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Luther Thomas: Leave it to Luther
by Derek Taylor
One of the most appealing attributes of jazz is its diversity. Stripes and colors in the music rival the vistas of twirling domed canopies in that classic French musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. But with individuality comes an accompanying spectrum of method and quality. Certain players impress with their studied and accomplished techniques. Others emphasize emotional ...
Tom Abbs & Frequency Response: Conscription
by Derek Taylor
Chances are any sort of artistic enterprise that operates outside the mainstream relies on word of mouth for its survival. Grass roots conscription has been integral to creative improvised music since its beginnings. Bassist/tubaist Tom Abbs knows this truism first hand, having been a founding father of Jump Arts, a non-profit enclave of artists and musicians ...
FAB: Fonda/Altschul/Bang: Transforming the Space
by AAJ Staff
Although each of these three players is at the peak of a relatively mountainous career, the playing of Billy Bang has simply exploded. The violinist has been active as a leader since the late '70s, but in the last few years it seems he has come back with a vengeance, most notably on Vietnam: The Aftermath ...
Lucian Ban/Alex Harding Quartet: Premonition
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Fans of the fabulous pianist Lucian Ban and baritone saxman Alex Harding will rejoice that this dynamic duo is back, leading a quintet on Premonition. Joining them on this date are Erik Torrente on alto sax, bassist Chris Dahlgren and drummer Damion Reid. Ban did yeoman work on this disc, writing or co-writing all of the ...
Andrew Lamb Trio: The Pilgrimage
by Derek Taylor
Woe be to those musicians who don’t toe the line and submit to commercial pressures. A professional life of obscurity and hardship awaits thee. Andrew Lamb knows first hand. His debut on Delmark, now nearly a decade old, sank like a critical stone despite its deserved stature as a body of creative music worth hearing. What ...
Levin / Hill / Allen 5et: Opportunities & Advantages
by Derek Taylor
Here’s a band ripe with triangulating affiliations. Levin jointly fronts a quartet with Hill (two CIMP dates under their belt). Hill served with Allen in the Sun Ra Arkestra and they have likewise done shared space in the Spirit Room on previous CIMP date. Levin and Allen share (along with Hill) the common language of post-Ornette ...
Dylan Taylor & Kelly Meashey: Songs of Living
by Derek Taylor
Vocalist-driven projects remain a minority venture in the ever-expanding CIMP catalog. The label has a reputation for providing emancipatory forums for free jazz and improvisation. Such sessions are its bread and butter, so to speak. In spite of the naysayers who deride its recording philosophy, CIMP’s track record for quality music is difficult to dispute. Still, ...
Frank Lowe: Lowe-down and Blue
by Jeff Stockton
When Frank Lowe plays his tenor saxophone, you get the sense that just as much effort is being spent on holding back as there would be in pouring it all out. That doesn't mean the total effort is less, merely that Lowe's restraint allows the listener some space to enter the tunes. On ...
Carl Grubbs 4tet: Stepping Around the Giant
by Derek Taylor
Carl Grubbs is living, breathing proof of the adage “live isn’t fair.” Like so many of his peers, he’s largely fallen through the cracks over the years- a casualty of the public ambivalence that usually signals the lot of creative improvising musicians. But it wasn’t always so; back in the early Seventies with his brother Earl ...
Frank Lowe Quartet: Lowe-Down and Blue
by Derek Taylor
Certain musicians wear their humanity on their sleeves. It bleeds out in their music, whether the facility and prowess is there or not. Frank Lowe falls easily into this camp. The years have not been kind to him, and from a purely technical standpoint his chops have noticeably eroded under the stress. But in creative music, ...
