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The Classical Jazz Quartet: Plays Bach
by C. Michael Bailey
The New Modern Jazz Quartet... It is hard to not compare this Classical Jazz Quartet to the Modern Jazz Quartet. They both have the same format of outstanding individual superstars, they both have a major leaning toward classical music. Most listeners might not even be surprised or offended if the CJQ popped out “The Cylinder" or ...
Dan Barrett: Harlem 2000
by C. Michael Bailey
The unknown Apollo... Dan Barrett, long known for his involvement in the Swing resurgence of the late 1980s and early ‘90s, has produced a really fine studio recital of lesser known (and some well-known) swing tunes. Couple this with the fact that he employs a sextet that sound like a modest big band, and the results ...
Eric Dolphy: Far Cry (Remastered)
by C. Michael Bailey
Where have you gone, Eric Dolphy... During his short life, Eric Dolphy was a tireless student of music. His elaborate classical training prepared his fertile mind with all of the background necessary to become essentially the anti-Vincent Van Gogh of jazz. While certainly appreciated as a musician during his lifetime, Dolphy’s appetite for innovation (even within ...
Jim Hall: Downbeat Critics
by C. Michael Bailey
At the top of his game... Seventy-two-year-old Jim Hall shows little indication of slowing down. He has been performing on the Telarc Jazz roster since 1994 and has produced nine recordings for the label, only missing 1996 as a release year. These recordings have received broad and receptive commentary from the critical community. These recordings approach ...
Ken Peplowski Quartet: Lost In the Stars
by C. Michael Bailey
Straight-ahead clarinet-lead quartet... One of the finest clarinetists to emerge in since the 1990s, Ken Peplowski has not so much redefined the jazz clarinet as rejuvenate it in the mainstream. The majority of his recent recordings have focused on Benny Goodman and swing-era music (hear last Swing of the Century , Tribute to Benny Goodman Volumes ...
Miles Davis: Steamin' With the Miles Davis Quintet (Remastered)
by C. Michael Bailey
Was this the greatest small jazz group ever? What can be said for a classic that has not already been said? Damn Little, I think. But perhaps a little history is in order. Steamin' was part of two marathon recording sessions (May 11, 1956 and October 26, 1956) undertaken by the first great Miles Davis Quintet ...
Mulgrew Miller and Wingspan: The Sequel
by C. Michael Bailey
Perhaps the most underrated pianist playing? Mulgrew Miller has always been a hidden treasure. He has recorded as a sideman much more than as a leader and in both cases done so at the top of his form. Considered part of the “lost generation" of jazz musicians who came of age between Miles Davis? second great ...
Ray Brown: Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Russell Malone
by C. Michael Bailey
The last word from the great Ray Brown... George Brett, former infielder for the Kansas City Royals once said that he wanted to end his career with a ground out to first base. He reasoned that this ground out best represented what most often happened when the bat hit the ball. If this reasoning can be ...
Steve Adelson: The New Sticktet--The Answer's Inside
by C. Michael Bailey
It was at the Arkansas State Fair in Little Rock a number of years ago that I first saw the Chapman Stick. I had previously been watching guitarist Stanley Jordan and his hammer-on technique for playing guitar as well as the same technique applied a bit differently by Eddie Van Halen, so the concept of “the ...
The Quintet: Jazz at Massey Hall, Remastered
by C. Michael Bailey
A new shine on old shoes... Few recordings can boast the deep lore of Jazz at Massey Hall. It has a long and storied history deserving of a bit of review. In 1953, Modern Jazz or Be Bop, had crested and settled into the established mainstream rather than the cutting edge movement it had been in ...
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