When I was putting together my best jazz albums of 2012 article, Ivo Perelman's productive year had him dominating the list, so I made him artist of the year and then compiled a separate top ten of new recordings and a top five of older recordings mostly given their first releases this year. There were still plenty of excellent jazz albums to choose from. Jazz isn't dead, it just has to live on a fixed income.
Artist of the Year: Ivo Perelman
Brazilian tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman's album The Hour of the Star was #18 on my Best New Jazz of 2011 list. He was just warming up for an amazing 2012 in which Leo Records released six -- Six!!! -- Perelman CDs. All of them are excellent (and none of them, alas, are on iTunes yet).
Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Gerald Cleaver The Foreign Legion Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Whit Dickey The Clairvoyant...
Artist of the Year: Ivo Perelman
Brazilian tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman's album The Hour of the Star was #18 on my Best New Jazz of 2011 list. He was just warming up for an amazing 2012 in which Leo Records released six -- Six!!! -- Perelman CDs. All of them are excellent (and none of them, alas, are on iTunes yet).
Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Gerald Cleaver The Foreign Legion Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Whit Dickey The Clairvoyant...
- 1/1/2013
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Terje Rypdal: Odyssey: In Studio & in Concert (Ecm)
Norwegian guitarist Terje Rypdal (1947- ) formed his Odyssey band in 1975; the group's debut album was the eponymous two-lp set that's on the first two discs in this box. When Ecm first issued Odyssey on CD, it was as a single disc that omitted the album's last and longest track, "Rolling Stone" (the uncut album's around 88 minutes). A few months ago, Ecm answered 18 years' worth of prayers with this three-cd set, on which the long-missing "Rolling Stone" is restored to its rightful place. It'll be a great Christmas present for any fans of electric guitar or jazz fusion on your shopping list.
Rypdal, who also plays soprano saxophone and synthesizer here, is joined by trombonist Torbjørn Sunde (who didn't tour with the band during its three-year existence), electric organist Brynjulf Blix, bass guitarist Sveinung Hovensjø, and drummer Svein Christiansen. Rypdal's additional instruments...
Norwegian guitarist Terje Rypdal (1947- ) formed his Odyssey band in 1975; the group's debut album was the eponymous two-lp set that's on the first two discs in this box. When Ecm first issued Odyssey on CD, it was as a single disc that omitted the album's last and longest track, "Rolling Stone" (the uncut album's around 88 minutes). A few months ago, Ecm answered 18 years' worth of prayers with this three-cd set, on which the long-missing "Rolling Stone" is restored to its rightful place. It'll be a great Christmas present for any fans of electric guitar or jazz fusion on your shopping list.
Rypdal, who also plays soprano saxophone and synthesizer here, is joined by trombonist Torbjørn Sunde (who didn't tour with the band during its three-year existence), electric organist Brynjulf Blix, bass guitarist Sveinung Hovensjø, and drummer Svein Christiansen. Rypdal's additional instruments...
- 12/23/2012
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
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