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Mark Winkler: Jazz and Other Four Letter Words
by Bruce Lindsay
On Jazz And Other Four Letter Words songwriter and vocalist Mark Winkler explores themes of love and romance and also takes time to investigate hipness. Exploration and investigation succeed joyously, resulting in one of the year's finest releases. Winkler's aided and abetted by some fine musicians-- pianist Jamieson Trotter (who also arranged most of ...
Luca Aquino: OverDOORS
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Nearly fifty years after they burst onto the rock scene and into legend, The Doors, led by gone-too-soon rocker, Jim Morrison still resonate through the music world. However, oddly outside of their most successful hit, “Light My Fire," little of the group's repertoire has been explored by jazz artists. Italian jazz trumpeter and innovative sonic explorer, ...
Old Time Musketry: Drifter
by Dave Wayne
Old and new collide and intermingle in a variety of appealing ways on Drifter, the second long-player by the Brooklyn-based collective, Old Time Musketry. It's funny, though, how old has become new and new has become old. J. P. Schlegelmilch, the keyboardist and primary composer for the band (he wrote all but 2 of Drifter's varied ...
Indigo Kid II: Fist Full Of Notes
by Karl Ackermann
At the risk of implying that the very selective UK-based Babel Label has gone “mainstream," they have--of late--issued a number of releases that certainly have a broader appeal. A homage to Bill Evans Postcard to Bill Evans (2015) and vocalist Emilia Mårtensson's fine Ana (2014), now share a catalog with cutting edge artists like pianist Alexander ...
Agusti Fernandez / Zlatko Kaučič: Sonic Party
by John Sharpe
Sonic Party documents a live meeting between Catalan pianist Agusti Fernandez and Slovenian percussionist Zlatko Kaucic. Unlike similar encounters with his countryman Ramon Lopez, all the selections here are generated on the fly. Such pairings accentuate the percussive nature of the piano, and all the more so because Fernandez is one of the greatest proponents of ...
Tea Cup Gin: Underground Love
by James Nadal
Since its inception in Paris by inimitable guitarist Django Reinhardt in the 1930's, gypsy swing, or “jazz manouche," has been performed within defined parameters, though there has always been ample room for improvisation and invention. Tea Cup Gin, on its debut release Underground Love, has found a niche playing their hybrid form of gypsy swing or ...
Alan Feinberg: Fugue State
by C. Michael Bailey
American classical pianist Alan Feinberg has made a career of cleverly conceived and produced recordings of the classical piano repertoire. He began his career with three fine Argo offerings on American themes: The American Romantic (1990); The American Virtuoso (1992); and The American Innovator (1993) focusing on Gottschalk, Beach, MacDowall, and Grainger. Feinberg has been a ...
Modern Art Orchestra: Circular
by Angelo Leonardi
Fondata nel 2005 dal trombettista e arrangiatore Kornél Fekete-Kovács con l'intento di rappresentare il meglio del jazz nazionale, l'ungherese Modern Art Orchestra è una delle migliori big-band europee. Con una prospettiva aperta alla contemporaneità, il suo repertorio non è strettamente legato al jazz (uno dei suoi ultimi lavori è dedicato a Ennio Morricone) e prima di ...
John Clark: The Odd Couple Quintet +1
by Budd Kopman
Yes, it is true that French horn and bassoon are not commonplace instruments in jazz. Attempts have been made to use them, of course, most recently by Julian Schneemann on Roundabout, but in that work, they were used more as colors in the mix.What is unusual is for these instruments to be in the ...
John Fedchock New York Big Band: Like It Is
by Edward Blanco
Veteran trombonist and big band leader John Fedchock, has had a history of showcasing some of the finest contemporary ensemble music ever presented, and on the audacious Like It Is, keeps that tradition alive on the fifth album from his 16-piece New York Big Band. A group by the way, that has been around and swinging ...
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