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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 ...
The Ripple Effect: Hybrids
by Chris M. Slawecki
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 Coltrane, and Miles Davis, DeJohnette's jazz credentials are obvious. But Hybrids tosses his cap into ...
Garaj Mahal: Blueberry Cave
by Chris M. Slawecki
The fifth studio release from this San Francisco quartet embodies the modern instrumental jam band movement and preserves the freewheeling legacy of 1970s progressive rock along the way. Alan Hertz (drums), Eric Levy (keyboards), Kai Eckhardt (bass), and Fareed Haque (guitar) came into Garaj Mahal from varied backgrounds: Eckhardt played in John McLaughlin's trio, ...
TS Monk: His Father
by Chris M. Slawecki
Part 1 | Part 2 In November 1957, a stellar constellation of jazz royalty including Billie Holiday and Dizzy Gillespie performed at Carnegie Hall, two performances in one night to benefit the Morningside Community Center in Harlem, NY. The performances were recorded for subsequent overseas broadcast on Voice of America radio. The Thelonious Monk ...
