And then there were … Liner Notes
What the … Talk about a full-house. I did not see this onslaught coming this week.
Armel Dupas’ Organ Trio is comprised of Armel Dupas on piano, organ, Kenny Ruby: bass, synths, Mathieu Penot: drums, synths. You’ll be hearing a lot more about this trio as time progresses, and even more about the genius of Armel Dupas. I have included in this NARP a 6-disc set of Armel Dupas Jammin’ with Friends. Within seconds of hearing the first track, I knew this album was going to be on repeat-play for the rest of the day.
Deborah Gibson will always be Debbie to me and her M.Y.O.B is such a fun romp, finding her in top form and voice. There was no way this was not going to earn a spot. Happy, upbeat and dare I say it, infectious, in only the very best way possible.
Coda Piano Trio – Coda Piano Trio (aka The White Album) The trio is also known as Kazusou Oda and is made up of Ryosuke Tanaka on bass, Yosuke Omiya on drums, and Coda on piano. If you have not twitched it by now the trio hail from Japan and shockingly only got together in 2019. In that short amount of time, they have captivated audiences and now me.
Janis Ian – Hope is a collection of 12 archival tracks from anywhere between 1976 and 2011. The majority of the tracks on this compilation have never been heard before.
‘All tracks are unedited, ranging from cassettes to 1/4″ reels later transferred to DAT for preservation. One was recorded life straight to a Mackie board (“Here Comes the Night”); others were casually laid down by Janis as she sat on a couch at home and sang into a DAT player, or in a local studio where she sat down with a guitar to get a new song down on tape. No editing, no auto-tuning, no attempts to make them sound more “professional”. There’s some hiss, there are a few mistakes. That’s what happens when you make art! Any noise artefacts you may hear are part of the original. As little as possible has been done to render these recordings usable.’ (from the Janis Ian official website)
Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra – The Democracy! Suite, and Death Cab For Cutie – The Georgia EP share something in common, something wonderful. Both albums honour democracy, the recent elections and a changing of the tide, a momentous event in America’s rather recent history. Knowing what prompted these recordings makes them all the more poignant.
I’m now going to bullet-point albums which I want for you to hear:
- Jon Batiste – We Are The Golden Ones
- Kaori Uemura – Yuu Gentleness and Melancholy
- Louise Jallu – Piazzolla
- Marina Tarasova & Ivan Sokolov – Weinberg Works for Cello & Piano
- Menagerie – Many Worlds
- Pearl Charles – Magic Mirror
- Pennisi Complete Works for Solo Piano
- Phillip Dornbuschs Projektor – Reflex – Jazz Thing Next Generation Vol. 86
- Signum Saxophone Quartet – Echoes
- Spendiarov Complete Piano Works & Chamber Works with Piano
- The Brit Funk Association – Lifted (Extended)
- Vikingur Olafsson – Reflections Pt. 2, Debussy: Canope
I would not know where to start singling out recordings in the Re-Issues, Re-Masters and Miscellany section, there’s not one misfire in the bunch. Strutting their stuff on all cylinders, if forced to pick 5 albums here we go, with some extra shout-outs.
- KT Tunstall – Drastic Fantastic (Ultimate Edition)
- Christian Reim Quartet – Molde International Jazz Festival 1976
- Hal Galper Quintet – Live at the Berlin Philharmonic
- Aretha Franklin – Festival de Jazz d’Antibes (Live 1970)
- Joni Mitchell – Carnegie Hall 1972
** Extras
- Mary Timony – Mountains (20th Anniversary Expanded Edition)
- Milt Jackson – The Remasters (All Tracks Remastered)
- Petula Clark – Remastered Hits Vol. 2 (All Tracks Remastered)
New Releases
Aki Takase, Christian Weber, Michael Griener – Auge
Armel Dupas – Jammin’ with Friends
Armel Dupas – Organ Trio
Coda Piano Trio – Coda Piano Trio
Death Cab For Cutie – The Georgia EP
Deborah Gibson – M.Y.O.B
Ensemble K & Simone Menezes – Accents
Festetics Quartet: Schubert: String Quartets D 46 & D 804 Rosamunde
Giancarlo Guerrero – John Adams My Father Knew Charles Ives & Harmonielehre
Gidon Kremer, Madara Pētersone – Weinberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 67
Goran Filipec – Liszt & Busoni – Orchestral Works
Ivan Ilic – Reicha Rediscovered, Vol. 3
Janis Ian – Hope
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra – The Democracy! Suite
Jon Batiste – We Are The Golden Ones
Kaori Uemura – Yuu Gentleness and Melancholy
Louise Jallu – Piazzolla
Marina Tarasova & Ivan Sokolov – Weinberg Works for Cello & Piano
Menagerie – Many Worlds
Midnite String Quartet – MSQ Performs Bee Gees
Miles Donahue – Just Passing Thru
Nova Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Rome – Opera Live! (Instrumentals)
Pearl Charles – Magic Mirror
Pennisi Complete Works for Solo Piano
Phillip Dornbuschs Projektor – Reflex – Jazz Thing Next Generation Vol. 86
Signum Saxophone Quartet – Echoes
Soup with John Zorn – Shinjuku Pit Inn
Spendiarov Complete Piano Works & Chamber Works with Piano
The Brit Funk Association – Lifted (Extended)
The Stand – Replay
Veronika Harcsa – Debussy Now!
Vikingur Olafsson – Reflections Pt. 2, Debussy: Canope
Vinicius Modelski – História
Walter Wanderley – Murmúrio
Witold Wilczek – A Journey into the Abyss
Re-Issues, Re-Masters & Miscellany
Aretha Franklin – Festival de Jazz d’Antibes (Live 1970)
Art Pepper – Walkin’ Shoes
Bill Evans – Goodbye
Brian Eno – Film Music: Voices & Words
Bud Powell – Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Original Master Recording)
Christian Reim Quartet – Molde International Jazz Festival 1976
Dexter Gordon – One Flight Up
Freddie Hubbard – Freestyle
Hal Galper Quintet – Live at the Berlin Philharmonic
Joni Mitchell – Carnegie Hall 1972
KT Tunstall – Drastic Fantastic (Ultimate Edition)
Mary Timony – Mountains (20th Anniversary Expanded Edition)
Milt Jackson – The Remasters (All Tracks Remastered)
Oscar Peterson – Anthology
Pat Travers – Black Pearl (Remastered)
Petula Clark – Remastered Hits Vol. 2 (All Tracks Remastered)
Sting – The Soul Cages (Expanded Edition)
Wayne Shorter – Wayne
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