These two CDs offer the trumpeter in very different settings. The first disc presents Bowie with a band to invoke the breadth of Black musical traditions, from the trumpeter's long "Trans Traditional Suite" to exultant versions of "Let the Good Times Roll" and Albert Ayler's "Ghosts," the last with a calypso beat. "For Louie" is a loving invocation of Louis Armstrong, with Bowie's brash and vocal trumpet the perfect instrument for the homage, an assertive declaration of his solidarity with a great tradition, as well as his independence. The second disc is all solo, a continuous demonstration of Bowie's musical invention and sheer resourcefulness, ranging from the comic play of "Miles Davis Meets Donald Duck" to the subtle sounds of "Organic Echo," with the trumpet played into a piano's interior. --Stuart Broomer
All The Magic!/The One And Only,Lester Bowie,Ecm Records,Avant-Garde Jazz,Jazz,Pop
Jazz Music:
- Am I Blue [Import]
- Another Day [Import]
- At the Jazz Coner [Import]
- Ballad of the Fallen
- Basra [Import]
- Best of Jazz, Vol. 3
- Big Band Hits of the 40's in Stereo
- Blink of an Eye
- Book of the Blues, Vol. 1
- Borrowed Time
Jazz Music
Tchaikovsky, Schumann: Piano Concertos
The End Of The World/Nice Girls Don't Stay For Breakfast [Import]
The World's Greatest Tenors, Highlights
Tim Tedrow & Terry Vreeland...and Friends