On October 19, 1995, Donald Eugene Cherry died aged 58. He was a musician (trumpet), one of the pioneers in world fusion in the 60s and 70s. Cherry recorded and performed with a number of musicians and bands including Ornette Coleman, Paul Bley, Sonny Rollins, New York Contemporary Five, Naná Vasconcelos, La Monte Young, Abdullah Ibrahim, Carla Bley, Charlie Haden, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Brackeen, Codona, Albert Ayler, Clifford Jordan, Steve Lacy, Michael Mantler, Sunny Murray, Jim Pepper, George Russell, Sun Ra, Lou Reed, Charlie Rouse, Albert Heath, James Mtume, Herbie Hancock, Ed Blackwell, Steve Hillage, Collin Walcott, Latif Khan, Johnny Dyani, Masahiko Togashi, Bengt Berger, Rip Rig + Panic, Bengt Berger Bitter Funeral Beer Band, Dag Vag, Frank Lowe, Jai Uttal, and Ed Blackwell.
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Paul Bley: Chaos
On October 6, 1998, “Soul Note” label released “Chaos”, the 75th Paul Bley album. It was recorded in March 1994, at “Mu Rec Studios” in Milan, Italy, and was produced by Giovanni Bonandrini.
Personnel:
- Paul Bley – piano
- Furio Di Castri – bass
- Tony Oxley – drums
- Paolo Falascone – recording
- Aldo Borelli – mastering
- Maria Bonandrini – artwork
- Fred Bouchard – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Paul Bley except where noted.
- Chaos
- Touching Bass – Furio Di Castri
- Modulating – Tony Oxley
- Soft Touch – Paul Bley, Tony Oxley
- Poetic Justice
- Interpercussion 1 – Tony Oxley
- Touch Control
- Turnham Bey
- Street Wise
- Bow Out – Tony Oxley
- Starting Over
- Interpercussion 2 – Tony Oxley
- Template
Gary Peacock
On September 5, 2020, Gary Peacock died aged 85. He was a musician (bass), one of the most important figures in modern jazz history. He recorded and performed with major jazz figures such as Albert Ayler, Paul Bley, Bill Evans, Keith Jarret, Frank Amsallem, Bill Carrothers, Marc Copland, Marilyn Crispell, Don Ellis, Clare Fischer, Barney Kessel, Sonny Simmons, Prince Lasha, Misha Mengelberg, Don Pullen, Bud Shank, Ravi Shankar, John Surman, Ralph Towner, Mal Waldrom, Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette, Jimmy Woods, Toninho Horta, and Masabumi Kikuchi. As leader, he released twelve albums.
Don Ellis: Essence
In August 1962, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Essence” the fourth Don Ellis album. It was recorded in July 1962, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Bock.
Personnel:
- Don Ellis- trumpet
- Paul Bley- piano
- Gary Peacock- bass
- Nick Martinis, Gene Stone – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Don Ellis except where noted.
- Johnny Come Lately – Billy Strayhorn
- Slow Space
- Ostinato
- Donkey – Carla Bley
- Form
- Angel Eyes – Earl Brent, Matt Dennis
- Irony
- Lover – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Paul Bley: About Time
On June 24, 2008, “Justin Time” label released “About Time”, the 91st Paul Bley album. It was recorded in May 2007, at “Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Jim West.
Personnel:
- Paul Bley– piano
Track listing:
- About Time – Paul Bley
- Pent-Up House – Sonny Rollins
Paul Bley: Nothing to Declare
On April 27, 2004, “Justin Time” label released “Nothing to Declare”, the 88th Paul Bley album. It was recorded in May 2013, at “Sound on Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Jim West.
Personnel:
- Paul Bley – piano
Track listing:
All tracks by Paul Bley
- Nothing to Declare
- Breakdown
- Blues Waltz
- 8th Avenue
Paul Bley: Basics
On January 30, 2001, “Justin Time” label released “Basics”, the 86th Paul Bley album. It was recorded on July 4, 2000 at “Studio Tempo” in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by Jim West.
Personnel:
- Paul Bley – piano
Track listing:
All tracks by Paul Bley except where noted.
- Love Lost
- Basics
- Speed Kills
- Told You So
- Lucky
- Chet
- Walk Home
- Blues Waltz
- Monk’s Mood – Thelonious Monk
- Early Alben
- Startled
Annette Peacock: I’m the One
In January 1972, “RCA” label released “I’m the One”, the debut Annette Peacock solo album. It was recorded in 1971, at “RCA Studios B, C, D” in New York City, and was produced by Annette Peacock and Bob Ringe.
Personnel:
- Annette Peacock – vocals, electronic vocals, acoustic and electric piano, synthesizers, electric vibraphone, liner notes, direction
- Tom Cosgrove – guitar
- Paul Bley– synthesizer, piano
- Mike Garson– piano, organ
- Apache Bley – piano
- Stu Woods, Glen Moore– bass
- Rick Marotta, Laurence Cook – drums
- Barry Altschul, Airto Moreira, Dom Um Romão, Orestes Vilató– percussion
- Mark Whitecage– alto saxophone
- Michael Moss – tenor saxophone
- Perry Robinson– clarinet
- Guy Mossler – recording
- Richard Davis – artwork, photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Annette Peacock; except where noted.
- I’m the One
- 7 Days
- Pony
- Been & Gone
- Blood
- One Way
- Love Me Tender – Elvis Presley, Vera Matson
- Gesture Without Plot
- Did You Hear Me Mommy?
Paul Bley
On January 3, 2016, Hyman Paul Bley died aged 83. He was musician (piano) and composer, one of the most important figures of the free jazz movement of the 60s and for his innovations and influence on trio playing. He has recorded and performed with many famous musicians, including: Charles Mingus, Art Blakey, Percy Heath, Al Levitt, Dave Pike, Charlie Haden, Lennie McBrowne, Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins, Steve Swallow, Pete LaRoca, Dewey Johnson, Marshall Allen, Eddie Gómez, Milford Graves, Kent Carter, Barry Altschul, Mark Levinson, Paul Motian, Billy Elgart, John Gilmore, Annette Peacock, Dick Youngstein, Glen Moore, Frank Tusa, Steve Hass, Bobby Moses, Han Bennink, Dave Holland, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Bruce Ditmas, Jimmy Giuffre, Bill Connors, Lee Konitz, George Cross McDonald, Chet Baker, John Scofield, Jesper Lundgaard, Aage Tanggaard, John Surman, Bill Frisell, Ron McClure, John Abercrombie, Red Mitchell, Michal Urbaniak, Bob Cranshaw, Keith Copeland, Hans Koch, Franz Koglmann, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Tony Oxley, Jane Bunnett, Herbie Spanier, Geordie McDonald, Evan Parker, Barre Phillips, Furio Di Castri, David Eyges, Bruce Ditmas, Sonny Greenwich, Rich Perry, Jay Anderson, Victor Lewis, Masahiko Togashi, Jakob Bro, Don Ellis, Sonny Rollins and Andreas Willers.
Charles Mingus
On January 5, 1977, Charles Mingus Jr. Died aged 57. He was musician (bass), composer and bandleader, regarded as one of the most creative and influential Jazz artists of all times.
For his work and contribution to the modern music, Mingus has received many awards including:
- “Guggenheim Fellowship” (1971).
- Inducted in the “Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame” (1971).
- “National Endowment for the Arts” provided grants for a Mingus nonprofit called “Let My Children Hear Music” which cataloged all of Mingus’s works (1988)
- “The Library of Congress” acquired Mingus’s collected papers in what they described as “the most important acquisition of a manuscript collection relating to jazz in the Library’s history.(1993)]
- “The United States Postal Service” issued a stamp in his honor (1995).
- Posthumously awarded the “Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award” (1997)
- Album “Mingus Dynasty”(1959) inducted in the “Grammy Hall of Fame” (1999)
- Inducted in the “Jazz at Lincoln Center”, Nesuhi Ertegun “Jazz Hall of Fame” (2005)
Mingus has recorded and performed with some of the most important musicians of the modern music, including: Illinois Jacquet, Dinah Washington, Wilbert Baranco, Ivie Anderson, Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo, Billy Taylor, Oscar Pettiford, Max Roach, Bud Powell, Paul Bley, Teo Macero, Oscar Pettiford, Ada Moore, Charlie Parker, J.J. Johnson, Hazel Scott, John Mehegan, Thad Jones, John Dennis, Ralph Sharon, Miles Davis, Teddy Charles, The Metronome All-Stars, Jimmy Knepper, Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, Max Roach and Eric Dolphy.
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