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Chick Corea: The Complete "Is" Sessions
by Robert Gilbert
Where is the dividing line between freedom and chaos in music? A jazz band can largely ignore chords, harmony and a consistent time signature and yet still produce something that’s a coherent and thrilling listen. Another jazz band, by comparison, can take the same approach and play something that’s incoherent and torture to experience. ...
Lena Horne: Being Myself
by AAJ Staff
"Come in and join the party," Lena calls, slapping her long fingers on an empty seat. You best take her invitation, ‘cuz Ms. Horne knows of what she sings. Long-established as a jazz legend, Lena Horne continues her reign as queen of the blue note with her latest Blue Note release. In addition to touching up ...
Freddie Redd: Redd's Blues
by Keiran Smalley
Many times in the history of jazz, album titles have played word games with artists' names. Think of Grant Green and Green Street and Green is Beautiful. There is also Freddie Hubbard, with Ready for Freddie, Hub-Tones, and Hub-Cap. You may not have heard of the bop-pianist Freddie Redd, who not to be left out, made ...
Wayne Shorter: The Classic Blue Note Recordings
by Keiran Smalley
An artist undergoes many stages in his personal and creative development. Typically this can range from a period of youthful experimentation, a mid-period where he hit his professional peak, followed by the mature reflection of an old master. With Wayne Shorter, who has towered over the tenor saxophone for 40-odd years, it is difficult to assess ...
ScoLoHoFo: OH!
by AAJ Staff
There's no mistaking the potential of the lineup on OH! It's the sort of superstar quartet that should make most jazz fans tremble--and cynical reviewers cringe. I'll admit I fell into the latter category. Too many all-star groups have made one-off records that fall into the "solid" category without shooting any higher. The era of Blue ...
Wayne Shorter: The Soothsayer
by Robert Gilbert
The mid-1960's were a heady time for Wayne Shorter. Newly enshrined as the permanent heir to Coltrane in Miles Davis's working group, he was the final puzzle piece to the band that would spur Davis to some of the most fruitful years of his career. At the same time, Shorter was in the midst of recording ...
Norah Jones: Come Away With Me
by C. Michael Bailey
Few artists have generated as much press in recent memory as Ms. Norah Jones. No fewer than five thoughtful reviews have been published in this magazine alone . A unifying theme found in all criticism is the question of whether the music Jones plays is jazz. This might be similar to the question of whether the ...
Jane Bunnett: Cuban Odyssey
by Jim Santella
Traditional Cuban music and upbeat modern jazz go together like ice and water: one serves the other’s purpose in turn, while their union stands apart as a natural wonder. And where would we be without ice water? Jane Bunnett’s Cuban adventure takes her on a journey outside the city limits of Havana to places ...
Jacky Terrasson: Smile
by Jim Santella
Each of the ten albums that Jacky Terrasson has issued since he won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition in 1993 has grown logically out of its predecessor. Smile moves forward from À Paris to encompass an eclectic program where jazz standards are mixed with pop songs. It’s the kind of program one might find ...
ScoLoHoFo: OH!
by Paul Abella
When I first picked up the new ScoLoHoFo album, OH!, the first thing I thought of, strangely enough, were, other artists who I was glad weren't on the album. Paul Motian for one, because then the album could have been called “ScoLoHoMo,” which would have been incredibly un-PC; or if Foster and Motian were both involved, ...
