Alfred Lion standing behind Hank Mobley during rehearsals at the Rudy Van Gelder studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (Photo by Michael Cuscuna/Corbis via Getty Images)
Hiya, Jazz Fans!!! Jazz birthdays we’ll be celebrating this week include those of guitarists Amanda Monaco and Philip Catherine, vocalists Carmen Lundy, Cleo Laine and Julie Kelly, bassist/vocalist Richard Bona, tenor men Illinois Jacquet, Zoot Sims and Jimmy Woods, pianist David Hazeltine, composer Chico O’Farrill, trombonist Conrad Herwig, audio engineer Rudy Van Gelder and more! We’ll also salute the recording anniversaries of Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie’s “Roy and Diz” (1954), Cannonball Adderley & Strings (1955), Chet Baker & Art Pepper’s “Playboys” (1956), Art Blakey’s “Moanin’” (1958), Horace Silver’s “Song for My Father” (1964), Bill Evans’ “Affinity” (1978), Hilton Ruiz’ “Crosscurrents” (1984) and many more. Listen for us to feature these artists and other recordings throughout the week, and on Jazz Masters with Hollis Monroe weekdays at noon on Jazz 88.3 KCCK!
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“The Rhythms Continue,” saxophonist T.K. Blue’s new suite, is dedicated to the memory of T.K.’s longtime bandleader, NEA Jazz Master Dr. Randy Weston, who passed away in September of 2018. Blue performed in Weston’s African Rhythms band for thirty-eight years, for most of which he was musical director. The disc, says T.K., “is my humble offering to say thank you for being a mentor, elder and teacher by sharing your infinite wisdom.” Made up of compositions by T.K., Weston and Melba Liston, it features an ensemble of ten musicians who are well-versed in the African Rhythms, jazz sensibility and passionate intensity that is the hallmark of the compositions of Mr. Weston.
Leslie Pintchik first surfaced on the Manhattan jazz scene in a trio with legendary bassist Red Mitchell, and in the ensuing years formed her own trio which performs regularly at New York City and East Coast jazz venues. In a personal note that follows the liner notes of her vibrant new CD, “Same Day Delivery: Leslie Pintchik Trio Live,” the pianist/composer writes, “In some ways, the release of this CD is a happy accident. It was recorded casually—on a Wednesday evening gig at Jazz at Kitano in Manhattan—just so that I might listen back, at my leisure, to the live performance. When I did listen, it felt like a special evening; we were fortunate to have a packed house as well as supportive listeners with generous ears, and they obviously spurred us on. The name of the CD reflects the relative ease and speed with which the project came together.”
