Jazz Articles

Jeff Greinke: Ride

by Glenn Astarita
September 1, 2000

With Ride Seattle based keyboardist Jeff Greinke combines ambient electronic dreamscapes with rock rhythms and melodic hooks on pieces such as the title track - “Ride”, “Just Like That” and other originals. And along with super bassist Fred Chalenor and drummer Greg Gilmore, Greinke pursues solid rhythmic frameworks in support of his multifarious approach to loops, samples and synths. Bass Clarinetist Craig Flory provides nuance and perhaps a variegated outlook on several of these well-conceived and expertly executed pieces. Throughout, ...

Rieflin - Fripp - Gunn: The Repercussions Of Angelic Behavior

by Glenn Astarita
August 1, 2000

This 1999 release precedes the excellent new recording from perennial prog-rockers King Crimson, titled The ConstruKction of Light. Yet with The Repercussions of Angelic Behavior, electric guitarist and Crimson founder Robert Fripp, touch bassist Trey Gunn and hard hitting drummer Bill Rieflin mesh gears for some truly energetic interplay! Spearheaded by Fripp’s signature style attack consisting of loops, EFX, and sinuous lead soloing along with a keen (if not legendary) sense of the dynamic, the trio pursues booming, driving rhythms ...

Radio Chongching: Radio Chongching

by Glenn Astarita
August 1, 2000

Lesli Dalaba exhibits her finely honed craft as a trumpeter who resides within the vanguard of today’s - new music - scene, having performed and/or recorded with pianist/composer Wayne Horvitz, guitarist/EFX whiz Elliot Sharp and many others. With Radio Chongching, the trumpeter along with stick performer George Soler and drummer Greg Gilmore present a series of electronically induced impressionistic pieces that are dedicated to their “friends in Beijing, Kumming” and elsewhere in the Orient.

Dalaba executes bent notes and dark ...