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Maria Schneider Orchestra: Days of Wine and Roses: Live at the Jazz Standard
by Brian P. Lonergan
Big band leader Maria Schneider employs a simple formula on Live at the Jazz Standard: beautiful, multi-hued, and layered arrangements plus first-rate instrumentalists equals a vibrant modern big band session. This is not to say that the music is simple; anything but. Rather, the musicians' fluidity makes the set come across as effortless, while Schneider's approach ...
Deanna Witkowski: Length of Days
by John Kelman
Brian Camelio's ArtistShare model, allowing music to be distributed without the inherent loss of profitability that comes from dealing with all manner of middle men, has taken off in the past two years, with releases by artists like Maria Schneider, Jim Hall, and Cuong Vu. By placing more control in the artist's hands, he's made it ...
Maria Schneider Orchestra: Days of Wine and Roses: Live at the Jazz Standard
by John Kelman
When a jazz album is as successful as composer/arranger/conductor Maria Schneider's Concert in the Garden (ArtistShare, 2004), there's a different expectation for the followup. Winning a Grammy and being on many top ten lists can ring the death knell for a pop album, since fans expect the followup to be an even greater event. But with ...
Cuong Vu: This This and That
by John Kelman
When Vietnamese-born/American-raised trumpeter Cuong Vu was recruited by the Pat Metheny Group in 2001, Vu was a complete unknown to most fans of the guitar icon. In truth, however, Vu had already been quite active. Since moving to New York in 1994, Vu has become an increasingly visible presence on the downtown New York scene, working ...
Danilo P: Live at the Jazz Showcase
by Javier AQ Ortiz
The Danilo Pérez Trio recorded Live at the Jazz Showcase in December 2003, ensconcing the trio in the longstanding history of this Chicago club.Pérez leads drummer Adam Cruz and bassist Ben Street from the piano as they interpret a repertoire covering mostly original material, although there are hard bop renditions of material by Rubén ...
Jim Hall: Magic Meeting
by George Harris
Recorded during his most recent tour, Magic Meeting is an excellent testament to the width and breadth of virtuoso guitarist Jim Hall's talents. Playing with long time associates Scott Colley (bass) and Lewis Nash (drums), Hall breathes fresh life into standards and contributes three originals to this intriguing set of understated and discreet guitar playing.
Cuong Vu: It's Mostly Residual
by John Kelman
Since relocating from Seattle in '94, trumpeter Cuong Vu has emerged as an important voice on the New York Downtown Scene. While his reputation has continued to grow with solo releases including '00's Bound and '01's Come Play With Me, his four-year relationship with jazz megastar Pat Metheny has seen his name grow familiar to an ...
Danilo Perez Trio: Live at the Jazz Showcase
by Robert R. Calder
Danilo Perez Live! is the intended message of this set. Somebody must have decided that the pianist sounds better (livelier, more spontaneous) on gigs than in the studio. Startlingly young in Dizzy Gillespie's United Nation (not Nations) Orchestra, Perez (born in 1978) is currently the pianist in Wayne Shorter's quartet. While this live trio set goes ...
Jim Hall: Magic Meeting
by Joel Roberts
Jim Hall has long been an island of calm in a sea of overheated jazz guitarists. On countless solo efforts and memorable collaborations with Bill Evans, Paul Desmond, Sonny Rollins, and many others, Hall's subtlety and intelligence have elevated him above the crowd on an instrument where speed and pointless virtuosity unfortunately rule. ...
Danilo Perez Trio: Live at the Jazz Showcase
by Jerry D'Souza
Danilo Perez's first live recording at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago with bassist Ben Street and drummer Adam Cruz finds the trio building an empathic level of communication; having played together for two and a half years has its advantages. Perez is still a hard-hitting pianist, but he balances this penchant with softer tunes that profile ...


