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Bruce Barth / Steve Wilson: Home
by Larry Taylor
The increase in house concerts throughout the country is apparent, taking place in big cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco and Baltimore, as well as in smaller towns such as Columbia, Missouri, where this recorded duo date took place. Appearing at the home of Barbara Tellerman and Allyn Sher in 2009, pianist Bruce Barth and saxophonist ...
Take Five With Matt Slocum
by AAJ Staff
Meet Matt Slocum:“Matt Slocum's multicolored traps--at times forceful or delicate, creatively painting varied tempos with the essence of swing--define the drummer's debut, Portraits. Hailing from St. Paul, Minnesota, Slocum's introduction carries forward the torch of patriarchs Max Roach and Elvin Jones amongst others, but he also carves out his own rhythmic patterns with young ...
Dana Hall: Into The Light
by John Barron
Chicago-based drummer Dana Hall makes his debut as a leader with Into the Light, a provocative quintet recording featuring trumpeter Terell Stafford, saxophonist Tim Warfield, Jr., pianist Bruce Barth, and bassist Rodney Whitaker. Herbie Hancock's “I Have a Dream" opens the session with an explosive punch. Hall's uncompromising intensity makes clear exactly who is ...
Hot and Cool: 40 Years of Jazz at NEC
by Marcia Hillman
New England Conservatory (NEC) is celebrating the 40th anniversary of being America's first fully-accredited Jazz Studies Program at a music conservatory. The merriment kicked off in NEC's home of Boston with a week of events in October 2009, culminating in a performance by the Wayne Shorter Quartet accompanied by the school's Philharmonia, a merger between jazz ...
Take Five With José Alberto Medina
by AAJ Staff
Sobre José Alberto Medina: Nací en 1979 en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Afincado en Cataluña desde hace 10 años, donde he forjado mi trío. He elaborado mi propia sonoridad durante estos años, partiendo de la gran influencia de Bill Evans y desarrollando un concepto vanguardista del trío de piano en el jazz. Mi ...
Bruce Barth's Suite Live
Pianist Bruce Barth has long been one of my favorite musicians. He's worked with a slew of great musicians, from James Moody to Branford Marsalis, Phil Woods to Andy Statman (his work on Statman's The Hidden Light is simply gorgeous.) In the early 1990's, Barth toured and recorded with trumpeter Terence Blanchard and his time with ...
Chuck Owen & the Jazz Surge / Swiss Jazz Orchestra / The Aggregation
by Jack Bowers
Chuck Owen & the Jazz Surge The Comet's Tail MAMA Records 2009 On The Comet's Tail, Chuck Owen's superb Florida-based Jazz Surge performs the compositions--yes, compositions--of the late great tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker. As Owen writes in the liner notes, “[Michael's] blinding brilliance as a performer / improviser...may ...
Jerry Bergonzi: Simply Put
by Glenn Astarita
Jerry Bergonzi is a true giant among modern day saxophonists. The Boston-based artist's fourth effort for Savant is perhaps his finest solo outing to date, amid his extensive output as a first-call session ace. No frills or reinventions here, as Bergonzi cuts to the chase in buoyant fashion via his full- bodied tenor sax sound and ...
Scotty Barnhart: Say It Plain
by Warren Allen
Jazz tradition is a tricky thing. Play too far within it, and there's the risk of being called limited or unimaginative. Venture too far away, and critics worry more about finding a label than hearing the sound. It leads to headaches and debates, which trumpet player Scotty Barnhart avoids completely with a debut album that is ...
Bruce Barth DVD Available Now
Bruce Barth’s “Live at the Cafe del Teatre DVD” captures one of jazz’s most compelling pianists in a live set of original compositions and imaginative arrangements. This DVD, recorded at the Lleida Jazz Festival in Spain is Barth’s first recording since “Live at the Village Vanguard,” and features bassist Doug Weiss and drummer Montez Coleman. It ...
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