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Ulu: Nerve
by Chris M. Slawecki
The musical journey of the quartet Ulu – Scott Chasolen on keyboards, Josh Dion on drums, Brian Killeen on bass, and Aaron Gardner on tenor saxophone and flute – has crossed paths with such inventive jazz, groove, and jam band musicians as John Scofield, the Mickey Hart Band, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Moe., Soulive, the ...
Jazz Finery Again Awakens
by Chris M. Slawecki
It's great to remember that no American musical style has “rung out the old and rung in the new" as consistently and inventively as jazz. This assortment of new releases combines music old and blue with styles borrowed and new, a multicolored snapshot of the myriad possibilities inherent in modern music at the time the 2003 ...
Van Morrison: What
by Chris M. Slawecki
As I have grown, Van Morrison has steadily become one of my favorite singers. Maybe that's because it’s so tough to explain what he does or what kind of singer he is. You find him lumped in retail bins between Meat Loaf and Morrissey under “pop/rock”... which is an easier sell, I guess, than “the real ...
Al Green: I Can
by Chris M. Slawecki
Some of the most classic of the classic sounds of 1970s soul were written, arranged, and performed by Al Green and producer Willie Mitchell for the Hi label in Memphis. The two come back together with original Hi studio musicians (and for real soul brothers) Mabon “Teenie” Hodges on guitar and Leroy Hodges on bass, plus ...
Singer-Songwriters of the 70s Return to Form
by Chris M. Slawecki
Earlier this year, two very special songwriters and singers signed with and recorded and released their debuts for Blue Note records. Al Green and Van Morrison were both very different but important parts of the musical 1970s. Songs like “Let’s Stay Together” and “Tired of Being Alone” (by Green) and “Moondance” and “Brown Eyed ...
Preludes and Postludes: The Complete Modern Jazz Quartet Prestige & Pablo Recordings
by Chris M. Slawecki
The Complete Modern Jazz Quartet Prestige & Pablo Recordings (Prestige) may seem a curious collection to certain MJQ fans. It’s a bookend compilation, with 54 remastered tracks from their 1952 – ’55 Prestige recordings near the beginning, and from their 1981 – ’85 Pablo recordings near the end, of their 48-year, illustrious and elegant ...
Fantasy Jazz, Volume 2
by Chris M. Slawecki
What's in a name? If you've been collecting music for any considerable length of time, you know the answer to this question is: Plenty. Because if you've been collecting music, you've been shopping for music. Shop for music long enough and experience will teach that you enjoy the work of some artists ...
Various Artists: Viva Cubop 3: The Essential Latin & Afro-Cuban Jazz Collection
by Chris M. Slawecki
This set layers thirteen tracks from the Cubop roster of Afro-Cuban masters past and present into a thick forest of steamy, sweltering percussion funk. Timbalero Bobby Matos was the first artist the label signed and is represented by “Kimbisa” from his album Footprints. Matos also produced “Back to the Roots,” a reminder that the ...
Bill Summers/Irvin Mayfield: Los Hombres Calientes: Volume 4: Vodou Dance
by Chris M. Slawecki
Trumpet player Irvin Mayfield has been a primary shaper of the modern musical landscape of New Orleans. He serves as artistic director of the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and as executive director and artistic director of the Institute of Jazz Culture at Dillard University in New Orleans, and has performed his own arrangements of spirituals and ...
Frank Sinatra: Sinatra Sings Cole Porter
by Chris M. Slawecki
Columbia celebrates the sixtieth anniversary of Sinatra’s first recordings as a solo artist (June 1943) with three new compilations that showcase the fledgling singer’s grace and dexterity with the popular songbook of the time. Sings Cole Porter puts every Sinatra studio recording of Cole Porter for Columbia together with ten previously unreleased radio and TV broadcasts ...
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