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Ignacio Berroa: Codes
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
For some insight into the codes to which the title of drummer Ignacio Berroa's debut album refers, compare his version of the António Carlos Jobim classic “Inútil Paisagem with the excellent piano trio version by Aaron Goldberg on Worlds (Sunnyside, 2006). Goldberg takes it very slow and successfully taps into the number's rarefied, slightly decadent Brazilian ...
Dexter Gordon: Gettin' Around
by Samuel Chell
"The Tower of Power," “Long Tall," “LT"--you don't acquire such noms de troubadour by being retiring or inconspicuous in your approach to making music. Indeed, Dexter Gordon is such a forceful presence and commanding storyteller that he can be a heavy load, requiring nothing less than the listener's undivided attention. Gettin' Around, a 2006 release of ...
Art Blakey: Holiday For Skins
by Chris May
An unpleasant odour of Eurocentric condescension has hung over Art Blakey's drum choir projects ever since they were recorded in the late 1950s. Orgy In Rhythm (1957) and Holiday For Skins (1958)--both originally released as two LPs and both now packaged on single CDs, the latter newly available in this Connoisseur edition--have been viewed by some ...
Gil Evans: The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions
by Norman Weinstein
"Complete" in this case refers to two LPs worth of primo early Gil Evans.The first LP on this disc answers the question of what would have happened if Evans had written a concerto for anyone other than Miles Davis. “New Bottle, Old Wine" is a version of the “Miles Ahead" concerto concept for Cannonball Adderley. And ...
Gil Evans: The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions
by Chris May
If Stan Kenton's ponderous Sophisticated Approach (1961) showed how little jazz it is possible to make with an orchestra the size of Texas, Gil Evans' The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions shows how much more you can make with a lot less. The CD brings together two collections of brilliantly reimagined standards, New Bottle, Old Wine (1958) ...
Solomon Ilori And His Afro-Drum Ensemble: African High Life
by Chris May
Every now and again, a label pulls a previously unissued session out of the vaults and it proves to be a down-by-law number one with a mango. Candid did it earlier in 2006 with Jamaican tenor saxophonist Wilton Gaynair's Africa Calling (London, 1960). Now it's Blue Note's turn with Solomon Ilori's African High Life (Englewood Cliffs, ...
Paolo Fresu: P.A.R.T.E.
by AAJ Italy Staff
Secondo capitolo della collaborazione di Paolo Fresu con la Blue Note dopo Kosmopolites, P.A.R.T.E mette in evidenza le notevoli doti compositive di un altro membro del quintetto. Dopo Roberto Cipelli, protagonista del precedente lavoro, è la volta del contrabbassista Attilio Zanchi. Per chi conosce Zanchi a fondo, l’ascolto del disco non dovrebbe costituire una sorpresa in ...
Lou Rawls: The Best of Lou Rawls - The Capitol Jazz & Blues Sessions
by Andrew Velez
This document of Lou Rawls' decade with Capitol in the '60s celebrates the beginnings of the recently departed artist, one of the rare male vocalists with a big, beautiful sound who could sing his butt off. His professional beginnings were with the gospel group The Singing Travelers, and their 1962 recording of “Motherless Child opens the ...
Dr. John: Mercernary
by C. Michael Bailey
On Mercernary the good doctor, Mac Rebennack, performs a Voodoo mass on the music of Johnny Mercer, casting it in the gris-gris patois of his native New Orleans. This union of standards and Creole is a contentious one, showing that one cannot force a square peg into a round hole. “Blues in the Night, “I'm an ...
Lou Donaldson: The Artist Selects
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Alto sax master Lou Donaldson's entry to the Blue Note Artist Selects series includes a blend of originals and standards, with Hall of Fame lineups from various eras. Listening to this music, one can map the evolution of jazz in the context of his development as a musician. Donaldson's first words on the ...
