Have a nice week !!!

Well, on the sidebar there's Eliane Elias on YouTube !!!!

Last year there was a new Cd, Metheny & Mehldau. It was not a good release from both musicians, I was not happy with the results.
This year came out the rest of the tracks from that session, "Metheny/Mehldau Quartet" Nonesuch Records 104188-2.
What a good CD !!!!
How can I explain the difference ?? Who cares ???
Just enjoy !!!!!!!

Don't forget to check my favorite singer KURT ELLING, on youtube,it's on the sidebar.

Well nothing new inside my CD player.
I've received yesterday the recent release of tenor sax Grant Stewart
" In The Still Of The Night " -SharpNine Records 1038-2.
At first hearing a good strong session. He is a very good sax player, no bull shit involved.

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I do love Eliane Elias playing, but I do Hate when she sings. STOP SINGING !!!!!!!!

A friend(Lucius) burned this CD ( soulseek, e-mule ) with no indication of whom the players were,
but one thing was sure, it was Eliane's beautiful playing; but then came a fantastic tenor sax
but I didn't know who it was, my surprise, JOE LOVANO.
This recording is very good, two masters at their prime, but wait the CD is not from any of them, is from another master MARC JOHNSON(ex-Bill Evans Trio, Eliane's husband ).
this great recording is called " Shades of Jade " ECM 1894. YOU MUST HEAR IT !!!
IS SIMPLY A MASTERPIECE.


See you soon,
May the force of jazz be with you !!!

the jazz-cd of May/2007

after Battaglia, Bollani & Rea there is a new pianist from Italy,

ETTORE CARUCCI
Ettore Carucci Trio - Forward
Dodicilune Dischi ed. 224 - 2006

This is a very good recording, made in Lecce, with Ben Street/bass & Adam Cruz/drums.
You must hear this.


There is an italian( French ? ) drummer that has been around for a long time, was ( is ?) married to Dee-Dee Bridgewater, and has released two very good CD's:

André Ceccarelli Trio
Album
Avenue des Diables Blues
Rating
Release Date
Jan 24, 2006
Recording Date
Feb 26, 2005-Feb 28, 2005
Label
Dreyfus Music
Genre
Styles
by Ken Dryden/ All Music Guide
During his long career, André Ceccarelli has recorded sporadically as a leader, but this studio affair should open a few doors. Accompanied by the talented Gypsy guitarist Bireli Lagrene and organist Joey DeFrancesco, the drummer puts together a wide-ranging set, delving into standards, swing, bop, jazz fusion, and more. His approach to Duke Ellington's gorgeous "Sophisticated Lady" is soft, as he provides minimal brushwork to back his musical partners. The decades-old chestnut "Summertime" slowly simmers in a thoughtful arrangement honoring the organist's mentor, the late Jimmy Smith. The leader finally cuts loose with the brief "Prelude," which segues into a romp through "April in Paris," while Jaco Pastorius' "Three Views of a Secret" showcases both Lagrene's lyrical side and his virtuosity.


The other one is a new CD called Golden Land/

CamJazz 7800-2

with our great Enrico Pieranunzi, Hein Van de Geyn, Dvaid el-Malek

Thanks to my friend DR. Marcilio for showing all these CD's

Great Jazz

Question: Is Jazz dead ?????

I don't think so !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

News 2007

Sorry I've been away so long.
But I'm back.

2006 had some good jazz music:

Danilo Rea
Francesco Cafiso

and some good reading:

Is Jazz Dead?: (Or Has It Moved to a New Address) (Paperback) by Stuart Nicholson (Author)

so you all soon