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The Burton/McPherson Trio: The Summit Rock Session at Seneca Village
by Jack Bowers
The Burton/McPherson Trio consists of tenor saxophonist Abraham Burton, drummer Eric McPherson and bassist Dezron Douglas. Why it isn't called the Burton/McPherson/Douglas Trio is anyone's guess; the hope is that bassist Douglas' feelings weren't too badly hurt by the omission. He may have found solace in the outer jacket's addendum, “Featuring Dezron Douglas." In any case, ...
Ross Lorraine: Heart of Mine: songs of Ross Lorraine
by Bruce Lindsay
Heart of Mine is well named, as composer and keyboardist Ross Lorraine's compositions are at the heart of this album. But Lorraine takes something of a back seat when it comes to performing, leaving instrumental duties to some of the British jazz scene's leading players, and vocal duties to six of the scene's most talented singers; ...
Felipe Salles: Tiyo's Songs Of Life
by Jack Bowers
Talk about remarkable origins; the music on Tiyo's Songs of Life, performed by tenor saxophonist Felipe Salles' quartet, was written by Tiyo Attallah Salah-El while he was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole in a Pennsylvania prison. In spite of his circumstances, Salah-El never lost his love for life, an upbeat frame of ...
Brian Charette: Jackpot
by Pierre Giroux
In the tradition of some great Hammond organ players of the past, such as Jack McDuff, Melvin Rhyne, Don Patterson, Larry Young and Jimmy Smith, one leading practitioner on this instrument, Brian Charette, wanted to write some swinging and soulful bebop tunes which would honor the memory of these past greats. The musicians Charette chose to ...
Greg Chako: Sudden Impact
by Edward Blanco
Cincinnati-based guitarist Greg Chako spent many years in Asia, living and performing in various countries including Japan, China and Singapore. He produced several albums during his time abroad, assembling a discography that has not been readily available to American jazz fans. Sudden Impact, originally released in 1996, is the first of several re-releases on the Mint ...
Alex Lakusta: Transmit Slow
by Dan McClenaghan
Canadian bassist Alex Lakusta goes into a funk mode on Transmit Slow. His group, E3 by Alex Lakusta, exudes a fun vibe on the first tune, “Trick Shot," the opening salvo on a set of seven of the leader's modernistic originals. Joined by fellow Canadians Josh Smiley on keyboards and synths and drummer Keagan Eskritt, along ...
Dana Fitzsimons: Fault Lines
by Richard J Salvucci
Fault Lines is never going to be confused with easy listening. While it has somehow acquired the label of free jazz, whatever that is, it is not cacophonous, aimless or even particularly adventurous. It is difficult in the way that Brad Mehldau is difficult, which is to say, one has to pay attention. There are distinct ...
Damani Phillips: No More Apologies
by Troy Dostert
One of the often encountered effects of the pandemic has been to reduce artistic motivations to their most fundamental core. The hunger to make art simply for its own sake, without the encumbrances of marketplace considerations or stylistic categories, has emerged more fully than ever before. We have seen this in the jazz world, with plenty ...
Mysteries Of The Revolution: Longing For The Dawn
by Chris May
London-based jazz-rock band Mysteries of the Revolution (MOTR) is the sonic equivalent of the James Webb Space Telescope. There might be only two core musicians--keyboardist / programmer Daniel Biro and drummer / flautist BB Davis—but the sound pictures they create are at times as epic as the Webb images of distant galaxies. MOTR debuted ...
Alan Broadbent Trio: Like Minds
by Jack Bowers
Alan Broadbent, a superb New Zealand-born pianist who has made his home in America for more than fifty years, has mapped out another impressive trio album, Like Minds, his twenty-seventh as leader or co-leader and third for Savant Records. The term “pianist" is used here because that is Broadbent's most conspicuous role on this recording. He ...
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