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Cedar Walton (Astor Place: Roots
by C. Michael Bailey
Roots. Cedar Walton is a treasure with an uncanny sense for composition, arrangement, and performance. His most recent recording Roots readily bears this out. His music is layered, as is his band. The liner notes introduce the band members first as Walton's trio, the rhythm engine driving his machine. Next are introduced “Added Front Line Instruments." ...
Duke Ellington: Ellington At Newport 1956 (Complete)
by C. Michael Bailey
Eating Crow in the Snow These very words sprung from this critic's mouth: “Miles Davis was more important to American Music than Duke Ellington." Nothing could be further from the truth. Both men are important, essential artists to read about and listen to if one desires to understand American Music, specifically, Jazz. But my previous statement ...
Joe Temperley (Naxos Jazz: Double Duke
by C. Michael Bailey
Happy Birthday, Maestro Ellington!. A perfect time for Joe Temperley’s Naxos Jazz debut: The 100th birthday of the grand maestro himself, Edward Kennedy Ellington. Temperley was an important figure in the late bands of the Duke having replaced the venerable Harry Carney after his 42 years (the longest of any single Duke band member) 1974. Temperley ...
Pierre D: China Jungle
by C. Michael Bailey
Cross Cultural. From the opening notes, the New Jungle Orchestra (NJO) goes up on two wheels and fearlessly spins through a novel collection of compositions by Pierre Dørge and his band members and associates. At first blush, one would read the composition titles and conclude what Louis Armstrong did after having head Bebop: that this was ...
Michal Urbaniak: Fusion
by C. Michael Bailey
Fusion. Polish violinist Michal Urbaniak’s recording Fusion was aptly named. Riding a wave of jazz-rock music, Urbaniak produced this enigmatic recording at once lyrical and noisy. Fusion is made up of seven originals, six of Urbaniak’s and one of keyboard player Wojciech Karolak. This music is percussion intensive and keyboard heavy. All compositions are very Rock ...
Count Basie Orchestra directed by Grover Mitchell: Count Basie Orchestra: Count Plays Duke/Rosemary Clooney and The Count Basie Orchestra: At Long Last
by C. Michael Bailey
What’s In a Name. Almost all of the most famous big bands of the Swing era of the ‘30s and ‘40s live on in one incarnation or another. They tour, playing what can be considered the “greatest hits” from the band’s heyday book with a few inventive covers and new original pieces thrown in. The bands ...
Dexter Gordon and Junior Mance: Dexter Gordon with Junior Mance at Montreux
by C. Michael Bailey
An Impulse Buy. I was not shopping for a jazz disc at all. In fact I was only passing through on my way to the classical section when I came upon Dexter Gordon with Junior Mance at Montreux. It was really Junior Mance's name that jumped out at me. Mance belongs to a group of gospel/blues ...
Jerry Bergonzi, Joey Calderazzo, Lars Danielsson, Jukkis Uotila Quartet: Fast Company
by C. Michael Bailey
Talent Abounds. Fast Company resulted from the meeting of North (Scandinavian) and West (American). This band began as a Scandinavian jazz tour featuring American Tenorist Jerry Bergonzi and Pianist Joey Calderazzo coupled with Finnish Drummer Jukkis Uotila and Danish Bassist Lars Danielsson. Bergonzi and Calderazzo have recorded widely for major labels in the States while Jukkis ...
Svend Asmussen Quartet: Live In Concert: Fit As A Fiddle
by C. Michael Bailey
Fiddlin' Around. The violin has a long and prominent tradition in jazz, starting with the swing of Stuff Smith through the fusion of Michael Urbaniak. Svend Asmussen shares the page in the jazz style book between Smith and Stephane Grappelli. He recorded his first sides in 1935 and became widely popular in his native Denmark. He ...
Lenni-Kalle Taipale Trio: Nothing To Hide
by C. Michael Bailey
Finnishing School. The photo of the Lenni-Kalle Taipale Trio contained in the liner notes of Nothing to Hide betrays the spirit of the music on this disc. That spirit is confident exuberance. The picture shows the youthful trio that is made up of Bassist Timo Tuppurainen, Drummer Sami Järvinen, and pianist Lenni-Kalle Taipale. Tuppurainen stands most ...
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