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Steve Wilson: Generations
by Jim Santella
Alto saxophonist Steve Wilson’s modern mainstream quartet spans generations with respect to career accomplishments, but the music is timeless. Sixty-five year old drummer Ben Riley came up in the 1950s and ‘60s with Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, and Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis. Fifty-one year old bassist Ray Drummond came up in the 1970s and ‘80s with Freddie ...
Michael Feinstein: Michael & George: Feinstein Sings Gershwin
by Jim Santella
In person, Michael Feinstein approaches his audience with a shy, polite, unassuming manner. He accompanies himself at the piano and adds interesting interludes to complement his delivery of a lyric. Between numbers his rapport reveals a genuine love for the American popular song; particularly the volumes by Irving Berlin, Harry Warren, and George Gershwin. At the ...
Steve Wilson: Generations
by Jack Bowers
A glance at the personnel list confirms that Steve Wilson assembled a gold-standard rhythm section for his debut recording on Chick Corea's Stretch label. Miller, Drummond and Riley are about as seasoned as they come. Wilson himself is one of those enterprising and technically competent players with whom--for some murky reason--I am simply unable to connect ...
Michael Feinstein: Michael & George: Feinstein Sings Gershwin
by Jack Bowers
By now, most people who have some knowledge of popular music (the “standards,” that is, not what passes today for popular), know also that Michael Feinstein is, as the sleeve note to Michael & George asserts, “widely recognized as one of the foremost experts [on] and interpreters of [George] Gershwin’s music. ....” On Michael & George ...
The Heath Brothers: Jazz Family
by Jack Bowers
There’s no gainsaying this album’s title: Philadelphia’s Heath brothers — Jimmy, Percy and Albert (a.k.a “Tootie”) truly are a Jazz family, perhaps even Jazz royalty, if such exists. On their second release for Concord, the monstrously talented brothers have invited some close friends and long–time colleagues to take part in a first–rate session of straight–ahead Jazz ...
Chris Potter: Vertigo
by Jim Santella
Chris Potter's quartet shares the spotlight both individually and in ensemble. The young tenor saxophonist (Potter turned 27 this year) turns in a dramatic set based on his own compositions. As Zan Stewart states in the liner notes, “... Potter stretches himself, his musicians and his audience, creating new and challenging music ..." Working out recently ...
John Patitucci: Now
by Jim Santella
Now is a session of creative modern mainstream jazz from a quartet of John Patitucci – who employs the acoustic stand-up bass on seven of the ten tracks – guitarist John Scofield, tenor saxophonist Chris Potter, and drummer Bill Stewart. Michael Brecker substitutes on two tracks, while three numbers are performed without either saxophonist. Associations with ...
John Patitucci: Now
by Jack Bowers
Bassist Patitucci's third release for Concord Jazz is essentially a quartet date with tenors Chris Potter (five tracks) and Michael Brecker (two) augmenting the rhythm section. The horns take a break on the last three tracks, McCoy Tyner's “Search for Peace" (a trio), Trane's “Giant Steps" (Patitucci, Stewart) and Patitucci alone on his own composition, “Miya." ...
Chris Potter Quartet: Vertigo
by Jack Bowers
Everyone nowadays wants to be a songwriter, it seems, and young Chris Potter is no exception. All of the songs on Vertigo, Potter's fifth date under his own name for Concord Jazz, were composed by the 27-year-old South Carolinian, and none of them, to these ears, serves as more than a convenient springboard for improvisation. As ...
Ken Peplowski: Grenadilla
by Jim Santella
Ken Peplowski shares his clarinet artistry on Grenadilla, his 15th album as leader for Concord Records; the title comes from the particular type of wood used in making most clarinets. Working with the mainstream piano trio of Ben Aronov, bassist Greg Cohen and drummer Chuck Redd, Peplowski presents an eclectic session. Guitarist Howard Alden guests on ...
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