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Joe Lovano: Streams Of Expression
by Robert R. Calder
Joe Lovano Streams Of Expression Blue Note Records 2006 Forget those ill-founded accusations of conservatism. Joe Lovano is a genuine innovator. He's uninterested in novelty for novelty's sake and he's very, very ambitious for his music. He makes things more interesting for everybody, including himself, by (no apologies for the ...
U - Street All Stars: Bowling
by AAJ Italy Staff
Suonano hard bop coniugato con il funky e il soul. Non sono afroamericani, ma bianchissimi filandesi che in una manciata di anni si sono imposti sulla scena delle nuove leve jazzistiche. Nati nel 2000 proprio in un locale trendy di una delle più affollate vie di Helsinki, Uudenmaankatu, parola impronunciabile che sta per U - Street, ...
Ike Quebec: It Might As Well Be Spring
by Chris May
A generation older than the tenor saxophone young Turks who helped define Blue Note during its 1955-65 heyday, Ike Quebec's style was fully formed a decade before the innovations of Hank Mobley, Wayne Shorter and Joe Henderson--and his legacy has been consistently overshadowed as a result. But while Quebec may not have been storming any barricades, ...
Paolo Fresu & Uri Caine: Things
by AAJ Italy Staff
Uno, Paolo Fresu, sta esportando da oltre vent'anni in tutto il mondo la freschezza e la qualità del jazz italiano, è titolare di progetti che esplorano un ampio spettro di interessi non solo musicali, oltre a essere la vulcanica mente del festival di Berchidda, rassegna tra le più originali e apprezzate del panorama jazzistico estivo. L'altro, ...
Hank Mobley: Another Workout
by Samuel Chell
Hank Mobley Another Workout Blue Note 2006 (1961/1985) I can scarcely remember the last time an anticipated “new" release has afforded as much immediate pleasure as this one. Go with a single horn player--arguably the most melodically fertile tenor saxophonist of his time--and give him the support of a rhythm ...
Pat Martino: Remember: A Tribute To Wes Montgomery
by Russ Musto
The tribute album allows an artist to document his indebtedness to another's influence on his own style with a more fully formed personal approach and individual voice. It shines a spotlight on the honoree's body of work in a way that no single record in that artist's discography did during his lifetime. And it introduces a ...
Joe Lovano: Streams of Expression
by Tom Greenland
Joe Lovano never fails to create an impression. Streams of Expression, his eighteenth release for Blue Note, is a suite-within-a-suite that honors and signifies upon a considerable amount of jazz history--cool, modal, avant, bop--with authority and individuality. The centerpiece of the album is the “Birth of the Cool Suite," a tribute to the chamber jazz outings ...
Patricia Barber: Mythologies
by Jim Santella
In much the same way that a visual artist paints memorable themes on canvas, Patricia Barber puts her ideas into music by establishing an open avenue of communication with her audience. Her voice is always a pleasure. Her piano work is comfortable in the context of her role as storyteller. Her compositions are deep enough that ...
Tania Maria: Intimidade
by Jim Santella
Now in her late 50s, Tania Maria Correa Reis continues to bring all the energy and zip to her performances that she did when she recorded her first album in 1971. 26 albums later, she's still Brazil's queen of the funky jazz samba. Her welcome combination of lively rhythms and sultry ballads brings the versatile program ...
Joe Lovano: Streams Of Expression
by Troy Collins
Joe Lovano Streams Of Expression Blue Note 2006 Saxophonist Joe Lovano's second collaboration with the estimable composer and arranger Gunther Schuller finds the two musicians navigating similar territory as their 1995 collaboration, Rush Hour (Blue Note). Boasting a similarly varied line-up and mix of compositions, the album ...
