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The Band: Rock of Ages Deluxe Edition
by C. Michael Bailey
A superb re-rendering with outtakes that were such for a reason. Reissues and Remastered recordings are important because they provide themselves and the artists that created them an opportunity for reconsideration, often at a time where hindsight is available and productive. Last year, I completed my survey of The Ten Best Rock Live Recordings ...
Dave Santoro: The New Standard
by C. Michael Bailey
Bass on Top... Bassist Dave Santoro has formed a “standards" quartet that effectively expands the philosophy of Keith Jarrett's Standards Trio. Jarrett, along with drummer Jack DeJohnette and bassist Gary Peacock represent a “standards" unit, reinterpreting the great American songbook. They have had the market cornered in performing standards for the last 20 years. Santoro makes ...
Christos Rafalides: Christos Rafalides' Manhattan Vibes
by C. Michael Bailey
The Latin Vibe... Khaeon Records continues its Latin vibe with the release of percussionist Christos Rafalides' Manhattan Vibes. Previous label releases in the Latin vein include John Benitez's (bassist on the present recording) Descarga in New York (KWM 200101), and Carlos Barbosa-Lima's Mambo No. 5 (KWM 200201, both fine recordings, the latter making my “best of:" ...
Dylan Cramer: All Night Long
by C. Michael Bailey
A precise new voice. I have previously reviewed this very release by Canadian Dylan Cramer. It originally followed up the altoist's Sonny Criss tribute disc The First One (DSM 3016, 1998) and was self-released on his Casa Label. All Night Long is an energetic collection of standards performed by Cramer's exceptional quartet. Cramer, a student ...
Fay Victor: Darker Than Blue
by C. Michael Bailey
If American expatriate Fay Victor assimilates the grace of Nancy Wilson, the delivery of Betty Carter, and the courage of Cassandra Wilson, her guitarist, Anton Goudsmit channels the tone of Kenny Burrell, the image of Charlie Christian and the attitude of James Blood Ulmer. This is fairly well illustrated on “Tonight," Ms. Victor's take on Herbie ...
Lynne Arriale Trio: Inspiration
by C. Michael Bailey
Intellectual Music... Lynne Arriale and her fine trio have become a bright diamond in the TCB catalog. To date she has released four recordings: A Long Road Home (TCB 979520), Melody (TCB 99552), Live At Montreux (20252) and the present Inspiration. I am continually stuck with the sheer cerebral power of Ms. Arriale's playing. She is ...
Mark Elf: Dream Steppin'
by C. Michael Bailey
Durable Bop-oriented Guitar from New York. On the music scene since the mid 1970s, guitarist Mark Elf's career shifted into a higher gear when he began recording for his own Jen Bay records in the late 1980s. Since that time, he has spun out disc after disc receiving wide airplay. Chief among these are 2000's studio ...
Mark Kleinhaut Trio with Tiger Okoshi: Chasing Tales
by C. Michael Bailey
Mark Kleinhaut and Charles Ives have a number of things in common. Both are from New England, both are musicians, and both had other careers, Ives in insurance and Kleinhaut in banking. Both also advocated composing unapologetic, genre-destroying, unflinchingly original music. Kleinhaut follows his most recent trio recordings with a quartet outing with brass aficionado Tiger ...
Mike Jones: Stretches Out
by C. Michael Bailey
Mike Jones resides at the end of a piano lineage that includes Dick Hyman, Dave McKenna, Dick Wellstood, Ralph Sutton, and Art Hodes. All of these pianists I consider to be “full service" players. They are full service in the respect that they are fluent in most, if not all, jazz and popular styles and all ...
Pamela Williams: Evolution
by C. Michael Bailey
Tafelmusik. Edward Kennedy Ellington once opined that there existed only two types of music— Good and Bad. This writer tends to be a bit more forgiving in amending Mr. Ellington's classes to read “Good and Better." It is from this vantagepoint that I approach Pamela Williams' new release, Evolution. First and foremost, this disc will appeal ...
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