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Bennie Maupin: Early Reflections & The Jewel In The Lotus
by Andrey Henkin
Bennie Maupin Early Reflections Cryptogramophone 2008 Bennie Maupin The Jewel In The Lotus ECM 2007 The reascendence of Bennie Maupin is a heartening story. After an almost ...
Terumasa Hino & Masabumi Kikuchi: Edges & Counter Current
by Andrey Henkin
Terumasa Hino/Masabumi Kikuchi Edges Sony Japan 2008 Terumasa Hino/Masabumi Kikuchi Quintet Counter Current Sony Japan 2008 The similarities between two new releases by Japanese legends Terumasa Hino ...
Smalltown Superjazzz
by Andrey Henkin
Free jazz, regardless of era or country, has always been a do-it-yourself operation. With very few exceptions, it has never enjoyed any real institutional support, whether from major record labels, jazz clubs or media outlets. Yet with the commitment of zealots, it has withstood disapprobation and forged an impressive international, multi-decade, history. One such ...
Bass Clarinet: Die Enttauschung Eponymous, Achille Succi, Jason Stein, Andrew Robson/Paul Cutlan, Le Trio de Clarinettes & Edmund Welles
by Andrey Henkin
Die Enttäuschung Die Enttäuschung Intakt 2007 Achille Succi Terra Splasc(h) 2007 Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore A Calculus of Loss Clean Feed 2008
Francois Rabbath
by Andrey Henkin
Anyone in whose music collection resides a solo bass record owes a debt of gratitude to Francois Rabbath. For without his pioneering work as a recording artist, conceptualist and teacher, the bass would be far less often found as a compelling lead instrument. Rabbath, a resident of France since the '60s, has a story ...
Paul Hemmings: Letter from America
by Andrey Henkin
It is often necessary to do a cost-benefit analysis when including a “name" on a jazz recording. Will the added recognition be offset either by a lackluster performance that seems purely mercenary or a star shining that much brighter than those around them, creating unevenness? One imagines that guitarist Paul Hemmings has made ...
Nik Bartsch's Ronin: Holon
by Andrey Henkin
It may seem odd to begin a CD review by expressing gratitude over its length, but there you have it. Pianist Nik Bärtsch's Holon, with his Ronin group, is a shade under 56 minutes and it is to his credit that he understands that with his particular brand of music, less is more. Like a walk ...
Frode Gjerstad: A Sound Sight
by Andrey Henkin
Even for a musician of Frode Gjerstad's stature--he has been active internationally since the early 1980s with a panoply of improvising brethren--New York can still be a tough town. Coming in as part of a short Christmas, 2007 tour, his gig at Jimmy's was unceremoniously cancelled. So he was to be found Dec. 11th packed into ...
The Engines: The Engines
by Andrey Henkin
Let's try to get through this CD review without using the “V" word. Instead, let the eponymous debut of The Engines serve as a discussion starter on the idea of a larger Chicago aesthetic. The quartet--Jeb Bishop (trombone), Dave Rempis (alto, tenor and baritone saxophones), Nate McBride (basses, both acoustic and electric) and Tim Daisy (drums)--is ...
Jazz Happening in Tampere, Finland
by Andrey Henkin
Tampere Jazz Happening Tampere, Finland November 1-4, 2007 Tampere, Finland, about 2 hours north of the capital Helsinki, was established in 1775 when the country was still part of the Kingdom of Sweden. Because of its proximity to two lakes separated in height by 18 meters, with rapids connecting them, Tampere was ...
