Recording News

Inzinzac - Self-Titled (High Two, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
April 11, 2011

Influenced by rock 'n' roll, free jazz and eastern European music, this Philadelphia based band is composed of Alban Bailly guitar, Dan Scofield on soprano & tenor saxophones and Eli Litwin drums. Combining strong improvisations with densely composed music, Inzinzac has a very strong and deep sound with electric guitar drawing from an intricate knowledge of jazz, ranging from the blustery bellow of Last Exit and Naked City through more composed nods to punk and metal. The music is continuously ...

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Brian Lynch - Unsung Heroes Vol. 1 (Hollistic Musicworks, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
April 11, 2011

Paying homage to the unheralded masters of the jazz trumpet is a natural project for trumpeter and flugelhornist Bryan Lynch, who has been steeped in the hard-bop linage since serving and apprenticeship in the Horace Silver band in the 1980's. He is accompanied by a medium sized unit including Vincent Herring on alto saxophone, Alex Hoffman on tenor saxophone, Rob Schneiderman on piano, David Wong on bass, Pete Van Nostrand on drums and Vicente “Little Johnny" Rivero on congas. Moving ...

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Karl Grambo and the Roadhouse Redeemers - Bedrooms, Bars and Bibles (2011)

Source: Something Else!
April 10, 2011

Karl Grambo and the Roadhouse Redeemers have a rollicking, greasy good time on Bedrooms, Bars and Bibles. The only complaint is that the party, which clocks in at just eight songs, ends so quickly. Grambo opens with “I Was There," featuring this grinding, grumpy riff and a gravelly, insistent voice that recalls Robbie Robertson. Then, after a blues-rocking verse, the the tune ascends to a soaring chorus straight out of Bruce Springsteen. Already, Bedrooms, Bars and Bibles is reading like ...

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Jared Gold - All Wrapped up (2011)

Source: Something Else!
April 10, 2011

As I type this review, I'm listening to not necessarily All Wrapped Up, the new record by organist Jared Gold, but also Unity by Larry Young. I know, it doesn't make sense, since it's Gold's record being reviewed here, not Young's. But something struck me about All Wrapped Up when I listened to it the last time: Gold's artistic development is going along the same track as Young’s did. Whereas Young started out as a Jimmy Smith wannabe and blossomed ...

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Delmark Now Distributes Sackville Records; Roscoe Mitchell's "Quartet," 1975

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
April 9, 2011

Good news for modern jazz appreciators: selected titles in the legendary Sackville Records catalog will now be available through Delmark. It involves the avant jazz catalog and, so I hear, may eventually include unreleased recordings. In keeping with the welcome turn of events I'll be looking today at one of the early Sackville masterworks, Roscoe Mitchell's 1975 live recording Quartet (Sackville SKCD2- 2009). I've had this recording on vinyl since it first came out, so I view it as an ...

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Sonic Liberation Front Meets Sunny Murray (High Two, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
April 9, 2011

Drummer Sunny Murray is a legend in avant-garde jazz circles, performing with everyone from Albert Ayler to Cecil Taylor, as well as recording several sessions as a leader. An accidental phone call led him to get together with the Philadelphia based ensemble Sonic Liberation Front, and it was a fortuitous meeting for all concerned.

This disc is split between two sessions, the first half from a studio meeting in 2008, and then the second half of the disc was recorded ...

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The Orchestral Music of Jack Gallagher, Beautifully Performed by the LSO

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
April 8, 2011

Present-day American composer Jack Gallagher may not be a name that is heard often in the music chatter that flows through the internet and, alas to a lesser extent these days, the printed medium. But it probably should be. The composer was kind enough to send me a copy of this Orchestral Music (Naxos 8.559652) and I am very glad he did. The first thing that hit me was the lush beauty of the London Symphony Orchestra's performance of his ...

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T-Model Ford and Gravelroad - Taledragger (Alive Records, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
April 8, 2011

One of the last of the old—time bluesmen, T-Model Ford's life would make a great film or book, filled with stories both apocryphal and true. Hooking up the much younger band Gravelroad, he has injected fresh energy into his music and has continued to tour and record despite health problems. All of the pieces fit well on this album, with Ford and the band developing a hypnotic groove, putting their own spin on original material and some fresh takes on ...

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