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| MPS Records - Ryo Kawasaki / Dexter Gordon & Slide Hampton (Feb. 24th, 2017) This week we'd like to present you an energetic recording by Japanese guitarist Ryo Kawasaki featuring Dave Liebman on saxophone from 1978 and an album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded during his time in Copenhagen in the 60's. On this standard recording he was featured by the who is who of the jazz cats. Ryo Kawasaki Group - Nature's Revenge //1978 By the time of this 1978 album Japanese guitarist Ryo Kawasaki, had long established himself on the international scene, having worked and recorded with the likes of Gil Evans, Elvin Jones, and Cedar Walton. The album includes an exquisite mix of acoustic guitar solos and top-notch jazz fusion, with saxophone giant Dave Liebman (Elvin Jones, Miles Davis '71-'74, Lookout Farm) at Ryo's side. Bassist Alex Blake (Sonny Rollins, Pharoah Sanders) and drummer Buddy Williams (Cedar Walton, David Sanborn) supply the drive. There's a hint of Iberia in the tempestuous Nature's Revenge, with exciting exchanges between soprano sax and electric guitar. Kawaski and Liebman reflect on Body and Soul in a tenor-guitar duo, while Ryo's solo acoustic guitar rendition of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos' Choro expresses the composer's mix of classical and Brazilian folk. Line-Up: Alex Blake (Bass, Percussion), Buddy Williams (Drums, Percussion), Ryo Kawasaki (Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar), Dave Liebman (Saxophone [Tenor And Alto]) Dexter Gordon & Slide Hampton - A Day In Copenhagen //1969 With his big, warm, round-toned sound, sophisticated phrasing, and hip quotes, Dexter Gordon was one of the major forces on the tenor saxophone from the mid-1940's until his death in1990. Gordon was cited by both Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane as a major influence on their playing. Dexter moved to Europe in the early 1960's, settling in Copenhagen, Denmark. During this period, he usually played and recorded backed by a piano trio, so, with two horns joining him, this album is special. One of the great modern jazz trombonists, Slide Hampton is also a composer/arranger of note. Three of the compositions and all of the arrangements on the album are his. The classy Jamaican trumpeter Dizzy Reese completes the front line. The rhythm section includes two jazz giants with whom Gordon played at Copenhagen's famous Club Montmartre, fellow American expatriate pianist Kenny Drew and Danish bassist N-H Örsted Peterson. Drummer Art Taylor was brought in from Paris to complete the all-star rhythm section. Line-Up: Niels-Henning Orsted-Pedersen (Bass), Art Taylor (Drums), Kenny Drew (Piano), Dexter Gordon (Tenor Saxophone), Slide Hampton (Trombone), Dizzy Reece (Trumpet) MPS Records New Digital Releases Digital Mastered for iTunes Release Date: February 24th, 2017 (2 months exclusively on iTunes. Subsequently available on all common download services.) Mastered for iTunes // 24-bit-Transfer from original master tapes // produced by Dirk Sommer write your comments about the article :: © 2017 Jazz News :: home page |