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Tommy Meier Root Down: The Master And The Rain
by Mark Corroto
Swiss-born reed man Tommy Meier's immersion into African jazz dips into a body of music covering three continents touched by the African diaspora of people and sound. A follow-up to Root Down (Intakt, 2008), his Root Down orchestra's The Master And The Rain, once again, offers a large ensemble update on the music of Fela Kuti ...
Elton Dean's Ninesense: Happy Daze + Oh! For The Edge
by Mark Redlefsen
This reissue of two Ninesense recordings, from the late British saxophonist Elton Dean, creates a gateway back to the London jazz scene of the 1970s. Digging into bands that he played with previously outside of his work with Soft Machine, he formed the nine-piece Ninesense with Keith Tippett, along with several other members of that pianist's ...
Howard Riley: Five Decades in Music
by Maxim Micheliov
Howard Riley gave his performance in Vilnius, Lithuania in September, 2009. It was his first visit to the country in a five-decade career, and one of just a few eastern Europe destinations made at the time, by the British free jazz pianist. The concert was recorded and released in 2010 as the double-disc set, Solo in ...
Dave Liebman / Evan Parker / Tony Bianco: Relevance
by Mark Corroto
It is hard to imagine that these two saxophone titans, Dave Liebman and Evan Parker, had never met on stage before this 2008 concert at The Vortex in London. Both are innovators with a distinct, almost larger than life sound and they combine forces to make this meeting very special. Back in the 1970s, ...
Omri Ziegele’s Where’s Africa Trio: Can Walk On Sand
by Nic Jones
This could almost be a band “on a hiding to nothing" considering it self-consciously mines the seam of vibrant music first tapped by the likes of Chris McGregor and Harry Miller. Given the fact that it's only a trio, it's inevitable perhaps that the group lacks the sheer sonic impact of McGregor's much larger bands, but ...
The Ogun Collection
Label: Ogun Recordings
Released: 2009
Track listing: CD 1 Live in South Africa
1. Now (McGregor) - 8:36; 2. Coming Home (Pukwana) - 9:08; 3. I Cover the Waterfront (Green/Hyman) - 9:22; 4. Two for Sandi
(Pukwana) - 10:32; 5. Vortex Special (McGregor) - 12:08; 6. B My Dear (Pukwana) - 9:10; 7. Dorkay House (Pukwana) - 13:52.
CD 2 Blue Notes for Mongezi
1. First Movement - 42:14; 2. Second Movement - 36:31.
CD 3 Blue Notes for Mongezi
1. Third Movement - 41:07; 2. Fourth Movement - 37:11.
CD 4 Blue Notes in Concert
1. Lizwi/Msenge Mabelelo (Pukwana/Mbambisa) - 12:34; 2. Nqamakwe (McGregor) - 5:42; 3. Manje/Funky Boots (McGregor) - 13:45;
4. We Nduna (tradizionale) - 10:06; 5. Kudala (tradizionale) - 9:04; 6. Mama Ndoluse/Abalimanga (tradizionale) - 5:48.
CD 5 Blue Notes for Johnny
1. Funk Dem Dudu (Dyani) - 10:00; 2. Eyomzi (Dyani) - 4:53; 3. Ntyilo Ntyilo (tradizionale) - 7:55; 4. Blues for Nick (Pukwana) - 4:39;
5. Monks & Mbizo (McGregor/Moholo) - 9:51; 6. Ithi Gqi (Dyani) - 8:32; 7. Funk De Dudu (Dyani) - 5:30; 8. Eyomzi (Dyani) - 5:01;
9. Funk Dem Dudu (Dyani) - 8:43.
Our Prayer
Label: Fledg'ling Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Church Mouse; Moonlight Aloe; Spike Nard; Our Prayer.
Chris McGregor: Our Prayer
by Stuart Broomer
Chris McGregor (1936-1990) is best known as the pianist/leader of the Brotherhood of Breath and its small band antecedent the Blue Notes, the group that he formed in South Africa in 1963. The inter-racial band elected for a voluntary European exile from their homeland and its policies that would ban their very right to assemble. In ...
John Tchicai at Cafe Oto in London
by John Sharpe
John Tchicai / John Edwards / Tony Marsh Cafe Oto London August 24, 2009Having played with John Coltrane on his groundbreaking Ascension (Impulse, 1965), it was no surprise that Danish reedman John Tchicai attracted a large crowd on one of his infrequent London appearances at Dalston's Cafe Oto.
John Surman: Listen and Trust
by Thomas Conrad
John Surman is arguably the best baritone saxophonist to come into jazz since Gerry Mulligan and one of the most important British jazz musicians of his generation. Yet he has rarely performed in the United States and never as a leader. Therefore it is no exaggeration to describe his upcoming gig at Birdland as a genuine ...
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