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1970s Incus: Old and New
by John Eyles
Coincidentally, two recent releases, one a reissue on Emanem, the second an album of previously unissued material on Incus, put the spotlight on the Incus label in the mid 1970s. This was a time when the so-called “second generation of free improvisers" was emerging. At the time, the first generation--including Incus proprietors guitarist Derek Bailey, saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Tony Oxley plus drummer John Stevens and trombonist Paul Rutherford--was building on the foundations laid since the mid 1960s by ...
Continue Reading...Paquito D'Rivera: Tango Jazz: Live at Lincoln Center
by Raul d'Gama Rose
One of the greatest love affairs in music is the one between folk music and dance. This extremely covert relationship has spilled over into contemporary music as well--more so in musical excursions in Europe (where even Igor Stravinsky sang its praises with compositions of his own) and in Latin America. One of the most beloved of all these affairs is the storied one of the tango: a voluptuous one between characters born in countries as far removed as Finland, Spain ...
Continue Reading...Take Five With Chris Bell
by AAJ Staff
Meet Chris Bell:Guitarist, performer, educator, based in Austin, Texas.Instrument(s):Guitar.Teachers and/or influences? Richie Hart, Grant Green, Wes Montgomery, B.B. King.Your sound and approach to music: I'm far more interested in playing jazz on the guitar than I am in playing jazz guitar.Your teaching approach: I'm really trying to help my students hear what they play. To my ears, there are just too many players out there playing finger music.
Continue Reading...Sebastian Liedke Trio: To Walk In The Past
by Bruce Lindsay
Piano, bass and drum trios abound in jazz: their history mirrors the history of the music itself and many of the greatest jazz players have worked within the format. Any new piano trio has to face up to some stiff competition if it is to leave its own unique mark. The Berlin-based Sebastian Liedke Trio is new. To Walk In The Past is its debut recording--and it's one of the freshest and loveliest releases of 2010. Bassist ...
Continue Reading...Joey DeFrancesco / Robi Botos / Vito Rezza / Phil Dwyer: One Take, Volume Four
by Edward Blanco
In 2003, Toronto-based musician/producer Peter Cardinali birthed the idea of assembling a group of jazz musicians at the very top of their game and letting them jam in the studio--rolling the tape with no rehearsals, no overdubs and no edits--essentially recording their music in one take. One Take, Volume Four is the fourth album in a series featuring organist Joey DeFrancesco and drummer Vito Rezza--both members of the first One Take series--joined, this time, by pianist Robi Botos and tenor ...
Continue Reading...Mark Weinstein: Timbasa
by Paul J. Youngman
What do you want from your Latin jazz album? Great musicianship? Authentic music? Danceable? Must it have great rhythm, catchy tunes and present the best in Latin percussion? Mark Weinstein is a name not immediately associated with the best of Latin jazz, but he has done it again with Timbasa, a fantastic recording and his fifth as leader. There isn't a dull moment on this classic Latin jazz party album. Cuban-inspired--and with Cubans gracing the percussion chairs, piano included--Weinstein leads ...
Continue Reading...Jimi Hendrix: West Coast Seattle Boy - The Jimi Hendrix Anthology
by Doug Collette
Jimi HendrixWest Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix AnthologyLegacy2010 Since assuming ownership of Jimi Hendrix' archive in 1995, the late guitarist's estate has done yeoman work to dispel the shadow cast over the rock icon's legacy by the spate of posthumous releases that began flooding the marketplace almost immediately upon his untimely death in 1970. West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology maintains a delicate balance of attractions for the ...
Continue Reading...Yuri Honing Wired Paradise: White Tiger
by Ian Patterson
Dutch tenor saxophonist Yuri Honing is nothing if not versatile; in the last decade he has recorded with pianist Paul Bley, bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Paul Motian on Seven (Challenge, 2001); tackle Radiohead and Wayne Shorter compositions with the 51-piece Metropole Orchestra, conducted by Vince Mendoza, with Symphonic (Challenge, 2006); and interpret Franz Schubert's Winterreise song cycle, based on the poetic lyrics of Wilhelm Muller, alongside pianist Nora Mulder. White Tiger shows another facet of Honing's craft, the electric ...
Continue Reading...Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964
by Doug Collette
Bob DylanThe Bootleg Recordings Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964Legacy2010 Like most of Bob Dylan's best work, The Bootleg Series, Vol. 9 The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 is more than first meets the eye and ear. A collection of demo versions of new compositions meant to be circulated by Dylan's publishing company, this span of 47 songs is only one noteworthy aspect of the two CD collection. The informal, spontaneous ...
Continue Reading...Kirk Knuffke: Chew Your Food
by John Sharpe
Originally from Colorado, trumpeter Kirk Knuffke has been based in the Big Apple since 2005. Though he may be best known as a member of drummer Matt Wilson's celebrated Quartet, the brass man also leads his own quartet, with two previous recordings for the prolific Portuguese Clean Feed label, while he and pianist Jesse Stacken also record for Denmark's Steeplechase label. Now, he unveils the debut of his trio on the adventurous Lithuanian No Business imprint, released in a limited ...
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