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George Colligan: Unresolved
by C. Andrew Hovan
Over the course of his several recordings for the Danish SteepleChase label, pianist and composer George Colligan has presented a multifaceted portrait of himself as a musician while working in several formats, from solo piano to quintets. One of two projects Colligan has put together for Jordi Pojul's Fresh Sound label out of Spain, Unresolved really ...
Roberta Piket Trio: speak, memory
by David A. Orthmann
Roberta Piket plays the piano with the sensibility of someone on an endless search, yet she makes music that is accessible to the listener who is willing to meet her halfway. On speak, memory, her steely determination is balanced by a willingness to interact conversationally with bassist Masa Kamaguchi and drummer Jeff Williams (her musical partner ...
Alex Norris: A New Beginning
by David A. Orthmann
Norris’ first date as a leader is indebted to the spectrum of hard bop sounds of the 50s and 60s. Within the wide parameters of this genre, the trumpeter’s compositions are showing signs of individuality, such as “Ontology,” a funk-jazz tune, which stays in the groove despite the absence of an obvious back beat. A cunning ...
Jon Mayer: Rip Van Winkle
by AAJ Staff
Life has rebounded quite nicely for pianist Jon Mayer, thank you, now that he has relocated to the West Coast and slowly but surely built up his performing and recording activity to the delight of his listeners there. Not quite falling into the “what ever happened to?" category, Mayer nonetheless dropped from public consciousness for, oh, ...
Freddie Bryant: Boogaloo Brasileiro
by Michael Askounes
OK, let me admit it up front: I wouldn't know what good Brazilian Jazz was supposed to sound like if Pele snuck up behind me and hit me over the head with a timbale. My exposure to Latin music is pretty much limited to the “Ricky's" - Martin and Ricardo. So it is with much humility ...
Freddie Bryant: Boogaloo Brasileiro
by Joel Roberts
Freddie Bryant is a busy young man with a taste for diverse musical adventures. Along with an active career as a classical guitarist, Bryant is also a current member of trumpeter Tom Harrell's quintet. And he's appeared with everyone from African pop star Salif Keita to Klezmer virtuoso Giora Fiegman. On his third CD as a ...
Freddie Bryant: Boogaloo Brasileiro
by C. Andrew Hovan
Like many of you, the name of guitarist Freddie Bryant was certainly a new one to me. My only previous encounter with his work was on a Steve Wilson Criss Cross date of several years ago and that in no way prepared me for the kind of mature and stylish presentation that awaited on Boogaloo Brasileiro. ...
The New Jazz Composers Octet: First Steps Into Reality
by Jack Bowers
Before appraising the music, a word about the concept — and what a wonderful one it is, a group of young Jazz musicians coming together to nurture their skills as composers and explore their ever–widening musical capabilities. The NJCO, formed in 1996 by trumpeter David Weiss, provides the pathway over which these aspiring writers are able ...
The New Jazz Composers Octet: The New Jazz Composers Octet
by David Adler
Upon hearing pianist Xavier Davis’s “First Steps into Reality," which opens this album and provides its title, some might voice familiar objections. “Wait, these guys play tradition-bound hard bop and wear jackets and ties. It’s just another crop of Young Lions. Nothin’ new about it." Well, keep listening. David Weiss, founder, leader, and trumpeter of The ...
