View basket “LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith” has been added to your basket. Summer Solestice Azar Lawrence SKU: 7211695 Barcode: 0888072116955 36.00 £36.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Craft Recordings Released Date: 15th November 2019 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info 180g Vinyl LP Pressing Marks First Ever Reissue of Long Out of Print 1975 Free-Jazz Album; Remastered All Analog from the Original Tapes Originally issued in 1975, this spiritual free-jazz album remains one of the highlights of the illustrious career of Azar Lawrence, one of the only remaining artists from the legendary Prestige Records era who is still touring and putting out new music. The album was remastered All-Analog from the original tapes and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressing. Highly regarded as one of Lawrence’s finest solo albums, Summer Solstice is a transcendent journey into his Brazilian influenced free-jazz fusion musings. Having started his journey in the jazz realm as a very young man, Lawrence honed his skills among luminary giants such as Miles Davis and John Coltrane, followed by a five-year stint of work with the great McCoy Tyner where he found his voice as a performer and composer. According to an article on Lawrence by Chuck Koton for All About Jazz, “…his ascent to the peak of the jazz world at times lead Lawrence to wonder how he could be playing with these giants and it was Tyner who reassured Azar that as a young man that he belonged in such company because he could not only play the hell out of the horn, but because he felt the same way about the music as John (Coltrane) did.” Recorded during a prime period of exploration and adventure for modern American jazz music, Summer Solstice finds Lawrence leading a team of international virtuosos consisting of Amaury Tristão on guitar, Dom Salvador and Albert Daily on piano, Ron Carter on bass, Billy Hart on drums, Guilherme Franco on percussion, Gerald Hayes on flute, and the one and only Raul de Souza, who is known for his work with artists like Sérgio Mendes and Sonny Rollins, on trombone. In the producer’s chair is Orrin Keepnews, famous for his golden ears that led him to discover artists such as Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderley and Jimmy Heath. The result is an album that operates in the sonic space halfway between the influence of the American jazz standards of the ’50s and ’60s and the free spirit of the Brazilian jazz made popular by artists like Hermeto Pascoal and Egberto Gismonti. Lawrence’s bold and fearless exploration of new sounds influenced many generations to come, and can be heard in the playing of his younger colleagues, like the great Kamasi Washington who cites him as a big influence. Musicians: Azar Lawrence, soprano & tenor saxophones Albert Dailey / Dom Salvador, piano Amaury Tristao, acoustic guitar Ron Carter, bass Billy Hart / Guilherme Franco, drums Gerald Hayes, flute Raul de Souza, trombone Features: • 180g vinyl LP from Craft Recordings • First ever reissue • Remastered All-Analog from the original tapes • Pressed at Quality Record Pressing Artist Azar Lawrence Genre Jazz Label Craft Recordings Buying Options 180g 1LP Format 180g , 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings From The Point Of Love Novo Ano From The Point Of Light Summer Solstice Highway Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Jazz View Product Quick View Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian Jazz | ECM | 1LP Released 3rd March 2023 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 4838652 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd March 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Keith Jarrett Arbour Zena Jazz | ECM | 180g, 1LP Released 27th January 2014 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Keith Jarrett Arbour Zena £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 3743505 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 27th January 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Gil Evans Orchestra Out Of The Cool (Acoustic Sounds Series) Jazz | Impulse | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 14th May 2021 £47.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gil Evans Orchestra Out Of The Cool (Acoustic Sounds Series) £47.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Impulse SKU: 3543963 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 14th May 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Coltrane Coltrane (Mono) Jazz | Analogue Productions | SACD Released 28th January 2013 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Coltrane Coltrane (Mono) £29.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: CPRJ7105SA Formats: SACD Released Date: 28th January 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pharoah Sanders & Idris Muhammad Africa Jazz | Tidal Waves Music | 180g, 2LP Released 27th May 2022 £31.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pharoah Sanders & Idris Muhammad Africa £31.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Tidal Waves Music SKU: TWM25 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 27th May 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Scofield A Go Go Jazz | Verve Records [US] | Verve Records | Verve By Request | 180g, 1LP Released 10th November 2023 £33.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations John Scofield A Go Go £33.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve Records [US] | Verve Records | Verve By Request SKU: 5579885 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 10th November 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Bugge Wesseltoft New Conception Of Jazz Jazz | Jazzland | 2LP Released 13th January 2017 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bugge Wesseltoft New Conception Of Jazz £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Jazzland SKU: 3779003 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 13th January 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jean-Luc Ponty Open Mind Jazz | ABSOLUTE LABEL SERVICES HOLDING | 1LP Released 20th June 2023 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jean-Luc Ponty Open Mind £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ABSOLUTE LABEL SERVICES HOLDING SKU: 0218245MSW Formats: 1LP Released Date: 20th June 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Village of the Sun First Light Jazz | Gearbox | 1LP Released 4th November 2022 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Village of the Sun First Light £23.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Gearbox SKU: GB1580 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th November 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ornette Coleman The Shape Of Jazz To Come Jazz | So Far Out | 180g, 1LP Released 10th June 2013 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ornette Coleman The Shape Of Jazz To Come £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: So Far Out SKU: OUT5007LP Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 10th June 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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