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Konitz/Mehldau/Haden/Motion "Live at Birdland"
Konitz, Mehldau, Haden and Motian Live At Birdland Lee Konitz: alto saxophone Brad Mehldau: piano Charlie Haden: double-bass Paul Motian: drums A quartet of master musicians and a programme of jazz classics. “Live At Birdland" presents the finest moments from two inspired nights at New York's legendary club, as Konitz, ...
Matt Penman: Down on James Farm
by R.J. DeLuke
Matt Penman and his bass have inhabited a variety of musical places and spaces in recent years, all of them on a very high level. That speaks to his abilities on his instrument, and his adaptability to diverse situations. He of the fluid hands, rich sound and steady, melodic pulse always comes through. That's why he's ...
Jason Parker Quartet: Five Leaves Left
by Greg Simmons
For its fourth album, the Jason Parker Quartet takes a sharp departure from its previous three efforts. Rather than simply cutting another solid straight-ahead quartet date, trumpeter Parker has added vocalist Michele Khazak, and multi-woodwind blower Cynthia Mullis, to reinterpret an entire folk-pop album: Nick Drake's Five Leaves Left (Island Records, 1969). Despite being far outside ...
Portland Jazz Festival 2011 - A Look Back
by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
Portland Jazz FestivalPortland, OregonFebruary 18-27, 2011 Promoter Bill Royston and general manager Don Lucoff have once again pulled off a hat trick of significant proportions. With the arrival and guest appearance of perhaps the greatest “star" that jazz has welcomed since Wynton Marsalis, this year's Portland Jazz Festival had the makings to ...
The Accessible Brad Mehldau: Live at the Dakota
The temptation to compare Brad Mehldau to Keith Jarrett can be irresistible. For better or worse, usually better. Both seemed to materialize fully formed, highly praised, with their first recordings. And unlike some who have been lauded early and then forgotten (or at least, ignored), both Jarrett and Mehldau maintained and surpassed their first successes with ...
Ambrose Akinmusire: Emerging Heart
by R.J. DeLuke
"My favorite instrument is the cello," said the easygoing young musician in early February, from his apartment in Manhattan, where he referred to himself jokingly as “a hibernating jazzman." His West-Coast roots weren't taking a firm grip in the frigid temperatures of the Northeast. “Me and strings just don't get along. I can play piano; I ...
David Caceres: Double Threat Coming Forward
by R.J. DeLuke
The singer/instrumentalist in jazz has a long and honorable tradition. Many of those, though certainly not all, are more known for their singing than playing, especially in the last 20 years or so. But almost universally, they're enjoyed for what they can do, breathing a certain joie de vivre into songs by expressing the lyrics, then ...
Matt Nelson Trio: Nostalgiamaniac
by Alex Marianyi
According to The Oxford English Dictionary, nostalgia is defined as “a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past," and a maniac is “an obsessive enthusiast." Chicago pianist Matt Nelson embodies both qualities on Nostalgiamaniac. The sentimentality of his ballad playing and the keen musical citation of past generations of jazz musicians clearly display the conversation ...
Ahmad Hassan Muhammad: Fly
by Jonathan Wertheim
Ahmad Hassan Muhammad isn't a big name in jazz--yet. The Cincinnati-born pianist self-produced and released hist first record, Fly, in October 2010, and while the disc is very much a first effort, it holds surprise, pleasure and promise often unheard in second or third releases by others in the jazz scene today. Everything ...
Justin Kauflin: Humble Beginnings
by Marshall Taylor
The beauty of music lies in its subliminal spirituality. Religious or not, few can argue the effects of music on the human emotions and how it impacts our perception of things beyond what is skin-deep. For 24 year-old Justin Kauflin, a New York-based pianist notable for his work with Jae Sinnett, and for ...
