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Matthew Shipp: Shipp Shape

by Chris Rich
August 12, 2012

Pianist Matthew Shipp is very keenly attuned to the details and nuances of what has to be the most forlorn and anemic environment imaginable for anything a sensible person would call business. Think of it as the sort of business ecosystem that resembles the least habitable places on earth, say a fumarole at the bottom of ...

It Ain't Over 'til the Fat Man Swings

By Tonic

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2005
Track listing: The Holiday Season; Jolly Old St. Nicolas; Here Comes Santa Claus; It Ain't Over 'til the Fat Man Swings; Silver and Gold; Up on the Housetop; At Christmas Time; The Man With the Bag; Darn That Sock; Santa Claus is Coming to Town; Christmas in Chicago; The Joint is Jumpin'.

Tonic: It Ain't Over 'til the Fat Man Swings

by Dan McClenaghan
November 18, 2005

These are some snazzy sounds, and given this is Christmas music, the “fat man" in the title would be, of course, Santa Claus.At the risk of sounding Scrooge-ish, you have to pick your holiday sounds carefully in order to avoid the sap factor. The members of Tonic--a group comprised of vocalists Steve and Karen ...

Sam Kininger

By Sam Kininger

Label: Tonic
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. NY-NO. 1, 2. Where I?m Coming From, 3. 32-84-31 St., 4. Pieces, 5.Late Night, 6. Most Beautiful, 7. No War for Oil, 8. Big Whopper, 9. Don?t Say Nothin?, 10. My Dogg, 11. Evolved

Sam Kininger: Sam Kininger

by Phil DiPietro
December 3, 2003

Another homegrown winner. For a while, Boston's The Squad and Soulive were engaged in a pleasurable funk war in which there were no losers, only winners ' especially among hometown audiences. Thing was, Sam Kininger played alto for both sides, eventually becoming an “official" member of Soulive and playing an important part in Turn it Out, ...

Live at Tonic

By Various Artists

Label: Tonic
Released: 2002

Various Artists: Live at Tonic

by Kurt Gottschalk
December 13, 2002

Back a dozen years ago and more, the Knitting Factory put itself on the national map with a series of self-released live compilation discs. It was not just a good PR move on the part of the club, nor simply a smart way to launch their label. The five Live at the Knitting Factory discs, and ...

Tonic

By Medeski Martin & Wood

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2000

Medeski Martin & Wood: Tonic

by Mark Corroto
May 1, 2000

Go figure. Just as the new thing (everything old is new again) to hit jazz, groove jazz, was taking off, Medeski, Martin and Wood, switches gears and releases an all-acoustic album. Many credit MMW with spearheading a resurgence of the groovy-organ and electric Miles Davis-style of jazz, updating it with DJs and turntables. Their last disc, ...