Via The "Spectrum Road"

I was fortunate enough to be in the audience to see and hear the original Tony Williams Lifetime on several occasions...in Los Angeles, in New York, and perhaps a coupleorfew places in between.  Tony Williams, John McLaughlin, and Larry Young formed a phenomenally creative and hugely powerful trio.  It was impossible not to simply surrender and allow yourself to be swept away by the sheer genius of their playing and the jaw-dropping energy they generated.

The first double-album they released in 1969 for Polydor, "Emergency", contained the piece "Via The Spectrum Road" which was also by the way one of the tracks that included Tony's unique vocalizations.  As the group evolved for their second album "Turn It Over", released in 1970,  the trio became a quartet with the addition of bassist Jack Bruce...more power to be sure, more genius as well.

I mentioned the tune "Via The Spectrum Road" earlier because now we have a new recording from Palmetto Records by a new quartet both using the name..."SPECTRUM ROAD".  Cindy Blackman Santana (drums & vocals), Jack Bruce (bass & vocals), Vernon Reid (guitar), and John Medeski (organ & mellotron).  Eight of the ten tracks on the recording appeared originally on one or another of Lifetime's recordings.  Each of these four marvelous musicians, while remaining genuinely unique unto themselves, on "SPECTRUM ROAD" there is no copying of anything, however they've certainly found their way to channel the same power, genius, and creativity.

I'll be honest...it might not be music for the squeamish or the faint of heart, but then again neither was the original Lifetime.  Jazz music thankfully refuses to stand still and continues to grow and evolve with the times and the sensibilities of the younger players coming to the art form.  This recording "SPECTRUM ROAD", I think it is...how can I say this...it is effing incredible!

Jazz from Gallery 41 New Releases Adds (March/April/May 2012):

Jazz from Gallery 41 New Releases / Adds (March/April/May 2012):
Label : Artist / Title

ACT:
VijayIyer / Accelerando
Rudresh Mahanthappa / Samdhi
Airborne Ecstasy:
Virginia Schenck / VA
Alma:
Cinque / Catch A Corner
Phil Dwyer Orchestra / Changing Seasons
Anzic:
Omer Avital / Suite Of The East
Amy Cervini / Digging Me Digging You
Daniel Freedman / Bamako By Bus
Melissa Stylianou / Silent Movie
Third World Love / Songs And Portraits
Artistry Music:
Brian Bromberg / Compared To That
Bell:
Michael Treni / Boys Night Out
BFM:
Eddie Gomez / Per Sempre
Jazz Soul Seven / Impressions Of Curtis Mayfield
Steve Smith & Vital Information / Live One Great Night
Bijuri:
Anne Sajdera / Azul
Blue Bamboo Music:
Chris Cortez / Aunt Nasty
Blujazz:
Daniel Ori / Emuna
Brooklyn Jazz Underground:
Isaac Darche / Boom-Bap!tism
Josh Ginsburg / Zembla Variations
Anne Mette Iversen / Poetry Of Earth
Jeremy Siskind / Finger-Songwriter
Chicken Coup:
Tony Monaco / Celebration
Calmit:
Hailey Niswanger / The Keeper
Chaos Music:
Charles Compo / Foolish Pleasure
Connection Point:
Alex Goodman Quintet / Bridges
Adrian Cunningham:
Adrian Cunningham / Walkabout
D Clef:
Matt Garrison / Blood Songs
Andrew Swift / Swift Kick
Delmark:
Jim Holman / Explosion!
ECM:
Billy Hart / All Our Reasons
Steve Kuhn / Wisteria
E One:
Gregoire Maret / Gregoire Maret
Fresh Sound:
Aruan Ortiz / Orbiting
Green Hill:
Beegie Adair / The Real Thing
Gut String:
Randy Napoleon / The Jukebox Crowd
Hipnotic:
Mariane Solivan / Prisoner Of Love
Brian Ho:
Brian Ho / Organic
Horizontal:
Vince Mendoza / Nights On Earth
In + Out:
Amina Figarova / Twelve
Jazzed Media:
Judi Silvano / Indigo Moods
Jazz Village:
Ahmad Jamal / Blue Moon: The New York Session
Lot 50:
Louis Durra / The Best Of All Possible Worlds
Love Productions:
Allann Haris & Takana Miyamoto / Convergence
Mack Avenue:
Kenny Garrett / Seeds From The Underground
Alfredo Rodgriguez / Sounds Of Space
Manner Effect:
Manner Effect / Abundance
Manor Sound:
Nick Moran Trio / No Time Like Now
Naim:
OCDC / Get The Blessing
Ninjazz:
Ricky Sweum / More Than Imaginable
OA2:
Dan Cavanagh Trio / The Heart Of The Geyser
Florian Hoefner Group / Songs Without Words
Origin:
Todd Bishop / Little Played Little Bird                  
Bobby Broom / Upper West Side Story
Dan Cray / Meridies
Amit Friedman / Sunrise
Human Spirit / Dialogue
John Moulder / The Eleventh Hour
Joel Miller / Swim
Dudley Owens Aaron Wright Band / People Calling
Rich Thompson Trio / Generations
Twopool / Traffic Bins
Palmetto:
Romain Collin / The Calling
Kate McGarry / Girl Talk
Spectrum Road / Spectrum Road
Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts / An Attitude For Gratitude
Plastic Sax:
Ted Nash / The Creep
Positone:
Jared Gold / Golden Child
Steve Horowitz / New Monsters
Tom Tallitsch / Heads Or Tales
Spike Wilner / La Tendress
Ruby Slippers:
Lisa Hilton / America Impressions
Sharp Nine:
Dmitry Baevsky / The Composers
SteepleChase:
Brian Charette / Music For Organ Sextette
Sunnyside:
David Caceres / David Caceres
335:
Joyride / Are You Fer It
TCM:
Tim Carey / Room 114
Tippin’:
Pete Zimmer / Prime Of Life
Tuxedo Records:
Sylvia Herold / The Spider and the Fly
Whaling City Sound:
Frank D’Rone / Double Exposure
Wigglingair:
Bruce Kaphan / Quartet
Your Favorite:
Sarah Elgeti / Into The Open

Send Submissions for Airplay to:

Jazz from Gallery 41
PO Box 8415
Berkeley, CA 94707 USA

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Looking forward,
Ron J. Pelletier

Jazz Education / Jazz Audiences

This is an interesting article posted on the NPR site "A Blog Supreme / NPR Jazz".

There are indeed many younger players creating marvelous genuinely creative music that utilizes contemporary rhythms, harmonies, concepts...this helps keep the music in the ears of the younger members of the listeners and helps the music evolve and prevents stagnation of the art form.  Of course, putting a stop to removal of music in the educational system at every level would be a good thing, more seats filled at the various venues where the artists perform also a good thing...get out and support the artists by hearing live Jazz whenever you can, that too is always a good thing!!!!!  Here's is the link to the article: http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2012/05/14/151962816/if-not-jazz-education-what-will-rebuild-jazz-audiences

Jazz from Gallery 41 Playlist – Thursday, May 17, 2012 – 2 PM to 5 PM Pacific

Jazz from Gallery 41 Playlist – Thursday, May 17, 2012 – 2 PM to 5 PM Pacific

Artist / Song Title / Album Title (Label)

·         George Adams / Imani’s Dance / Sound Suggestions (ECM)

·         Cannonball Adderley / The Chocolate Nuisance / The Black Messiah (Capitol)

·         David Caceres / Giving Up / David Caceres (Sunnyside)

·         Kenny Barron / The Moment / Things Unseen (Verve)

·         Brian Bromberg / The Eclipse / Compared To That (Artistry Music)

·         Betty Roche / Route 66 / Take The “A” Train (Bethlehem)

·         Richard Davis / City Bound / One For Frederick (Hep)

·         Randy Weston / African Sunrise / The Spirits of Our Ancestors (Antilles)

·         Taj Mahal / Senor Blues / Senor Blues (Private Music)

·         Dewey Redman / Dewey Square / The Struggle Continues (ECM)

·         Jackie McLean / A Fickle Sonance / A Fickle Sonance (Blue Note)

·         Max Roach Double Quartet / Bright Moments / Bright Moments (Soul Note)

·         Jeremy Siskind / What Is That Feeling / Finger-Songwriter (BJU)

·         Duke Pearson / The Phantom / The Phantom (Blue Note)

·         Antoine Roney / Whirling / Whirling (Muse)

·         David Kikoski / Revival / The Maze (Criss Cross)

·         Matt Garrison / The Madness  Within / Blood Songs (D Clef)

·         Jim Rotondi / One Mint Julep / Blues For Brother Ray (Positone)

·         Anthony Branker & Ascent / Blessings / Blessings (Origin)

Recent Adds (March/April/May 2012):
Label : Artist / Title

ACT:
Vijay Iyer / Accelerando
Rudresh Mahanthappa / Samdhi
Airborne Ecstasy:
Virginia Schenck / VA
Alma:
Cinque / Catch A Corner
Phil Dwyer Orchestra / Changing Seasons
Anzic:
Omer Avital / Suite Of The East
Amy Cervini / Digging Me Digging You
Daniel Freedman / Bamako By Bus
Melissa Stylianou / Silent Movie
Third World Love / Songs And Portraits
Artistry Music:
Brian Bromberg / Compared To That
Bell:
Michael Treni / Boys Night Out
BFM:
Eddie Gomez / Per Sempre
Jazz Soul Seven / Impressions Of Curtis Mayfield
Bijuri:
Anne Sajdera / Azul
Blue Bamboo Music:
Chris Cortez / Aunt Nasty
Blujazz:
Daniel Ori / Emuna
Brooklyn Jazz Underground:
Isaac Darche / Boom-Bap!tism
Josh Ginsburg / Zembla Variations
Anne Mette Iversen / Poetry Of Earth
Jeremy Siskind / Finger-Songwriter
Chicken Coup:
Tony Monaco / Celebration
Calmit:
Hailey Niswanger / The Keeper
Connection Point:
Alex Goodman Quintet / Bridges
Adrian Cunningham:
Adrian Cunningham / Walkabout
D Clef:
Matt Garrison / Blood Songs
Andrew Swift / Swift Kick
Delmark:
Jim Holman / Explosion!
ECM:
Billy Hart / All Our Reasons
Steve Kuhn / Wisteria
E One:
Gregoire Maret / Gregoire Maret
Fresh Sound:
Aruan Ortiz / Orbiting
Gut String:
Randy Napoleon / The Jukebox Crowd
Hipnotic:
Mariane Solivan / Prisoner Of Love
Brian Ho:
Brian Ho / Organic
Horizontal:
Vince Mendoza / Nights On Earth
In + Out:
Amina Figarova / Twelve
Jazzed Media:
Judi Silvano / Indigo Moods
Jazz Village:
Ahmad Jamal / Blue Moon: The New York Session
Lot 50:
Louis Durra / The Best Of All Possible Worlds
Love Productions:
Allann Haris & Takana Miyamoto / Convergence
Mack Avenue:
Kenny Garrett / Seeds From The Underground
Alfredo Rodgriguez / Sounds Of Space
Manner Effect:
Manner Effect / Abundance
Manor Sound:
Nick Moran Trio / No Time Like Now
Ninjazz:
Ricky Sweum / More Than Imaginable
OA2:
Dan Cavanagh Trio / The Heart Of The Geyser
Florian Hoefner Group / Songs Without Words
Origin:
Todd Bishop / Little Played Little Bird                  
Bobby Broom / Upper West Side Story
Dan Cray / Meridies
Amit Friedman / Sunrise
Human Spirit / Dialogue
John Moulder / The Eleventh Hour
Joel Miller / Swim
Dudley Owens Aaron Wright Band / People Calling
Rich Thompson Trio / Generations
Twopool / Traffic Bins
Palmetto:
Romain Collin / The Calling
Kate McGarry / Girl Talk
Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts / An Attitude For Gratitude
Plastic Sax:
Ted Nash / The Creep
Positone:
Jared Gold / Golden Child
Dan Plonsey / New Monsters
Tom Tallitsch / Heads Or Tales
Spike Wilner / La Tendress
Ruby Slippers:
Lisa Hilton / America Impressions
Sharp Nine:
Dmitry Baevsky / The Composers
SteepleChase:
Brian Charette / Music For Organ Sextette
Sunnyside:
David Caceres / David Caceres
335:
Joyride / Are You Fer It
Tippin’:
Pete Zimmer / Prime Of Life
Whaling City Sound:
Frank D’Rone / Double Exposure
Wigglingair:
Bruce Kaphan / Quartet
Your Favorite:
Sarah Elgeti / Into The Open

Send Submissions for Airplay to:

Jazz from Gallery 41
PO Box 8415
Berkeley, CA 94707 USA

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Looking forward,
Ron J. Pelletier

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Jazz from Gallery 41 - New Releases

These terrific new releases just came into the Jazz from Gallery 41 library, listen for them to be added to the playlist very soon:

Brooklyn Jazz Underground has added 2 new cds to their impressive catalog:

Guitarist Isaac Darche (rhymes with Marsh) has a new trio recording called "BOOM-BAP!TISM".  He's joined by Sean Wayland - Hammond B3 Organ and Mark Ferber - drums.

Pianist Jeremy Siskind is joined by vocalist Nancy Harms and Lucas Pino on woodwinds on a genuinely unique and very creative cd released under the title "Finger-Songwriter.

Also, keeping up their record of hitting one musical home run after another Origin Records based up in Seattle, WA. has added these 3 releases to their catalog and they are scheduled to be available in mid-May:

Guitarist Bobby Broom is heard with bassist Dennis Carroll as well as Kobie Watkins and Makaya McCraven sharing the drum duties on Bobby's "Upper West Side Story".

Collectively known under the name Human Spirit trumpeter Thomas Marriott, alto player Mark Taylor, and drummer Matt Jorgensen join forces with Orrin Evans on piano and Essiet Essiet on bass on the new release "Dialogue" recorded live at Tula's Jazz Clueb during the October 2011 Earshot Jazz Festival.

Drummer Rich Thompson and his trio are heard on "Generations", bassist Miles Brown and pianist Chris Ziemba are joined on just one track by tenor saxophonist Doug Stone.  It's a terrific collection featuring pieces by Ornette Coleman, Barry Harris, John Scofield, Jimmy VanHeusen as well as tunes by Rich Thompson and Miles Brown.

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