Tag: Giuseppi Logan

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Giuseppi Logan – Quartet (ESP-Disk’)
Until resurfacing with the aid of Brooklyn pastor Dr. Bill Jones, reedman Giuseppi Logan was, like Henry Grimes, one of the lost enigmas of contemporary improvisation. Born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1935, Logan studied at the New England Conservatory and worked in a notable but unrecorded Bill Dixon group with Rashied Ali, drums; […]

The Blue Note 7 – Mosaic (Blue Note Records)
Certain discs make for instant soapboxes for admirers and detractors alike. This one, an album-sized mouthpiece for Blue Note Records 70th anniversary celebration, certainly seems fit for contention both in the questions it raises and the liberties it assumes. The ensemble operating under the otherwise anonymous moniker is a benighted collection of neo […]

Zaid Nasser – Off Minor
From title to back-story, altoist Zaid Nasser’s Smalls debut communicated a situation indicative of the jazz life, that of the colossal talent constrained by the circumstances of public indifference. This second act feels more hopeful and, by proxy, more relaxed. Nasser’s still scuffling for gigs along with his peers, but he’s been visited by […]

Ben Stapp Trio – Ecstasis
Tuba-led groups aren’t particularly common in improvised music; perhaps Ray Draper’s recordings for Prestige were among the most notable in the instrument’s brief discography, not to mention Sam Rivers’ 1970s Tuba Trio with Bob Stewart. Recently, tenorman Kalaparusha employed Jesse Dulman in his trio with drummer Ravish Momin. Tubaist Ben Stapp recorded with Lisbon-based […]

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