Rufus Reid Archive

Best of the year Discs for 2017 — Jazz Selections I

Best of the year Discs for 2017 — Jazz Selections I

A few of the noteworthy Jazz releases from this past year, selected by our reviewers…   Delfeayo Marsalis:  An Evening with Delfeayo Marsalis – Troubadour Jass Records  TJR 093017 Like father, like son… Review Link     Eddie Daniels & Roger Kellaway – Just Friends Live @ The Village Vanguard – Resonance Records HCD2028 Another sharp arrow in Resonance Records’ quiver… Review Link   Sherman Irby & Momentum – Cerulean Canvas- Black Warriors Records BWR 1006 Flat out great…! Review Link     Sean Jones – Live from Jazz at the Bistro – Mack Avenue Records MAC 1111 Sean Jones heats up The Jazz Bistro… Review Link     Art Pepper & Bill Watrous- West Coast Sounds, vol. 4- (reissue)- Omnivore Records OVCD 225 (1979) Alto and trombone, a mellow blend… Review Link   Steve Davis – Think Ahead – Smoke Sessions Records SSR 1704 Steve Davis comes through again on Think Ahead… Review Link     Thelonious Monk – Les Liaisons Dangeureuses (1960) Sam Records/SAGA (2 LP) Monk’s only recorded movie soundtrack – from original session tapes, now in remastered sound… Review Link   Organissimo – B3tles: A Soulful Tribute to the Fab 4 – Big O 2424 B-3 trio plus […]

Rufus Reid (with the Sirius Quartet) – Terrestrial Dance – Newvelle Records 

Rufus Reid (with the Sirius Quartet) – Terrestrial Dance – Newvelle Records 

Rufus Reid (with the Sirius Quartet) – Terrestrial Dance – Newvelle Records NV 012LP – audiophile vinyl LP – ****1/2 Newvelle Records continues to pursue the creative less familiar path… (Rufus Reid – bass; Steve Allee – piano; Duduka Da Fonseca – drums; with Sirius String Quartet: Fung Chern Hwei – violin; Gregor Huebner – violin; Ron Lawrence – viola; Jeremy Harmon – cello) As the final issue of their distinguished second subscription series, the audiophile vinyl boutique label, Newvelle Records, has again expanded their palette by pairing the iconic jazz bassist, Rufus Reid, with the boundary expanding Sirius Quartet (two violins, viola, and cello) to explore eight compositions blending chamber music with straight ahead jazz, with a touch of blues. As always, with all of Newvelle’s audiophile releases, the sound blend is impeccable, and Reid’s bass is vibrant, rich and woody, confirming his status as one of the last still performing old school bass legends. Reid came up during the 1960s, the end of the golden age of jazz, and has continued to push the post bop envelope. Rufus cut his teeth on the jazz scene in Chicago, playing with all the big names, before moving on to New […]