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Frank Kimbrough: Solstice
by Jerome Wilson
Frank Kimbrough is a veteran New York pianist known best for playing with Maria Schneider's orchestra and leading his own small groups. On his new CD, Solstice, he pays tribute to several people who have inspired him in his career and life. Most of the people he tips his hat to such as Paul ...
Rick Hannah / Erwin Siffer: 2-Man Jazz Band
by Budd Kopman
Piano and guitar is a relatively rare combination for a number of reasons including overlapping ranges and having the similar timbre of percussive string. Yes, players of both instruments spend a lot of time perfecting a singing or legato sound, but in the end they are what they are. Instead of fighting it, with ...
Allison Philips Trio: Allison Philips Trio
by Karl Ackermann
Straddling her residencies between New York City and Amsterdam, trumpeter Allison Philips has been performing since age fourteen, eventually landing at venues that have included Le Poisson Rouge, Iridium, and The Jazz Standard. Leading a quartet, she played the 2014 Bern Jazz Festival in Switzerland. Philips has a BFA in Jazz Performance from the New School ...
NIDO Workshop: Free Voices
by Neri Pollastri
Quintetto milanese formato da interessantissimi musicisti, il NIDO Workshop mette in scena musica originale che riprende e aggiorna la lezione del jazz degli anni Settanta, un po' sulla falsariga del lavoro svolto da anni a Milano da Daniele Cavallanti, punto di riferimento per alcuni dei membri del gruppo. Il lavoro si apre non a ...
Sara Gazarek and Josh Nelson: Dream in the Blue
by Angelo Leonardi
Dopo anni di collaborazioni in comune (il pianista era presente nei precedenti quattro album della cantante e lei in due lavori del partner), Sara Gazarek e Josh Nelson hanno deciso di formare un duo che ha preceduto quest'incision con varie esibizioni live. La cantante, nata a Seattle ma Losangelina d'adozione, ha debuttato nel 2005 con l'album ...
Keith Tippett Octet: Nine Dances Of Patrick O’Gonogon
by Duncan Heining
The Nine Dances of Patrick O'Gonogon is a solid gold delight. I have no idea, who Paddy O'Gonogon is or even if he exists outside the minds of Keith Tippett and Julie Tippett but I'd love to have a drink or eight with him. Seems like he knows how to have a good time.
Richie Cole: Richie Cole Plays Ballads & Love Songs
by Jim Trageser
Alto saxophonist Richie Cole has made quite the career with his brand of hard bop, generally coming at melody almost as an unintended consequence of his heavy focus on improvisational interpretation. On his latest release--itself an unintended consequence of a recording date arriving without half the scheduled musicians able to attend--Cole taps into his ...
Lee Fields & The Expressions: Special Night
by Jim Trageser
Pop culture often gets ahead of itself in writing off styles no longer in vogue among the younger set--even when tremendous music is still being made by the original creators. So while big band swing was considered hopelessly dated by the 1970s, Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Harry James, and Les Brown were still turning ...
Haakon Graf/Erik Smith/Per Mathisen: Sunrain
by Geno Thackara
Digging into the staggered groove of “Santa Monica" during an end-of-2014 performance in Oslo's Olsen Bar, Haakon Graf glides along the keys in an easygoing manner to begin building the show's energy. The electric trappings of '70s Jeff Beck come to mind--albeit without the guitar--alongside the sound of classic outfits like Weather Report and Herbie Hancock's ...
Frank Kimbrough: Solstice
by Dan McClenaghan
A stellar interlude of three-way instrumental interplay can be found on composer/conductor Maria Schneider's first masterpiece, Concert In The Garden (ArtistShare, 2004), on the set's title tune, beginning about five and a half minutes in. Ben Monder lays down a ghostly guitar solo that climbs to an eerie climax, as a handoff to pianist Frank Kimbrough, ...
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