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Live! Live! Live!
by C. Michael Bailey
This month we are going to devote a bit of electronic ink to some 1970s live rock recordings and some trends that are developing in that arena. One item of discussion will address the recently inaugurated labels by the Allman Brothers Band and Little Feat, each with the goal of releasing aural archival footage from early ...
Sir Roland Hanna & Carrie Smith: I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues: The Songs of Harold Arlen
by C. Michael Bailey
Three types of creative authority, each springing from the same muse, characterize this disc. One is the vocal authority of Ms. Carrie Smith. The second is the piano talent of the late Sir Roland Hanna. And finally, the third is the lyric prowess of Mr. Harold Arlen. A blues singer with a jazz singer's ...
The Bad Plus: These are the Vistas
by C. Michael Bailey
Blasting out of the heartland, the Bad Plus spills onto the jazz landscape like strong waters, cleansing the palette of the recent barrage of jazz jam bands. Billed as the “loudest Jazz Piano Trio," the Bad Plus consists of bassist Reid Anderson, pianist Ethan Iverson, and drummer David King. Their music is compelling for two reasons. ...
Steve Turre: One4J--Paying Homage to J.J. Johnson
by C. Michael Bailey
One4J is the second high profile multi-trombone release this season, after Spirit of the Horn (MCG Jazz, 2003) by Slide Hampton and The World of Trombones. That disc was an implicit hommage to the trombone master J.J. Johnson. This present disc is explicitly dedicated to the Imminent Mr. Johnson, who passed away February 4, 2001. Steve ...
Sylvia Cuenca / Kyle Koehler / Dave Stryker: Exit 13
by C. Michael Bailey
Sylvia Cuenca is an up-and-coming drummer/percussionist who has plied her wares with the likes of Clark Terry (check out Herr Ober ), David Glasser, Ron McClure, Don Friedman, and Eddie Henderson. She now co-leads the Exit 13 date with organist Kyle Koehler, who most recently has been providing piano support to Matthew Parris (see Circles ). ...
The Monks of Sherab Ling Monastery: Sacred Tibetan Chant
by C. Michael Bailey
Eastern culture often seems far removed from our mostly Western sensibilities. Epistemologically speaking, when the most New Worlders hear the word "chant" in relation to music, we immediately think of Fifth Century Gregorian Chant, so named for the sitting Roman Catholic Pope at the time, Gregory I (590-604). Presently considered is a cycle ...
Ron Carter Nonet: Eight Plus
by C. Michael Bailey
With Stardust (Blue Note 37813, 2002) bassist Ron Carter produced a tasteful collection of standards as a tribute to Oscar Pettiford, impeccably conceived and performed. It was a safe affair where creative risk was minimal. Not so on Eight Plus. Here, Carter employs his trusty piccolo bass and a quartet of cellos. That alone should be ...
Matt Wilson Quartet: Humidity
by C. Michael Bailey
Drummer Matt Wilson’s Humidity is somewhat of a free affair. The recording is very much a drummer lead date, with angular, complex rhythms and harmonies, aggressive and assertive tempos, and pile and piles of smart composition. Wilson pays an obvious debt to the late Billy Higgins on the opener, which is essentially a trio between Wilson ...
Irvin Mayfield with Gordon Parks: Half Past Autumn Suite
by C. Michael Bailey
The jazz suite has grown into an art form all its own. Ellington created the form in the same way Franz Josef Haydn created the string quartet. Both men did not so much create the form by stimulating its genesis as much as bringing it to its mature actualization. Other jazz composers have ...
Michelle Conte: Lucky Me!
by C. Michael Bailey
West coast vocalist Michelle Conte employs a crack East coast team for her debut recording. Originally conceived as a family-only event, Brother Mark Elf dared Conte to do it right if she was going to do it at all. The result of this dare is Lucky Me!. Conte has a tight refined voice and likes to ...
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