Every month KCCK selects a newly released CD as the CD of the Month. Here are the
CD's of the Month for 2010.
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January 2013
The KCCK Featured CD for January is "Afro Straight" by Ernest Dawkins.
One of the premiere saxophonists and composers in jazz today, Dawkins has led several ensembles
in the Chicago area throughout his career and is a former leader of the influential Association
for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. Well known for his work in the realm of free jazz,
Dawkins has chosen a brand new group of Chicago's best for his first straight-ahead jazz project
in some time. The disc is dedicated to legendary jazz saxophonists John Coltrane,
Wayne Shorter and Charlie Parker, but especially to the recently passed, much loved
iconic Chicago sax hero Von Freeman. "Afro Straight" is on Delmark Records.
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February 2013
The KCCK Featured CD for February is "Quiver" by Ron Miles.
The Denver-based trumpeter injects his radiant, lyrical tone into the lifeblood of American music on this compelling trio date with guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Brian Blade. The disc combines the singing melodicism of American folk music, the heightened communication of the most progressive jazz forms, and an entrancing, airy openness. These genre-defying musical masters are at their creative best on this release, lacing easy camaraderie with virtuosic interaction. "Quiver" is on Enja Records.
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March 2013
The KCCK Featured CD for March is "Rava on the Dance Floor" by Enrico Rava
on which the veteran Italian trumpeter turns his attention to the musical universe of the late Michael Jackson. Rava paid only scant attention to Jackson's music until after his death, then discovered he "had ignored one of the great protagonists of 20th century music and dance." To delve deeper into the music, Rava found the perfect partner in arranger Mauro Ottolini and his Parco della Musica Jazz Lab band. The resulting charts were performed live in Rome in 2011 in the same auditorium where Rava had first learned of Jackson's death. "Rava on the Dance Floor" is on ECM Records.
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April 2013
The KCCK Featured CD for April is "Move" by Hiromi.Ever since the young Japanese keyboardist emerged on the jazz scene some ten years ago, she has electrified audiences and critics with a creative energy that defies the conventional parameters of jazz, and has pushed musicianship and composition to unprecedented levels of complexity and sophistication. For her new trio project, Hiromi builds on the relationship forged with trio mates bassist Anthony Jackson and drummer Simon Phillips on her last CD and subsequent tour. "I really wanted to write the songs especially for them...I wanted to extract the unique beauty of their playing," she explains. In this endeavor, she succeeds in grand style. "Move" is Telarc Records.
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May 2013
The KCCK Featured CD for May is "The Magic of 2" by Tommy Flanagan and Jaki Byard. Over the past five years, Resonance Records has established itself as the curator of previously unreleased historic recordings, including discs from Freddie Hubbard, Wes Montgomery and Bill Evans. The newest features two piano legends captured in a 1982 concert from the Keystone Korner in San Francisco. Five of the eleven tracks find Flanagan and Byard melding their encyclopedic knowledge of jazz piano history in festive fashion, with six solo pieces split evenly between the pair. Jazz historian Dan Morgenstern calls the music "both unique and stupendous." "The Magic of 2" is from Resonance Records.
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