2013-05-22T00:20:19-06:00 C. Michael Bailey 2013-05-22T00:20:15-06:00 Mark Corroto 2013-05-22T00:20:13-06:00 m: Charles Lloyd's return from semi-retirement in the 1980s is mythologized, but it surely can't beat bassist m: Henry Grimes' musical resurrection in the early 2000s after over 30 years of obscurity...]]> Ian Patterson 2013-05-21T00:20:12-06:00 Martin Longley 2013-05-21T00:20:08-06:00 m: Nils Petter MolvA|r or m: Erik Truffaz, who are embracing electronics and the improvisational side of jazz in their music. Henriksen's music is an otherworldly amalgamation of different and sometimes opposing elements, with imaginative soundscapes built on the tradition that trumpeter m: Miles Davis began with his electronic explorations of four decades ago. His releases as a leader began with the debut, Sakuteiki (Rune Grammofon, 2001), and also include Chiaroscuro (Rune Grammofon, 2004) and Strjon (Rune Grammofon, 2007), the three recent reissued on vinyl in the lavish, seven-LP Soldification (Rune Grammofon, 2013) box. Solidification also includes Chron, a new recording made exclusively for this box set. One of Henriksen's trademarks is his unorthodox approaches to music-making and improvisation, something most evident in the band m: Supersilent, an all-improv band which currently includes keyboardist StA le StorlA kken and producer/guitarist Helge Sten, with drummer Jarle Vespestad, leaving the group in 2009...]]> Nenad Georgievski 2013-05-20T00:20:15-06:00 Jakob Baekgaard 2013-05-20T00:20:11-06:00 Mike Davis 2013-05-20T00:20:08-06:00 Sammy Stein 2013-05-19T00:20:14-06:00 C. Michael Bailey 2013-05-19T00:20:09-06:00 Ian Patterson 2013-05-18T00:20:16-06:00 Patricia Myers 2013-05-18T00:20:12-06:00 m: Bill Frisell, even more frequently--while others, for a variety of reasons, are less prolific. Pianist Edward Simon has, in recent years, been issuing albums with broader distribution under his own name--which automatically discounts 2010's independently released but undeniably fine Danny Boy--about once every three years on labels ranging from The Netherlands' Criss Cross to Italy's Cam Jazz. Live in New York at Jazz Standard is the third in a consecutive string of recordings to feature his seven year-old trio with bassist m: John Patitucci and ubiquitous drummer m: Brian Blade, but it's both his first live recording and the first to be issued on the American Sunnyside imprint. Sometimes, making your fans wait is a good thing; in this case, Simon's set, recorded at New York's Jazz Standard--drawing primarily from Unicity (Cam Jazz, 2006) and from Poesia (Cam Jazz, 2009), but also containing a surprise or two--has unequivocally been worth the wait, and continues to position the ever-inventive pianist as one of his generation's most watch-worthy...]]> John Kelman 2013-05-17T00:20:16-06:00 m: Astor Piazzolla invited jazz into the world of tango, birthing a hybridized form of music that's outlived its creator; jazz, proving equally hospitable, opened its doors to Piazzolla and nuevo tango. High-end artists like saxophonist m: Gerry Mulligan, vibraphonist m: Gary Burton, and guitarist m: Al Di Meola all collaborated with the legendary composer/bandoneon player, helping to raise his profile and that of nuevo tango music on the whole. Piazzolla had a notable influence on, in addition to all three of these musicians, countless others in jazz's past and present, but none of those figures took up the mantle of nuevo tango figurehead; pianist m: Pablo Ziegler did...]]> Dan Bilawsky 2013-05-17T00:20:10-06:00 m: John Coltrane, m: Miles Davis, m: Dizzy Gillespie, m: Thelonious Monk, m: Candido Camero, m: Charlie Parker, m: Wes Montgomery, m: Grant Green, m: Herbie Hancock, m: Chick Corea, and m: Mongo Santamaria, just to name a few. Love ya Doc...]]> Felix Langford 2013-05-17T00:20:08-06:00 Dan Bilawsky 2013-05-16T00:20:14-06:00 Joan Gaylord 2013-05-16T00:20:11-06:00 Roger Aldridge 2013-05-16T00:20:07-06:00 Jakob Baekgaard 2013-05-15T00:20:38-06:00 m: John Zorn, two musicians who, at least on the surface, couldn't be more different. Of course, those who look beyond Metheny's more listener-friendly m: Pat Metheny Group to recordings like the searing Zero Tolerance for Silence (Geffen, 1994), his particularly stellar collaboration with saxophonist m: Ornette Coleman, Song X (Geffen, 1985, reissued Nonesuch, 2005), or his explorations into the outer realms of improvisation with guitarist Derek Bailey on The Sign of 4 (Knitting Factory, 1997), know that there's a lot more depth and exploratory A(C)lan to the guitarist who has broken all records for Grammy Award wins (currently at 20)...]]> John Kelman 2013-05-15T00:20:23-06:00 Clay Grossman 2013-05-15T00:20:18-06:00