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Lee Morgan: The Last Session
by Douglas Payne
The Last Session is the fascinating final chapter in the recording career of Lee Morgan (1938-1972). Formerly a double album set known simply as Lee Morgan, this September 1971 date captures the trumpeter in a most unusual octet setting with seemingly opposing personalities. Morgan and company tackle five long, modally-based songs here and while it's not ...
Dianne Reeves: Master Of Jazz: That Day...
by AAJ Staff
With Dianne Reeves, you never know whether you're going to get jazz, R&B, pop or a combination of all three. The singer has excelled at times and been unfocused and disappointing at other times. Highly introspective and generally quite appealing, That Day... basically falls into the acoustic jazz category but isn't without folk and R&B overtones. ...
Mose Allison: Gimcracks and Gewgaws
by Jim Santella
In person, Mose Allison walks through the audience having a good time, meeting people and enjoying conversations prior to sitting down at the piano. Loose and relaxed, you'd never know he was the featured performer if you hadn't seen his photograph, and Allison seems to feel that everyone is his best friend. That message comes across ...
Mark Shim: Mind Over Matter
by Jim Santella
When Mark Shim stands to take a solo with The Mingus Big Band, his youthful, clean-cut appearance comes in direct contrast to the deep, robust tone coming from his tenor saxophone. Drawn to tenor saxophone “players with a darker sound," as he states in the liner notes, Shim has made impressions on those with whom he's ...
Ray Barretto & New World Spirit: Contact!
by AAJ Staff
Imagine being a superstar in Latin music, then accepting a major pay cut for your decision to focus primarily on jazz. That's exactly what happened with Ray Barretto, who has kept his jazz oriented New World Spirit band together for almost a decade despite the fact that--let's face it--many of those who know him for major ...
Eliane Elias: The Three Americas
by Dave Hughes
that combine the best of her native music with the American straight-ahead jazz tradition, usually utilizing the standard acoustic piano trio format. Her previous CD, “Solos and Duets," found her improvising eloquently by herself and holding her own with piano legend Herbie Hancock. This time, she has expanded her format, both in terms of performing with ...
