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Greg Reitan: Post No Bills
by Dan McClenaghan
Los Angeles-based pianist/composer Greg Reitan's Some Other Time (Sunnyside Records) vied for the honors of “Debut of the Year" in 2009. Using his same trio--with bassist Jack Daro and drummer Dean Koba--Reitan followed up that auspicious start with two more outstanding sets, Antibes (2010) and Daybreak (2011), both for the Sunnyside label. With this ...
Mike LeDonne: I Love Music
by Jack Bowers
The uncommonly talented Mike LeDonne continues his transition from piano to Hammond B3, if that is what one may call it, with yet another superb album, the suitably named I Love Music. And while using the organ throughout is a good idea, it is but the first of two, as whenever LeDonne schedules a recording session ...
AA.VV.: Raymond Scott Rewired
by AAJ Staff
Risale ai primi anni Novanta, grazie al fantastico lavoro di Irwin Chusid (autorità indiscussa nell'ambito della obscure & weird music) la “riscoperta" della musica di Raymond Scott, tra le figure più originali, oblique e sotterraneamente influenti del Novecento. Se già lo conoscete non starò qui a ribadire le tante anime della sua fantastica carriera. ...
Phil Mer, Andrea Lombardini: The Framers
by Neri Pollastri
Lavoro coraggioso, originale e sorprendente questo The Framers, frutto della creatività di due musicisti che mettono eccellentemente a frutto la loro ampia (e forse anche un po' “pericolosa...") ecletticità: Phil Mer--batterista, ma anche laureato in storia dell'arte e attivo in ambito pop (è tra l'altro l'attuale batterista dei Pooh...)--e Andrea Lombardini, sperimentatore del basso elettrico, da ...
Steve Wilson/Lewis Nash: Duologue
by Dan Bilawsky
Saxophone and drum duos aren't as rare as some might believe, but a good percentage of such encounters are challenging, left-leaning affairs. John Coltrane's edgy encounters with Rashied Ali on Interstellar Space (Impulse!, 1974) emboldened many in the so-called avant-garde to marry these instruments time and again over the ensuing decades, yet few centrists seem as ...
The Gascoyne O'Higgins Quartet: The Real Note Vol. 2
by Bruce Lindsay
It's the facts. Many inquisitive people spend their lives in pursuit of the facts. For the questing jazz musician, by contrast, the contrafacts take precedence. That's certainly the case for the UK's Gascoyne O'Higgins Quartet. The band's second collection of such tunes based on the chord changes from Songbook standards, The Real Note Vol. 2, features ...
Jeff Cosgrove: Alternating Current
by Budd Kopman
Alternating Current is a completely entrancing recording that captures three master players listening and responding in real time. Both Matthew Shipp and William Parker thrive in the completely improvised arena, which is why drummer Jeff Cosgrove wanted them for this project. A second reason might have been that neither musician had ever played a ...
Eric Wyatt: Borough Of Kings
by Dan Bilawsky
The borough of Kings (County)--a.k.a. Brooklyn, NY--has been saxophonist Eric Wyatt's home base from birth. It was there that he was exposed to jazz, met some of the legends of the music, and began to forge his own voice on saxophone. Here, on his fifth album to date, he delivers an intense brew that speaks volumes ...
Jeremy Lyons: Vestige
by Ian Patterson
It's been a good year for Jeremy Lyons. In March, the Belfast tenor saxophonist's dectet opened the Brilliant Corners 2014 jazz festival with a resounding set before an enthusiastic home audience. Here, stripped back to the more intimate surroundings of a quartet, Lyons' debut as leader brings together seasoned pros from the UK jazz scene on ...
Ross Hammond: Humanity Suite
by Glenn Astarita
Guitarist Ross Hammond is building upon his conspicuous artistic persona as a new wave jazz and improvisational guitarist, composer who aligns with fellow West Coast denizens, including seminal Southern California based woodwind ace Vinny Golia and others. With a dozen albums under his belt, the guitarist has exponentially pushed the envelope, largely with great success. He ...
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