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Alex Skolnick: Transformation
by Andrey Henkin
Despite his best efforts, guitarist Alex Skolnick remains a novelty in the exclusive jazz community. Why he should care though is another question, given that as a thrash metal guitarist, he probably sold more records than Miles Davis. His decision to be reborn as a jazz player has been well documented, as has his movement to ...
And Now... Sirone
by Andrey Henkin
2004 was a busy year for Sirone. The bassist for the legendary Revolutionary Ensemble saw one of that group's five recordings reissued for the first time (and become the only document of the group to make it to the CD era); a few months later, spurred by the resurgent interest in the group, the trio reformed ...
Ebba Jahn: Rising Tones Cross
by Andrey Henkin
In 1984, before Tonic or CB's Lounge or even the Knitting Factory and Rudy Giuliani, New York City was a rough-and-tumble place filled with a wonderful array of musicians in a state of hyper-creativity. Some of them had come out of the loft scene of the '70s or even earlier and were reconciling ...
JAZZ ZOOM: Carryin
by Andrey Henkin
Desdemone Bardin JAZZ ZOOM: Carryin' It On DVC Press 2004 When this book arrived in the mail, the first thought was that is was a set of LPs. It ended up being something equally impressive. Jazz has never been an easy fit for a coffeetable book. Maybe ...
Paul Dunmall Times Three
by Andrey Henkin
Paul Dunmall is the typical British musician: eclectic, capable on several instruments and full of wonder for the improvised form. In one crucial way he is different from Brits who preceded him: he refuses to be underrecorded and releases records at a frightening pace and on different labels with different projects. All feature ...
Footprints: The Life and Music of Wayne Shorter
by Andrey Henkin
Michelle Mercer Footprints: The Life and Music of Wayne Shorter Tarcher ISBN 158542353X 2004 In Footprints , author Michelle Mercer has accomplished a rare feat: a concise, absolutely compelling biography of a jazz legend that illuminates without overwhelming and recreates scenes and conversations convincingly.
Evan Parker: America 2003 & The Bishop's Move
by Andrey Henkin
In sports, when a starting player goes down with an injury, it sometimes gives a bench player an opportunity to contribute in special ways. When Brit bassist Barry Guy had personal issues that made his participation in last year's Evan Parker Trio tour impossible, German pianist Alex Von Schlippenbach stepped right in. While no one would ...
Gary Windo: Anglo American
by Andrey Henkin
Sometimes musicians are more famous for their associations. Gary Windo, a late Brit hornman from a period with no end of visionary English saxophonists, may be a strangely familiar name. Check your LP stacks: have anything by the Brotherhood of Breath (BOB)? Ray Russell or Robert Wyatt? Hugh Hopper or Carla Bley? Maybe even NRBQ? If ...
Barry Guy/Marilyn Crispell/Paul Lytton: Ithaca
by Andrey Henkin
In 1968, three Europeans--pianist Irene Schweizer, bassist Peter Kowald and drummer Pierre Favre--privately released Santana , on the surface a traditional piano trio, but in fact a violent refutation of jazz' most dependable format. Laden with a brutality that may have made Cecil Taylor blanche, Santana was another example of European free improvisation cutting the cord ...
Jazz Festival Berlin & Total Music Meeting 2004
by Andrey Henkin
The venerable trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff, during a friendly reunion in the backstage at the Berlin Philharmonie, mused fondly on the unique arrangement that comes to the German capital each November. For the last 36 years, the Jazz Festival Berlin (JFB, established in 1964) and the Total Music Meeting (TMM, founded in 1968) peaceably coexist. Mangelsdorff recalled ...
