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Music from India, Spain, Italy, Tunisia and Other International Beats
by Chris M. Slawecki
If your ears grow bigger to accommodate more and more of the world's different musical styles and sounds, does the global village seem to grow smaller? Gecko Turner Guapapasea! Quango 2006 Maybe it's because I grew up around Philadelphia through the 1970s, but I always remember soul music ...
Lee Rocker: Road Tested, American Made
by Chris M. Slawecki
If there's a club or a bar or a theatre that has a stage with electricity and amplification, no matter how obscure or winding the road it's on, it's almost a sure bet that Lee Rocker and his upright bass have played a gig there. Rocker's stock in trade has been the American roots ...
Jazz for Kids? "Teach Your Children Well..."
by Chris M. Slawecki
Most jazz fans would probably accept the notion that the jazz industry could do a better job of making the music seem more relevant and enjoyable to young people. As the inevitable passing of time reduces the number of fans who can recall “the halcyon days of the late 1940s through the 1970s (or who know ...
Jazz Played for Lovers
by Chris M. Slawecki
Isn't it romantic, Music in the night - A dream that can be heard? Isn't it romantic, Moving shadows write the oldest magic word... Love and music must have been linked together in human hearts at the beginning of time. The trappings of fashion will ebb ...
Nina Simone Speaks Like a River
by Chris M. Slawecki
“Anything human can be felt through music, which means that there is no limit to the creating that can be done with music. It's infinite. It's like God, you know?" ~ Nina Simone, DownBeat interview, 1969 With the January 17 unveiling of several titles from her back catalog, re-mastered and re-annotated ...
Ubiquity Records: Fifteenth Anniversary
by Chris M. Slawecki
December 2005 marks the fifteenth anniversary for Ubiquity Records, a fiercely independent record label physically based in California but which has sown seeds and reaped fruit all over the musical map. Ubiquity Records is the musical lovechild of Jody and Michael McFadin, two DJs who shared the dream of starting their own record label. ...
Skip Heller: Out of Time
by Chris M. Slawecki
Certain live recordings seem to maintain the feel of the performance and venue and lose nothing in the documentation of the event. This trio date recorded at a small Philadelphia club, with guitarist Skip Heller joined by drummer John F. Kennedy and organist Lucas Brown, is one of those special live recordings. You can almost smell ...
Lonnie Smith: Turning Point
by Chris M. Slawecki
When Hammond master Lonnie Smith recorded this set for Blue Note in 1968, he was better known as a supporting sideman on performances and recordings by (among others) George Benson and especially Lou Donaldson; some of Sweet Lou's best recordings, including Alligator Boogaloo, Midnight Creeper, and Everything I Play is Funky, feature Smith's supple Hammond grooves.
Jazz by Many Other Names?
by Chris M. Slawecki
The Ripple Effect Hybrids Kindred Rhythm 2005 Hybrids is a jazz album in name only - specifically the names of multi-instrumentalist John Surman and drummer Jack DeJohnette, who leads this collaborative ensemble. One of the few musicians to have recorded or performed with Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk, John ...
Lafayette Gilchrist: Towards The Shining Path
by Chris M. Slawecki
Lafayette Gilchrist is not the next Thelonious Monk. No one could be. But for a cat making just his second album as a leader, this composer/pianist, who also serves in David Murray's quartet and nonet, does suggest some pretty incredible parallels with the unique genius of “the only-est Monk. For starters, Gilchrist rocks ...
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