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Frank Kimbrough: Important Every Time
by Celeste Sunderland
Moonshine and church music flowed plentifully in backcountry North Carolina in the early '70s when a teenaged Frank Kimbrough saw the Bill Evans Trio on television. Suddenly the link between the young pianist's classical training and rock band elation became strikingly clear. “It struck me right away--the perfect combination, the discipline of what ...
Deidre Rodman / Steve Swallow: Twin Falls
by Celeste Sunderland
The pairing of pianist Deidre Rodman and bassist Steve Swallow may seem unlikely at first, but upon further investigation, it appears to be just right. They hit it off while touring in Switzerland six years ago and their new duo album chimes with a rare trust. Named for the Idaho town where Rodman ...
Klaus Suonsaari / Frank Carlberg: Fallingwater
by Celeste Sunderland
The packaging for Fallingwater includes a quote from Wassily Kandinsky. Two tracks into the album, the music gives way to images of intricate linear patterns and geometric designs--and one gets the impression that the Finnish duo's music could have inspired the painter's own works. A constant, careful examination of sound and texture persists ...
Jessica Lurie: Drive & Licorice & Smoke
by Celeste Sunderland
The Tiptons Drive Zipa 2005 Jessica Lurie Licorice & Smoke Zipa 2006 The Tiptons, that notorious, all-female saxophone quartet from Seattle, have a tremendous amount of fun ...
Ralph Towner: Time Line and Siroko
by Celeste Sunderland
Ralph Towner Time Line ECM 2006 Olivier Ker Ourio Siroko Nocturne 2005 As the nylon strings of Ralph Townerâ????s classical guitar or the steel of his 12-string ...
Charlie Kohlhase: The Cranky Yankee
by Celeste Sunderland
State, New Hampshire. Party affiliation, communist. Obsession, Woody Herman's 1963 Herd. No, it's not Boston-based saxophonist Charlie Kohlhase. It's the Cranky Yankee, a character he's been known to slip into while on the road. “He would go on and on about this 1963 Herd and the brilliance of Jake Hanna at the drums, said Either/Orchestra founder ...
Whispers, Grins, Bloodloss & Handshakes; Pandemonium; Phenomena of Interference
by Celeste Sunderland
Pianos, horns, strings, drums, wind their way around the human voice on three recently released records where words are not sung, but spoken. A vessel for the most direct form of communication in this country, the English language is delivered in so many ways. David Greenberger Whispers, Grins, Bloodloss & Handshakes Meester-Pel ...
Cobi Narita's 80th Birthday
by Celeste Sunderland
One afternoon in 1978 throngs of spectators clogged the sidewalks at the corner of Broadway and 52nd Street, while musicians and caterers set up in front of the club Casablanca, for the third day of the third annual Women In Jazz festival. A greedy club owner, wowed by the crowds, unexpectedly raised his fee and chained ...
Pink Martini: Hang On Little Tomato
by Celeste Sunderland
The words scattered throughout Pink Martini's album Hang On Little Tomato conjure the most delectable delicacies in their quaintest forms. The group's name alone is incredibly precious. Take that most classic of all cocktails, with all it represents and add pink, with all it represents and every single one of us becomes an irretrievably tipsy, candy-lipped ...
Noah Baerman: Soul Force
by Celeste Sunderland
A gregarious energy triumphs through pianist Noah Baerman's compositions. Jubilant and free at their core, they prosper with a stamina similar to that which propelled Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. on his mission toward human equality and understanding. Soul Force was inspired by King, and with three tracks named for significant events in the Civil Rights ...
