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Well, this is a wild one. Long thought lost, the tapes of these 1961 performances at the Village Gate (now Le Poisson Rouge) in New York were recently discovered in the New York Public Library archives after sitting on the shelves for 50 years.
Despite a slew of jaw-dropping credits, including playing with George Russell and Bill Evans, the drummer has maintained a relatively low profile in large part because he moved to Boston in 1971 to focus on teaching. He celebrates his birthday with a show at The Lilypad on Oct. 15.
London saxman turns from originals to postbop classics and from soprano to alto in a set that salutes Wayne Shorter, Eric Dolphy and others
Diskonife: Audible Spirits Matt Moran, vibraphone; Sarah Elizabeth Charles, voice, effects; Curtis Hasselbring, trombone, samples Diskonife 009 (CD). 2023. Moran, prod.; René Pierre Allain, eng. Performance **** Sonics ***½
The lineup of RSD Black Friday exclusives has a bigger dose of hip-hop than ever, plus rare material from Gram Parsons, Joni Mitchell and others.