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European Jazz, Electronic Beats, Worlds of Dub and a Sound Soul Orchestra
by Chris M. Slawecki
The Quantic Soul Orchestra Pushin' On Ubiquity 2005 As the mastermind behind Quantic, Will Holland scored a major hit in electronic and club music circles with last year's Mishaps Happening. Here performing on organ, bass, guitar, sitar, percussion, and saxophone, he leads the Quantic Soul Orchestra, the concert ...
Ken Saydak: It's My Soul
by Chris M. Slawecki
Born in one of the blues' most essential cities, this Chicago native learned from some of the Windy City's best by playing piano and keyboards on tours by Mighty Joe Young and Lonnie Brooks. In the 1980s, Ken Saydak played an essential part in Texas blues guitar legend Johnny Winter's renaissance as pianist on several tours ...
Marcia Ball: Live! Down the Road
by Chris M. Slawecki
Marcia Ball showcases one great slow-rolling blues here: “Louisiana 1927, Randy Newman's dust bowl tale about a historic flood, into which she wholeheartedly dives and immerses herself. In perhaps her best singing of this entire set, she recoils from its last line as if in horror from nature's awesome devastation of person and property. ...
Celso Fonseca: Rive Gauche Rio
by Chris M. Slawecki
There's something especially unique about the way a Brazilian strums an acoustic guitar. Perhaps their rhythms play from a memory, instinctive not thought, inherited through generations of moonlight strolls on the beach, soft cool breezes caressing warm soft tanned skin, memories of romance and passion. The heart of Celso Fonseca's second international release beats ...
Ithamara Koorax: Autumn in New York
by Chris M. Slawecki
Spilling over with jazz and pop classics, Autumn in New York is probably the best program yet from blossoming Brazilian vocalist Ithamara Koorax. Like almost every other female vocalist from Brazil, Koorax sounds influenced by Flora Purim--heard, for example, in her fearless hopscotch jumps across the endpoints of her entire vocal range. Also like ...
Paul Anka: Rock Swings
by Chris M. Slawecki
Pop music sure has changed since Paul Anka last helped rule the airways (as composer or performer) with such mainstays as “My Way, “Diana, “She's A Lady, and “Puppy Love.Decades later, Anka's own notes explain the Rock Swings! concept: “We all embraced the idea: to find songs from a diverse group of musicians, from ...
Lizz Wright: Dreaming Wide Awake
by Chris M. Slawecki
Lizz Wright's sophomore release is a great production of songs impeccably crafted, both soul-rending originals and poignant renditions of pop classics. Wright, who more or less emerged as a professional singer after she debuted with a 2002 series of tribute concerts to Billie Holiday, continues to demonstrate exquisite taste. As good as the songs, ...
Voices of Summer 2005
by Chris M. Slawecki
Singers come in all styles and sounds. Not everyone thinks they have the dexterity to master a saxophone, guitar or drums. But almost everyone has a voice; and almost everyone thinks that they can musically use it. Some people, of course, use it musically better than others. For example: Paul Anka Rock ...
Miles Davis: Year-Long Celebration of Five Decades and Many Miles
by Chris M. Slawecki
On October 27, 1955, Miles Davis signed with Columbia Records, where the mercurial trumpeter, composer, bandleader and conceptualist remained through most of his career. After 1955, Davis recorded and released nearly all of his greatest music through Columbia. Now part of Sony / Legacy, the label has embarked on a year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary ...
Blue Note and Recording Master Re-Present RVG's Heritage
by Chris M. Slawecki
If you're a jazz fan--not even a serious jazz fan but just casual, just about any type of fan of jazz at all--there's a good chance that you own some of Rudy Van Gelder's best work. Working with such legendary entrepreneurs / producers as Alfred Lion (Blue Note), Creed Taylor (Verve, A&M, CTI) and ...
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