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Rockin
by Chris M. Slawecki
“He’s not playing rock n’ roll solos on that record, he’s playing really great trumpet on a jazz level...everybody’s playing well on a jazz level. But it’s still blatantly a rock ‘n’ roll record.” -- Guitarist Robert Quine on Jack Johnson “This is the album that is going to get Miles ...
Gene Deitch: The Pen Behind 'The Cat'
by Chris M. Slawecki
You'll usually find one unsung person, or more, standing behind a legendary 'jazz cat.' In the case of 'the Cat,' the subject of witty comic illustrations that enlivened the classic jazz aficionados' and collectors' magazine the Record Changer published from 1941 until 1957, that person standing behind 'the Cat' is artist Gene Deitch. Gene ...
Lift Every Voice
by Chris M. Slawecki
Jimmy Scott: Moon Glow (Milestone) It took a long time in coming, but Jimmy Scott’s sure found his career groove with his series of “comeback” albums with Todd Barkan for the Milestone label. Barkan somehow knows how to set up Scott’s distinctive vocal presence – an unparalleled dynamic between Scott’s exquisite sense of jazz ...
Summer Vacation
by Chris M. Slawecki
Summer vacation usually means discovering new locations or revisiting favorite horizons for a fresh perspective. Here we explore music most likely found outside the “Jazz" section of your favorite online or retail music shop. Sometimes it's nice to travel...and sometimes it's nice to return home, too. Steely Dan: Everything Must Go (Reprise) ...
A Period of Transition: Miles @ the Blackhawk 1961
by Chris M. Slawecki
In early 1961, Miles Davis set out to record sessions that would become his Someday My Prince Will Come album. At the same time, he was phasing saxophonist Hank Mobley into, and John Coltrane out of, his working quintet. Someday proved a true transitional record, as Coltrane recorded solos for two songs and handed off the ...
Adelante a Libertad! (Onward to Freedom!)
by Chris M. Slawecki
Latin music has been of such interest to me lately, I think, because it is generally played with passion and precision in a world that seems to hold both in short supply. To me, good Latin music usually sounds like a vibrant and colorful and noisy carnival. To borrow the lyric from “I Don’t Speak Spanish” ...
Burnt Friedman & The NuDub Players: Can't Cool
by Chris M. Slawecki
Composer, arranger, producer, and performer (on drums, marimbas, vibes, synthesizer, piano, and other keyboards) Burnt Friedman normally blasts progressive rock and jazz apart, but when working with his NuDub Players ensemble he takes aim at de/constructing avant-garde reggae and dub. Whether inspired lunacy or just plain craziness, this third NuDub release, featuring trombonist Ian Perry, saxophonist ...
Roy Hargrove Presents the RH Factor: Hard Groove
by Chris M. Slawecki
Having previously immersed his trumpet in two 'new soul' collaborations in 2000—D'Angelo's Grammy Award-winning Voodoo album and subsequent tour, plus songstress Erykah Badu's Mama's Gun album—Roy Hargrove dives headfirst into the soul pool. RH Factor blends a core band of two saxophonists, three keyboard players, two bassists and drummers, and two guitarists (including legendary soul session ...
Steely Dan: Everything Must Go
by Chris M. Slawecki
Donald Fagen (lead vocals, synthesizers, Rhodes, organ and other keyboards) and Walter Becker (bass, guitar and vocals) seem to more solidly hit stride on this second album in their comeback. This follow-up to Two Against Nature (2000), the Dan's first new studio recording in twenty years, seems more naturally and tightly woven than their previous effort ...
Various Artists: Traveler '03: The Year's Best in Global Grooves
by Chris M. Slawecki
“The Six Degrees Travel Series is dedicated to bringing you the best in traditional and contemporary musical excursions from around the world,” read the notes to the label’s third annual overview of world electronic music. “We are particularly interested in genre-bending hybrids that include a variety of musical styles as well as a mix of the ...
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