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McCoy Tyner: Land Of Giants
by C. Michael Bailey
Duke Ellington once said that there were only two types of music: good and bad. A very good friend of mine once altered this sentiment by saying that the only types of music were good and better. I vote for the latter summation. In the past several years of music writing, the vast majority of jazz ...
Bessie Smith: Down Hearted Blues
by C. Michael Bailey
Bessie Smith perished in an automobile accident outside of Clarksdale Mississippi in 1937. Almost seventy years later, the "Empress of the Blues" continues to loom large in the American psyche. She, along with Louis Armstrong, defined--no, originated--the craft of jazz vocals. Naxos Jazz Legends begins its documentation of the Smith legend with a release of some ...
Hiromi: Another Mind
by C. Michael Bailey
Listening to "XYZ," the opener on 23-year old pianist Hiromi’s debut, Another Mind, is like taking a sucker punch. You never see it coming and it knocks the breath out of you. "XYZ" is a cross between "Giant Steps" and "In America" taken at light speed. This diminutive young woman has anything but a diminutive sound ...
Mike Marshall & Chris Thile: Into the Cauldron
by C. Michael Bailey
While this recording has Mike Marshall’s name on it--and he was an instrumental member of David Grisman’s quartet--the presence of Chris Thile makes Into the Cauldron somewhat of an event. And what an event it is. Recordings like this smack of a single element—virtuosity. Here are two mandolin masters showing off in a duet style using ...
John Basile: It Was a Very Good Year
by C. Michael Bailey
Neo-Ultra-Cool Jazz with a Warm Finish Guitarist John Basile has been cruising the sideman circuit for the past twenty years, in addition to releasing a handful of respected projects as leader. It Was a Very Good Year finds Mr. Basile with a new label boasting the same sumptuous tone listeners to his earlier recordings have come ...
Mark Isaacs: Keeping The Standards
by C. Michael Bailey
Mark Isaacs' last recording, Closer , was one of 2000's jazz highlights. This contemporary jazz bristling with fresh ideas and razor sharp vision made several critics’ top ten lists. Three years later, Mr. Isaacs returns to experiment with the fertile ground of jazz standards on his trio live recording Keeping The Standards. Recorded at the Basement ...
Mary Ann McSweeney: Swept Away
by C. Michael Bailey
Bassist Mary Ann McSweeney debuted with her well-received recording Thoughts of You on Jim Eigo's Jazz Magnet label. On that outing she employed her husband, Mike Fahn, on valve trombone, Donny McCaslin on reeds and flutes, Henry Hey on piano, and Tim Horner on drums. Now, almost three years later, McSweeney returns with the same band ...
Red Priest: Nightmare in Venice
by C. Michael Bailey
Classical Music With A Sense Of Humor, Part II Priest on the Run was the Baroque quartet Red Priest's first recording for Dorian, released in the late 1990s. It was a thematic affair based on Antonio Vivaldi's flight from Venice at the time the composer was going abroad, assembled from the ...
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
by C. Michael Bailey
Symphonic Transcriptions for Piano, Part I In music, Franz Liszt was the quintessential Byronic Hero. Like his modifying Romantic namesake, George Gordon (Lord Byron), Liszt was a beautiful, talented, and fundamentally flawed artist. Where Byron could toss off rhyme and piss drunk better than any of his contemporaries, Liszt could perform his most difficult compositions while ...
Red Priest: Priest on the Run
by C. Michael Bailey
Classical Music With Sense Of Humor, Part I Red Priest, a quartet of very talented Baroque performance specialists, derives its name from the moniker assigned the famous Italian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi (of Four Seasons fame) because of his flaming red hair. The repertoire was chosen with a wink and loosely based on Vivaldi being run ...
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