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David Murray and Don Pullen do their version of the classic organ trio (Andrew Cyrille and Stanley Franks add drums and guitar - to make it a quartet from time to time). I have left in the misleading tags from allmusic - the album is not really avant-garde and certainly isn’t free jazz.
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Just out, Mary Halvorson at her very best:
Amaryllis is a six-song suite performed by a newly formed sextet of master improvisers, including Halvorson, Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Nick Dunston (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), Jacob Garchik (trombone), and Adam O’Farrill (trumpet). The Mivos string quartet joins for three of the songs, making this the largest ensemble for which Halvorson has written to date.
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Funny I got the email too. That is what made me pull it out tonight. I noted QRP pressing on that title. All their output is top notch! Enjoy.
Played both new Mary Halvorson releases this morning. Following up now with some Laura Nyro and then back into Mary Halvorson Octet.
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May 13 is proving to be musically excellent.
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I started listening to jazz (many years ago) because of Ruby Braff. He does represent a different type of jazz, but he plays marvelously and his solos - while sticking close to the melody - are imaginative and inventive. He and Larkins also have the advantage here of starting with the music of Irving Berlin.
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