
on
two
Blackbird
LPs
(Rose
on
Piano,
Blackbird
12007
and
Whippin'
The
Keys,
Blackbird
12010).
They
are
reissued
here
for
the
first
time.
CD:
038153024826
|
ROSE,
WALLY
/
Whippin'
the
Keys
-CD
*Delmark
248
JZ-PW CD Delmark 248 |
$14.99 |
Sabertooth
Doctor Midnight
CD: Delmark DE 579
Saxophonists Cameron Pfiffner and Pat Mallinger are exciting jazz players who evoke the spirit of historic saxophone tandems like Johnny Griffin & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis or Sonny Stitt & Gene Ammons. They formed Sabertooth in 1990 and have been doing the Green Mill Saturday night After Hours Jazz Party for fifteen years. Pete Benson's been Sabertooth's organist for five years and the group is anchored by drummer Ted Sirota. Blues to bop, Caribbean to cool, strange (Dr. Midnight) to odd (couple) - put this CD on and join the party!
| SABERTOOTH / DR. MIDNIGHT LIVE AT GREEN
MILL -CD * Jazz CD Delmark 579 |
$14.99 |
Keefe Jackson's Project Project
Just Like This
CD: Delmark DE 580
What a colorful group of musicians -- Project Project is among the liberated wonders of our century. This 12-player circus has been together since 2005, and even among free-jazz mavericks they're an especially varied group. The trombonists are a cranky pair of virtuosos. For lyricism hear the post-Ornette clarinetist James Falzone and the post-Konitz reedman Guillermo Gregorio. Instead of Ellington's Cootie and Rex, we have trumpeter Jaimie Branch and cornetist Josh Berman. A bold tubaist, two high-energy woodwind artists, and a rhythm section that performs daredevil acrobatics also star in the show. The most remarkable of them all is their leader, tenor saxophonist-clarinetist-composer Keefe Jackson. Just Like This features six new original compositions with amazing charts.
|
JACKSON, KEEFE PROJECT PROJECT
/ JUST LIKE THIS -CD Jazz CD Delmark 580. |
$14.99 |