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Scott Jones: Fictional Characters
by Mike Jacobs
Let's face it, if you're an electric guitarist with high-level jazz fusion chops, there are certain inevitabilities. Merely treading (or in this case stomping) through the stylistic domains of Tribal Tech, Allan Holdsworth, The Chick Corea Elektric Band and the like means stepping into the quicksand of comparison to such behemoths of the genre, so one had better come prepared. With his latest offering Fictional Characters, guitarist Scott Jones does not shrink from those comparisons; he in fact stands up ...
Continue ReadingMars Williams: An Ayler Xmas Vol. 4: Chicago vs. NYC
by Mark Corroto
For more than a decade, Mars Williams has been making (to borrow a phrase) Christmas music great again. He does so by exchanging the saccharine for the sublime, intersecting holiday classics with the music of Albert Ayler. Born out of his Chicago Ayler repertory band which can be heard on Witches And Devils At The Empty Bottle</em> (Knitting Factory Records, 2000), Williams applied the Gospel and spiritual nature of Ayler's methodology to Xmas music. While the eponymously titled first volume ...
Continue ReadingGregg Bendian's Trio Pianissimo: Change
by AAJ Italy Staff
Fondatore e batterista, fra l'altro, del Mahavishnu Project, Gregg Bendian si cimenta questa volta nella difficile arte del piano-trio. Con Steve Hunt al pianoforte e John Lockwood al contrabbasso, il leader ha allestito una formazione brillante ma non originalissima, volta inevitabilmente a richiamare alcuni dei più importanti modelli pianistici del jazz moderno. Sia sul versante compositivo che su quello della pratica musicale, le sue composizioni ruotano in un’orbita composita, che tocca diversi pianeti: tra tutti Cecil Taylor e Paul Bley, ...
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