Jazz Underground -- Live at Smalls

[Larry Kart]

Picked up this 1998 Impulse collection of live performances from Smalls, vividly recorded by David Baker, and found it to be more successful and less studied (and/or quirky to no particular end that I can see) than any of the later albums I have on the Smalls label by various members of the club's inner circle -- e.g. Ari Roland, Chris Byars, Omar Avital. Perhaps things were fresher with those players and other Smalls regulars at this earlier stage? In any case, I was particularly struck by tenorman Charles Owens who seems to have ended up Charlottesville, Virginia. He had something personal and interesting going IMO.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/jazz-underground-live-at-smalls-mw0000032219

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=43486#.UmGadijFUYg

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Devonne is making a record with Nicholas Payton right now. He is one of the most productive musicians I know.

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Charles Owens also has a release on Fresh Sounds New Talent from 1999 that is worth hearing.

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Here is Charles Owen at Small's with some friends of mine from Richmond. This is from a few weeks ago.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=z7bLhmn1imM&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dz7bLhmn1imM%26feature%3Dyoutube_gdata_player

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https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10101789537634286&id=25504742

Looks like the cafeteria at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.