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Rahsaan Barber: Six Words
by Jack Bowers
The Six Words that epitomize woodwind artist Rahsaan Barber's fifth recording as a leader came to him via trumpeter Wynton Marsalis: “There is power in this music." And as Barber affirms on this tasteful studio date, aside from power there is depth and refinement as well. Barber commands a tight-knit sextet, so much so that it is hard to believe that most of them had never played together before gathering in Nashville, Tennessee in December 2020 to record ...
Continue ReadingMike Stern, Rahsaan Barber, Javon Jackson, Delfeayo Marsalis and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Mike Stern, Rahsaan Barber, Ginetta's Vendetta, Javon Jackson, Delfeayo Marsalis, Ed Neumeister, Thom Rotella, Bevan Manson, Alvin Queen, Hyeseon Hong, Warren Wolf, Jeff Rupert, Bruno Hubert, Caity Gyorgy, Ken Peplowski, Eric Person, Emmet Cohen, Alexis Cole, Bria Skonberg, Michael Pagan, Orrin Evans and more. Playlist Mike Stern “Connections" from Echoes And Other Songs (Mack Avenue Records) 00:00 Rahsaan Barber “Sun Dance" from Six Words (Jazz Music City) 08:05 Ginetta's Vendetta “It Could ...
Continue ReadingRahsaan Barber: Six Words
by Chris May
Six Words is saxophonist Rahsaan Barber's fourth album on his Nashville-based label Jazz Music City, and the first to be conceived as a suite. The titular six words are something Wynton Marsalis said in a conversation with Barber: “There is power in this music." With that thought in mind, Barber composed a series of pieces focused on protest, personal liberation and love, and on the penultimate track, grief, in a tender elegy for Roy Hargrove, “Remembering Roy." ...
Continue ReadingDominican Jazz Project: Desde Lejos
by Chris M. Slawecki
DJP's primary composer and keyboard player Stephen Anderson has worked to get the DJP back into the studio after their 2016 Dominican Jazz Project (Summit Records) debut received so much critical and popular acclaim. The 2020 pandemic and attendant lockdowns delayed but did not cancel this follow-up, which the band recorded Desde Lejos--"From Afar." Primarily composed by Anderson in his COVID “compositional woodshed" (his term for lockdown) plus two ballads by singer-guitarist Carlos Luis, Desde Lejos remains true ...
Continue ReadingStaci Griesbach: My George Jones Songbook
by William H. Snyder
Some might question why write an All About Jazz review of an album featuring songs made popular by George Jones? Duke Ellington had the answer when he said, “There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind ... the only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of how it sounds. If it sounds good it's successful; if it doesn't it has failed." Staci Griesbach and her colleagues have made good music ...
Continue ReadingTeddy Wilson, Harry Allen & Rahsaan Barber
by Joe Dimino
From a crop of new young jazz lions, we begin the 713th Episode of Neon Jazz with Rahsaan Barber with a cut off his latest 2021 release Mosaic. We also take a look into the music of other new cats like Jack Brandfield, Emily Kuhn and David Lord. We wrap up this summer themed hour with pianist Joey Alexander and the tune “Summer Rising." Dig the show, kids. Playlist Rahsaan Barber “Breonna Taylor(How Many More)" Mosaic (Jazz Music ...
Continue ReadingRahsaan Barber: Everyday Magic
by Dan Bilawsky
An album title like Everyday Magic implies that inspired artistry can be as consistent and routine as the rising and setting of the sun and, while that's rarely the case, that philosophy basically rings true on this album. Saxophonist Rahsaan Barber put together a program of nine originals that detail his diversified stylistic portfolio and skills on a variety of horns. Barber's brawny tenor saxophone sound comes to the fore early in the album ("Jubilee"), and his ...
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