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Bruce Barth's Suite Live
Pianist Bruce Barth has long been one of my favorite musicians. He's worked with a slew of great musicians, from James Moody to Branford Marsalis, Phil Woods to Andy Statman (his work on Statman's The Hidden Light is simply gorgeous.) In the early 1990's, Barth toured and recorded with trumpeter Terence Blanchard and his time with ...
Adam Kolker: Flag Day
by Elliott Simon
Flag Day, from saxophonist Adam Kolker, exquisitely raises the standard of creative improvisation with its refreshingly cerebral musical explorations. Kolker is of the school that favors unhurried journeys through tunes. This allows the musicians to discover interesting musical nooks and crannies, expand on them and in the process create new music. Kolker wields an elegant instrument, ...
Adam Kolker
by Peter Madsen
The sometimes heard, “those that can't do, teach" is a description not very fitting of the jazz world as hundreds of great musicians have become professors at some of the finest educational institutions around the world as well as teach privately at home. Many elder statesmen such as pianists Kenny Barron and Barry Harris as well ...
Sultanic Verses
By Adam Kolker
Label: Satchmo Jazz Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Sultan's Dream, Waves, Verse 1, Track 4, Verse 2, Epistrophy, Dolphin Dance, Verse 3, All or
Nothing at All, Blues, Verse 4, Remebrance
Adam Kolker: Sultanic Verses
by Dan McClenaghan
Reedman Adam Kolker has garnered three Grammy nominations for his work alongside percussionist Ray Barretto. Now, as the leader on Sultanic Verses, he teams up again with Barretto, whose churning rhythms aid and abet pianist Bruce Barth, bassist John Herbert, and drummer Billy Hart.Four tunes are "Verses," shuffled in with the Kolker originals and ...
Change of Time/Mikrokosmos,Improvising Bartok
By Russ Lossing
Label: OmniTone/Aqua Piazza
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1.Transiting (I) 2.Nodal 3.Change Of Time 4.Cells (saxophone solo) 5.Java 6.Kidsong 7.Lunation 8.Cells (bass solo) 9.Pozeny 10.Brume 11.Symmetrics (I) 12.Cells (piano solo) 13.Transiting (II) 14.Bela 15.Symmetrics (II)
Rez Abbasi: Reziliently Brilliant
by Phil DiPietro
At 36, Rez Abbasi is the latest accomplished and proven musician with a few solo releases and a few sideman appearances in his discography to choose the independent jazz route. Born in Pakistan, raised in the USA since the age of three, and having gone east from west internationally as well as domestically, Abbasi is known ...
Adam Kolker: Crazybird
by Glenn Astarita
“Crazybird” represents a group of young, talented New York based modern jazz musicians led by saxophonist Adam Kolker. Kolker has sewn roots with the likes of Maria Schneider, Bobby Previte and others. The set opens with an up-tempo take on Monk’s “Green Chimneys”. A New Orleans style shuffle beat adds a fresh twist while quickly transforming ...
