On May 18, 2024, Nils Paul “Palle” Danielsson died aged 77. He was musician (double bass), recorded and performed with many famous Jazz musicians, among the others with Peter Erskine, Lennart Aberg, Jan Garbarek, Lee Konitz, Karin Krog, Christof Lauer, Charles Lloyd, Michael Petrucciani, John Taylor, Enrico Rava, Geri Allen, Bill Evans, Richard Galliano, Barre Phillips, Dino Saluzzi, Tomasz Stanko, Edward Vesala, Colin Walcott and Keith Jarrett. As leader he released five albums.
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Vijay Iyer: Uneasy
On April 9, 2021, “ECM” label released “Uneasy”, album by Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, and Tyshawn Sorey. It was recorded December 2019, at “Oktaven Audio” in Mount Vernon, New York, and was produced by Manfred Eicher and Vijay Iyer.
Personnel:
- Vijay Iyer – piano, liner notes
- Tushawn Sorey – drums
- Linda May Han Oh – double bass
- Ryan Streber – engineer
- Cristoph Stickel – mastering
- Sascha Kleis – design
- Rita Dove – liner notes
- Edward Berenson – liner notes
- Woong Chul An – cover photography
- Craig Marsden – liner photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Vijay Iyer, except where noted.
- Children of Flint
- Combat Breathing
- Night and Day – Cole Porter
- Touba – Mike Ladd, Vijay Iyer
- Drummer’s Song – Geri Allen
- Augury
- Configurations
- Uneasy
- Retrofit
- Entrustment
Charles Lloyd: Lift Every Voice
On October 21, 2002, “ECM” label released “Lift Every Voice”, the 33rd Charles Lloyd album. It was recorded in February 2002, and was produced by Charles Lloyd, and Dorothy Darr.
Personnel:
- Charles Lloyd – tenor saxophone, flute, tarogato
- Geri Allen – piano
- John Abercrombie – guitar
- Marc Johnson – double bass
- Larry Grenadier – double bass
- Billy Hart – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Charles Lloyd, except where noted.
- Hymn to the Mother
- You Are So Beautiful – Bruce Fisher, Billy Preston
- Amazing Grace – John Newton
- East Virginia, West Memphis
- What’s Going On – Renaldo “Obie” Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye
- Angel Oak
- Te Amaré – Silvio Rodríguez
- I’m Afraid – Duke Ellington
- Hafez, Shattered Heart
- Rabo de Nube – Silvio Rodríguez
- Blood Count – Billy Strayhorn
- Go Down Moses – traditional
- Beyond Darkness
- Nocturne
- Wayfaring Stranger – traditional
- Deep River – traditional
- Lift Every Voice and Sing – James Weldon Johnson, John Rosamond Johnson
- Prayer, The Crossing
wallace Roney: Village
On August 12, 1997, “Warner Bros” label released “Village”, the eleventh Wallace Roney album. It was recorded in December 1996, at “Sear Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Lenny White, Matt Pierson, and Wallace Roney.
Personnel:
- Wallace Roney− trumpet, arranger
- Antoine Roney- soprano and tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
- Michael Brecker– tenor saxophone
- Pharoah Sanders − tenor saxophone
- Chick Corea− piano, electric piano, arranger
- Geri Allen− piano
- Robert “Baabe” Irving III– synthesizer
- Clarence Seay− double bass
- Lenny White− drums
- Steve Berrios– percussion
Track listing:
All tracks by Wallace Roney, except where noted.
- Affinity – Chick Corea
- Inner Urge – Joe Henderson
- I Love You – Cole Porter
- The Pharoah
- Aknaaba – Antoine Roney
- Village
- Eternal One
- EBO – Lenny White
- Oshirike
Wilbur Cobb
On May 24, 2020, Wilbur James Cobb died aged 91. He was musician (drums), one of the most influential and respected drummers in Jazz music. He has recorded and performed with many musicians including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Dinah Washington, Pearl Bailey, Clark Terry, Cannonball Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Wynton Kelly, Stan Getz, Wes Montgomery, Art Pepper, Gil Evans, Paul Chambers, Kenny Burrell, J. J. Johnson, Sonny Stitt, Nat Adderley, Phil Upchurch, Benny Golson, Hank Jones, Ron Carter, George Coleman, Fathead Newman, Geri Allen, Earl Bostic, Leo Parker, Charlie Rouse, Ernie Royal, Philly Joe Jones, Bobby Timmons, Walter Booker, Jerome Richardson, Joey DeFrancesco, Keter Betts, Jimmy Cleveland, Sam Jones, Red Garland, Joe Henderson, Eddie Gómez, Bill Evans, Jeremy Steig, Richard Wyands, Peter Bernstein, Walter Bishop, Jr., Richie Cole, Nancy Wilson, Ricky Ford, David Amram, Donald Byrd, Kenny Barron and Toshiko Akiyoshi. Cobb recorded 17 albums as a leader.
Tony Williams
On February 23, 1997, Anthony Tillmon “Tony” Williams died aged 51. He was musician (drums), regarded as one of the most important and influential jazz drummers ever. In his career he has performed and recorded with some of the biggest names in the jazz history, including: Miles Davis, Geri Allen, Arcana, Chet Baker, George Cables, Ron Carter, Stanley Clarke, Eric Dolphy, Kenny Dorham, Gil Evans, Tommy Flanagan, Hal Galper, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Wallace Roney, Jonas Hellborg, Joe Henderson, Andrew Hill, Terumasa Hino, Allan Holdsworth, Hank Jones, Charles Lloyd, Michael Mantler, Ray Manzarek, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, John McLaughlin, Jackie McLean, Marcus Miller, Mulgrew Miller, Grachan Moncur III, Jaco Pastorius, Michel Petrucciani, Pop Workshop, Public Image Limited, Don Pullen, Sam Rivers, Sonny Rollins, Wallace Roney, Travis Shook, McCoy Tyner, Sadao Watanabe and Weather Report. In 1969, Tony Williams formed a trio, the Tony Williams Lifetime, with John McLaughlin on guitar and Larry Young on organ.
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