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Rufus Reid: Out Front
by Ken Dryden
Long a first-call bassist, Rufus Reid has played with numerous greats since arriving on the jazz scene in the early '70s, including Dizzy Gillespie, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Dexter Gordon, Lee Konitz, Art Farmer and Jimmy Heath, to name just a few, in addition to a number of dates as a leader. His fat tone and inventive lines add something to every record date and he is a capable composer and arranger as well. Out Front ...
Continue ReadingSumi Toonoka Trio: Long Ago Today
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nativa di Filadelfia, Sumi Toonoka vanta prestigiosi studi (con Mary Lou Williams, Stanley Cowell) e significative collaborazioni (Benny Golson, Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Scott) sia concertistiche che discografiche. Questo in esame è il suo quinto CD da leader, dopo quasi un decennio di silenzio discografico, durante il quale la pianista si è data all'insegnamento e le colonne sonore da film. La formula qui esplorata è quella del classico trio, completato da due formidabili compagni di viaggio: Rufus Reid al contrabbasso e ...
Continue ReadingThe Marvin Stamm Quartet: Alone Together
by Jack Bowers
Alone Together is not only another splendid album by trumpeter Marvin Stamm's quartet (does he ever produce anything less?), it also comes with a bonus--a DVD whose playing sequence duplicates the CD and allows one to see and hear Stamm, pianist Bill Mays, bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Ed Soph as they study one another, alertly interact and carefully work things out in a concert taped on November 2006.
The quartet as it now stands has been performing together for ...
Continue ReadingRufus Reid: Being A Jazz Bassist and More
by AAJ Staff
By Rufus Reid The bassist of any group or ensemble is the core, the foundation, the 'rock', one who stabilizes the unit when it becomes shaky and the individual that everyone depends on dearly 'to always be there!' If this is true, we as bassists must not ask questions as to how should things go. Bassists must take charge and state confidently the tempos when given and maintain them at all cost. If you study consistently and ...
Continue ReadingRufus Reid Quintet: Live at the Kennedy Center
by Jim Santella
This CD/DVD set features bassist Rufus Reid with his quintet at the famed Washington DC venue in a program of original music along with one classic tune by Duke Ellington. The quintet, featuring pianist Sumi Tonooka, drummer Tim Horner, tenor saxophonist Rich Perry and trumpeter Freddie Hendrix, follows a standard mainstream format, interpreting each theme together, soloing around the room and closing with a coherent ensemble statement. Their music sounds fresh as each artist digs in enthusiastically before this large ...
Continue ReadingDon Aliquo: Jazz Folk
by Budd Kopman
Jazz Folk is an homage to jazz musicians (the folks) who put their heart and soul into playing creative music. This straight-ahead record sports four Don Aliquo originals, three pieces from bassist Rufus Reid, and two modern standards. While there is nothing especially new here, and experienced listeners will find no surprises, the individual playing and the group aesthetic is excellent. The musicians obviously know and like each other, and the joy of their playing infuses this ...
Continue ReadingDon Aliquo: Jazz Folk
by AAJ Italy Staff
Un classico quintetto bop, la classica front line sax-tromba, nove tracce dalla struttura tema-assoli-tema che più classica non si può, la classica alternanza di up-tempo e slow-tempo. E’ tutta qui la fotografia di Jazz Folk, quarto album da leder del sassofonista Don Aliquo, rappresentante assai quotato, sebbene poco noto dalle nostre parti, del cosiddetto modern mainstream. Si potrebbe dire che le otto composizioni originali sono formalmente impeccabili e ricoprono un vasto ventaglio dello stile boppistico e dei suoi numerosi derivati. ...
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