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Buellgrass - Across The Tracks


Released on vinyl as BIG DAY AT OJAI 
 
 Just a few short months ago I wrote about an excellent album that fused such diverse elements as Jazz (in the musical persona of Ellington and Monk), Blues and bluegrass. Big Day At Ojai is a stunning reminder that great creative music cannot be pigeonholed. From the opening of "Stardust," with its stately mandolin and bass duet, to the closing seconds of "Tennessee Waltz," this album never lets down, You may be stunned by the superbly swinging mandolin of Andy Statman and pleased by the singing Iyrical quality of Richard Greene's violin. Then, there is the alternately gruff and sensual saxophones of Marty Krystall, who also adds some piquant clarinet work. The harp work of the late Peter Ivers harkens back to the sound of Little Walter and it contains a swing and vitality that links it to the power of the classic big band horn section.


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Buell Neidlinger - Gayle Force


All compositions by Neidlinger-Gayle-Bergamo except “Lonely Woman” by Ornate Coleman. 
 
 This is a 1965 recording with Charles Gayle on tenor sax and John Bergamo on drums. This is historically significant as it is Charles Gayle’s first recording a full 22 years prior to his led session, for Silkheart in 1988. So this predates the recorded appearance of Peter Brotzman and is parallel to Coltrane’s final group with Pharoah Sanders. I’ve tried to put myself back to 1965 and my feeling is this is equal to the vanguard of its time.


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