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Miguel Zenon: Jibaro
by Brian P. Lonergan
Jibaro consists of ten original compositions by the young Puerto Rican alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón. The session's inspiration comes from the music of jibaros--Puerto Rican peasants--but there's nothing simplistic about the material Zenón has penned for his quartet, which includes pianist Luis Perdomo, bassist Hans Glawischnig, and drummer Antonio Sánchez. The forms of Zenón's ...
Eldar & Hiromi: Eldar & Brain
by Brian P. Lonergan
Eldar Eldar Sony Classical 2005 One of the questions provoked by prodigies is whether their music has an emotional resonance informed by life experience. In other words, does the prodigy have something to say yet? Elsewhere in the jazz press, Kyrgyzstan native Eldar Djangirov has already been ...
Russ Johnson and Sean Jones: Save Big and Gemini
by Brian P. Lonergan
Russ Johnson Save Big Omnitone 2005 “Saguache, the opening tune on trumpeter Russ Johnson's album Save Big, might be called a “WPA track--"worth the price of admission. It's a laid-back groove that evolves beyond feel-good into a feel-great exchange between Johnson and his partner-in-sublime, altoist John O'Gallagher. Along ...
Steve Swell: Slammin' the Infinite
by Brian P. Lonergan
Trombonist Steve Swell's latest album is an appealing free jazz set, by turns reflective and raucous. Swell's original compositions are brought to life by the animated playing of his quartet, which includes Sabir Mateen on reeds and flute, Matthew Heyner on bass, and Klaus Kugel on drums. The opening track of Slammin' the Infinite, “With the ...
London Flat, London Sharp, Private Brubeck Remembers and Jazz at the College of the Pacific
by Brian P. Lonergan
Dave Brubeck Quartet London Flat, London Sharp Telarc 2005 There are not many jazz pianists who have actively gigged and recorded for 60 years. Dave Brubeck's clean living has allowed him to continue producing, at nearly 85 years old, such excellent albums as London Flat, London Sharp.
A Nice Idea & Brand New
by Brian P. Lonergan
John Abercrombie and Andy LaVerne A Nice Idea SteepleChase 2005 There are several challenges with having a guitar and piano together in a small combo. One is to keep the music from getting too muddy due to overlapping, sustained chords. Another is to generate a sense of forward motion, without ...
Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond
by Brian P. Lonergan
Doug Ramsey Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond Parkside Publications ISBN: 0961726679 2005 Paul Emil Breitenfeld is better known by jazz fans as Paul Desmond and still more widely known as “the guy who wrote 'Take Five'". Desmond's distinctive alto sound and his inventive ...
Sons of Sound
by Brian P. Lonergan
Meet Jeff Penney, the Sons of Sound record label's founder and president. And producer. And artist-and-repertoire rep. And, well, for that matter, sole employee. Penney started Sons of Sound in 1997, and though it may be a fledgling label compared to some of the jazz heavyweights, in years to come its stock may ...
Trio East: Stop-Start
by Brian P. Lonergan
Trio East's excellent album Stop-Start opens with a fiery burst of trumpet and drums, establishing an energy that remains even when the trio downshifts into more laid-back tempos. The trumpet motif of the opening track, “Tray-Bo, essentially a wailing minor third, drives the piece forward and lodges the tune in your head long after the album ...
Kate McGarry: Mercy Streets
by Brian P. Lonergan
Singer Kate McGarry has made a beautiful album with Mercy Streets, though the music is not easily pigeonholed in any category of jazz. The largely acoustic album, with landscapes created by McGarry's vocals and guitar-based arrangements, follows in the genre-defying path cleared in recent years by Cassandra Wilson and Marvin Sewell's work together. To ...
