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Alexander Claffy: Good Spirits
by Jack Bowers
Bassist Alexander Claffy's quintet dashes from the starting gate on Good Spirits with a fiery reading of McCoy Tyner's propulsive “Inner Glimpse," setting the tone for a bright and animated session whose spirit is undeniably good. The album was recorded “live" (no audience) at GB's Juke Joint in New York City “at the height of the ...
McCoy Tyner / Freddie Hubbard Quartet: Live At Fabrik
by Chris May
Warning! Highly Flammable Material! This superb album, recorded in Hamburg in 1986 and never previously released, ought to come with a caution, so incendiary is it. Strictly speaking, Live At Fabrik presents pianist McCoy Tyner's trio with bassist Avery Sharpe and drummer Louis Hayes and guest artist Freddie Hubbard on trumpet and flugelhorn. ...
Bishu Chattopadhyay: Kolkata Stories
by Jim Trageser
Given this album's title, the fact that the leader's previous album was titled Harlem Meets Hooghly (self-produced, 2020), and even the song titles on this release, it's not unrealistic to be looking for an Indo-jazz fusion release in the vein of John McLaughlin, Warren Senders or simakDialog. But despite the Indian album and song ...
Sam Kirmayer: In This Moment
by Jack Bowers
Montreal-based guitarist Sam Kirmayer leads a well-modulated sextet on In This Moment, wherein all ten of the album's numbers were written by Kirmayer. That is both a strength and a weakness. On one hand, Kirmayer's themes are, for the most part, light, sunny and squarely in the jazz tradition; on the other, none of them is ...
High Alpine Hut Network: 727 / 16
by Troy Dostert
Ansible Editions is an imprint out of Toronto, devoted to some of the boundary-breaking music crafted in that fertile scene. This EP-length release is one of its initial offerings, and it's an exciting one. Despite its short run-time of just twenty minutes, the album packs quite a punch, with an appealing amalgam of styles ranging from ...
Ståhls Trio: Källtorp Sessions Volume Two
by Mark Corroto
This is the third release by vibraphonist Mattias Ståhl, bassist Joe Williamson and drummer Christopher Cantillo and also the second release to come from the trio's 2017 studio recordings. Källtorp Sessions Volume Two adds trombonist Mats Äleklint on two tracks with Ståhl on soprano saxophone from what one assumes is an additional 2018 studio session.
Magnus Dolerud, Hans Backenroth, and Oscar Johansson Werre: Trio Circle
by Jim Worsley
Tried and true formats have been revisited time and time again over the years. The saxophone trio is amongst that core group. In the right heads and hands, such a trio offers the opportunity for new freedoms, and for inventiveness to blossom, mature, and travel. While Trio Circle's charted arrangements bring symmetry to the project, it ...
James Gaiters' Soul Revival: Understanding Reimagined
by Richard J Salvucci
Anyone struck with a sense of deja vu by this recording, is not alone. Even without reference to John Patton's 1968 album Understanding , the feel of the late '60s and early '70s is overwhelming. Whether it is called Soul Jazz or funk, it has strong echoes of an era when the Hammond B-3 was king. ...
Tony Adamo: Better Than Picasso At Midnite
by Nicholas F. Mondello
When you listen to vocal artist Tony Adamo, it reminds of that 1960s' mantra from Jimi Hendrix, “Are You Experienced?" That's because Adamo is a brilliantly creative talent whose recordings are so hip, so singular that they're something that you don't just listen to; you experience them. From his past efforts, we know that he dwells ...
Melissa Aldana: 12 Stars
by Chris May
Before we get into tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana's album--which is excellent, so hang on in there--a word about press releases and publicity campaigns. Specifically, those from Blue Note. The label's headquarters in Los Angeles is in danger of becoming known for award-winning b.s. in this regard, as demonstrated during the campaign for Aldana's label ...
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