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Carol Liebowitz/Bill Payne: Spiderwebmandala
by Dan Bilawsky
Spiderwebmandala is an album that miraculously manages to simultaneously capitalize on the concepts of connectivity and detachment, toying with a form of polarity tied to the very notion of togetherness and using it as the ultimate artistic tool. Having worked together since 2010, pianist Carol Liebowitz and clarinetist Bill Payne are more than ...
Lokkhi Terra meets Dele Sosimi: Cubafrobeat
by Chris May
A younger version of London's Grand Union Orchestra, founded by world-jazz pioneer Tony Haynes in 1982, Lokkhi Terra was put together by keyboard player Kishon Khan in 2005. Both ensembles have made a specialism of jazz / South Asian fusion, with Lokkhi Terra also giving as much attention to music from Cuba, where Bangladeshi-born, London-based Khan ...
Jonathan Butler: Close To You
by Chris Mosey
Dearly Beloved, Jonathan Butler having loudly--even hysterically, you might feel--proclaimed to the world that he has fallen in love with Jesus, let us consider his latest album and ponder Verse Two of “I'll Never Fall In Love Again" by Messrs. Hal David and Burt Bacharach: What do you get when you kiss a ...
Alex Conde: Origins
by Mark Sullivan
Spanish pianist/composer Alex Conde has roots in flamenco, but his influences range widely through Afro-Cuban and American jazz idioms. He is now based in New York City, a place with a pool of musicians ideally suited to the musical blend he creates. The “origins" of the title refer to all of the pianist's roots, which he ...
Various Artists: Innerpeace: Rare Spiritual Funk And Jazz Gems
by Chris May
It took a few years for producer Bob Shad's newly formed Mainstream Records to nail its direction in the 1960s. A less than auspicious start was releasing the first singles by the latter-day Trump-boosting halfwit Ted Nugent. A better move, given hindsight, was releasing the debut album by Janis Joplin's Big Brother & The Holding Company. ...
Rory Block: A Woman’s Soul: A Tribute to Bessie Smith
by C. Michael Bailey
Blues guitarist and vocalist Rory Block serves up an inspired portrait of and homage to Bessie Smith on A Woman's Soul: A Tribute to Bessie Smith. Block has recorded several “tribute" albums, including Blues Walkin' Like a Man: A Tribute to Son House (Stoney Plain, 2008); Shake 'Em On Down: A Tribute to Mississippi Fred McDowall ...
Chris Monson: Seldom In The Wells
by Dan McClenaghan
What jumps out of the speakers at the beginning of the spin of Seldom in the Well--the debut of Toronto-based guitarist Chris Monson--is the full, rich sound. Part of that is the deft rhythm-section pairing of guitar and piano; part of it is Monson's arrangements, and some of “the sound" can certainly be attributed to the ...
Johnaye Kendrick: Flying
by Paul Rauch
Once, maybe twice in a generation, a singer enters the world of jazz and captivates the genre so dominated by jazz instrumentalists. There are qualities in the voice, delivery, the exquisite phrasing, and inexhaustible ability to deliver a narrative in such a way that expresses the jazz and blues tradition in a special and personal way. ...
Balagan Cafe Band: Balagan Cafe Band
by Bruce Lindsay
The Balagan Café Band is a London-based trio--guitarist Christian Miller, violinist Richard Jones and cellist Shirley Smart--whose sound encompasses traditional tunes, jazz standards, medieval romance and music for the lute. On this, the band's debut release, the core trio and guests take those influences and create an impressively diverse and enjoyable collection of tunes, played with ...
Enten Eller: Minótauros
by Alberto Bazzurro
Ripreso all'ultima edizione dell'Open Jazz Festival di Ivrea (per l'esattezza il 17 marzo, ovviamente 2018), questo Minótauros, titolo ancora una volta proveniente dalla mitologia greca, come spesso accade quando c'è di mezzo Massimo Barbiero (quindi anche per Odwalla), ci consegna i riflessi, per forza di cose parziali, di un concerto assai singolare in cui i quattro ...
