Jazz: Live From New York

Performer: Various Artists
Engineer: Jack Renner; Michael Bishop
Distributor: Fontana Distribution

Notes: Producers include: John Snyder, Charles Fishman, Erica Brenner, Bill Titone, Russell Gloyd. Compilation producer: Adrian Mills. Recorded live in New York, New York between 1990 and 1998. Personnel: Wynton Marsalis (vocals, trumpet); Judith Hendricks, Jon Hendricks, Kevin Burke, Michele Hendricks, Bobby McFerrin (vocals); Herb Ellis, Jim Hall, Mark Elf, Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar); St�phane Grappelli (violin); Bob Millitello (flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Frank Wess, Jerome Richardson (flute, tenor saxophone); Bill Smith (clarinet); Antonio Hart (saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); David Sanchez (saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Benny Golson (saxophone, tenor saxophone); Jackie McLean, Paquito d'Rivera (saxophone); Grover Washington, Jr. (soprano saxophone); James Moody (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Greg Osby, Joe Roccisano, Red Holloway, Steve Wilson (alto saxophone); Chris Potter , Jimmy Heath, Scott Robinson, Ted Nash, Buddy Tate (tenor saxophone); Jack Stuckey (baritone saxophone); Clark Terry, Jon Faddis, Roy Hargrove (trumpet, flugelhorn); Claudio Roditi, Daryl Shaw, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Robert Millikan, Marvin Stamm, Terence Blanchard, Arturo Sandoval, Larry Farrell, Glenn Drewes, Danny Cahn (trumpet); Art Farmer (flugelhorn); Curtis Fuller, Herb Besson, Al Grey, Slide Hampton, Steve Turre, Keith O'Quinn (trombone); Douglas Purviance (bass trombone, tuba); Chris Brubeck (bass trombone); Danilo Perez, Dave Brubeck, Derek Smith , Geoff Keezer, Hank Jones , John Colianni, Junior Mance, Kenny Barron, Mulgrew Miller, Oscar Peterson (piano); David Gibson , Grady Tate, Kenny Washington, Lewis Nash, Louie Bellson, Randy Jones, Terri Lyne Carrington, Terry Clarke , Karriem Riggins, Andy Watson, Bobby Durham (drums). Recording information: Michael's Pub (03/17/1990-11/26/1998); Pace Downtown Theatre, Pace University (03/17/1990-11/26/1998); The Blue Note (03/17/1990-11/26/1998); The Iridium (03/17/1990-11/26/1998); The Village Vanguard (03/17/1990-11/26/1998). Unknown Contributor Roles: Dizzy Gillespie; The Jazz Messengers; Jazz Masters; Jon Hendricks; Louie Bellson; Mel Torm�. Far from being the last refuge of jazz warhorses put out to pasture (as the story went among journalists in the 1990s), there was plenty of creativity and vitality on the Telarc roster then -- at least from the evidence of this anthology. The linking device behind this package is that every selection was recorded live in one New York City nightclub or another. Beyond that, the diversity and star power of the personalities who recorded for Telarc in the 1990s make it unwise to put an overall label on this two-CD set. Spanning the range from Lionel Hampton's truckin' re-creation of his swing-era signature jam "Flyin' Home" to the forward-looking Jim Hall's "Pan-O-Rama," almost everyone has something interesting to say (a sad exception is the fading Dizzy Gillespie, recorded only a year before his death). Jon Hendricks' musings on the flaws of "glamour girls" on "Contemporary Blues" is especially amusing, with sassy trumpet obbligatos from Wynton Marsalis. You also hear from Slide Hampton and the Jazz Masters, Al Grey's Centerpiece, Oscar Peterson in excellent pre-and-post-stroke form, Mel Torm�, James Moody, Dave Brubeck, the Jazz Messengers, St�phane Grappelli, Harry "Sweets" Edison and the Golden Horns, and the Louie Bellson big band. Whether as a tour of the New York jazz club scene, a sampler of the veteran Telarc jazz roster of the 1990s, or an excuse to launch the shuffle-play feature on your CD changer during a party, this two-CDs-for-the-price-of-one jewel box provides good value. ~ Richard S. Ginell

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