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GETZ AU GO GO (Verve). Tenor Saxophonist Stan Getz and Mrs. Gilberto again (One Note Samba, Corcovado...
ANDREW HILL: POINT OF DEPARTURE (Blue Note). This is a highly individualistic combo with a strong visceral sound. The standout is the late saxophonist Eric Dolphy, who easily steals the record from Hill with searingly emotional solos, and stimulates Joe Henderson (tenor sax), Kenny Dorham (trumpet) and Richard Davis (bass). Hill believes in arrangements that give free rein to his musicians' personalities and their ways of extemporizing; on this disk he has achieved a memorable ensemble...
...annual meeting of the New York Conference of the Methodist Church in Bridgeport last month, Tenor Saxophonist Ed Summerlin, with sextet and chorus, presented the first performance of a new Liturgy of the Holy Spirit, with words by Poet William Robert Miller. Based vaguely on a Christian service described by the 2nd century theologian Hippolytus, the eclectic 14-part liturgy included jazz anthems in fairly conventional "cool" style, ballad-like congregational hymns reminiscent of Kurt Weill, choral passages as modal as a 14th century Mass. Florida-born Ed Summerlin began writing jazz for use in churches six years ago, when...
...Impresario Joe Napoli, who founded the event as repayment for the kindness shown to him by the villagers when he was a G.I. fighting in the Battle of the Bulge. Staged in the village meadow, the program will feature artists from eight countries, including the Woody Herman Band, Saxophonist John Coltrane, the Prague Dixieland Band, Germany's Woodhouse Stompers and Blues Singer Tany Golon from Katanga...
...growling trumpet, a wah-wah trombone). But there is deftness in most of his gentle transformations, and he seems to enjoy playing with the little pieces. The virtuosos of his big band step forward solemnly to play the songs of Mr. Banks, the children and the chimney sweep, and Saxophonist Paul Gonsalves scampers through Mary Poppins' exultant solo faster than one can say supercalifragilistic-expialidocious...