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Heller High Water: Skip Heller Live in Little Rock
by C. Michael Bailey
Skip Heller Trio Arkansas Record/CD Exchange North Little Rock, Arkansas October 28, 2006My favorite observation about Philadelphia cum Los Angeles guitarist Skip Heller is that his biography at All Music Guide is longer than any of his most personally admired musicians and influences, who include John Hartford,Dave Alvin ...
Cheryl Bentyne: The Book of Love
by C. Michael Bailey
Much like fellow West Coaster Karrin Allyson, Cheryl Bentyne has shown a certain affection for thematic recordings. Allyson released her superb Coltrane tribute, Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane, in 2001, and Bentyne answered with her own tribute to Anita O'Day, Let Me Off Uptown, in 2005. Bentyne now returns with The Book of Love, a suite of ...
String Theory: Guitar Survey - Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Harry Stojka, & Rez Abbasi
by C. Michael Bailey
There has been a flood of jazz guitar releases lately, similar to the deluge the market has experienced with female jazz vocalists and jazz trio recordings. Here are a few ethnically-seasoned examples recently plucked from the ether. Carlos Barbosa-Lima Carioca Zoho Music 2006 Brazilian guitarist ...
Richie Cole and the Alto Madness Orchestra: Rise's Rose Garden
by C. Michael Bailey
Risë's Rose Garden is a compelling, if not profound, statement of Richie Cole's vision of “Alto Madness, the saxophonist's respectful allusion to the Sonny Rollins/John Coltrane lower reed affliction. The disc was recorded in the wake of Cole's wife's death last year--and if, as paraphrased by the late Will Durant, the greatest beauty is begat of ...
Roger Kellaway: The History Man
by C. Michael Bailey
Roger Kellaway could not be called a best kept secret. He's been active for over 40 years, performing with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Zoot Sims, Sonny Rollins, Ben Webster, Barbra Streisand, and yes, Bobby Darin, the subject of the first two discs reviewed here. Kellaway's sprawling experience is reflected by his black-hole talent. His command ...
Russell Malone: Live at Jazz Standard, Volume One
by C. Michael Bailey
Russell Malone gets his Grant Green freak on.... Guitarist Russell Malone answers his well-received Playground (MaxJazz, 2004) with this, his first live recording, documenting performances at New York's Jazz Standard. Malone has traded recent over-populated groups for his working band, a simple piano trio. The trio, under crack pianist Martin Bejerano's sharp direction, conveys ...
The Colossal Triumph Of Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen
by C. Michael Bailey
The phenomenon known as Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen turned 35 years old in 2005. A six-disc limited edition box set, Mad Dogs & Englishmen--The Complete Fillmore East Concerts, was released to commemorate the anniversary, and documents all four shows performed by the band at New York's Fillmore East Auditorium on March 27th and 28th, ...
Three By Three: The Evolving Art Of The Trio - Rob Mullins, Fred Fried, & Linton Garner Trio
by C. Michael Bailey
The jazz trio continues to be an enduring format for expression. The key thing is that any instruments can make up the trio. Here are three examples. Rob Mullins Standards & More Planet Mullins 2006 Okay, okay, I cooked the books on this one. Standards & More ...
The Colossal Mess of "The Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East"
by C. Michael Bailey
The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East Polygram 1971 (1986) While the recent release of Eat a Peach, Deluxe Edition is a most welcome addition to the Allman Brothers Band discography, it incandescently illuminates the pornographically haphazard release history of this important material. The original two-LP release was ...
Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band: Dizzy's Business
by C. Michael Bailey
The Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band is a renowned entity with several fine recordings on various labels. Releases by the group are always greeted with a certain anticipation. Listeners who have been looking for that one big band recording this year need look no further--Dizzy's Business is here, and it's larger than life. Trombonist ...
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