Larry Appelbaum (DownBeat, WPFW-FM)
NEW RELEASES
- Red Hot Org, Red Hot & Ra: Solar: Sun Ra in Brasil (Red Hot Org)
- John Scofield, Uncle John’s Band (ECM)
- Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes)
- Ron Blake, Mistaken Identity (7ten33 Productions)
- Kris Davis Diatom Ribbons, Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic)
- David Virelles, Carta (Intakt)
- Guillermo Klein Quinteto, Telmo’s Tune (Sunnyside)
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms)
- Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix (Whirlwind)
- Laufey, Bewitched (AWAL)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!)
- Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance)
- Abdul Wadud, By Myself: Solo Cello (1977, Gotta Groove)
VOCAL
- Gregory Porter, Christmas Wish (Blue Note)
DEBUT
- Val Jeanty, Nite Bjuti (Whirlwind)
LATIN
- Sammy Figueroa, Something for a Memory (Busco Tu Recuerdo) (Ashe)
Thoughts on Top 10’sMy friend and fellow jazz journalist James Hale recently wrote a piece for the CBC Music Blog titled “The top 10 music list: good or evil?” For reasons of space, my responses were edite…larryappelbaum.wordpress.com |