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Sonny Stitt: The Champ
by C. Michael Bailey
Midline Re-releases. 32 Jazz is a label specializing in the re-release of jazz recordings at a midline ($7.99 to $9.99) price. 32 Jazz's releases are readily identifiable by their unique black, jewel cases that are made from a lighter, softer, more durable plastic than the traditional jewel case. These babies will never crack or shatter. That ...
Cassandra Wilson: Traveling Miles
by C. Michael Bailey
Critic's Note. AAJ 's Jim Santella reviewed Traveling Miles in the April issue of the magazine. And Miles to Go. Cassandra Wilson has an original vocal and performance style in the same way the late Betty Carter did. They both are aggressively experimental in their phrasing with absolutely no qualms about pushing the envelope to the ...
Florian Ross Quintet: Seasons and Places
by C. Michael Bailey
German Timepiece. Seasons and Places is the debut recording for German-born pianist Florian Ross. Ross decided on a tenor-trombone fronting the traditional rhythm section. The overall effect is one of unpretentious good humor and humble swing. Ross' writing is at once angular and straight ahead. He and his band perform with a controlled abandon that is ...
Jimi Hendrix/Band of Gypsys: Hendrix Live at the Fillmore East
by C. Michael Bailey
If A Equals B and B Equals C... No, the music of Jimi Hendrix can not be strictly called jazz. Since the guitarist's death in 1970, many music pundits have opined that had Hendrix lived he would have ventured into the realm of fusion. Rhetorically, how far from fusion could he have been at the end ...
Joel Palsson: Prim
by C. Michael Bailey
The Iceman Cometh. Joel Palsson is a 26 year Old Icelandic tenorist who proves that jazz know no boundaries, racial, cultural, or national. His debut disc on the Iceland label Jazzis, Prim. The title is appropriately derived from the Icelandic term for “New Moon" or “Primal." This collection is comprised of nine original compositions plus an ...
Mark Elf: New York Cats
by C. Michael Bailey
Boplicity. New York Cats is guitarist Mark Elf's fourth release on his Jen Bay record label. His 1997 release, Trickynometry, was number one on Gavin's Jazz Chart for 4 weeks, a feat one would expect this new disc to repeat or better. In a break from past practice, Elf does not include any major label musicians ...
Tolvan Big Band/Ken Schaphorst Big Band: Tolvan Big Band: Plays the Music of Helge Albin/ Ken Schaphorst Big Band: Purple
by C. Michael Bailey
Critics Note. Tolvan Big Band: Plays the Music of Helge Albin and Ken Schaphorst Big Band: Purple were previously reviewed by AAJ 's Big Band aficionado, Jack Bowers in the January and February 1999 issues of All About Jazz, respectively. Additionally, Ken Schaphorst Big Band: Purple was reviewed by Mark Corroto in the March Issue of ...
Uri Caine Trio: Blue Wail
by C. Michael Bailey
Coincidence, Part II. Blue Wail was sent my way specifically by the publisher for my attention. Way over on the other side of my mind is the Ken Schaphorst Big Band recording Purple on Naxos Jazz, a disc chosen as an AAJ pick of the week in February. Who plays piano on both discs? Uri Caine. ...
Bill Perkins/Cy Touff (Pacific Jazz/West Coast Classics: The Bill Perkins Octet: On Stage/Cy Touff: His Octet and Quintet
by C. Michael Bailey
When I was a Wee Lad. The first jazz recording I bought was Miles Davis' Kind of Blue. I was 13 or 14 years old and was starting to listen to other than the current popular music of the day. That was 1973. I did not listen to another jazz recording until 10 years later. I ...
Chris Cody Coalition: Oasis
by C. Michael Bailey
Multicultural. Oasis is a jazz voyage through Traditional Western, Eastern, Middle Eastern, and African motifs and rhythms played by Australians, Chileans, Europeans. The leader, Australian-born Chris Cody, has assembled eight original originals and a single standard (a boozy Monk's Mood) for his first outing on Naxos Jazz. It is ultimately an interesting and entertaining recording. The ...
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