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Pat Martino: Stone Blue
by Jim Santella
Guitarist Pat Martino exhibits his long-standing appreciation for the urban lifestyle of New York City and Philadelphia on his latest album Stone Blue. That cocky feeling of self-assurance one develops from living and working in the city gives rise to strutted rhythms, deliberate tempos, and melodies that range from sixteenth-note-laden confetti clusters to dreamy skyborne shouts. ...
Jimmy Smith: Standards
by C. Michael Bailey
Back at the Chicken Shack. The jazz organ is one of the few instruments that has been completely dominated by a single individual. That individual is Jimmy Smith. Born in Norristown, PA, Smith studied music in Philadelphia, a major jazz organ center. Starting on piano, he switched to the organ three years prior to his first ...
Grant Green: Standards
by C. Michael Bailey
The House Band. In the early 1960s, guitarist Grant Green (1931-1979) and pianist Sonny Clark (1931-1963) were the top-drawer house musicians in the Blue Note stables. Grant Green was on hand for some of Blue Note's highest moments (Hank Mobley's Workout, Ike Quebec's Blue and Sentimental, and Lee Morgan's Search for a New Land ). Dexter ...
Sonny Clark: Standards
by C. Michael Bailey
Stablemates. In the early 1960s, pianist Sonny Clark (1931-1963) and Guitarist Grant Green (1931-1979) were the top-drawer house musicians in the Blue Note stable. Dexter Gordon considered Sonny Clark his favorite pianist, having him play on the notable Go and A Swinging Affair sessions. Clark also made a series of landmark recordings with clarinetist Buddy DeFranco ...
Lee Morgan: Standards
by C. Michael Bailey
Prometheus Unbound. Lee Morgan Standards is a compact disc of previously unreleased material. This is brand new Lee Morgan, and not only that, it is new Lee Morgan in a medium-sized ensemble (septet) setting. These pieces were recorded in January 1967, well after his seminal Hard Bop Blue Note recordings The Sidewinder (1963), Search for the ...
The Three Sounds: Standards
by C. Michael Bailey
Uncontainable. It is often said in any generic biography about almost any jazz pianist that they were skilled in playing the blues. This may or may not be true. In the case of Gene Harris, he should be the definition of jazz blues. His playing has always possessed a muscular, intelligent, double-fisted character that appealed to ...
Jackie McLean & The MacBand: Fire & Love
by AAJ Staff
After not doing nearly enough recording in the 1980s, Jackie McLean has been quite active in the 1990s--first on Triloka, then Antilles and now Blue Note with the excellent Fire & Love. The Macband is a hard-driving septet that unites the bracing and distinctive altoist with his tenor-playing son Rene McLean, trumpeter Raymond Williams, trombonist Steve ...
Ronnie Laws: Harvest For The World
by AAJ Staff
On many occasions, Ronnie Laws hasn't hesitated to stoop to musical prostitution and record mindless, knee-jerk “elevator muzak" for the “smooth jazz" market. But the tenor & soprano saxman showed signs of repentance in 1996, when he recorded the soul-jazz gem A Tribute To The Legendary Eddie Harris. Saluting one of his main influences, Laws demonstrated ...
Jane Bunnett: Chamalongo
by Jim Santella
Dedicated to the memory of Cuban singer Merceditas Valdes, Jane Bunnett's latest release brings back the “spirits of Havana" with an ensemble that features pianist Hilario Duran, bassist Carlitos del Puerto, conguero Tata Guines, and includes support from over a dozen others, including tenor saxophonist Yosvanny Terry, Bunnett's husband, trumpeter Larry Cramer, and the Cuban Folkloric ...
Grant Green: Live At The Lighthouse
by Douglas Payne
This less-than-stellar collection of medium and up-tempo groovers from 1972 was Grant Green's last record for Blue Note after a decade of many often stupendous records. He would record only intermittently hereafter until his death in 1979: live in 1973 with Houston Person, and in disco-oriented studio sessions for Kudu in 1976 and CTI-clone Versatile in ...
