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Bailey's Bundles
C. Michael Bailey's Best Releases of 2008
C. Michael Bailey
...wants to know if Gene Harris is playing "Summertime" in Heaven...
Lee Konitz and Minsarah
Deep Lee
Enja Records
2008
Alto saxophonist Lee Konitz (born 1927) is only one of two living musicians out of the original twelve who took part in... continued
Corey Christiansen
Roll With It
Origin Records
2008
If jazz is America's soundtrack, periodically updated by tonal seismic shifts, then Corey Christiansen's third release, Roll With It... continued
Bill Cunliffe
The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Take 2
Resonance Records
2008
Oliver Nelson (1932-1975) was a saxophonist, arranger, and composer who seemed everywhere in the 1960s... continued
Don Hales
Unified String Theory
Chicken Coup Records
2008
Guitarist Don Hales is one of those jazz musicians almost too good to be true, one who has had a lengthy local career who finally bobs to the surface with a head-turning release... continued
Enough from the C. Michael Bailey 2008 archive. Here is a Bailey's dozen of reviews by other All About Jazz writers:
Carla Bley
The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu
Watt
2008
Reviewed by John Kelman
Once Carla Bley finds musicians she likes, she sticks with them. Bassist Steve Swallow, also Bley's life partner, dates back... continued
Gov't Mule
Holy Haunted House
Independent
2008
Reviewed by Doug Collette
It's hardly a surprise that Gov't Mule performed Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy (Atlantic, 1973) in its entirety in sequence on Halloween, 2007... continued
James Carter
Present Tense
Emarcy
2008
Reviewed by Greg Camphire
Multi-reedist James Carter has been steadily chugging along as a master of many instruments and styles since his auspicious recording... continued
Marcin Wasilewski trio
January
ECM
2008
Reviewed by Chris May
With January, pianist Marcin Wasilewski, bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and drummer Michal Miskiewicz step out of the benign shadow of... continued
Tim Hagan
Alone Together
Pirouet Records
2008
Reviewed by Budd Kopman
Just as the term jazz is notoriously hard to define, so are many terms within its world including mainstream... continued
Enrico Rava / Stefano Bollani
The Third Man
ECM
2008
Reviewed by Laurel Gross
Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava and pianist Stefano Bollani have been collaborators for more than a dozen years... continued
Jessica Williams
Deep Monk
Red and Blue Records
2008
Reviewed by Dan McClenaghan
Do we really need another tribute to Thelonious Sphere Monk? Everybody who is anybody in the jazz game has put a Monk song on an album... continued
Corey Wilkes
Drop It
Delmark Records
2008
Reviewed by Jerry D'Souza
It was in 2002 that Corey Wilkes (trumpet, flugelhorn, cornet) made his presence on the Chicago jazz scene... continued
Bryan Beninghove
Organ Trio
Self Published
2008
Reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins
Bryan Beninghove puts a different spin on the jazz trio. Instead of piano or guitar with bass and drums, he heads a sax-organ-drums combo... continued
Roy Assaf and Eddy Khaimovich quartet
Andarta
Origin Records
2008
Reviewed by John Barron
Pianist Roy Assaf and bassist Eddy Khaimovich are true musical soul mates. Much like the legendary partnerships of saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie... continued
Sonny Rollins
Road Shows, Vol. 1
Doxy
2008
Reviewed by Mark Corroto
The sound of saxophonist Sonny Rollins is unmistakable. Instantly recognizable when he plays just one note... continued
Gene Harris
Live in London
Concord Records
2008
Reviewed by Jim Santella
A never-before-release can be of great value or it can be entirely forgettable. this live session from London, featuring veteran pianist Gene Harris with a stellar quartet... continued
Julia Hulsmann Trio
The End of a Summer
ECM
2008
Reviewed by John Kelman
Why do some artists achieve popularity in their own country and fail to make an impression elsewhere, while others cross that boundary with apparent ease?... continued
Jeff Beck
Performing This Week...Live at Ronnie Scott's
Eagle Rock Entertainment
2008
Reviewed by Doug Collette
Performing This Week... Live at Ronnie Scott's, recorded during a 2007 run at the renowned London club, is guitarist Jeff Beck's first release on the Eagle label... continued
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