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Laurie Antonioli: A Constellation In The West
by C. Michael Bailey
While vocalist Laurie Antonioli may not be a household name, she is not exactly an unknown quantity. The Bay area native has been singing pre-professionally and professionally since the late 1970s, initially influenced by the diamond songwriting talents of Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and Neil Young. She took a right turn listening to her grandmother's 78s ...
The Multi-Tasking State of David Binney 2010
by C. Michael Bailey
Saxophonist David Binney has been a ubiquitous presence in jazz since his first recording, Point Game (Owl, 1989), both as a leader and a sideman. So prolific is Binney, that any multiple-disc review featuring him will be dated immediately. Well, so be it, this is a summer 2010 snapshot of some of the recent activity of ...
The State of Organ Jazz 2010 (Part 2): Stanton Moore and Organissimo
by C. Michael Bailey
The State of Organ Jazz 2010, Part I: Wayne Escoffery, Dan Pratt and Matthew Kaminski dealt with some very fine organ-based jazz, that, for the most part, colored within the lines. This second installment focuses on the organ, guitar and drums trio and is devoted to two artists who definitely got their nuclear funk on: drummer ...
The State of The Piano Trio 2010 (Pt.1): Helge Lien Trio and Trichotomy
by C. Michael Bailey
The piano trio is a durable and fertile format for musical expression. It is the jazz equivalent of classical chamber music--that is, music produced by a small number of instruments, small enough to be accommodated in close confines. While the piano trio can come in many flavors, the typical one is piano, bass and drums (aka ...
The State of Organ Jazz 2010 (Pt. 1): Wayne Escoffery, Dan Pratt and Matthew Kaminski
by C. Michael Bailey
Organ-based jazz inhabits a unique place as a sub-genre. The combination of the sacred churchy organ with the decadence of blues and bebop made for a heady brew after the introduction of the format by Wild Bill Davis and Bill Doggett in the 1950s. Qualitatively, the names that loom largest in organ jazz are Jimmy Smith, ...
The State of Jazz Lyricists 2010: Mose Allison and Jim Pearce
by C. Michael Bailey
There exists a unique and storied subset of jazz artists who pen the most clever music and lyrics this side of Tin Pan Alley and way that side of modern-day Nashville. Besides Bob Dorough and Dave Frishberg, who are in a class by themselves, are Mose Allison and Jim Pearce, who are also part of that ...
The State of OA2 Records 2010: Nelda Swiggett and Debbie Poryes
by C. Michael Bailey
The umbrella record label Origin Arts has three imprint labels beneath it: Origin Records, founded in 1997 by Seattle drummer John Bishop, focusing primarily on prominent jazz artists from the Northwest United States. OA2 records was begun in 2002 with the aim of broadening Origin's talent attention countrywide. Origin Classical was later founded with not simply ...
The State of Reissues 2010: Dave Brubeck, Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane and Joe Pass
by C. Michael Bailey
Formed by the merger of West Coast record labels Concord and Fantasy in 2004, the Concord Music Group possesses the largest catalog of recorded jazz earth-side. With such a rich basement, Concord can be expected to launch reissue series from time to time. The label's newest such program is the Original Jazz Classics Remasters series. Original ...
The State of Origin Classical 2010: Idit Shner, Yumiko Endo Schlaffer and Tom Collier
by C. Michael Bailey
Seattle-based Origin Arts has carved out an impressive niche in the jazz market with an edgy stable of regular musicians and some equally edgy releases. In April 2008, Origin Arts inaugurated the Origin Classical Label with the Seattle Trumpet Consort's After Baroque: Music for the Natural Trumpet. Since then, the label has released six recordings, including ...
The State of Zoho Music 2010: Pablo Aslan and Jon Gold
by C. Michael Bailey
Zoho Music was founded by Joachim “Jochen" Becker in 2003, rising out of the ashes of Khaeon World Music. Since that time, the label has released almost 80 recordings, garnering numerous Grammy and Latin Grammy nominations. Zoho continues to thrive. Two recent recordings illustrate not only where the label is going but also offer ...
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