Jazz Articles about Ian Wallace

About Ian Wallace

Album Review

Crimson Jazz Trio: King Crimson Songbook Volume 2

Read "King Crimson Songbook Volume 2" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
June 12, 2009

It's nothing new to take contemporary popular music and interpret it in a jazz context, but few groups are formed around the singular premise of exploring just one group. The Crimson Jazz Trio (CJ3)--pianist Jody Nardone, bassist Tim Landers and drummer Ian Wallace (the trio's formative drive and direct link to King Crimson, playing on the often undervalued Islands (Island, 1971))--hit relative pay dirt with The King Crimson Songbook Volume One (DGM Live, 2005). Wallace's unexpected passing in February, 2007 ...

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Album Review

The Crimson Jazz Trio: The King Crimson Songbook Volume One

Read "The King Crimson Songbook Volume One" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
November 17, 2005

With all manner of jazz musicians reinventing the music of contemporary pop artists today, it's inevitable that somebody would decide to take a close look at the cream of progressive rock, reinventing it in a more decidedly jazz context. If artists like Brad Mehldau can reshape Radiohead, then why not re-examine King Crimson, a seminal influence? Enter Ian Wallace, drummer for the Crimson incarnation that released Islands (Island, 1971). While on tour in 2004 with 21st Century ...

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Extended Analysis

The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson: Volume One 1969-1974

by John Kelman
December 11, 2004

Of all the groups to emerge from the late '60s-early '70s heyday of British Progressive Rock (capitals fully intended), no group has reinvented itself more frequently and, perhaps, more rapidly than King Crimson. As time has gone on the group's ostensible leader Robert Fripp has refashioned the group through periods of high melodrama to nuevo metal and just about everything in between. Until recently, new fans who wanted an overview of the band had to satisfy themselves with the 4-CD ...