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Bobby Watson: Round Trip / This Little Light of Mine
by C. Michael Bailey
A Big Month for Bobby Watson. October welcomed the newest release by Bobby Watson ( Quiet As It’s Kept RED Records 123284), also reviewed this month). As an introduction to Bobby Watson on RED, I wanted to look at two older RED recordings. But first, a little history of this exceptional artist in the shadows. A ...
Bill Ware and the Y2K Jazz Quartet: Keeping Up With the Jones
by C. Michael Bailey
Milt Jackson, RIP. October witnessed the death of Milt Jackson, the preeminent vibraphonist of jazz. As the music progresses toward the 21st Century, Jazz will continue to lose the pioneers of the Bebop Era. Milt Jackson was an urbane guiding light who will be missed. In Jackson’s shadow, forging their own are two mammoth vibes talents: ...
Rez Abbasi: Modern Memory
by C. Michael Bailey
Fluid Mechanics. Rez Abbasi plays guitar like cold water pouring from a picture. His lines are seamless, swinging with no fear. Originally hailing from Karachi, Pakistan, Abbsabi’s parents soon located to Los Angeles where Rez grew up, he was influenced by Jim Hall and Pat Metheny. He moved to New York in the late 1980’s, graduated ...
Mimi Fox: Kicks
by C. Michael Bailey
Righteous Chops!. I can think of three major female guitarists: Leni Stern, Emily Remler, and Mimi Fox. Fox turns out to be the least know, making her a very well-kept secret. When I first listened to Kick, I heard a Joe Pass speed and precision with a Wes Montgomery round tone. Fox opens her disc with ...
Lynne Arriale Trio: Melody
by C. Michael Bailey
The TCB Label. Lynne Arriale's Melody is her fifth release, her second for the TCB label (The Montreux Jazz Festival Label). Previous TCB releases have focused on the label's “Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series." This series is devoted to Swiss live recordings of vintage jazz. Recordings include performances by Julian “Cannonball" Adderley, Art Blakey, and Quincy ...
The Scott Lee Quartet / The Jeff Williams Quintet: With Ease / Jazzblues
by C. Michael Bailey
Hard Bop/Post Bop. Cathexis records has released two collections of crashing, banging, squealing Hard/Post Bop Jazz. Bassist Scott Lee and Drummer Jeff Williams lead quartet and quintet combos respectively. This is music that owes much to and extends the language created by Miles Davis’ ‘60s quintet. The music on both is thoughtful and controlled without ever ...
Juan Manuel / Jack Jezzro: Liberation / Brazilian Nights
by C. Michael Bailey
An Embarrassment of Six String Riches. September was a good month for new guitar music. Two fine jazz-crossover guitar discs hit my desk and both proved to be filled with quite fine and recommendable music. Juan Manuel and Jack Jezzro each turn in original collections of contemporary Latin jazz. Rocket Science. Juan Manuel, NASA Engineer/Professional Musician/Renaissance ...
Wynton Marsalis: Mr. Jelly Lord: Standard Time Volume 6
by C. Michael Bailey
Volume Six Squared. Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis' Mr. Jelly Lord is cleverly Volume Six in two different collections. It is Volume 6 in Marsalis' continuing survey of the American Canon of standard tunes and it is also Volume 6 in his ambitious Swinging into the Twenty-first Century series, slated for a total of eight volumes. That is ...
Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra: Fathom This: A Retrospective
by C. Michael Bailey
A Novelty. Saxophone quartets are nothing new. The World Saxophone Quartet is perhaps the most famous and justly so for all of the members, present and past are famous in their own right. Bobby Watson’s 29th Street Saxophone Quartet has made a name for itself on RED Records. These are just two of several. Full saxophone ...
Carla Cook: It
by C. Michael Bailey
Ditto...LaVerne Butler...And More. In the beginning, Richard McDonnell had a vision that became incarnate with LaVerne Butler’s Blues in the City 1. He saw that this was good and decided that Ms. Butler must have company 2. McDonnell, in his infinite and far-seeing wisdom, provided the Butler creation with mates, the first being Carla Cook’s It’s ...
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