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Waverly Seven: Yo Bobby!
by Brandt Reiter
Yo Bobby!, the debut recording of the downtown New York jazz septet Waverly Seven, is a two-disc tribute to Bobby Darin, its twenty-four instrumental tracks all recorded by the late singer sometime during his career. Fueled by some of the best young players in town, the record is essentially a joyous, high-powered swing date, no more ...
The 18th Tallinn International JazzKaar Festival
by Brandt Reiter
Tallinn International JazzKaar FestivalApril 20-28, 2007 Estonia's JazzKaar, a 9-day, 13-town celebration of jazz, has had a rough couple of years. In 2006 the festival lost its longtime central venue, the mammoth old communist party headquarters in Tallinn, scattering JazzKaar's concerts to a hodgepodge of locations around Estonia's almost too perfect, Disney-like capital ...
The Tampere Jazz Happening, Helsinki, Nov. 2-5, 2006
by Brandt Reiter
After a long, atypically warm fall, snow came early to Tampere this year. The massive storm that swept across Northern Europe on November 1st left a thick blanket of the stuff covering Finland from Helsinki in the south to Tampere, 180 kilometers to the north, and beyond; an accompanying precipitous drop in temperature insured the six-foot ...
The Complete Norman Granz Recordings; Live in Brooklyn; The Jim Seeley/Arturo O'Farrill Quintet
by Brandt Reiter
Chico O'Farrill The Complete Norman Granz Recordings Lone Hill Jazz 2005 The rise of the compact disc has meant reissue after reissue, but more than two decades into the shiny little disc's lifespan, reissues themselves are now being reissued, albeit often with new packaging and a “bonus track or two. ...
Vinny Golia: One, Three, Two / A Gift for the Unusual / Music For Like Instruments; The Flutes
by Brandt Reiter
Several years ago, the esteemed jazz critic Gary Giddins named Sonny Rollins' This Is What I Do his #1 album of the year. Among its many other merits, Giddins celebrated what he referred to as the record's “LP-ballpark length. “You can actually take it in in one sitting, Giddins wrote, adding, “How many 75-minute epics, excellent ...
Sal Mosca: Thing-Ah-Majig
by Brandt Reiter
Often referred to as Lennie Tristano's prime pupil, 78-year-old Sal Mosca has spent the greater part of the last half-century teaching rather than performing or recording, so any new disc by the low-profile pianist is immediately something of an event. Thing-Ah-Majig, recorded in 2004 and especially noteworthy as Mosca's first trio recording since 1959, does not ...
James Spaulding: Round To It!
by Brandt Reiter
High quality hard bop from one of the pillars of the music. Master alto saxophonist and flutist James Spaulding has been an A-list sideman since the late fifties, when he worked frequently with Sun Ra. During the sixties he could be found on countless Blue Note recordings, lending invaluable support to such legendary artists as Wayne ...
Luciana Souza: Duos II
by Brandt Reiter
This followup to singer Luciana Souza's 2002 Grammy-nominated Brazilian Duos charts much the same territory: it's a lilting, luscious record of acoustic Brazilian song interpreted through guitar and voice duets--and, if anything, it's even better than its excellent predecessor. Guitarists Romero Lubambo and Marco Pereira return from the previous project, appearing on five and three cuts, ...
Buster Williams: Griot Libert
by Brandt Reiter
All great jazz essentially tells the same story: “This is what it's like to be alive, right here, right now. First-call bass vet Buster Williams' latest disc, Griot Libertè, while no exception, tells an additional one: he loves his wife. Using her recovery from a serious illness as a jumping off point, Williams leads a crack ...
Purple Violets, Contours and Dance With Death
by Brandt Reiter
Sam Rivers Purple Violets Stunt 2005 I've frequently called Sam Rivers the most criminally undervalued giant in jazz. But it's getting harder to make that claim: this year the maverick 81-year-old sax legend is up for the Jazz Journalists Association's Lifetime Achievement award, and recently everyone from brilliant young pianist ...
