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Enrico Pieranunzi / Marc Johnson / Joey Baron: Ballads
by Samuel Chell
Pity bassist Marc Johnson. He was an integral part of Bill Evans' trio during the pianist's final year, an extraordinary valedictory culminating in two monumental sets, Last Waltz and Consecration (Fantasy, 1980/2002), only to be orphaned upon the pianist's sudden death at the completion of those remarkable recordings. There would be no one to take the ...
Diego Urcola: Viva
by Elliott Simon
Trumpeter Diego Urcola, a mainstay in Paquito D'Rivera's band, branches out on Viva with an all-star group that includes bassist Avishai Cohen and pianist Edward Simon. In addition, a bevy of Urcola compadres appear as guests, making for a diverse presentation of well-played originals with a Latin flair. Urcola, who hails from Argentina, ...
Enrico Pieranunzi / Marc Johnson / Joey Baron: Ballads
by John Kelman
The simplest stories often reveal the greatest depth. So, too, can the simplest songs yield richer meaning. Italian pianist Enrico Pieranunzi makes that abundantly clear with Ballads, an album so gentle it can almost pass by unnoticed. But pay attention and what may appear to be a collection of easy-on-the-ears songs prove to be much more. ...
John Taylor: Angel of the Presence
by Martin Gladu
The title sums this record up perfectly. Presence can be defined as the feeling of being close to someone or something, sometimes of a supernatural order; and angels, symbols of spiritual elevation and purity, are ethereal heavenly beings. English pianist/composer John Taylor has succeeded in crystallizing the two not only in a poetic title, but also ...
Kenny Wheeler: It Takes Two!
by Karl A.D. Evangelista
Kenny Wheeler's music may be likened to a waking dream--the cool, ethereal alternative to the incendiary abandon of his peers. There is a strange dichotomy between the wooly, often weird trumpeter who participated in the salad days of European free improvisation and the man who cut It Takes Two!, the veritable embodiment of musical restraint. Much ...
Kenny Wheeler: It Takes Two!
by Paul Olson
Two guitarists, that is. While Kenny Wheeler has recorded with John Abercrombie and John Parricelli before, he hasn't done so on the same session. Until now, anyway: It Takes Two! matches the veteran trumpeter with the two guitarists and acoustic bassist Anders Jormin. The results are spacious, calm, and at times broodingly pensive.Parricelli and ...
Kenny Wheeler: It Takes Two!
by John Kelman
Kenny Wheeler's career has been almost singularly defined by its unpredictability, but It Takes Two! may be the trumpeter's biggest surprise yet. No stranger to unorthodox combinations, a two-guitar/bass lineup allows Wheeler's compositions to head in some unexpected directions. The material bears the melancholy lyricism that's been an unmistakable signature of his career. But It Takes ...
Diego Urcola: Viva
by John Kelman
With a predominantly Latino lineup and a title like Viva, one might expect trumpeter Diego Urcola's latest release to be heavy on joyous Latin rhythms. However, like his earlier work, it's much broader in scope. His last record, Soundances (Sunnyside, 2003), recorded with an all-Argentinean cast, managed to blur the boundaries between his cultural roots and ...
Javier Girotto: New York Sessions
by AAJ Italy Staff
Tra tanghi e reminescenze sud-americane, Javier Girotto, argentino de' Roma, rischiava di rimanere ingabbiato in un cliché che, per quanto interessante, resta pur sempre un cliché. Ma Girotto è musicista intelligente, ed ha quindi deciso di cambiare gioco, registrando un album che partendo dagli echi di casa (Che Querido, CHE) sposta poi la musica verso altri ...
Francesco Cafiso: Happy Time
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il nostro ragazzo prodigio, il più giovane veterano del jazz italiano, suona bene. Molto bene. Se così non fosse, Wynton Marsalis non l'avrebbe chiamato al Lincoln Center. In questo album Cafiso ci propone una serie di composizioni originali, tutte rigorosamente mainstream, ognuna dedicata ad una persona (o personalità) che ha avuto una certa rilevanza nella sua ...
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