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Earl MacDonald: Open Borders
by Mike Jurkovic
Not many piano led ensembles finds the pianist laying as far back in the musical dialogue as Earl MacDonald, who doesn't come anywhere near an extended solo until “Miles Apart" and Percy Mayfield's Ray Charles blow- out “Hit The Road Jack" (tracks five and six respectively). But that's just fine given that MacDonald has charted the ...
Tony Cattano: Naca
by Neri Pollastri
A quasi due anni di distanza dall'eccellente L'uomo poco distante, Tony Cattano torna con un CD a proprio nome, con una formazione più raccolta, un quartetto, ancorché abbastanza atipica nella composizione. Accanto al suo trombone troviamo infatti il violino di Emanuele Parrini e una ritmica fidata ed eclettica, con Matteo Anelli al contrabbasso e Andrea Melani ...
Àine O'Dwyer: Gallarais
by Karl Ackermann
Places of worship are hardly new venues for jazz or other forms of non-sectarian music. As far back as 1927, Fats Waller had recorded two pipe organ solos in a church in Camden, New Jersey. Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd recorded Jazz Samba (Barclay-Verve, 1962) at the Washington, D.C. All Souls Church on the corner of ...
Zack Clarke: Random Acts of Order
by John Sharpe
Pianist Zack Clarke's Random Acts Of Order presents a threesome making waves on the NYC scene. Each of the trio studied with guitarist/composer Joe Morris, who appropriately contributes the liners to this release. Slovenian drummer Dre Hocevar may have the most visibility due to his series of discs on the Clean Feed imprint, the third of ...
Nate Birkey: Rome
by Victor L. Schermer
With this listenable and relaxed album, trumpeter Nate Birkey joins with four excellent musicians he hooked up with while playing in Italy to deliver a set of mostly ballads in his signature style with introspective improvising, empathic warmth, and minimal vibrato. His playing here is reminiscent of Bix Beiderbecke, one of Chet Baker's formative influences. The ...
Brian Charette: Kurrent
by Friedrich Kunzmann
The density of new releases and their voluminous level of innovation and experimentation in the current New York jazz scene is somewhat remarkable. The usage of Synthesizers, programming and bending up to completely dissolving compositional structure, as ever so often exemplified by Mary Halvorson, are experiments more and more frequently encountered every day. Leading ...
Marcus Vergette: The Marsyas Suite
by Vincenzo Roggero
Le sue sculture--campane la cui forma favorisce particolari relazioni armoniche -sono state esposte al Guggenheim di Venezia. È anche agricoltore, regista e contrabbassista nella Mike Westbrook Orchestra. Si chiama Marcus Vergette e con The Marsyas Suite ci offre un lavoro di grande intensità e sicuro spessore. Ispirato a “La punizione di Marsia" di Tiziano (dipinto violento ...
Harold Land: A New Shade Of Blue
by Mark Corroto
What came first, craft beers or the revival of vinyl records? I ask because both revolutions have moved your collective attentions away from corporate culture to smaller more specialized boutiques. That means better beer and certainly a more diverse choice in music. Case in point, saxophonist Harold Land's A New Shade Of Blue originally issued on ...
Hilary Gardner/Ehud Asherie: The Late Set
by Dan Bilawsky
If you're looking for the definition of a class act, look no more. This is most certainly it. With The Late Set, kindred spirits Hilary Gardner and Ehud Asherie make us simultaneously pine for an era long gone and appreciate what's right in front of us. If you've followed either one of these ...
Giuseppe Millaci: Songbook
by Mike Jurkovic
Inspired by the iconic bassists Ray Brown and Dave Holland, Italian bassist Giuseppe Millaci and his vogue trio--compelling pianist Amaury Faye and drummer Lionel Beuvens have themselves a real sweet, fluid listening disc that poses much promise for the years ahead. “Nostalgia Op.1" sets the course early with an intuitive, rolling ease that belies ...
