New Grachan Moncur

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for anyone who is interested, here is a tidbit from the ice website concerning the forthcoming grachan moncur disc.

Jazz lore is full of comeback stories from musical legends who toiled away in obscurity for years before finally seeing their dues paid. Like last year’s heralded re-emergence of renowned bassist Henry Grimes (who played with everyone from Sonny Rollins to Cecil Taylor, then disappeared for some 30 years), this coming January will bring trombonist Grachan Moncur III back to the scene.

After the 2003 release of the Mosaic Select three-disc box set compiling his classic but hard-to-find mid-’60s Blue Note work, Moncur was spurred to play on his first album as a leader since 1983’s Soul Connection. The January 25th release of Exploration culls together new arrangements of the trombonist’s compositions, most of which were originally recorded on albums of his such as New Africa, Evolution and Some Other Stuff.

Band members making an appearance on the new cuts include drummer Andrew Cyrille (who played on the original 1969 Africa), alto saxophonist Gary Bartz and tenor player Billy Harper, among others. The Capri Records collection features a mix of post-bop arrangements and modern free-form sensibilities, with Moncur’s signature burnished tone and creatively spacious phrasing.

The track list:

"Exploration"

"Monk In Wonderland"

"Love And Hate"

"New Africa"

"When?"

"Frankenstein"

"Excursion"

"Sonny's Back!"

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Already discussed (and available now!!!) in the following thread...

Link: Grachan Moncur III - "Exploration" (2004!!), w/ Bartz, Harper, Hagens, Cyrille, more!

I'll give that thread a bump too, just for the heck of it...

[bertrand]

Soul Connection is a Big John Patton album.

Bertrand.

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  bertrand said:

Soul Connection is a Big John Patton album.

With Moncur, if I remember right (never heard it myself).