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Alex Sipiagin: Equilibrium
by Robert MacBain
In sifting through a collection of critical commentary on Alex Sipiagin, one would be hard-pressed to find a review or a set of liner notes that neglects to mention the apparently pervasive Russian influence present in the trumpeter's writing and playing. The curious thing, though, is that one would be equally hard pressed to come up ...
Ralph Peterson: Fo'Tet Augmented
by John Kelman
While drummer Ralph Peterson has forged a consistently strong body of work, it is with his Fo'Tet that he has made his most cogent statement over the past fifteen years. And while more recent Fo'Tet incarnations, including first Steve Wilson and then Ralph Bowen on soprano saxophone, have been successful at maintaining the delicate yet powerful ...
David Kikoski: Details
by AAJ Staff
David Kikoski has earned his chops backing everyone from legends like Roy Haynes (two decades and counting) to young gun David Sanchez. Though he can commandeer a set when he wants (an astoundingly fractured, nearly chaotic barrelhouse blues piano solo is all that remains in memory of the last Pat Martino gig I caught), by nature ...
Jim Rotondi: New Vistas
by C. Andrew Hovan
Aptly titled to be sure, Jim Rotondi's New Vistas offers somewhat of a new direction for this hard bop trumpeter, who finds himself mixing it up with a cast of new friends. Although he had included a few cuts with Larry Goldings on B3 for his debut Criss Cross release, this session also marks the first ...
Wycliffe Gordon: Dig This!!
by Joe Klee
Wycliffe Gordon is a trombone player who knows his instrument from the primordial playing of Kid Ory and Honore Dutrey through giants like Jack Teagarden and J.J. Johnson up to and including today's best like Steve Turre. This ability is nowhere better illustrated than on this new CD covering music as classic as “Limehouse Blues" and ...
Ralph Peterson: Tests of Time
by Russ Musto
Ralph Peterson’s newest effort once again casts the drummer in the role of the leader of a contemporary jazz quintet in the tradition of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Blakey himself recognized Peterson’s potential early in the young drummer’s career, back when he was a sideman with the Terence Blanchard-Donald Harrison Quintet, and encouraged him ...
Mike DiRubbo: Human Spirit
by Russ Musto
Alto saxophonist Mike DiRubbo's most recent outing for Criss Cross features the Jackie McLean protege in the fast company of trumpeter Jim Rotondi, pianist David Hazeltine, bassist Peter Washington and drummer Joe Farnsworth (two thirds of the sextet One For All) in a set that showcases his growing talent and expansive command of the jazz idiom.
Adam Rogers: Allegory
by Phil DiPietro
While it's not unusual for aficionados to be sleeping on a “new" player on the world's most popular instrument, it's perplexing that this outstanding sophomore release has caused only a relative blip on the jazz radar screen. See, when it comes to guitar in post-bop, modern, contemporary small-group jazz, Adam Rogers represents the state of the ...
Awakening
By Ryan Kisor
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2003
Track listing: Awakening Part 1 & 2, Sioux City, UFO, Harlem Moon, Effing Blues, What Can I Say?, Free As A Bird.
New York Trio - Page Two
By Peter Beets
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2003
Track listing: The Groove Merchant; Paradox; For Simon; Without A Song; It Has Happened; So What / Impressions; Chelsea Bridge /
Upper Manhattan Medical Group; In A Hazy Mood; Night Mist Blues
