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Kenny Barron & Mulgrew Miller: The Art Of Piano Duo - Live
by Dan Bilawsky
Genius in 20 fingers and 176 keys. That's what we have right here. The late Mulgrew Miller and the very present Kenny Barron each represent something of a gold standard in jazz piano, so it's no surprise that they meshed well whenever they met. This collection delivers three duo concerts from that pair—one captured in Marciac, ...
Stephanie Patton: A Breath of Spring
by C. Michael Bailey
Michael Chabon's alternate history The Yiddish Policemen's Union (HarperCollins, 2007) is set in Sitka, Alaska, located on the southeast portion of Alaska, situated on the west side of Baranof Island and the south half of Chichagof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of the Pacific Ocean. But Sitka is not only notable for its literary allusions; it ...
John Allee: Bardfly
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Overshadowed by the notoriety of Shakespeare's works, it is less known that accompanying music was regularly incorporated into his Globe Theatre productions. The music of William Byrd, Thomas Morley et al, was played there on lutes, hautboys (oboes), recorders and, for more martial and ceremonial aspects, trumpets. Conversely, the Bard's words have been used in more ...
Dan Weiss Trio Plus 1: Utica Box
by Troy Dostert
An inventive drummer whose technical facility is easily matched by his compositional ambition, Dan Weiss is not a percussionist to be trifled with. Whether he is offering idiosyncratic homages to some of jazz's foremost rhythm-men, as on his Sixteen: Drummers Suite (Pi Recordings, 2016) or attempting to fuse jazz and prog metal, as on Starebaby (Pi ...
Adan Hagley: Insomnia
by Nigel Campbell
The Trinidad-born Nobel laureate, VS Naipaul, implied that Trinidad and Tobago was a country of mimic men, but its geographic location in the world and social history makes the pull of myriad sonic and rhythmic influences inevitable. Adan Hagley on his debut album, Insomnia, has made those connections from his wide listening palette. He cites Michel ...
Matthew Shipp: Invisible Light - Live São Paulo
by Karl Ackermann
Matthew Shipp's playing has become so distinct over the years that it is difficult to view him from the perspective of influences. There are numerous examples of the virtuoso pianist-composer channeling Cecil Taylor, Andrew Hill, Thelonious Monk or even Morton Feldman, but not through imitation. Nor is his own identifiable style so tangible that his music ...
Edoardo Marraffa - Nicola Guazzaloca: Em Portugal!
by Neri Pollastri
Frequenti collaboratori sul palco, ma anche nel lavoro che svolgono a Bologna presso la Scuola Popolare di Musica Ivan Illich, Edoardo Marraffa e Nicola Guazzaloca -tra i più interessanti improvvisatori del nostro Paese -sono ripresi in questo disco in due lunghe performances in duo, dal vivo in altrettanti concerti tenuti in Portogallo: il primo a Lisbona, ...
Eric Wyatt: The Golden Rule: for Sonny
by Rob Rosenblum
The Golden Rule: For Sonny sounds at times like a Sonny Rollins cover, especially on those tunes where Rollins' nephew and frequent sideman, trombonist Clifton Anderson, joins the front line, but a second listen shows that there is a lot more than slavish idolatry here. Wyatt is a talented young tenor player, whose admiration ...
Ben Markley: Slow Play
by Paul Rauch
Pianist/composer Ben Markley has shown deft touch in hand picking projects that express the broad range of his relationship with the music. Since 2017 he has produced a rousing big band tribute to Cedar Walton, and a slick quartet record with saxophonist Greg Osby. Clockwise: The Music of Cedar Walton (OA2, 2017) featured Markley's insightful arrangements ...
Yelfris Valdes: For The Ones
by Phillip Woolever
The encouraging trend of unique, full-length debut albums featuring a mix of true jazz traditions and updated global abstractions continues with this exceptional release. Available on vinyl or digitally, this energetic hybrid offers a scintillating selection of Valdes' Cuban influences melded with electronics, trance and a range of themes crossing from Africa and the ...
