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Gary 1st came to prominence in the early 70's, via his work with Canterbury progressive musicians as well as his free jazz work. His style on tenor sax & bass clarinet was very much his own & immediately identifiable. This retrospective look back on the work of this late sax giant, annotated & curated by Mike King ("Wrong Movements") contains well over an hour of unreleased material from 1971-84, including duets with Carla Bley, an outtake from Hugh Hopper's "1984", tracks from his own, unreleased "Steam Radio Tapes" lp [featuring Hugh, Steve Hillage, Bill MacCormick, Nick Mason, Julie Tippetts, & many others], "rock-a-bop-a-metaldelic" versions of Albert Ayler & the Psychedelic Furs & much, much more. (Source: cuneiformrecords.com)

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Billed as "a jazz loft party," this animated live session is a memorial of sorts to Malachi Favors, the original bassist in the Ritual Trio. Yosef Ben Israel fills Favors' shoes while Ari Brown plays gruff tenor sax, Billy Bang guests on violin and Kahil El'Zabar leads on kalimba, drum kit, congas and other percussion. El'Zabar's three originals are built on extended modal vamps, beginning with the Favors tribute "Big M" and continuing with the more swing-based "Return of the Lost Tribe." David R. Adler, jazztimes.com

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The Music Of Johann Sebastian Bach In A Jazz Style. 1965 Mercury release on stereo vinyl LP. Contains almost same tracks as "Swingin' Bach Guitar", released a year before by Polydor.

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While remaining steeped in the musical traditions of her native Japan, pianist and composer Aki Takase emerged as one of the most versatile figures in contemporary jazz, her work running the gamut from conventional structures and harmonies to complete abstraction. [...] From 1988 to 1994, Takase regularly played in a duo with Maria João and maintained her busy festival schedule. (Extract from Aki Takase's biography at itunes.apple.com)

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In 2001, Maria João, Mário Laginha, Helge Norbakken and Toninho Ferragutti formed the Mumadji quartet. Mumadji means "Portuguese-European" in Xangana, a language from Mozambique. The group recently released a live album. (Source: Emarcy Records)

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"....Not only is his brilliant command of the six-string present here, so is the vivid color tones of notes and blue notes played between.... the music almost lifts the listener off his feet into a dreamy, water-like landscape. The atmosphere is serene and enchanting, such as a romantic evening for two under starlight, and certainly a romantic eve merits the accompaniment of this record.... The sounds are soft, smooth, and silky, and Montgomery addresses full leadership of his graceful melodic style, fronting close to 20 members of an orchestra perhaps best described resonant and sweeping...."

4½ out of 5 stars! - Allmusic.com

This was the first Manhattan Transfer album I owned, and it's still my favourite. I love this album. Each song is stupendous. The talent of these four singers is incredible and this one of those albums that shows it off. This is an album that you can have on in the car and sing along with, or while you're working; or that you can sit down when the house is quiet and sit in that perfect chair and focus all your attentions on, that you can close your eyes and listen to harmony of each chord and be amazed over and over again.