Lew Soloff: Yesterdays (1987)

A stunning album of fusion-treated jazz standards, it includes several original compositions by Soloff and features Mike Stern (g), Charnett Moffett (b), and Elvin Jones (d). Yesterdays album Mike Stern's guitar work is featured prominently throughout.

Tracklist:
01. Yesterdays (Kern-Harbach) (9:51)
02. Barbara (Silver) (8:58)
03. Beautiful Mimi (Soloff) (3:40)
04. All Blues (Davis) (9:05)
05. Thaddeus (Soloff) (6:32)
06. Little Laura (Soloff) (6:02)
07. Antigua (Prince) (7:19)
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Lew Soloff: Hanalei Bay (1983)

A brilliant high-note trumpeter long in great demand for big bands and session work, Lew Soloff is also a distinctive soloist and an expert with the plunger mute. After studying at Juilliard, he freelanced in New York with Maynard Ferguson, Joe Henderson, and Clark Terry, among others, and then was a part of Blood, Sweat & Tears during 1968-1973. Soloff was closely associated with Gil Evans from 1973 on, and also played with George Gruntz's Concert Jazz Band, the Manhattan Jazz Quintet, and Carla Bley; he was also teamed with the colorful trombonist Ray Anderson on several often-humorous recordings.

Tracklist:
1 Salazar 6:27
2 My Buddy 4:09
3 Hanalei Bay 4:32
4 Á Felicidade 4:16
5 La Toalla Kenwood Dennard 8:31
6 Emily Johnny Mercer 3:28
7 Well You Needn't Thelonious Monk 6:02
8 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Charles Mingus 5:05
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Danny Gottlieb: Whirlwind (1989)

Danny Gottlieb is one of the most popular drummers in jazz and contemporary music. While best known as the drummer in the original Pat Metheny Group, Danny, during the past 25 years, has performed and recorded with some of the world’s greatest musicians.

As a group member, he has worked with the following ensembles: Jeff Berlin Trio; Gary Burton Quartet; Stan Getz Quintet; Pat Metheny Group; Gil Evans Orchestra; Bobby McFerrin Trio; Eddie Gomez Group; Michael Franks Band; John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra; Al DiMeola Project; Mike Stern Trio; Manhattan Jazz Quintet; Manhattan Jazz Orchestra: GRP Big Band; Vanguard Jazz Orchestra; Joe Beck Trio; Lew Soloff Food Group; George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band; WDR Big Band; NDR Big Band; Tip Toe Jazz Orchestra; Randy Brecker Quartet; Neenah Freelon Group; Blues Brothers Band; Booker T and the MG’s; Jazz is Dead; Pete Levin Trio; Ali Ryerson-Joe Beck Group; Joanne Brackeen Quartet; Bobby Rydell; Joe Farrell Quintet; Andy Laverne Quintet; Jacqui Naylor Band; Fritz Renold Friends; Haru Trio; Knut Varnes Group; Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra; Loren Schoenberg Big band; Airto and Flora Purim Group; Chuck Owen Jazz Surge; Jack Wilkins Group, and many more…
Danny has also performed or recorded with: Sting; David Byrne; Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea; Jim Hall; Miroslav Vitous; Wayne Shorter; Larry Coryell; Kenny Barron; Rufus Reid; Branford Marsalis; Hiram Bullock; Bill Evans; Nana Vasconcellos; Trilok Gurtu; Dino Saluzzi; Mark Murphy; Chris Conner; Mike Abene; Gerry Mulligan; Clark Terry; Ernie Wilkins; Mike Wolff; Badal Roy; Hubert Laws; Mike Richmond; Jeff Richman; Russell Ferrante; Jimmy Haslip, and many more…
Danny appears on over 300 cd’s to date, including 5 Grammy winners. As a leader, Danny has 5 cd’s under his own name, 9 as co-leader of Elements, with Mark Egan; 2 as co-leader with Pete Levin, and 3 as co-leader of the Contempo trio, with Mark Soskin and Chip Jackson.

Tracklist:

1. Tropic Heat 
2. Reef Warriors 
3. Twilight Drive 
4. Just Passing By 
5. Return To Kali Au 
6. Percussion Of The Spirit 
7. Open Road 
8. Nevermore 
9. Hold On! 
10. Whirlwind 
11. Percussion Of The Spirit (Part 2)

Personnel:

drums : Danny Gottlieb 
percussion : Cafe, Nana Vasconcelos, Trilok Gurtu 
bass : Mark Egan, Chip Jackson 
keyboards : Doug Hall, Gregory Smith, Steve Sauber, Mitchel Forman 
guitars : John Abercrombie, John Herington, Chuck Loeb 
saxophone : Bill Evans, Lenny Pickett 
trumpet : Lew Soloff

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Bill Evans: Soul Insider (2000)

Tenor and soprano saxophonist Bill Evans has always been one of jazz's most forward-thinking and prolific musicians; yet, he's also one of its most undervalued. Pursuing contrasting styles and sounds, accompanied by his scorching, soulful technique, Evans has courted jazz-rap (Escape), all- acoustic bop (Starfish and the Moon), and neo-smooth jazz (Touch). With skills honed in the furnaces of Miles Davis's groups and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Evans has addressed commercial concerns but has also made time to blow mean music and push the boundaries. Soul Insider is a bump- righteous, soul-jazz affair as funky as a Blues Brothers record, but as smooth as silk and cigar smoke. Surrounding himself with a crack band, including guitarist John Scofield, organist Ricky Peterson, percussionist Don Alias, and heroic funk-drummer supreme, Steve Jordan, Soul Insider simmers slowly to the boiling point. It's a rare record where everyone actually grooves like mad in the studio live, and tracks such as "Van's Joint" and "Cool Eddie" pump like Booker T & the MGs injected with NYC grease and gravy. Les McCann adds vocals on "Lose My Number" and "You Sure Look Good to Me," bringing a good-natured glee to the rumpus-room funk. "Cheeks" recalls early David Sanborn or classic King Curtis or Aretha, while "Sneaky" is drenched in a nocturnal urban edge, as is the sweltering "Older Days." Evans blows hot and boisterous throughout, raising high this squirming soul soufflé. --Ken Micallef

Tracklist:

1. Vans Joint
2. Cool Eddie
3. Lose My Number
4. Cheeks
5. You Sure Look Good to Me
6. Big Mama
7. Sneaky
8. Gimme Some
9. Older Days
10. Thump
11. The Shorty Shuffle

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Bob Mintzer: Source (1982)

Source is Bob Mintzer's second album as a leader. Recorded in 1982 for the Cheetah label, it was previously released only in Japan. Source was recorded with an alternating larger ensemble that includes in various places keyboardists Don Grolnick and Mark Gray, guitarist Hugh McCracken, bassists Jaco Pastorius (with whom Mintzer had tenured on the Word of Mouth big band LP), and Will Lee, drummers Peter Erskine and Brian Brake, and horn players Lew Soloff, Randy Brecker, and Alan Rubin, among others. In many ways this foreshadows the work that Mintzer would do with the Yellowjackets eight years later. It's sheeny studio jazz-funk and contemporary knotty big band work. This set contains a number of vocal performances by Carter Cathcart, on the soulful opener "Late Night with You," and the now dated funk of the title cut -- it's the vocoders, the compressed saxophone sound and particularly, the flat drums. This isn't a stellar date by any stretch of the imagination, but hearing Pastorius on the title cut redeems it somewhat. There is also the Afro-Latin groove on "I Don't Know" which has teeth and a killer arrangement, but the production is a little sterile. "Mr. Fone Bone" fares far better with Pastorius and a melody that could have been written by him and performed by Weather Report. Grolnick's B-3 underneath all those horns is particularly wonderful. Mintzer begins a solo only to interrupt it with a knotty horn arrangement that changes the color of the tune while it cooks on the strength of the rhythm section. It's the album's best moment. "Centering" is a small group ballad with a lovely solo from Mintzer on tenor. The final cut, "Spiral," begins almost classically with the winds and horns playing delicately before opening into a funky jazz romp, again with Pastorius' bass leading the charge. But the tune doesn't stay there; it's nuanced, with an assortment of textures and dynamics that make it one of the great exercises of restraint in Mintzer's career. It's a fine finish. Musically, there is a lot to enjoy here, and if the '80s over-production doesn't get in your way as a listener, it's easy to recommend this.

Personnel: Bob Mintzer (vocals, piccolo, clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, drums, background vocals); Randy Brecker (horns); Don Grolnick (keyboards); Jaco Pastorius (electric Bass); Will Lee (electric bass); Frank Malabe, Manolo Badrena, Frank Malabe (percussion); Corey Davidson (programming); Carter Cathcarte (background vocals); Hugh McCracken, Bill Washer (guitar); Carl Poole (flute); Tom "Bones" Malone, Alan Raph (trombone); Alan Rubin, Lew Soloff (horns); Mark Gray (keyboards); Tom Barney (electric bass); Peter Erskine, Brian Brake (drums); Chuggy Carter (percussion); Lillias White (background vocals).

Tracklist:
1 Late Night With You   
2 Don't Lock the Door   
3 Source   
4 I Don't Know   
5 Mr Fone Bone
6 Centering   
7 Spiral
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