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Kurt Elling: Nightmoves
by J Hunter
Everyone deserves a fresh start. What's more, everyone gets a fresh start, every day: It's called “sunrise. That sounds like a bad joke, but it's true. Every day is a clean slate, if we just commit ourselves to that concept. This theme of renewal and redemption drives Nightmoves, Kurt Elling's first disc in four years.
John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio: Traneing In
by Stephen Wood
Guitarist Pat Metheny once said that he didn't often play standards because he felt like he couldn't offer much along the way of a unique interpretation. This paralyzing sensation in the face of prodigious precedent is equally as debilitating when it comes to delivering fresh insights on the music of saxophonist John Coltrane.After listening ...
Jackie McLean: 4, 5 & 6
by John Barron
When you listen to Jackie McLean on 4, 5 & 6, his third releae as a leader, you hear a young, passionate, hungry artist in search of a musical identity. The influence of Charlie Parker on his sound is obvious. The seemingly indelible marks left by Bird are present throughout all of McLean's '50s sessions for ...
John Coltrane: Traneing In
by John Barron
Rudy Van Gelder's Hackensack, New Jersey studio was the East Coast destination of choice in the 1950s and '60s for small jazz labels like Prestige and Blue Note. The amount of one-day, no-rehearsal blowing sessions made up of blues, ballads and burners that Van Gelder engineered is monumental. Traneing In is a prime example of what ...
Sonny Rollins: Plus Four
by John Barron
Originally released in 1956 on Prestige, Plus Four has been reissued by Concord Records, which recently acquired the Prestige catalogue. On this session a twenty-something Sonny Rollins uses the other musicians in the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet (of which he was a member) as his sidemen. When you consider the personnel, the tunes, and the impending ...
Pat Martino: El Hombre
by Martin Gladu
What a journey this hombre has had. The man in question, Italian-American guitarist Pat Martino, as it has been often reported, fought through a series of severe predicaments throughout his career. After undergoing diverse medical treatments, he resiliently baby-stepped his way back in the music business. He has since catered to his creative force and connected ...
Dionne Warwick: My Friends and Me
by Chris M. Slawecki
Primarily known as the soft, supple voice in front of so many classics written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Warwick here enters the popular “Duets arena by revisiting most of that catalog in the company of other female artists. It took more than “Wishin' and Hopin' to transform this concept into a worthwhile listen (though ...
Footprints
Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2006
Track listing: Something Worth Waiting For (Con Alma); All You Need To Say (Never Say Yes); Lightning (Lazy Bird); A Long Way To Go (Equinox); Strollin
Lucky To Be Me
Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2006
Track listing: Giant Steps; Get Your Hopes Up; Love for Sale; I've Seen it All; Argument; True Colors; Woke
Up This Morning; Promenade; Adventure One; Darn That Dream; Freedom Jazz Dance; Lucky
to be Me.
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