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Greetings from Amazon.com Delivers JazzOctober 28, 1998 [Archive]
Editor, S. Duda
FEATURED IN THIS E-MAIL:
* Word for Word: David S. Ware
* Jazz Month: October
* Feature: Bey Watch
* Advance Orders: Future Jazz!
* Books on Jazz
WORD FOR WORD
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"I drove a cab in New York for 14 years. I didn't want to take side gigs. There are too many thrown-together bands already. I want the music to evolve and that takes time. So I just drove, made my own hours and developed my own music." --David S. Ware, describing the road he took to "Go See the World," his major label debut
Read more of Amazon.com's interview with Ware at http://www.amazon.com/david-s-ware-interview
JAZZ MONTH: OCTOBER
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"Khepera"
Randy Weston
The veteran pianist has explored jazz's African roots for decades, often with results that are both eye-widening in their genre-smashing yet still "jazz natural." On "Khepera," Weston takes a step further, exploring the bridge between Africa and Asia via the jazz highway. What results is a record with red-burning intensity and cool blue sophistication. Quite possibly the jazz album of the year.
"Live in Greenwich Village: The Complete Blue Note Recordings"
Albert Ayler
These live cuts were once super hard to find, on a scattering of LPs released in the 1970s. Collected as a whole on two CDs, they are a thing of pristine, if boundary- testing, beauty. Ayler takes barely any time at all before wailing into his stratospheric cries on tenor sax, and his brother Donald follows suit on trumpet with nearly the same quick leaps. The extended band includes, at its largest, the Ayler brothers with a full string quartet (Michael Sampson, violin; Joel Freedman, cello; Bill Folwell and Alan Silva, bass) and drummer Beaver Harris. They play numerous, almost easily-recognizable melodies from their oeuvre, including "Truth Is Marching In," "Spirits Rejoice," and "Omega Is the Alpha." They also offer "For John Coltrane," recorded in early 1967 after Trane's untimely demise. Superb.
"The Oranj Album"
Oranj Symphonette
A playful irreverence pervades the Oranj Symphonette's take on numerous movie themes and pop-jazz chestnuts such as "Satin Doll," "Up, Up, and Away," and "The Maginificent Seven." Led by Matt Brubeck's (yes, the son of Dave) and Tom Waits's sidemen--saxist Ralph Carney and guitarist, Joe Gore--the Oranj Symphonette kicks these campy favorites along with a twangy surf guitar, klezmeresque sax, tearful cello, and galloping oom-pah rhythm section. Combining sharply honed music skills with tongues held firmly in cheek, the Oranj Symphonette update the '60s movie material ("Midnight Cowboy," "A Man and A Woman") into an entertainingly ironic post-modern stew. Much like the Lounge Lizards before them, their irreverent, glossy approach belies an obvious affection for the material being skewed.
"Sphere"
Sphere
Sphere's latest album projects the relaxed self-assurance one would expect from this group of jazz veterans. Led by altoist Gary Bartz and pianist Kenny Barron and propelled by the effortless swing of drummer Ben Riley and bassist Buster Williams, Sphere stretches out on six mid-tempo originals and a blistering version of "Surrey with the Fringe on Top." The lengthy tunes (average eight minutes) allow for unhurried, four-way explorations of the "classic jazz" vernacular. The sole ballad, "Twilight Song," with Bartz on soprano, is gorgeous.
"Gershwin's World"
Herbie Hancock
This is perhaps the most ambitious of the album tributes to George Gershwin on the 100th anniversary of his birth. "Gershwin's World" earns its title not only by encompassing jazz versions of key pop songs from his catalog as well as a version (with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra) of his Prelude in C-sharp minor, but also by reminding us of the composer's sources--in everything from Ellington, W.C. Handy, and stride pianist P. Johnson to Ravel. With the likes of Wayne Shorter and a nearly unrecognizably torchy Joni Mitchell on hand, it's as close to a triumph as this type of thing reaches.
FEATURE: BEY WATCH
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After critics universally lauded his 1996 "comeback" disc, "Ballads, Blues and Bey," jazz vocalist Andy Bey was anointed heir apparent to the vocal jazz crown. So, now what does he do for an encore? Amazon.com jazz writer Eugene Holley Jr. talks to Bey about his new LP, "Shades of Bey," and checks to see if the crown really does fit. http://www.amazon.com/andy-bey-interview
ADVANCE ORDERS: FUTURE JAZZ!
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"Tour De Flux"
Jazz Mandolin Project
"Casino Gardens (1946)"
Dorsey Brothers
"Tango Argentino-El Motivo"
Trio Pantango
BOOKS ON JAZZ
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There's more to our groovy little site than thousands upon thousands of hep jazz CDs. We also stock millions of amazing books---many about jazz. Here's a few that caught our eye this month.
"Blue Bossa"
by Bart Schneider
"Miles: The Autobiography"
by Miles Davis
"A Miles Davis Reader"
edited by Bill Kirchner
"Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis"
by Jack Chambers
You'll find more great music, articles, and interviews in Amazon.com's Jazz Music section at
http://www.amazon.com/jazz-music
Copyright 1998 Amazon.com, Inc. All rights reserved.
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