#Handy note legion treasures plus

PineвЂ™s music was powerful, intense and in the tradition of the great tenor saxophonists such as Coltrane and Rollins. A pied piper who led British jazz out of the trough of despond after its brilliant flowering in the 1960s, he was compared to the charismatic Wynton Marsalis in the USA as a spokesman for a new breed of technically accomplished young jazzers. Journey to the Urge Within heralded the arrival of Courtney Pine at the head of a new generation of British jazz musicians. (SN)Д¬ourtney Pine: Journey To The Urge Within (Antilles)Д¬ourtney Pine (ts, ss, b-cl), Kevin Robinson (t), Ray Carless (bar s), Orphy Robinson (vb), Julian Joseph (p), Roy Carter (ky), Gary Crosby (b), Mark Mondesir (d), Cleveland Watkiss and Susaye Greene (v). They barge in, do things a jazz piano trio isnвЂ™t supposed to do, such as play BlondieвЂ™s вЂHeart of GlassвЂ™ or Kurt CobainвЂ™s вЂSmells Like Teen Spirit.вЂ™ To get inside these songs, and their own well thought-out originals, they may inflict a bit of grievous bodily harm on the musical structures, but at least they give you a musical experience you wonвЂ™t forget easily. ThatвЂ™s whatвЂ™s so refreshing about the Bad Plus. You know, get inside there, push the furniture over, chuck things out of the window and generally make a nuisance of themselves. Very few jazz groups today set out to mess with your head. The Bad Plus: These Are The Vistas (Columbia)Д®than Iverson (p), Reid Anderson (b) and Dave King (d). Groundbreaking, it gave young British jazz bands the guts to label themselves like rock bands and to stretch beyond their comfort zones. Held On The Tips Of Fingers twisted in digital trickery to a frontline of heavyweight tenor saxophonists, dazzling with folksy anthems such as вЂBear TownвЂ™ or the drum вЂ™nвЂ™ bass drenched вЂFluffyвЂ™. A stylistic crossroads where folk, avant-jazz, electronica and raw punk co-existed, RochfordвЂ™s music was aptly called вЂњthe sound of the futureвЂќ even though it betrayed a love of Ellington, Monk and, yes, Napalm Death. Not only the most gifted jazz drummer of his generation, bandleader Sebastian Rochford crafted sublimely original chamber music. Such was the brilliance of Polar BearвЂ™s Held On The Tips Of Fingers, the bandвЂ™s second release, it almost won the 2005 Mercury Music Prize.

#Handy note legion treasures plus

Sebastian Rochford (d), Pete Wareham, Mark Lockheart (ts), Tom Herbert (b), Leafcutter John (programming) plus Jonny Philips (g), Ingrid Laubrock (ts), Joe Bentley (tb), Emma Smith (v) and Hannah Marshall (c). Polar Bear: Held On The Tips of Fingers (Babel) The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World is exclusively available in print and includes new in-depth editorial on each album from Jazzwise's acclaimed team of writers, plus in-depth features on the making of the top three albums, a look at the albums that almost made the cut and a guide to buying the featured titles on LP and CD. We have now taken the concept much further with a brand new publication вЂ“ The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World вЂ“ a 100-page definitive guide to the most important and influential jazz albums that have gone on to change and shape the course of the music from the 1920s to the present day. The list featured below was originally published in the August 2006 issue of Jazzwise magazine and quickly established itself as a key reference for anyone interested in exploring the rich history of jazz on record.