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Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica Quartet: Where Here Meets There
by Jeffrey Uhrich
Fasten your seat belt and make sure your seat is in an upright position. In Where Here Meets There, Mr. Ho's Orchestra travels the world and through time, using an intriguing fusion of genres and unusual instrumentation to create this mesmerizing collection of musical works. The listener is challenged and persuaded to attempt to identify and ...
Mike Jones: Plays Well With Others
by C. Michael Bailey
Pianist Mike Jones has got a really sweet deal going. He is the opening act for the Penn and Teller Las Vegas Show. He is also now the heir apparent to the late pianist Gene Harris' commanding style of two-handed keyboard barrel housing. Harris was a master of propulsive and deliberate piano playing. He had all ...
Edward Ricart Quartet + Paul Dunmall: Chamaeleon
by Eyal Hareuveni
The sophomore album of guitarist Edward Ricart's powerful quartet (after Ancón, Slam, 2011), now augmented with legendary British saxophonist Paul Dunmall, is a masterful demonstration of free jazz mixed with inspirations from alternative, avant-rock outfits. Ricart, whose list of collaborations covers an impressive spectrum, ranging from hardcore punk band Black Flag and ...
Earl MacDonald and the Creative Opportunity Workshop: Mirror of the Mind
by Bruce Lindsay
Death Defying Records, it says on the cover. A doom-laden title for a record label but any expectations of a frenzy of black metal or gangster rap are soon dispelled by the beautiful cello and piano interplay on the opening bars of the title track. Mirror Of The Mind, from pianist Earl MacDonald and the Creative ...
Dig A Little Deeper: Songs From The Small Hours
by Ian Patterson
The title of the debut recording from guitarist Mick Stuart's quintet Dig A Little Deeper captures pretty well the mood of the music--a late night vibe of sultry vocal jazz with brushes and earthy bass setting the mood. Singer Riona Hartman's pure-toned voice holds center stage on eleven original compositions that are notable for their simple ...
Ken Peplowski: Maybe September
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
In a world where celebrities are anointed and dismissed by the shifting whims of the Twitterverse, it's easy to overlook the steady fires that keep the old traditions burning. The retro cover of Maybe September instantly signals that, once again, the ever-superb reedist Ken Peplowski, aided by the invaluable Capri Record label, will be honoring and ...
Tim Berne's Snakeoil: Shadow Man
by Glenn Astarita
Alto saxophonist Tim Berne's Snakeoil is a group that bonds asymmetrical contours into the big picture, where many progressive jazz aficionados often expect the unexpected from this artist who radiates an antithesis to conventional norms. More of the gradual ascensions, tricky time signatures, fractured flows and odd-metered unison choruses come into play on Shadow Man. Berne's ...
Nate Wooley: Seven Storey Mountain III And IV
by Mark Corroto
Parts III and IV of a seven part cycle, trumpeter Nate Wooley's long form electro-acoustic work Seven Storey Mountain gains additional players and momentum with these two live performances. The music was originally commissioned for the Festival of New Trumpet Music, which has seen a shuffle in its performers, but the concept of muscle rapture endures ...
John Stowell/Dave Liebman: Blue Rose
by Dan McClenaghan
Saxophonist Dave Liebman joined guitarist John Stowell and bassist Don Thompson on three tunes on Stowell's The Banff Sessions (Origin Records, 2002). More than a decade later, Stowell and Liebman have teamed up on a duo outing, Blue Rose. The two artists' take on a bunch of jazz standards and Great American Songbook tunes has a ...
Eddie Daniels & Roger Kellaway: Duke at the Roadhouse: Live in Santa Fe
by Hrayr Attarian
For their third collaboration on IPO records, veteran musicians pianist Roger Kellaway and multireed player Eddie Daniels recorded a benefit concert for “Santa Fe Center for Therapeutic Riding." The resulting Duke at the Roadhouse: Live in Santa Fe is a tribute to pianist and composer Duke Ellington comprising eight of his standards and an original a ...
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