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Stefon Harris & Blackout: Evolution
by Eric J. Iannelli
It takes no time at all to get into Evolution , Stefon Harris’ fifth album for Blue Note, the young vibraphonist’s fourth as leader and his first with his new band. Immediately the music breaks into a sprint. And its appeal is equally as instantaneous. There is no acclimation period, no finger-drumming developmental warm-up, no amusing ...
Stefon Harris & Blackout: Evolution
by John Kelman
Vibraphonist Stefon Harris first came to attention on releases by trombonist Steve Turre and, most notably, with eight-string guitarist Charlie Hunter's groove-happy Pound for Pound band. Since that time, with an approach that could perhaps be accused of sometimes being a little too cerebral and not visceral enough, Harris has released three fine recordings as a ...
Bill Charlap Trio: Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein
by J. Robert Bragonier
In 2002, Bill Charlap and his trusty trio mates, Peter and Kenny Washington (no relation), released their second Blue Note CD, a centennial tribute to the music of Hoagy Carmichael, to considerable critical acclaim. Here the trio turns its attention and remarkable talents to the music of the inimitable Leonard Bernstein, with selections from West Side ...
Bill Charlap Trio: Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein
by Joshua Weiner
The son of a Broadway composer, Bill Charlap seems to have the standard jazz repertoire in his blood. His is a resolutely mainstream approach, in the vein if not always the style of Oscar Peterson, and he sounds completely at home with the music on his latest album, Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein.
Bill Charlap Trio: Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein
by Jim Santella
Capturing the wide range of expression that Leonard Bernstein put into this music, pianist Bill Charlap leads a stellar trio through various forms of emotion on Somewhere. From the album’s opening “Cool,” with its built-in, street-smart intensity, to the haphazard “Big Stuff” at a loping tempo with laid-back demeanor, the trio interprets the composer admirably.
Takashi: Storm Zone
by Michael P. Gladstone
Released last month, this is the American recording debut of a 17 year-old pianist performing nine original compositions with his trio. Long a child prodigy, Takashi (Matsunaga) first played professionally two years ago with the noted Arrow Jazz Orchestra in Japan. In a word, this young musician appears to have absorbed the entire vocabulary ...
Wynton Marsalis: The Magic Hour
by Franz A. Matzner
Those with an interest in polemics will interpret the title of the first tune on The Magic Hour, “Feeling of Jazz," to be another example in Wynton Marsalis' campaign to define just what is and is not jazz. Given that the lyrics performed by Dianne Reeves read like a dictionary entry for jazz circa 1935 (or ...
Norah Jones: Feels Like Home
by C. Michael Bailey
How does a young jazz artist follow-up and debut release that sold 17 million copies and garnered six, count them, six Grammy Awards? She relaxes. Norah Jones answered her well-received recording Come Away With Me with the comfortable as quilt Feels Like Home. In its first week of release, the sophomore recording ...
Grammy Salute To Jazz, Honoring Clark Terry & Gerald Wilson
Recording Academy Announces Grammy “Salute To Jazz" Event to Honor Jazz Greats Clark Terry and Gerald Wilson As part of the week-long GRAMMY celebration of events taking place throughout Los Angeles, the Recording Academy announced the initiation of a new event titled GRAMMY Salute To Jazz. This celebratory gathering, to be held on Wednesday, February 4 ...
Pat Martino: Think Tank
by Joel Roberts
It's been nearly twenty years since Pat Martino's comeback from a near-fatal brain aneurysm. In that time he's re-established himself as one of the jazz world's premier guitarists, a technically advanced post bop player who combines forward-thinking musical ideas with native Philly grit; think Pat Metheny with more soul. Think Tank , as ...
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