- Summit (groups)
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The Summit format is used in jazz to bring together performers on a particular musical instrument. Though these recording often feature other musicians (notably a rhythm section), the main instrument is focused upon in a celebratory way.
The saxophone quartet has since become a somewhat common format, and to a lesser extent the bass clarinet quartet. Additionally, all-percussion ensembles and acapella groups are common and focus upon a single instrument in a similar way.
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Summit
Clarinet/Saxophone
Clarinet Summit was a project organized by John Carter. A 1979 concertwas released on MPS Records as You Better Fly Away. A 1983 concert, released separately as Clarinet Summit and Clarinet Summit, Vol. 2 (both on India Navigation) were reissued together as In Concert at the Public Theater. A 1987 album, Southern Bells, was released on Black Saint.
The 1979 concert features Perry Robinson, Gianluigi Trovesi, Bernd Konrad, Theo Jörgensmann, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Didier Lockwood, Stan Tracey, Eje Thelin, Kai Kanthak, Jean-François Jenny-Clark, Günter Sommer, Aldo Romano. The 1981 concrets feautres Alvin Batiste, David Murray, Jimmy Hamilton[1]
- Saxophone Summit
2008: Joshua Redman, Michael Brecker, Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano, George Garzone[2]
- Soprano Summit
Kenny Davern, Dick Hyman, Bucky Pizzarelli, Bob Wilber, Marty Grosz, George Duvivier, Bobby Rosengarden[3]
- Alto Summit
1968: Lee Konitz, Pony Poindexter, Phil Woods and Leo Wright (and pianist Steve Kuhn, bassist Palle Danielsson and drummer Jon Christensen) (MPS Records)[4][5]
1996: Phil Woods, Vincent Herring, Antonio Hart, (with Carl Allen on drums, Anthony Wonsey on piano, and Reuben Rogers on bass) (Milestone Records)[6]
- Tenor
- See Tenor Madness
- Baritone
Baritone Madness is a 1978 album from saxophonist Nick Brignola, featuring Pepper Adams, Ted Curson, Derek Smith, Dave Holland, Roy Haynes (Bee Hive Records).
Flute
- Flute Summit
1974: Jeremy Steig, James Moody, Sahib Shihab, Chris Hinze (Atlantic)[7]
Percussion
- Percussion Summit
1984: Urszula Dudziak, Johnny Dyani, Okay Temiz, Gunter Sommer, Ed Thigpen, Mariusz Maurycy (tambourine), John Purcell (Moers Music)[8]
Vocal
- Vocal Summit
Lauren Newton, Urszula Dudziak, Jeanne Lee, Jay Clayton, Bobby McFerrin
Trombone
- Trombone Summit
1980: Albert Mangelsdorff, Bill Watrous, Jiggs Whigham, Kai Winding (MPS) [9]
- Trombone Workshop
1980: Albert Mangelsdorff, Bill Watrous, Jiggs Whigham, Kai Winding, with Allan Ganley, Horace Parlan, Mads Vinding (Pausa Records)[10]
Trumpet
- Trumpet Summit
Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry and Freddie Hubbard recorded in 1980 an album called The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4, also featuring Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Ray Brown and Bobby Durham. Outtakes from this session were released on The Alternate Blues. Both albums were produced by Norman Granz and published by Pablo Records. Gillespie, Terry, Peterson and Durham previously recorded a live album at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival called Oscar Peterson Jam - Montreux '77, which featured Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Bobby Shew, Allen Vizzutti, Vincent DiMartino together also released albums as Summit Reunion (Chiaroscuro Records) .[11]
Vibes
- Vibes Summit
1978: Dave Friedman, Karl Berger, Wolfgang Lackerschmid, Tom Van Der Geld
Violin
- Jazz Violin Session (Duke Ellington's)
1963: Svend Asmussen, Stéphane Grappelli, Ray Nance (Atlantic 1688)
- Violin Summit
1966: Svend Asmussen, Stéphane Grappelli, Jean-Luc Ponty, Stuff Smith (MPS/Verve 15099)
- New Violin Summit
1971: Jean-Luc Ponty, Nipso Brantner, Michal Urbaniak, Don "Sugarcane" Harris [12] (MPS/Polydor 15335)
- Gipsy Jazz Violin Summit
1979: Nipso Brantner, Zipflo Reinhardt, Shmitto Kling, Hannes Beckmann (MPS 15548)
- Fiddle Fever
1984: Matt Glaser, Evan Stover, Jay Unger (Flying Fish FF-247)
- Jazz Violin Celebration
1985: Darol Anger, Matt Glaser, David Balakrishnan (Kaleidoscope 22)
- Rhythm and Blu
1986: Michal Urbaniak, John Blake, Didier Lockwood (Gramavision 18-8608-1)
- Fiddlers 4
2002: Darol Anger, Michael Doucet, Bruce Molsky, (Compass 4334)
- Celtic Fiddle Festival
Kevin Burke, Christian Lemaitre, Johnny Cunningham (Green Linnet 1133, 1189, 1216)
Kevin Burke, Christian Lemaitre, André Brunet, (Green Linnet 1230, Loftus Music 3)
Other instruments
- Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza
1999: Sam Bush, David Grisman, Ronnie McCoury, Jesse McReynolds, Bobby Osborne, Ricky Skaggs, Frank Wakefield, Buck White (Acoustic Disc 35)
- Great Dobro Sessions
1994: Mike Auldridge, Curtis Burch, Jerry Douglas, Josh Graves, Rob Ickes, Oswald Kirby, Stacy Phillips, Tut Taylor, Sally Van Meter, Gene Wooten (Sugar Hill 2206)
- Rounder Banjo Extravaganza Live
1992: Tom Adams, Tony Furtado, Tony Trischka (Rounder 0296)
References
Categories:- American jazz ensembles
- MPS Records artists
- Milestone Records artists
- Pausa Records artists
- Chiaroscuro Records artists
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