SCCD 31187 A Quiet Day In Spring / Larry Coryell & Michal Urbaniak Guitarist and bandleader Larry Coryell was one of the first musicians to combine jazz with rock and received wide recognition as the key member of Gary Burton Quartet. Coryell besides leading his own group formed duo with the Polish-born fusion violinist Urbaniak. […]
Monthly Archives: January 1985
Archie Shepp, Jasper van’t Hof – Mama Rose (SCCD 31169)
SCCD 31169 Mama Rose / Archie Shepp & Jasper Van’t Hof Following the highly successful duo series by Archie Shepp (with Horace Parlan SCCD 31079 “Goin’ Home”, SCCD 31139 “Trouble In Mind” and with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen SCCD 31149 “Looking At Bird”), here with Holland’s leading keyboard player Jasper Van’t Hof the great saxophonist mesmerised […]
Chet Baker, Duke Jordan – No Problem (SCCD 31131)
SCCD 31131 No Problem / Chet Baker Quartet featuring Duke Jordan “… outstanding among [Chet’s] later recordings….This is a record to give a listener fresh heart…one feels there cannot be much wrong with jazz while it is producing records like this .” (Max Harrison, International Jazz Journal) 1. No problem (Duke Jordan)2. Sultry eve (Duke […]
Boulou Ferré – Pour Django (SCCD 31120)
SCCD 31120 Pour Django / Boulou Ferré & Elios Ferré The debut album by Boulou and Elios Ferré is dedicated to Django Reinhardt to whom the Brothers owe their musical background as gypsy musicians. Boulou Ferré (b. April 24, 1951 in Paris) gave his first concert at the Musée Guimet in Paris at the age […]
Sheila Jordan – Sheila (SCCD 31081)
SCCD 31081 Sheila / Sheila Jordan & Arild Andersen “… Betty Carter and Sheila Jordan are probably the only real jazz singers in the world today… Jordan creates an entirely personal atmosphere …” (Melody Maker) “… Sheila Jordan personifies a song like no one has since Billie Holiday .” (Unicorn Times) “… Her talent is […]
Archie Shepp, Horace Parlan – Goin’ Home (SCCD 31079)
SCCD 31079 Goin' Home / Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan When the album by this unlikely duet of Shepp and Parlan playing hymns and spirituals came out in 1978 for the first time, it was an instant success and has become a classic since then. It is a success of unique theme (by the producer […]
Stan Getz – Live At Montmartre, Vol. 1 (SCCD 31073)
SCCD 31073 Live At Montmartre Vol. 1 / Stan Getz Quartet There’s no doubt that Stan Getz was one of the rare species in jazz called “super star” who could draw huge crowd wherever he went to play. The nights he played at Montmartre were needless to say sold-out, packed to the extreme limit and […]
Hal Galper – Reach Out (SCCD 31067)
SCCD 31067 Reach Out / Hal Galper Quintet “ This is hard bop at its best, superior playing by pianist Galper and tenor saxist Mike Brecker …good contrast between ballads and exciting up-tempo lines .” (Don Lass, Asbury Park Press) “ So the Brecker Brothers can play jazz after all!…You won’t find a drop of […]