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by Glenn Astarita
1998 & 1999 have been exceptionally great years for jazz on many fronts and with that, we must bestow some long overdue credit on the thriving Finnish jazz scene! Recent releases by the “UMO Orchestra”, woodwind specialist “Pekka Pylkkanen and the well established “Trio Nueva Finlandia” are but a few of the fine and dare we ...
The Herbie Nichols Project: Dr. Cyclops' Dream
by Glenn Astarita
As we celebrate new releases from the respective members of the “Jazz Composers Collective" (see AAJ Nov'99 reviews) along with Allen Huotari's insightful interviews with constituents of the Jazz Composers Collective, we commence the festivities with the new release by “The Herbie Nichols Project", titled Dr. Cyclops' Dream “. Featuring charter members of the Jazz Composers ...
William Parker's In Order to Survive: Posium Pendasem
by Derek Taylor
Wood and metal, strings and sweat. With these terrestrial materials and a seemingly bottomless store of imagination William Parker has crafted some of the most celestially expansive music in the history of jazz. At first glance such a contention may appear rash and circumspect. Take a listen to virtually any of the discs Parker has graced ...
Various Artists: Black Saint/Soul Note Critics' Picks Volume Three
by AAJ Staff
Here’s a sampler to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Soul Note label – and nearly the 25th year of its sister Black Saint. The critics polled here had the fun of going through the catalog – and the challenge of summarizing the labels in 75 minutes! A tough task, but they came through: the music ...
What We Live: Never Was
by Glenn Astarita
“Never Was” was recorded in 1996 and released in 1998 on Black Saint records. “What We Live” primarily operate as a Trio yet frequently collaborate with special guest artists as in the excellent “Quintet For A Day” (see March 99 AAJ review). On “Never Was” Larry Ochs, Lisle Ellis and Don Robinson get back to the ...
What We Live: Never Was
by Robert Spencer
What We Live, a trio consisting of Larry Ochs (tenor and sopranino saxophones), Lisle Ellis (bass), and Don Robinson (drums), creates a series of reflective soundscapes on Never Was. Ochs, a titan of the Bay Area music scene and one of the mainstays of the innovative and breathtakingly virtuosic Rova saxophone quartet, is a versatile tenor ...
String Trio of New York: Area Code 212
by AAJ Staff
This CD reissue of the Trio’s second LP leaves the original notes intact, which seem a little odd at this juncture. Most of the space is spent to explain that you really can play jazz without horns, and many examples are given – yes, this can be jazz, really it can! The fact that this has ...
