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Sam Newsome & Lucian Ban: The Romanian-American Jazz Suite at the Jazz Standard, NYC
by Budd Kopman
Sam Newsome & Lucian Ban--The Romanian-American Jazz Suite at the Jazz StandardThe Jazz StandardNew York City, New YorkJuly 1, 2008 The genesis of The Romanian-American Jazz Suite goes back to 2004 when pianist Lucian Ban, whose roots are Romanian and American soprano saxophonist Sam Newsome received the CEC Artslink Award, ...
Sam Newsome & Lucian Ban: The Romanian-American Jazz Suite
by Budd Kopman
The Romanian-American Jazz Suite, by soprano saxophonist Sam Newsome and pianist Lucian Ban, is another very good example of how the jazz aesthetic of personal expression be applied to other music (here Romanian folk music and Christmas carols) and, in essence, subsume it. The project has its genesis in an award given by CEC Artslink to ...
Jon Gordon: Within Worlds
by Budd Kopman
Alto saxophonist Jon Gordon, despite having a discography going back to 1992, remains underappreciated as a leader. Hopefully, Within Worlds will correct that and introduce him to a larger audience. The album presents Gordon's distinct musical personality and thus has the feel of an integrated work, despite containing sessions ranging from 2002 to ...
Guillaum de Chassy: Faraway So Close
by Budd Kopman
Faraway So Close is a trio offering from pianist Guillaume de Chassy, whose previous recording, Piano Solo (Bee Jazz, 2007), was completely engrossing in its trenchant beauty. This album projects the same depth, sincerity and directness of communication as the former one, but in a trio setting. Music is mysterious in the manner ...
Alexandre Cunha: Batepapo 2
by Budd Kopman
While Drummer Alexandre Cunha professes surprise at the reception that Batepapo (self released, 2006) got, the release of Batepapo 2 proves that both he and the music of Brazil have depth and appeal. The former recording felt like a primer on Brazilian music, particularly in its multitudes of rhythms, and used many different ...
Frank Kimbrough: Air
by Budd Kopman
Pianist Frank Kimbrough, who is very active in the Maria Schneider Orchestra and his own projects like the Jazz Composers Collective and the Herbie Nichols Project, relates in the notes to his intensely personal and introspective solo album, Air, that one of his first gigs in New York City was a solo gig on Bleecker Street ...
Norma Winstone, Glauco Venier and Klaus Gesing at Joe's Pub
by Budd Kopman
Norma Winstone at Joe's Pub, NYCJoe's PubNew York City, New YorkJune 26, 2008 Vocalist Norma Winstone came to Joe's Pub for two sets with her new trio composed of pianist Glauco Venier and reedman Klaus Gesing, supporting her release on ECM, Distances (2008). In front of a packed, enthusiastic, early-set ...
Gato Libre: Kuro
by Budd Kopman
The enchanting Kuro is the third release from trumpeter Natsuki Tamura's group, Gato Libre, following Strange Village (Muzak, 2005) and Nomad (No Man's Land, 2007). Tamura shares the same fearless creative attitude that his wife and musical partner pianist Satoko Fujii (here playing accordion) has. His eclectic interests can be heard most recently ...
Satoko Fujii: Cloudy Then Sunny
by Budd Kopman
Junk Box is the name of another group configuration lead by pianist Satoko Fujii, this time in the form of a trio with her husband and musical compatriot, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, and percussionist extraordinaire John Hollenbeck. Audacious and challenging, Cloudy Then Sunny is their second release following the well-received Fragment (Libra, 2006).Approaching her fiftieth ...
Satoko Fujii: Trace A River
by Budd Kopman
With the first high, floating, bowed notes from Mark Dresser's bass, supported by the equally ethereal chords from Satoko Fujii's piano and Jim Black's shimmering cymbals, Trace A River boldly announces the return of her “American" trio, four years after Illusion Suite (Libra, 2004). 2008 finds Fujii turning fifty and she shows no ...
