VIRGIN JUNGLE James Newton The African Flower Blue Note : 1985 JN, flute; Olu Dara, cornet; Arthur Blythe, alto sax; John Blake, violin; Jay Hoggard, vibes; Roland Hanna, piano; Rick Rozie, bass; Billy Hart, drums; Pheeroan AkLaff, talking drum; Anthony Brown, percussion; Milt Grayson, voice. WARRIO...

DEWEY’S CIRCLE David Murray Ming Black Saint : 1980 BUY DM, tenor sax, bass clarinet; Olu Dara, trumpet; Lawrence “Butch” Morris, cornet; George Lewis, trombone; Henry Threadgill, alto sax; Anthony Davis, piano; Wilber Morris, bass; Steve McCall, drums. MOON WALTZ John Carter Dance...

COMPOSITION 358 (PART THREE) Anthony Braxton 12(+1)tet 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 Firehouse 12 : 2007 AB, alto, soprano, and sopranino saxophones, clarinet, and Eb contralto clarinet; Taylor Ho Bynum, cornet, flugelhorn, trumpbone, piccolo and bass trumpets, mutes, and shell; Andrew Raffo Dewar, ...

CONCLUSION (excerpt) Keith Jarrett The Survivors’ Suite ECM : 1977 KJ, piano, bass clarinet; Dewey Reman; tenor sax, percussion; Charlie Haden, bass; Paul Motian, drums. Maybe if we had Keith Jarrett’s talent we’d be regularly throwing full-on crispies at other bloggers, or at our ...

CONTOUR THREE The Bill Dixon Orchestra 17 Musicians in Search of a Sound: Darfur AUM Fidelity : 2008 Bill Dixon, trumpet/composer; Graham Haynes, cornet/flugelhorn; Stephen Haynes, cornet/flugelhorn; Taylor Ho Bynum, cornet/flugelhorn; Dick Griffin, tenor trombone; Steve Swell, tenor trombone; Josep...

Ethan Iverson returns this week to conclude the blindfold test he initiated here at Destination: Out over a week ago. In a few minutes more, there came over the scene another radical alteration. The general surface grew somewhat more smooth, and the whirlpools, one by one, disappeared, while prodigi...

   EQUALS Teo Macero Time Plus Seven Finnadar : 1979 (rec. 1963) TM, conductor; personnel unknown. ONE AND ONE Miles Davis On the Corner Columbia : 1972 MD, trumpet; Bennie Maupin, bass clarinet; Carlos Garnett, soprano sax; David Creamer, guitar; Herbie Hancock, keyboards; Harold “Ivory...

CAL MASSEY JOHN COLTRANE Clifford Jordan Glass Bead Games Strata East [Dolphy series] : 1974 CJ, tenor sax; Stanley Cowell, piano; Bill Lee, bass; Billy Higgins, drums. It’s hard to relate music history without the notion of progress getting in there somehow. As in: be-bop begat hard bop begat...

Recently finished up a comprehensive and solidly done new Iggy bio, Open Up and Bleed, by British journalist Paul Trynka. I haven't read Iggy's autobio, so I'm not sure how much of the same ground is covered, but Trynka does a yeoman's job of capturing all aspects of Iggy's career -- his home life, ...

Haven't always been one for memes, but The Bad Plus opened up their musicians' survey to all comers, and it's a hard one to resist.... GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OR TWO OF AN ESPECIALLY GOOD OR INTERESTING:1. Movie score. Rosemary's Baby 2. TV theme. Barney Miller (bass! how low can you go?); Police Woman 3...