49. A master at his best

Easy to Love. From Lee Konitz and Red Mitchell, I Concentrate on You, 1974 Lee Konitz passed me by for … More

48. News from the North

Slivadiv. From Back Door, 1972 Don’t recall when I first laid hands on this, sometime in the mid-1970s I guess, … More

Tripping. From Andrew Hill, Shades. 1986 This is a recording of a type that became familiar in the 1980s: a … More

Mighty Lights. From Jane Ira Bloom, Mighty Lights, 1983 I’ve followed Jane Ira Bloom’s career keenly since hearing this CD … More

Moon. From William Parker Quartet, Live at Yoshi’s, 2006 Like a lot of other people, I picked up the first … More

Doin’ it for Art. From Stan Tracey Quartet, The Return of Captain Adventure, 1975. I heard Art Themen, recently turned … More

Tumbao No 5 (para Charlie Mingus). From Orlando “Cachaíto” López, Cachaito, 2001 Hard to believe the original Buena Vista Social … More

First Song: For Ruth, from Charlie Haden Quartet West, In Angel City. 1988 Charlie Haden has already appeared here, but … More

La Folia: The Roccella Variations. From George Russell Living Time Orchestra, The London Concert, 1989 One of the late John … More

In Case You Missed It – from Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Album of the Year, 1981. Like a … More