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Jane Ira Bloom: Chasing Paint
by Ty Cumbie
Chasing Paint opens with dreamy piano chords, over which Jane Ira Bloom applies gentle strokes of her buttery soprano tone, presumably an homage to one of Jackson Pollock’s more subtle drip paintings. Pollock, a jazz lover, famously listened to the stuff while working, though he liked the old style variety as opposed to the freely improvised ...
John O'Gallagher: Abacus
by John Kelman
Watching an expert use an abacus, it is striking how random the movements appear to be, even though they are absolutely mathematically precise and ultimately yield an accurate result. Saxophonist John O'Gallagher's latest release is aptly titled Abacus , as the complexity of the material sometimes gives it an appearance of randomness; but it is clear ...
Myra Melford/The Tent: Where the Two Worlds Touch
by John Kelman
At its best music should transcend any technical evaluation; it should just be. All too often people (read: critics) assess the skill involved in creating a specific work, forgetting about whether or not it succeeds on purely a gut level. Pianist Myra Melford's latest project, The Tent, manages to rise above such pedestrian considerations, instead demanding ...
Myra Melford/The Tent: When The Two Worlds Touch
by Jerry D'Souza
Poetry has its own essence. Myra Melford was inspired by the words of Jelaluddin Rumi, the founder of the Mevlevi order of dervishes who are, perhaps, more recognisable as the Whirling Dervishes. Rumi’s words have undoubtedly cast a spell, but the music here goes well beyond that. Melford has a clasp on Hindustani music that she ...
John O'Gallagher: Abacus
by AAJ Staff
The title of Abacus is at once direct and ironic, implied and stated. That's because the quintet on this record is a crew of serious, exacting musicians who know how to stick to form but also when to break it open like a nut. They play with precision but leave big gaps open to interpretation. They ...
Donny McCaslin: The Way Through
by AAJ Staff
It's not because he lacks talent or he hasn't been playing in the right circles, but somehow Donny McCaslin has never made a real breakthrough until The Way Through. This is his third record as a leader, though he's been active on the road and in the studio since his days at Berklee. Some may remember ...
Donny McCaslin: The Way Through
by Florence Wetzel
The Way Through explores the many colors of jazz while at the same time respectfully stretching the music’s boundaries. Donny McCaslin, a tenor saxophonist with a rich, warm sound, is also an extremely skilled arranger with an interesting use of space. The basic instrumentation here is sax, bass, and drums, but there’s also sax duet improvisations, ...
Chasing Paint: Jane Ira Bloom Meets Jackson Pollock
Label: Arabesque Jazz
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Unexpected Light 2. Chasing Paint 3. The Sweetest Sounds 4. On Seeing JP 5. Many Wonders
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Jackson Pollock 7. Alchemy 8. Reflections of the Big Dipper 9. White Light
Chasing Paint
Label: Arabesque Jazz
Released: 2003
Track listing: Unexpected Light; Chasing Paint; The Sweetest Sounds; On Seeing JP; Many Wonders; Jackson
Pollock; Alchemy; Reflections of the Big Dipper; White Light.
Enchantment
By Hilton Ruiz
Label: Arabesque Jazz
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Seven Steps to Heaven (2:11);
2. Enchantment (7:12);
3. I'll Call You Later (4:29);
4. Sweet Cherry Pie (6:46);
5. Gemini (4:56);
6. Black Narcissus (6:08);
7. Shades of Thelonius (4:08);
8. My Little Brown Book (3:39);
9. Silhouette (5:04);
10. Goodbye (3:14);
11. Home Cookin' (3:29);
12. The Business Ain't Nothing But the Blues (4:43)
