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Elemental Music Records - Les Chocs
For Record Store Day on April 20, the Catalan imprint Elemental Music released both an LP and CD of two previously unreleased live albums from the alto saxophonist's Quintet Cannonball Adderley alongside his brother Nat. One recorded in 1969 with Joe Zawinul and the other in 1972 with George Duke. Two great wines.
Record Store Day 2024: 10 Exclusives Worth Digging For.
Renowned archivist and “jazz detective” Zev Feldman has no less than 10 new titles he’s produced for this year’s RSD festivities, including previously unreleased performances from such titans as Art Tatum, Cannonball Adderley, Sun Ra and Yusef Lateef, among others. Yet the jewel of this year’s bounty is a newly discovered concert from gospel legend and electric guitar groundbreaker Sister Rosetta Tharpe, lovingly known as The Godmother of Rock n’ Roll.
‘In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album’ by Chet Baker and Jack Sheldon Review: Trumpeters in Tandem'
Chet Baker and Jack Sheldon didn’t have much in common. The two trumpeters and occasional singers, who are heard together on the recently discovered, newly released “In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album” (Jazz Detective, out now), both emerged from the West Coast jazz scene of the early 1950s, but that’s where the similarity ends.
Downbeat Editors Pick - Five Star Review: Cannonball Adderley Burnin’ In Bordeaux: Live In France 1969
With 10 new Record Store Day releases, some of producer Zev Feldman’s bounties might get lost in the shuffle this year; Burnin’ In Bordeaux won’t be one of them. There are beloved classics in Cannonball Adderley’s catalogue that aren’t this good. Roy McCurdy, the drummer for Adderley’s quintet on this 97-minute live date from March 1969, snaps the listener to attention immediately after pressing play — or dropping the needle on the first record of the two-LP deluxe 180g vinyl set.
Graded on a Curve: Four Tops, Still Waters Run Deep & Smokey Robinson, Smokey.
Elemental Music’s Motown Sound Collection continues this month with Smokey Robinson’s Smokey in a blue vinyl edition with a gatefold sleeve and the Four Tops' Still Waters Run Deep, both available June 7. Elemental’s series will reissue over two dozen Motown albums from the 1960s and 1970s monthly throughout 2024 and into 2025, drawing from a broad spectrum of Motown acts.
Cannonball Adderley - Poppin' in Paris & Burnin' in Bordeaux
These two albums, Burnin’ in Bordeaux (in its first official, authorized release) and Poppin’ in Paris (previously unreleased) are remastered from tapes made at Cannonball Adderley Quintet concerts in France three years apart when he had been leading his quintets (and occasional sextets) for a decade.
Atlantis lullaby Review - Inside Atlantis
Lateef, a unique performer who in his career ranged from bebop to soul jazz (although he never liked the word “jazz”), romping R&B, spiritual melodies, and during his last period, mood music, was one of the first Western artists to fully explore “exotic” instruments from Asia and India (preceding the “World music” genre and label).
In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album Review by Matt Collar
West Coast jazz trumpeter/singers Chet Baker and Jack Sheldon pair up on this laid-back and amiable, long-lost 1972 recording. Close friends, Baker and Sheldon came up together in Los Angeles in the early '50s, both hanging out and playing in local clubs. They had a similar style with a penchant for warm, Miles Davis-influenced melodicism
Viny Minded with The Four Tops & Smokey Robinson
Still Waters Run Deep by Motown's Four Tops and Smokey Robinson's solo debut "Smokey" are celebrated on 140g vinyl. These releases highlight Motown's evolution with iconic hits and stylish packaging, perfect for enthusiasts old and new.
Elemental Music strikes big deal with Motown for an amazing run of Classic Soul reissues
The most prolific, monumental and iconic soul music catalogue in recorded music history is getting a virtual 'pat on the back' by one of the world's most respected and revered classic reissue record labels. This musical collaboration is the result of a reissue partnership between two well-respected and world-renowned record companies—Motown and Elemental Music.
All About Jazz - Cannonball Adderley: Burnin’ In Bordeaux: Live In France 1969 Review
Captured very, very, very live at the Bordeaux Jazz Festival in March 1969, Adderley and his fired up co-arsonists—pianist Joe Zawinul, cornetist Nat Adderley, Jr., bassist Victor Gaskin, and drummer Roy McCurdy—go scorched earth from the flare-up with Zawinul's spiky ember, the uber-toned "The Scavenger." It rips, it roars. It runs wild the rapids and holds strong the ramparts. It is released in April 2024 as a special Record Store Day Limited Edition, 180 Gram 2-LP set.
Downbeat - 5-Star Review - Bill Evans, Tales
A newly unearthed 1964 set by Bill Evans — Tales: Live In Copenhagen (1964) (Elemental Music Records) presents yet another interpretation from Evans of the classic tune.
Les Chocs - Bill Evans - Tales
Toujours un evenement que la parution d'un enregistrement inconnu de Bill Evans ! Nombre ont paru ces dernieres annees, mais voila qu'une pepite nous arrive de Copenhague, surgissant de la periode la plus dynamique et la plus explosive du pianiste.
Les Choc - Cal Tjader - Catch the Groove
Ces six concerts d'une qualite audio exceptionnelle captes entre 1963 et 1967 au Penthouse Jazz Club rappellent le role majeur de Cal Tjader dans la popularisation de la musique afrocubaine, mais aussi qu'il etait un grand vibraphoniste et un bopper d'une sublime elegance.
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY ‘POPPIN’ IN PARIS: LIVE AT L’OLYMPIA 1972’ 2X180G VINYL RSD (ELEMENTAL MUSIC) 5/5
Record Store Day (Spring 2024) brings us a couple of wonderful Cannonball Adderley releases from Elemental Music. “Poppin’ in Paris” – recorded live in 1972, is released at the same time as the 1969 recording “Burnin’ in Bordeaux”. Both sets are previously unreleased and are issued exclusively for RSD, as special edition, deluxe albums on 180-gram double vinyl and double CD, with digital files also available.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Live in France
They just don’t hand out the title of “Godmother of Rock ‘n’ Roll” for simply owning a 1961 Gibson SG Cus-tom guitar. Triple humbuckers and golden hardware, no less. You’ve got to know how to make fire with it. And that she did. So much so that she cut a record with Little Richard. And Chuck Berry once quipped that his career was “one long Sister Rosetta Tharpe impersonation.” Quite
Jazz Life - Cannonball Adderley
“Poppin in Paris: Live at Olympia 1972” - Cannonball Adderley October 25, 1972, France the Paris Jazz Festival the Olympia Theater Live recording Riverside Records, which had been in business for a long time, went bankrupt in 1964, and Adderley transferred to Capitol while encountering talents such as; George Duke, This led to the creation of many groovy works. This work is a pamphlet held in 1972. In the past, some were sold as pirated copies, but this is the first time that a complete version of this work will be released to the world. The title song from Cannonball's masterpiece "Black Messiah". George Duke's piano/electric piano is in a wolfish groove.
BEYOND CATEGORY…Yusef Lateef: Atlantis Lullaby
Few artists have stayed true to their own unique calling as had Yusef Lateef. He was one of the first musicians to create what is now termed “world music”, simply bringing in rhythms, harmonies and instruments from disparate part of the world. Playing tenor sax, flute and soprano sax among other exotic instruments throughout his career, Lateef bridged geographic musical gaps like no other.
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****WHEN IT WAS HEP TO BE HIP…Chet Baker & Jack Sheldon: In Perfect Harmony-The Lost Album
Trumpet-wise, there is a nary a thumb width of difference between the two in terms of rich tone and style. Both are in love with melody and clarity, and while the two have similar vocal deliveries, there is no chance of confusing the two. They both sing together on an absolute charmer of “This Can’t Be Love” and the horns coo together on the instrumental bossa “Once I Loved”. For the rest of the standards and original blues, the two take turns playing obligatos behind the other’s vocals, and then having a chance at a solo. It works to perfection.
A SMOKING CANNONBALL; Cannonball Adderley: Burning In Bordeaux-Live in France 1969, Poppin’ in Paris-Live at L’Olympia 1972
Believe It or not, once upon a time, jazz musicians actually had “pop” hit songs and played music that was creative and accessible. You’ll have to trust me on this one. Elemental Music has recently uncovered a pair of concerts by the maestro alto saxist Cannonball Adderley. The gigs are only separated by a few years, and only a minor change in musicianship, but oh, what a change that made!