Charles Mingus, Susan Alcorn Quintet, and The Nels Cline Singers

ArtistCharles Mingus

Title: @ Bremen 1964 & 1975

LabelSunnyside Records

Release Date: 11/13/20

Personnel: Charles Mingus – bass; Johnny Coles – trumpet (1-6); Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet (1-6); Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone (1-6); Jaki Byard – piano (1-6); Dannie Richmond – drums; Jack Walrath – trumpet (7-15); George Adams – tenor saxophone, vocals (7-15); Don Pullen – piano (7-15)

Impression: This bounteous collection features the greatest ensemble in all of music (’64 Mingus Euro tour group) at the height of its powers as well as the little-documented Mingus ’75 group who had recently wrapped up the Changes One and Changes Two recording sessions, and there is little to be done to quiet my rapturous applause to Sunnyside Records for releasing it.

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Artist: Susan Alcorn Quintet

Title: Pedernal

Label: Relative Pitch Records

Release Date: 11/13/20

Personnel: Susan Alcorn – pedal steel guitar; Mark Feldman – violin; Michael Formanek – bass; Mary Halvorson – guitar; Ryan Sawyer – drums

Impression: This singular set of music tenderly invites you in and suggests that you take a seat and to breathe in deeply and receive this stirring gift, and to then be rewarded anew by subsequent adherence to these simple directions.

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Artist: The Nels Cline Singers

Title: Share The Wealth

Label: Blue Note Records

Release Date: 11/13/20

Personnel: Nels Cline – guitars; Scott Amendola – drums, percussion; Skerik – tenor saxophone; trevor Dunn – bass; Brian Marsella – Fender Rhodes, acoustic piano, Hammond C3, Farfisa, melodica, analog synths, toy piano; Cyro Baptista – percussion universe vox

Impression: Composerly Nels is peak-Nels and considerable and compelling territory is deftly covered here with a distinctive aesthetic, making StW his magnum opus to this point in time.

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