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Satoko Fujii Orchestra: Blueprint
by Jerry D'Souza
Ideas flow by the brimful for Satoko Fujii. If her spate of recordings is not enough evidence, then take a look at the bands she heads. There's the Orchestra East and the Orchestra West (divided between Japan and the USA), the trio with Jim Black and Mark Dresser, her Quartet, and her solo work. You get ...
Bill Frisell: Richter 858
by John Kelman
For those who think, based on recent recordings, that guitarist Bill Frisell has lost his edge, two new recordings should go a long way to restoring faith in Frisell's inestimable abilities as a composer and performer. They also assert that, like them or not, the Americana, world music, and groove-centric concerns of his most recent Nonesuch ...
Grachan Moncur III: Exploration
by Michael P. Gladstone
Grachan Moncur III Octet Exploration Capri Records 2004 After a lengthy absence, trombonist/composer Grachan Moncur III returns with his first album as a leader since 1977's Shadows (Denon Jazz). The trombonist is best known for his particiation on two Jackie McLean albums, One Step Beyond and Destination Out! ...
Satoko Fujii Orchestra: Blueprint
by Dan McClenaghan
Japanese-born pianist Satoko Fujii's Blueprint, featuring her New York Orchestra, opens with the title cut, a hard-driving, dark-toned, stop-time tune full of gathering momentum and menace, giving the impression of a world plummeting in the direction of chaos--though it never quite goes there. It's the same feeling one gets in listening to Dumas' “The Sorcerer's Apprentice," ...
Michael Marcus Takes the Iron Horse to the Blue Note
by Rex Butters
Widely traveled multi-reedist Michael Marcus speaks with the same exhuberance and enthusiasm he demonstrates blowing next to Bay Area master Sonny Simmons in the Cosmosamatics and fronting the powerhouse Michael Marcus Trio, which he leads into the Blue Note this month. “After the Cosmosamatics tour, I took the train to Milan to mix the new Michael ...
Bill Frisell: Richter 858
by Dan McClenaghan
Richter 858 is a commissioned work, setting guitarist Bill Frisell up with the job of creating music to accompany eight paintings for a book project on German painter Gerhard Richter. One of Richter's main techniques is to use a squeegee to smear paint over an aluminum surface. Frisell captures this sound--the squeak and squeal, the shrillness--perfectly ...
Mike Wofford & Holly Hofmann
by Elliott Simon
Mike Wofford Trio Live at Athenaeum Jazz Capri 2004 Pianist Mike Wofford's trio allows this in demand vocal accompanist and arranger to stretch out and lead the way with a swinging rhythm section that includes master drummer Victor Lewis and top NYC bassist Peter Washington. Live at Athenaeum Jazz captures ...
Leslie Pintchik: So Glad To Be Here
by Elliott Simon
Pianist Leslie Pintchik and her bassist/husband, Scott Hardy, have invited percussionist Satoshi Takeishi into their cozy fold for a distinctive staging of the traditional jazz piano trio. The recipe succeeds, surprisingly well at times, as Takeishi adds his singular voice to Pintchik's melodic playing on So Glad to Be Here. Although the Kern/Hammerstein opener, ...
Holly Hofman: Minor Miracle
by Jerry D'Souza
Well, there's nothing as sweet as paying tribute, particularly when the tribute paid turns out to be well done and sincere. And so it happens as Holly Hofmann takes the listener on a journey that touches upon the songs that have influenced her. It is an effective selection with one tune, “Tonk," coming in at the ...
Grachan Moncur III Octet: Exploration
by Dan McClenaghan
"Frankenstein" seems an odd name for a jazz tune, but then why not? The song title--and the song itself--captures the mood of Grachan Moncur III's Exploration. It's an arrangement that features an assertive--to the point of brashness, perhaps--ensemble interplay of a seven horns backed by bass and drums, sans piano or guitar. Two trombones, along with ...
