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Stefano Di Battista: Round About Roma
by Mark F. Turner
Stefano Di Battista’s 3rd recording Round About Roma captures the alluring romanticism of Rome. A talented and expressive saxophonist, Di Battista has a distinctive sound that has captured the listening ears of great jazz performers such as pianist Michel Petrucciani and drummer Elvin Jones on some of their recent recordings. Having received success and popularity in ...
Freddie Hubbard: Hub Cap (RVG Edition)
by Richton Guy Thomas
Freddie Hubbard brought a beautiful tone and an instinct for swing to Hub Cap. This record came out in 1961, three years before Eric Dolphy's Out To Lunch and four years before Herbie Hancock's Maiden Voyage : two significant titles in the library of America's improvised music which feature a consequential role by Hubbard.Freddie ...
Various: Pure Cool
by AAJ Staff
Jazz is surely the coolest type of music in the world and, on this new Blue Note compilation, some of the masters of the idiom demonstrate why. Opening with the subtle smoke of Chet Baker’s opening take on Rodgers and Hart’s “My Funny Valentine" (also featured on Chet Baker Sings for Lovers, which I also highly ...
Richard Leo Johnson: Language
by AAJ Staff
Picking up where he left off with his solo debut Fingertip Ship, Richard Leo Johnson takes his solo guitar lines through a variety of sounds and styles, backed vicariously by a talented group of musicians which includes drummer Matt Wilson, Govt. Mule guitarist Warren Haynes and a brief guest spot by Johnson’s ten-year-old daughter Tess.
St. Germain: Tourist
by AAJ Staff
Whether chilling out, working out or getting down, the latest mix from one of Blue Note's boldest imports has the stuff to get it to ya. From the peppy five take of the opening single “Rose Rogue" to the Hammond-ed gospel of “Land of'" and the frenetic bourre of “So Flute," St. Germain guides brave aural ...
Hank Mobley: Thinking of Home
by Richton Guy Thomas
The great jazz critic Leonard Feather once described Hank Mobley as the middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone. Not a name that the novice jazz fan may recognize, Hank Mobley recorded over twenty LPs for Blue Note. Thinking of Home is his last title for Blue Note; released in 1970, this is a fitting ...
Junko Onishi: Fragile
by AAJ Staff
Combining a variety of keyboard models and styles with a number of percussionists and grooved electric bass, the quickly-recorded Fragile is ironically quite pliable and coarse at times, wielding an oft-unwieldy arsenal of moods and sounds which occasionally (and admittedly) lose their sense of form and function. Though “Complexions" was wrapped after just one take, it ...
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 ...
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