Jazz Articles

Daniel Carter/Gregg Keplinger/Reuben Radding: Not Out for Anywhere

by Jeff Stockton
May 4, 2005

Daniel Carter's collaboration with bassman Reuben Radding has evolved from an impressionistic alto sax and contrabass duo on Luminescence (AUM Fidelity, 2003) to an alto/bass/drum trio with the addition of Gregg Keplinger on Language (Origin, 2002) and now to the trio supplemented by Carter's full range of instrumentation and other musicians forming what they call the Large Group. Divided into a two-disc set, Not Out for Anywhere offers a lot of music. Disc one presents the trio in ...

Jack Gold Quartet: Daylight

by Dan McClenaghan
November 1, 2004

Daylight, a set of “instantly composed" tunes, opens with a seaching blend, trumpet, sax, bass and drums poking around for common ground, arguing and jostling each other for position until Michael Monhart's tenor saxophone asserts itself, sounding raw and wounded. Then Jim Knodle's trumpet takes a turn, straight at you, with a bit a truculence in his tone. The song is “So-No," and an undercurrent of ready-to-explode intensity pervades, even in the lower tempos.The “spontaneous composition," “free jazz" ...

Ghidra: Strawberry Skinflint

by Jerry D'Souza
July 25, 2004

Free improvisation gets a giddy turn from Wally Shoup, Mike Peterson and Bill Horist, who filter, merge and heat different genres into one heady blend. For the most part they turn on the ignition and never let the temperature cool. Yet there is another side that latches on, one that shows that they can work a melody into a distinctive framework that gives their music a three-dimensional presence.

Shoup is a volatile saxophonist. His alto describes arcs that ...