Review: Together Again!!!! reunites trumpeter Howard McGhee and saxophonist Teddy Edwards in a jazz collaboration originally released in 1961 that is as energised and electric as the title with all its many exclamation marks. This reissue is part of the Acoustic Sounds Series and showcases the exceptional talents of McGhee and Edwards alongside Phineas Newborn Jr. on piano, Ray Brown on bass, and Ed Thigpen on drums. It has been cut from the original master tapes by Bernie Grundman so the AAA lacquers enhance the album's rich sound. It's a mini-classic of the jazz world and it never sounded better.
Review: Piano player Hampton Hawes' For Real! embodies the raw essence of hard bop with its explosive energy and impeccable interplay between musicians. Originally released in 1961, this album showcases Hawes' exceptional artistry alongside the masterful Harold Land on tenor saxophone, Frank Butler on drums, and the legendary bassist Scott LaFaro. Throughout the memorable outing, Hawes exudes an inspired spirit, matching effortlessly with Land's dynamic tenor and LaFaro's virtuosic basslines. The quartet's synergy creates a captivating soundscape that captivates the listener with its spontaneity and infectious groove.
Foresight & Afterthought (An Impromptu Suite In Three Movements) (5:35)
Review: Craft Recordings offer up an in-demand reissue of Joe Henderson's Power To The People, an abiding classic in the domain of New York hard bop, and one of three standouts in Henderson's Milestone Records era, through which the completist listener may chart and increasing political awareness and stylistic horizon-expansion on the artist's behalf. Recorded during a turbulent phase in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, Power To The People raises a clenched fist in favour of democracy and equality, whilst at the same time incorporates many an unforeheard sound and instrument for Henderson, from electric piano to bass and enlisting the aid of fusion greats like Herbie Hancock and Ron Carter - all amounting to the jazz equivalent of a revolutionary event, after which nothing would ever be the same.
Review: Joe Henderson's synergistic 1973 sax record first came to Milestone Records amid the musician's long and storied fusion-crossing-into-free-jazz period. With a Warholian front cover and a punch-packing cast of talents behind him - from Larry Willis to James Blood Ulmer to Dave Holland to Jack DeJohnette - this is indeed a milestone, charging terminals of funk, blue jazz and Afrobeat, and crossing into both the spiritual and the atonal. Mid-record high-point 'Song For Sinners' almost certainly takes after Sun Ra with its trembling saxophones above a distended groove, while 'Turned Around' is a lot freer and easygoing and yet far more determined in the rhythm section.
Review: Jazz vocalist Helen Humes is not as well known as some of her peers, but that isn't for lack of talent. This was her second album on Contemporary Records and it came in 1961 as a fully realised exhibition of her vocal versatility and charm. Conducted by Marty Paich, the record features an all-star lineup including saxman Art Pepper, bass from Leroy Vinnegar, drums by Shelly Manne and guitar from Barney Kessel. This reissue has been meticulously crafted with AAA lacquers cut from the original master tapes by Bernie Grundman so is an authentic representation of the original magical sound with unmatched fidelity.
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