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Ralph Bowen: Soul Proprietor
by C. Andrew Hovan
As revolutionary as the compact disc has been to the music industry, sometimes you really can have too much of a good thing. More specifically, I can’t help but echo what producer Michael Cuscuna once told me about new releases. He bemoaned the fact that many of today’s discs are just too long, wearing out their ...
Conrad Herwig: Hieroglyphica/Shades of Light
by C. Andrew Hovan
It is without taking away anything from the founding fathers of this music to suggest that some of today's practitioners might be the most technically gifted lot to come along. Of course, they now have the entire rich history of jazz at their fingertips and slews of recordings for inspiration, yet there's no denying the talent ...
Alex Sipiagin: Steppin' Zone/Hindsight
by C. Andrew Hovan
Russian native Alex Sipiagin comes to American jazz via many sources and inspirations. While he cites Wayne Shorter’s Native Dancer as one of his favorite albums, the breath of his influences includes Russian folk music, European classical forms and the whole scope of jazz in its many forms. A valuable sideman and member of the Mingus ...
Walt Weiskopf: Man of Many Colors
by C. Andrew Hovan
Despite the fact that his name doesn’t show up on magazine polls and is equally scarce among those few jazz guide books on the market, make no mistake about the fact that Walt Weiskopf is easily one of the most mature and fully individualistic saxophonists and composers to come along in the last 10 years. Possibly ...
Steve Davis: Systems Blue
by David A. Orthmann
Indicative of formative experiences in the bands of Art Blakey and Jackie McLean, as well as his current association with the cooperative sextet One For All, Steve Davis’ Systems Blue encompasses many of the characteristics of bop and hard bop without sounding stalled in a bygone era. On his fifth date for the Criss Cross label, ...
Orrin Evans: Blessed Ones
by C. Andrew Hovan
One certainly can’t accuse pianist Orrin Evan of hopping on the revival bandwagon. Nothing he’s done over the course of four previous Criss Cross sides and two self-promoted albums smacks of mainstream sentimentality. On the contrary, Evans likes to push the envelope and that fact becomes ever so apparent now that he’s in the wide open ...
One For All: Live at Smoke, Volume 1
by David A. Orthmann
As anyone who frequents jazz clubs will attest, there are nights that live on in memory for years after the last note fades. Aside from basic details easily recalled (personnel, tunes, arrangements, etc.), what really matters is the way the music made us feel. On these rare occasions, the sounds were so potent that, for a ...
One For All: Live at Smoke- Volume 1
by C. Andrew Hovan
Growing out of a weekly jam session that drummer Joe Farnsworth used to lead at a New York club called Augie’s, the hard bop ensemble One For All now encompasses a pool of leaders who still manage to get together and cultivate the kind of musical empathy that they’ve developed over the years. After two initial ...
Mr. Mags
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2001
Track listing: 215 #1; Our Song; Passage; I Should Care; Mean What You Say; Oh' Suzanne; Blue Opus; Mississippi Jazz Club.
The Long Haul
By One for All
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2001
Track listing: A Cry For Understanding; The Long Haul; Echoes In The Night; The Poo; The Good Life; Stash; Summer Nights; Nothin' To It.
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