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3ology: With Ron Miles
by Ken Waxman
This album is appropriately titled as, in many cases, the addition of another musician raises the level of an entire band's playing. So it is on this session, where Denver-based cornetist Ron Miles joins Colrado's 3ology combo. Evident from the one track on which Miles isn't featured, 3ology--brothers Doug and Tim Carmichael (alto sax and bass, ...
August Rosenbaum: Beholder
by Mark Corroto
Considering the maturity and sophistication Beholder displays, it might be astonishing to learn that its composer/pianist, August Rosenbaum, is just 22. But, there it is. This youthful Danish jazzman recorded this Brooklyn session with countryman Jakob Bro (guitar) and Americans Dan Weiss (drums) and Thomas Morgan (bass). What disturbs the norm here is the ...
Jazz Goes Green: Musical Explorations On A Secondary Color Of Note
by Dan Bilawsky
With spring taking hold and summer on the way, it's hard to avoid encounters with the color green. The drab gray and white of winter is now no more and a vibrant green color scheme has taken over. A drive along the Long Island Expressway--which leads to Manhattan and some of the greatest jazz clubs in ...
Metropole Orkest / John Scofield / Vince Mendoza: 54
by John Kelman
Metropole Orkest / John Scofield / Vince Mendoza 54 Emarcy 2010 Guitarist John Scofield's shared history with Vince Mendoza dates back to the composer/arranger/conductor's Start Here (World Pacific, 1990) and Instructions Inside (EMI/Manhattan, 1991)--two criminally out of print gems that provided early evidence of Mendoza's distinctive harmonic language, compositional perspicacity and ...
Matthew Charles Heulitt: Room to Run
by Ian Patterson
Guitarist Matthew Charles Heulitt's eclectic CV hints at something of his genre-defying style; a member of drummer Zigaboo Modeliste's band and sideman in former Mahavishnu Orchestra and Weather Report drummer Narada Michael Walden's group, he has also performed with Sting, Taj Mahal, Micky Hart and David Grisman, amongst others. This, his debut as leader, impresses on ...
Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense (Theatrical Version)
by John Kelman
Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense (Theatrical Version)IndiePix Films2009 Distilling a groundbreaking, four-part, four-hour television documentary--one which finally examined the evolution of jazz in a contemporary, rather than purely historical, context--into a shorter theatrical version is no mean feat. When Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense aired on ...
Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense DVD & VOD Release Due May 11
Pre-order it now at shop.allaboutjazz.com BUY IT AT shop.allaboutjazz.com Theatrical Length Documentary Explores Contemporary Jazz Luminaries Including Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Ravi Coltrane, Esperanza Spalding & Bill Frisell “[Icons] depicts jazz as a living, breathing and ever-evolving musical art form, and ...
Andre Matos: Fantasies Realized
by William Carey
There is no doubt that André Matos has chops to burn. Placed firmly in the tradition of John Abercrombie and Pat Martino, with a bit of Sonny Sharrock at moments, a lot of Berklee (College of Music) influence is readily apparent, but with a bit of headiness that also reflects the guitarist's time at the New ...
xTet Project: Phase First
by John Kelman
With the continued upsurge of music coming from Norway, it can be a challenge keeping track of which player is on what axis; equally revealing is the near-relentless cross-pollination taking place amongst artists young and old, and from an unfettered variety of musical spaces. Oslo's Kennel Collective may consist of young groups traversing the seemingly wide ...
Paul Motian / Chris Potter / Jason Moran: Lost in a Dream
by Dan McClenaghan
Drummer Paul Motian seems to fit very comfortably into any musical situation, and elevate it. With a career that spans more than five decades--and seeming to begin at an early pinnacle with pianist Bill Evans' trio on the legendary Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Riverside Records, 1961)--Motian has, as a sideman, augmented musical visions galore. A ...
