Michael Manring - Subtext - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Jazz guitarist David Cullen & fretless bass legend Michael Manring have put together a very funky & accessible set of duets. Album Tracks 1. Shuffle in 2. Snappin on Ten 3. Equilibre 4. Turbograss 5. Wistful Thinking 6. Gizmo 7. Buenos Dias 8. A Forgotten Wish 9. Homestyle 10. Canto 11. Tie-Dyed and Wide-Eyed 12. A Better Place

The Michael Bisio Quartet is a new kindred-spirit assembly featuring the veteran bassist alongside Mat Maneri (viola), Karl Berger (vibraphone) and Whit Dickey (drums). Their melodiously alluring debut album, MBefore, features the four virtuoso improvisers communing on a set of original compositions by Bisio & Berger, plus a free-minded take on the standard InchI Fall in Love Too EasilyInch.Michael Bisio has earned just praise for his textured solo performances as well as collaborations with the likes of veteran multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee. But it's perhaps his 13-year membership in the Matthew Shipp Trio that has earned him widest renown, having toured on both sides of the Atlantic along with recording numerous albums with the pianist. Cadence magazine marveled over the way Bisio's playing Inchseems to be produced by sorcery.Inch From the liner by Matthew Shipp InchMichael Bisio is one of the greatest bassists on the planet - but this album isn't about his bass playing. It's about his humanity. Bisio is a thoughtful group leader who has a knack for bringing the right people together and setting them up in such a way that they feel at one with the group dynamic.Inch MBefore is about the ensemble and it's collective consciousness - it's about the group aesthetic, with the resulting sound having a transparent quality. With vibes and viola, there's a sonic clarity, even a kind of sweetness. That clarity and transparency allows the contrapuntal quality of the music to be fully revealed - you can hear everyone's lines at once, and the subtle harmonies created by the crossing of those individual lines. Album Tracks 1. Ac2.0 (Revised) 2. Sea V 4 WD (Part 2) 3. Crystal Fire 4. I Fall in Love Too Easily 5. Intravenous Voice 6. R. Henri 7. Sea V 4 WD (Part 1) 8. Still 9. Um

Franks co-produces for the first time on this, his ninth studio album. The jazz is on-point as ever, and his experiments with both production and singing make this entry in his discog a must-have. Album Tracks 1. Read My Lips 2. Let Me Count the Ways 3. Your Secret's Safe with Me 4. Don't Be Shy 5. When I Give My Love to You 6. Queen of the Underground 7. Now I Know Why (They Call It Falling) 8. Please Don't Say Goodbye 9. When She Is Mine