Jazz Articles

Wasteland: All Versus All

by Glenn Astarita
June 22, 2006

The New York/London duo of Toby Reynolds (DJ Scud) and Craig Willingham (I-Sound) generates a space-rock vibe on All Versus All that judiciously parallels the album's title. The music provides lucid semblances of an interminable void, anchored by layered electronics and often dappled with hallowing background treatments.

The set is largely vibrant, due to the duo's upbeat rhythmic extrapolations. The musicians periodically render a sonic hall of doom, offset with cyclical motifs and expansive synth swashes. Besides the ...

Herbie Hancock: Future2Future

by David Adler
September 1, 2001

The term “electronica" wasn’t in use back in the day of “Rockit," but surely the Herbie Hancock/Bill Laswell team laid a lot of the groundwork for the genre’s emergence. By now, of course, dance music and DJ culture have had a considerable impact on the jazz scene. With Future2Future, Herbie joins the fray, reuniting with Laswell to make his most powerful and relevant music in years.You can trace this music’s creative lineage back all the way to Mwandishi. ...

Barney McAll: Release The Day

by AAJ Staff
June 1, 2001

Having performed music throughout his entire career that started in his teens--and mostly in his native Australian continent in conjunction with singer Vince Jones--keyboardist Barney McAll has absorbed numerous influences to develop his own style. Now at the age of thirty-three--and “Thirty Three" happens to be the title of the first track on Release The Day --McAll has blended on this CD all of those world-music styles into a synthesis that consistently promotes the spiritual feel of the music.

Barney McAll: Release The Day

by AAJ Staff
June 1, 2001

Having performed music throughout his entire career that started in his teens--and mostly in his native Australian continent in conjunction with singer Vince Jones--keyboardist Barney McAll has absorbed numerous influences to develop his own style. Now at the age of thirty-three--and “Thirty Three” happens to be the title of the first track on Release The Day --McAll has blended on this CD all of those world-music styles into a synthesis that consistently promotes the spiritual feel of the music.

Mark Whitfield: Raw

by AAJ Staff
April 1, 2001

Mark Whitfield, aka “Quick Pick"(as known to fellow musicians) is often cited as being one of the strongest voices on guitar in the jazz mainstream today. His new album “Raw" on the Transparent label is firm testimony to this view and is a must-hear live album, not only for the guitar chops therein but for the bold conceptual statement that Whitfield and his working band propose here in concert

Many are familiar with Whitfield by his Verve records, some admittedly ...