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Steve Davis: Think Ahead
by C. Andrew Hovan
Composer and trombonist Steve Davis found a home for his muse starting in the late '90s with Criss Cross Jazz. Over the course of seven dates as a leader and many times more as a sideman, he established his voice as a writer and performer. For the past ten years, his releases elsewhere have ...
Sonny Landreth: Recorded Live in Lafayette
by C. Michael Bailey
Slide guitarist Sonny Landreth releases his third live recording after 2005's Grant Street (Sugar Hill Records) and 2007's Sonny Landreth -Live at 2007 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Munckmusic). Far from just another live release from a jam band, Recorded Live in Lafayette reveals some clever programming by Landreth. Disc one of this two-disc set ...
Laura Campisi: Double Mirror
by Jerome Wilson
Contemporary jazz vocalists tend to fall into two camps, those who follow the jazz singer tradition of Ella, Billie, Sarah and the other icons and those who experiment with their sound and repertoire. The latter group includes people like Elizabeth Shepherd, Katie Bull and Rebecca Martin. Laura Campisi is another name you can add to that ...
Craig Taborn/Ikue Mori: Highsmith
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Craig Taborn--who seems an artist unconcerned with striking a commercial chord--climbed into a higher profile with three terrific releases on ECM Records: Avenging Angel (2011); Chants (2013); and Daylight Ghosts (2017). Beyond those, his discography as a leader is slim--as opposed to his prodigious sideman contributions. He and his artistry have been described as “elusive." ...
Momo Kodama: Point and Line
by Nenad Georgievski
Born in Japan, but educated in Europe, the internationally acclaimed classical pianist Momo Kodama is a formidable doyenne of the piano, someone who has built a career both on performing a wide repertoire from various Classical and Romantic periods and more contemporary works. It's a career that has been built on upending tradition as she pushed ...
Shane Theriot: Still Motion
by Glenn Astarita
Hailing from New Orleans, guitarist and producer Shane Theriot is a solo artist and upper-echelon session ace amid his stints with Hall & Oates, Ben Folds, and the Neville Brothers as the list goes on. Indeed, he has that soul-funk New Orleans vibe going on. But Theriot's far-ranging capabilities include jazz and blues, yet more importantly, ...
Bruce Jackson: Just Left of Center
by C. Michael Bailey
Drummer Bruce Jackson's second recording, Just Left of Center, is mainstream quartet recording pinging from the hard bop/post bop quadrant of the musical radar. The recording is made up of five pieces, the final one being the seemingly unlikely Jack Bruce song “Theme for an Imaginary Western." Written and recorded originally by Bruce for his recording, ...
Gianluigi Trovesi, Umberto Petrin: Twelve Colours and Synesthetic Cells
by Alberto Bazzurro
Accoppiata ormai di lungo cabotaggio, la Premiata Ditta Trovesi/Petrin giunge solo oggi al suo secondo album, lontano dieci anni esatti dal precedente Vaghissimo ritratto (ECM), dove, per la verità, facevano qua e là capolino anche le percussioni di Fulvio Maras. Se quel capitolo inaugurale aveva diversi numi tutelari, il dedicatario di questo nuovo lavoro è invece ...
Sebastian Schunke: Genesis, Mystery And Magic
by Mark Sullivan
German composer/pianist Sebastian Schunke continues on his unlikely Latin jazz path with Genesis, Mystery And Magic. The band is a blend of members of his Berlin quartet and New York City players. This album was recorded in Berlin, but Schunke studied in New York and has recorded there in the past--in some ways this session integrates ...
Vadim Neselovskyi: Get Up And Go
by Jerome Wilson
Ukrainian pianist Vadim Neselovskyi has an affecting, organic sound that draws more from classical and folk idioms than the usual jazz materials. It can range from fragile to overpowering and on this CD, it allows him to establish a strong, individual presence in the crowded piano trio field.On fast pieces like “On A Bicycle" ...
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