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Wynton Marsalis: Marsalis Plays Monk: Standard Time Volume 4
by C. Michael Bailey
Academic Freedom. Marsalis Plays Monk: Standard Time Volume 4 is the fourth in Wynton Marsalis's Standard Time series and the first in a series of eight total CDs comprising the Swinging into the 21st Century series. Regardless of anything said about Wynton Marsalis, he is a dedicated educator and purveyor of jazz music. Many critics have ...
Wynton Marsalis: Marsalis Plays Monk: Standard Time Volume 4
by Jim Santella
Recorded in 1983 and 1994, Wynton Marsalis’ homage to composer and pianist Thelonious Monk has the orchestral sound that encompasses many of the trumpeter’s recordings. His cohesive ensemble arrangements feature each member with brief individual solo statements that fit together seamlessly. Analogous to the tactics of a basketball team, Marsalis’ septet “passes the ball" from trombonist ...
Michal Urbaniak: Fusion
by C. Michael Bailey
Fusion. Polish violinist Michal Urbaniak’s recording Fusion was aptly named. Riding a wave of jazz-rock music, Urbaniak produced this enigmatic recording at once lyrical and noisy. Fusion is made up of seven originals, six of Urbaniak’s and one of keyboard player Wojciech Karolak. This music is percussion intensive and keyboard heavy. All compositions are very Rock ...
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
by Philip B. Pape
Very few albums can match this Miles Davis's 1959 classic, often considered the greatest album in the history of jazz. Backed by an exquisite combo, this is an essential recording even for those who don't listen to jazz. With Davis himself on trumpet, Julian “Cannonball" Adderley on alto saxophone, John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Wynton Kelly ...
Branford Marsalis: Requiem
by Ian Nicolson
For ten years or so, since Crazy People Music back in 1990, Branford Marsalis has steered well clear of the definitive in Jazz. He's played sax with Sting, Tina Turner, and Gangstarr, led Jay Leno's Tonight Show band, toured with Dizzy, made movies with Danny De Vito, recorded Blues-based albums starring B B King and Lightnin' ...
Branford Marsalis: Requiem
by Bob Margolis
Telepathy. Elasticity. Forward looking. Branford Marsalis's new release, “Requiem" makes us glad Steepy brought back the quartet form to his music and makes us even more profoundly sad about the tragic passing of pianist Kenny Kirkland. Although the original plan was to get used to the material, hone it on the road and come back to ...
Houndog: Houndog
by AAJ Staff
For years now Los Lobos have been one of America's most critically-acclaimed and inventive rock bands. Despite little commercial success, aside from hitting the top 10 in the '80s with a cover of Richie Valens' “La Bamba," Los Lobos have left behind a trail of brilliant albums that will sound as fresh in 25 years as ...
David S. Ware: Go See The World
by Jim Santella
From John Coltrane’s late period of meditations and high-energy improvisation, David S. Ware, 49, has a manner that can either irritate or impress the listener because of his expressed passion and intensity. The tenor saxophonist was influenced by Coltrane, studied with Sonny Rollins, attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, worked with Cecil Taylor and later, ...
The Mahavishnu Orchestra: The Inner Mounting Flame
by John W. Patterson
Your first question is obvious. Is this 1998 remastered re-release worth grabbing to replace that other CD of this you already own? Yes.The difference is immediately obvious in this superior reissue. There is new warmth, clarity without that cold digital thinness, and an almost LP aura present. When checking recording output levels against my older CD ...
