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Takillacta: Andean Songs--Takillacta: Music of the People
by C. Michael Bailey
Don’t Cry for Me, Peru... Central to the music of the Andes presented here is the "Andean" flute. Traditionally made with clay, animal bones, or silver, the contemporary Sikus are constructed from bamboo pipes of differing lengths, lashed together with leather (this instrument is sometimes referred to as the pan flute). A second Andean flute is ...
Alfredo Rodriguez y Los Acereko: Cuban Jazz
by C. Michael Bailey
Muy Caliente Por El Fuego De Madera ... In the wake of the moribund condition of the fine Naxos Jazz label, Naxos World pick up the slack with an excellent Cubano jazz release by the famous Cuban expatriate Alfredo Rodriguez. Born in Havana in 1936, Rodriguez percolated in that musical melting pot, assimilating classical and jazz ...
The Skip Heller Quartet: Homegoing
by C. Michael Bailey
Wow! Skip Heller is a bit hard to describe. And, that is what is so splendid about him and his art. He is a West Coast Uri Caine who plays the guitar and has a bent sense of humor. On Homegoing, Heller returns to his native Philadelphia, a repatriated expatriate. After several ...
Little Feat: An Acoustic Evening with Little Feat Live at the Rams Head
by C. Michael Bailey
Barefoot... Live At the Rams Head is Little Feat’s Unplugged. Culled from shows held at the famed Annapolis Maryland nightspot between June 19th and the 22nd before an intimate crowd of about 200, Rams Head is a slanted look at the band’s thirty-year repertoire. Gratefully, I noted several stock songs not present. "Dixie Chicken," "Fat Man ...
Rebecca Parris: The Secret of Christmas
by C. Michael Bailey
Aural Brandy Eggnog... Rebecca Parris slips into the opening “Silver Bells" like it was a plush and cozy mink coat tailored especially for her. Her sumptuously virile alto voice coaxes visions of bustling Christmas Eve sidewalks beneath a gentle snowfall while skating over a light Latin groove established and maintained by her working trio of pianist ...
Jennifer Stanley: Christmas
by C. Michael Bailey
It’s a most wonderful disc... Indiana-native Jennifer Stanley is a jazzy fresh breeze softly blowing in from the heartland. She follows her independently produced debut disc , Where I Want to Be, with a swinging holiday offering. Christmas is a collection of holiday standards presented in a jazz trio/quartet format with and without strings (a standard ...
Beegie Adair Trio: Centennial Composers Collection
by C. Michael Bailey
A Superb Introduction to the Great American Song Book... My first brush with what are commonly called “standards" in jazz parlance came when I devoured Linda Ronstadt’s Round Midnight with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. This was a collection of “jazz" vocals that was unthreatening, easily digested, and readily understood. Further, Ronstadt’s collection introduced the standards, their ...
The Jinx Motive: Live Bait
by C. Michael Bailey
Move over, little dog, the big bad dog is movin’ in... Jinx Motive is a merry band of Berklee graduates who came together to carry jazz into the frontier where Medeski, Martin, & Wood, Phish, Widespread Panic, The String Cheese Incident leave off. Their music is decidedly funky with Jellyroll’s “Spanish Tinge" thrown in with Dan ...
The Jacques Loussier Trio: Handel
by C. Michael Bailey
The finest in Jazz interpretation of the Classical Canon... Classical music adapted to the jazz medium is nothing new. Pianist Uri Caine spent much of the past four years doing so with the music of Wagner, Schumann, Bach, and Mahler . Currently, the Classical Jazz Quartet (comprised of Kenny Barron, Ron Carter, Stefon Harris, and Lewis ...
The Who: The Who Encore 2002 Series: Detroit, Michigan 23 August 2002
by C. Michael Bailey
The only band from the late '60s-early 70s Rock glory days worth a damn in the 00s... After the publication of my final installment of The Ten Best Live Rock Recordings , I was immediately taken to task that I had not included The Who Live at Leeds somewhere in the top three. Perhaps ...
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