Album Reviews

Tony Allen - Secret Agent ****

World Circuit Records WCD082 | Tony Allen (v, d, p), Rody Ceeyon (b), Claude Dibongue (g), Fixi (p, acc, tb, backing v), Niclaus Giraud (t), Jean Jacques Elangue (ts), Yann Jankielwicz (s), Simon Andrieux (tb), Yinka Ogunye (perc) and vocalists.

Louis Armstrong - New Orleans to Chicago ****

Le Chant Du Monde 574 1641-2-3-4-5-6  Louis Armstrong (t, v) with his Hot Five, Hot Seven, Stompers, Orchestra, Johnny Dodds’ Black Bottom Stompers, Jimmy Bertrand’s Washboard Wizards, Carroll Dickerson’s Savoyagers, Savoy Ballroom Five and the Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra.

Charles Mingus - Jazz Workshop 1957-1958 ****

Fresh Sound FSR-CD535 (2 CDs) | Charles Mingus (b), Clarence Shaw/Bill Hardman (t), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Shafi Hadi (as, ts), Bill Evans/Bob Hammer/Horace Parlan (p), Dannie Richmond/Kenny Dennis (d) and Melvin Stewart/Langston Hughes (speech).

Joe Lovano and Us - Five Folk Art ***

Blue Note | Joe Lovano (ts, as, acl, taragato, aulochrome, gongs), James Weidman (p), Esperanza Spalding (b), Otis Brown III (d, bells, gongs) and Francisco Mela (d, perc, bells).

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