Results for "Atlantic Jazz"

James Carter: Chasin' The Gypsy/Layin' In The Cut

by Mark Corroto
June 1, 2000

Saxophonist James Carter is the Derek Jeter of jazz. Like the New York Yankee shortstop, he is long on talent and even longer on attitude. For all of us Yankee-haters, we wait for a Jeter error and grudgingly recognize his physical genius. Similarly, Carter’s attitude has created many a jazz detractor, ready to leap upon any ...

Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos: ?Muy Divertido! (Very Entertaining!)

by Douglas Payne
May 1, 2000

Surely a disc that lives up to its own title, ?Muy Divertido! (Very Entertaining!) is difficult to consider from a jazz perspective. So maybe it ain't jazz. Maybe it doesn't matter. But, then again, eccentric downtown guitarist Marc Ribot has made a career out of being unpredictable - and never less than totally interesting.On ...

Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos: Muy Divertido! (Very Entertaining!)

by Douglas Payne
May 1, 2000

>Surely a disc that lives up to its own title, Muy Divertido! (Very Entertaining!) is difficult to consider from a jazz perspective. So maybe it ain't jazz. Maybe it doesn't matter. But, then again, eccentric downtown guitarist Marc Ribot has made a career out of being unpredictable - and never less than totally interesting.On ...

Bob Dorough: Too Much Coffee Man

by Jim Santella
March 1, 2000

Loaded with songs for the average guy or gal, Bob Dorough’s newest jazz album takes its name from an item we can all relate to readily. Hopefully, that particular medium constitutes only a minor role in our childhood reading development: the comic book. Too Much Coffee Man is the name of a comic book character. There’s ...

John Lewis: Evolution

by Mike Neely
February 1, 2000

John Lewis's solo piano release “Evolution" has the feel of a master playing for himself alone in a room in a manner that is entirely focused on the development of the music as he plays. There is a mindfulness that comes up through the pauses and spaces of his refined, emotional style. At times it seems ...

Ray Bryant: Alone at Montreux

By Ray Bryant

Label: Atlantic Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Gotta Travel On; Blues #3/Willow Weep for Me; Cubano Chant; Rockin

Torch This Place

By The Atomic Fireballs

Label: Atlantic Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Man With the Hex; Mata Hari; Swing Sweet Pussy Cat; Caviar & Chitlin

Joy Ride

By Bob James

Label: Atlantic Records
Released: 1999

Blow Up A-Go-Go

Label: Atlantic Records
Released: 1999

The Odyssey Of Funk & Popular Music, Vol. 1

By Lester Bowie

Label: Atlantic Records
Released: 1999