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Don Byron: Ivey-Divey
by Jack Bowers
Clarinetist Don Byron is much like one of those ducks in a carnival shooting gallery; just when you've drawn a bead and think you have him in your sights, he quickly disappears, only to pop up somewhere else, safely out of range. For the ducks, the purpose is survival; for Byron, it's the unrelenting pursuit of ...
Medeski, Martin & Wood: End of the World Party (Just in Case)
by Chris M. Slawecki
Teaming the poster children for contemporary bass/drum/organ groove (Chris Wood, Billy Martin, and John Medeski, respectively) with John King, the producer of such twisted GenX pop classics as Odelay (Beck) and Paul's Boutique (Beastie Boys), updates the classic Booker T. & The MGs organ combo sound for our swirling electronic age. King's deft production ...
Medeski, Martin and Wood: End of the World Party (Just in Case)
by Nenad Georgievski
With their latest release, the popular Medeski, Martin & Wood are making a step further in terms of their sound--which does not come as a surprise, as they have constantly been trying to find new ways to expand their sonic palette. Originally, they started as a basic jazz organ trio and along the way they just ...
Bill Charlap: Somewhere: The Songs Of Leonard Bernstein
by Celeste Sunderland
This month Brooke Shields steps into the starring role of Broadway's Tony-Award winning Wonderful Town revival; 25 of Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts with the New York Philharmonic are available on DVD; and radio listeners will have the pleasure of hearing an eleven-part documentary on the maestro's life and career, narrated by Susan Sarandon. Fourteen years ...
Cecil Taylor: Conquistador!
by Colin Fleming
More so than with any label, the greatest recordings on Blue Note, those that pull rank on the merely great and that we can most comfortably say will belong to all ages, seem to prove a burden for many listeners to embrace, no matter how enthralled they are by the sounds of Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, ...
Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Paseo
by Alex K. Fong
Paseo, the title of virtuoso Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba's first album as a leader in three years, means “walk" or “stroll" in English. And that's what he does throughout the record with his New Cuban Quartet. Rubalcaba examines his musical roots as if he were walking through his hometown for the first time in many years. ...
Don Byron: Ivey-Divey
by Jim Santella
Don Byron's virtuosic clarinet technique allows him to stretch his limits this way and that. With piano and drums, he opens his program by setting the pace for adventure. With a glimpse of familiar melody here and a peek at remembered themes there, the clarinetist launches an improvisational tirade. Both his clarinet and bass clarinet enable ...
Don Byron: Ivey-Divey
by AAJ Staff
The expression “ivey-divey," like so many expressions in the jazz world, comes from Lester Young. It was Pres' term for permanent sadness, for living in the world through the blues, life with perpetual blues feeling. The album Ivey-Divey is Don Byron's look at Pres' great '46 trio session with Nat Cole and Buddy Rich. Byron's album, ...
Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Paseo
by AAJ Staff
On Paseo, Gonzalo Rubalcaba's latest venture, the esteemed Cuban pianist plays electric keyboards on some tracks, and there's an electric bassist on every track. The skeptical listener might conclude that Rubalcaba has finally “sold out" and made a fusion record. There's hardly a backbeat on any part of Paseo. But it's certainly a form of fusion, ...
Herbie Hancock: The Prisoner
by Jon Opstad
The opening “I Have a Dream" from this, Hancock's final (1969) session for the Blue Note label, is arguably his finest piece of ensemble writing on record. Although the remaining tracks don't quite reach the same peak of creativity and musicianship, the album remains one of Hancock's most essential. The setting is a nonet and is ...
