Charles Tolliver - Live At The Captain's Cabin

Charles Tolliver - Live At The Captain's CabinCharles Tolliver's Live at the Captain's Cabin is a remarkable archival release that captures the trumpeter's dynamic performance with his ensemble, Music Inc., during a 1973 concert. Issued in 2024 by Cellar Live, this previously unissued recording offers a vivid snapshot of Tolliver's innovative approach to jazz during a pivotal era. The album features seven tracks that showcase the ensemble's synergy and Tolliver's commanding presence as a

DIANA are an enigmatic foursome from Toronto

a change of view can transform a person's world

Gil Evans passed away in Cuernavaca

Madeline Kenney made sonic sketches in the basement studio she shared with her then-partner

John Dieterich on guitar

The band purposely left space for spontaneity and magic moments

so I guess it's not much of a shocker if it's going to sound like "us"

all resolved with forthright melodic sense"

10 of them previously unissued while Curtis Jones and Poor Boy Burke have 2 each while Willie "Boodle It" Right has 1

their versions of 'Armenian folk song 'The Sabre Dance' and Chuck Berry's 'No Particular Place To Go' are riveting and 'Cloughy Is A Bootboy' and 'Lester Fiddled The Tax Man' leave Olga's humour intact

with everything from Southern Rock anthems about overcoming preconceived notions to life lessons wrapped in heartfelt Americana

" The album is a technicolor journey through emotional rawness