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World of Rhythm
by C. Michael Bailey
Straight up, this is a very fine recital. Almost twenty years old to the day, World of Rhythm records the fabulously telepathic piano trio of Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Billy Cobham. Comparing this recording with two recently released Keith Jarrett videos (Standards and Standards II), World of Rhythm wins hands down.The ...
Gil Evans and his Orchestra
by C. Michael Bailey
Recorded Live at Palazzo del Congressi, Lugano, Italy, January 27, 1983. It seems that every live performance has a hero who may or may not be the leader of the band. In the case of Gil Evans and his Orchestra, of the four recently released concert films from the early ‘80s, that hero is Howard Johnson. ...
Uri Caine with Concerto Koln: Diabelli Variations (after Ludwig Van Beethoven)
by C. Michael Bailey
Uri Caine is doing with Western classical music what jazz musicians have always done with Broadway show tunes--reinterpreting them. His work has mostly garnered great success and reception. Thus far, Caine has addressed the music of Bach, Wagner, Schumann, and Mahler. Now we find the brilliant chameleon turning his attention to the Revolutionary from Bonn-- Ludwig ...
John Hasbrouck: Ice Cream
by C. Michael Bailey
John Hasbrouck is more Jorma Kaukonen than Leo Kottke, more John Fahey than Peter Lang, more Stephan Grossman than Kelly Joe Phelps. The edge that Mr. Hasbrouck has over about everyone else mentioned is that he is not so overly reverent as to suffocate the music (I cite his kooky “House of the Rising Sun" as ...
Deanna Witkowski: Wide Open Window
by C. Michael Bailey
New York pianist/singer/composer Deanna Witkowski is perhaps the leading protégé of the famous Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés. That alone should make most folks stand up and take notice. Her Kheaon Records debut, Wide Open Window, should make the remainder rise. Her music potently reveals the influence of Valdés, but this influence in no way smothers Witkowski’s ...
Jesse Davis: The Setup
by C. Michael Bailey
Jesse Davis is a meat and potatoes alto saxophonist. He sounds like the living extension of that part of Julian Adderley and Sonny Stitt which was unaffected by Charlie Parker. He has a beautifully virile, muscular tone brimming with confidence. On The Setup, Davis chooses a guitar trio for his rhythm section, lead by plectrist Peter ...
Mindy Jostyn: Blue Stories
by C. Michael Bailey
Mindy Jostyn is a solid Renaissance woman: a multi-instrumentalist toting a resume replete with appearances with John Mellencamp, Carly Simon, Billy Joel, and others. She came my way while I was watching Emeril Live! on the FoodTV channel (what Ozzie Osbourne calls “The Bake Your Own Bread Channel"). Performing with Doc Gibbs and the rest of ...
Joe Pass: Virtuoso
by C. Michael Bailey
When considering all the talent that exists in jazz, there exist damn few musicians who can be deemed without peer. Art Tatum and Charlie Parker might be considered as such; Joe Pass might be the definition of a musician without peer. Pass arrived magically on the recording scene in 1962 with The Sound of Synanon (Pacific ...
Live Jazz in Spotlight
by C. Michael Bailey
This is the maiden voyage for a new All About Jazz column devoted to the recordings of live jazz music. It is the ostensible extension of the recently completed triptych, The Ten Best Live Rock Recordings , The Ten Best Live Jazz Recordings and Live Jazz - The Best of the Rest . Primarily an improvisational ...
John Holloway: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber--Unam Ceylum
by C. Michael Bailey
Many of the great jazz musicians from Charlie Parker to George Russell were influenced by Western classical music. It is with this justification that I submit a review of classical, or more appropriately, Baroque music to these pages. Let alone that this particular release comes from Manfred Eicher’s ECM Label, the home of such names as ...
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