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Larry Willis: Blue Fable

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On January 30, 2007, “Highnote” label released “Blue Fable”, the 21st Larry Willis album. It was recorded in October 2006, at “Van Gelder  Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Don Sickler.

Personnel:

  • Larry Willis– piano
  • Joe Ford– alto saxophone
  • Steve Davis– trombone
  • Eddie Gómez
  • Billy Drummond– drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder- engineer, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Larry Willis except where noted

  1. Rhythm-a-Ning – Thelonious Monk
  2. Insidious Behavior
  3. Nardis – Miles Davis
  4. Blue Fable – Jackie McLean
  5. Never Let Me Go – Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
  6. Landscape – Joe Ford
  7. Who’s Kidding Who
  8. Prayer for New Orleans – Steve Davis

John Abercrombie Quartet: Up and Coming

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January 13, 2017, “ECM” label released “Up and Coming”, the 37th John Abercrombie album. It was recorded April – May 2016, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • John Abercrombie – guitar
  • Marc Copland– piano
  • Drew Gress– double bass
  • Joey Baron– drums
  • James Farber – engineer
  • Nate Odden – assistant
  • Thom Beemer – assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by John Abercrombie except where noted.

  1. Joy
  2. Flipside
  3. Sunday School
  4. Up and Coming
  5. Tears – Marc Copland
  6. Silver Circle – Marc Copland
  7. Nardis – Miles Davis
  8. Jumbles

 

Bill Evans Trio: Explorations

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In March 1961, “Riverside” label released “Explorations”, the seventh Bill Evans album. It was recorded on February 2, 1961, in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews. “Explorations” won the Billboard Jazz Critics Best Piano LP poll for 1961.

Personnel:

  • Bill Evans- piano
  • Scott LaFaro- bass
  • Paul Motian– drums
  • Bill Stoddard – engineer
  • Shigeo Miyamoto – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Israel – John Carisi
  2. Haunted Heart – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
  3. Beautiful Love” (take 2) – Wayne King, Egbert Van Alstyne, Victor Young, Haven Gillespie
  4. Elsa – Earl Zindars
  5. Nardis – Miles Davis
  6. How Deep Is the Ocean? – Irving Berlin
  7. I Wish I Knew – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
  8. Sweet and Lovely – Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias