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Jazz Arts Trio: Tribute
by C. Michael Bailey
The difference between jazz improvisation and composed variations on a theme is that the former is dynamic, while the latter is static. In jazz, improvisation amounts to “spontaneous composition," where a melodic variation over a harmonic skeleton occurs instantly. Improvisations on a theme in this sense are not written down prior to being played. However, these same improvisations can be transcribed after a performance (from a recording). This is what pianist Steven Mayer did on his Art Tatum - Improvisations ...
Continue ReadingDavid Sherr and the Bel Air Jazz Ensemble: Otherworld Music
by C. Michael Bailey
California saxophonist and composer David Sherr's music is like the meal one receives at that well conceived multi-ethnic restaurant. It delights with such unexpected entree combinations that work so well together, the patrons must reconsider their idea of what is good. I suspect that this is the intention of all art-on-the-edge. David Sherr's previous release, the Art Music Ensemble's Look Both Ways, combined Sherr compositions with and derived from selections by Claude Debussy and Luciano Berio. That result was a ...
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