THE JAZZ CHILL CORNER DAVID WHITE JAZZ ORCHESTRA - THE CHASE

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1. DAVID WHITE JAZZ ORCHESTRA - THE CHASE
2. ESTHER PHILLIPS - BABY, I'M FOR REAL!: 4 CLASSIC ALBUMS 1971-1974
3. NEW RELEASES: OHIO PLAYERS - BACK; THE EMINENT STARS - SITTIN' IN WITH THE EMINENT STARS; EURO CINEMA - FUNKSTAMATIC
4. LOUIS ARMSTRONG - ICON 2
5. NEW RELEASES: THE FLOACIST - RISE OF THE PHOENIX MERMAID; OTIS TRIO - 74 CLUB; PIERRE DORGE & THE NEW JUNGLE ORCHESTRA - TJAK TJAKA TCHICAI

DAVID WHITE JAZZ ORCHESTRA - THE CHASE Posted: 18 Mar 2014 12:14 PM PDT Trombonist and composer David White formed his powerhouse 17-piece ensemble, the David White Jazz Orchestra, in 2007 and introduced them to the jazz world four years later with his well-received debut, Flashpoint. "White clearly knows his jazz history," wrote one reviewer, "and strikes a perfect balance by incorporating his musical influences while defining his own progressive style." White now returns with a follow-up disc, The Chase, containing six new originals performed by his New York City-based orchestra, many of whose members have been associated with him musically since their high school days in Buffalo, New York two decades ago. The ensemble, while steeped in big-band traditions, takes the music in exciting new directions rife with vibrant voicings and rhythmic variety. White's Mister Shepherd imprint will release the disc on April 8.

THE JAZZ CHILL CORNER REISSUES FROM RAY BARRETTO - LA CUNA; ESTHER PHILLIPS - FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM; ERIC GALE - FORECAST

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1. REISSUES FROM RAY BARRETTO - LA CUNA; ESTHER PHILLIPS - FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM; ERIC GALE - FORECAST
2. NEW RELEASES - LINDA SEDIO, LISA DONNA, DIAN S. MEECHAI
3. NEW RELEASES FROM - ART BLAKELY, ADMAD JAMAL, FOX CAPTURE PLAN
4. THE SOUNDS OF REGGAE & SKA FROM WINSTON APPLE AND THE TWO TONES

REISSUES FROM RAY BARRETTO - LA CUNA; ESTHER PHILLIPS - FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM; ERIC GALE - FORECAST Posted: 19 Dec 2013 06:58 PM PST RAY BARRETTO - LA CUNA - FEATURING TITO PUENTE / CHARLIE PALMIERI / JOE FARRELL / JOHN TROPEA / STEVE GADD Digitally remastered by Chris Herles (Sony Music Studios, New York). Producer Creed Taylor has inspired everything from praise to anger among jazz fans. His work has been brilliant at times, detrimental at others (his worst flaw being a tendency to overproduce). Taylor plays a mostly positive role on La Cuna, a jazz-oriented effort uniting Ray Barretto with such first-class talent as Tito Puente (timbales) and the late Joe Farrell (tenor & soprano sax, flute). As slick as things get at times on La Cuna (originally released on vinyl by Taylor's CTI label and reissued on CD in 1995), Taylor wisely gives the players room to blow on everything from the haunting "Doloroso" and the driving "Cocinando" (a piece by Carlos Franzetti that shouldn't be confused with Barretto's major salsa/cha-cha hit) to a somewhat Gato Barbieri-ish take on Mussorgsky's "The Old Castle." Barretto successfully moves into soul territory on Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise" (which rapper Coolio recast as his hit "Gangsta's Paradise" in 1994). Barretto may hate the term "Latin jazz," but make no mistake: La Cuna is one of his most memorable contributions to that genre. ~ Alex Henderson 2013 Japanese pressing BLU-SPEC CD. Remastered. CTI Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey in August 1979. Includes liner notes by Arnold Jay Smith. Personnel: Ray Barretto (congas, percussion); Willy Torres (vocals); Joe Farrell (tenor & soprano saxophones, flute); Carlos Franzetti (piano); Charlie Palmieri (piano, percussion); Jeremy Wall, Suzanne Ciani (synthesizers); John Tropea (guitar); Francisco Centeno (bass); Steve Gadd, Mark Craney (drums); Tito Puente (timbales). ~ cduniverse.com