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Tangria Jazz Group: Mebane's Eleven
by Dan McClenaghan
"Little melodies come to me when I'm walking." So says drummer/percussionist/composer Sheryl Mebane, the leader of the San Francisco bay area-based Tangria Jazz Group. And that's probably as good a description of the mystery of the creative process as you'll hear.Mebane's vision, on Mebane's Eleven, focuses in on some of those unfailingly engaging melodies. ...
Benny Lackner Trio: Pilgrim
by Dan McClenaghan
The Benny Lackner Trio calls itself a “collective," with each member “interjecting equally toward the construction of the material." This sef-description was certainly true of the group's previous outing, Sign of the Times (Nagel Heyer, 2006). It's an even more accurate characterization of the group's approach on Pilgrim.The “collective" is a piano trio, with ...
Trio Nuevo: Jazz Meets Tango
by Dan McClenaghan
Trio Nuevo's Jazz Meets Tango, is the brainchild of Rotterdam, Netherlands-based saxophonist Dick de Graaf. The set pays tribute to the creator of Nuevo Tango, Astor Piazzolla, covering seven of the master's tunes, and adding four more from de Graaf's pen.The instrumentation of violin, accordion, and saxophone--with no bass or drums in the mix--has ...
Zvonimir Tot Trio: Blue Quest
by Dan McClenaghan
Serbian-born, Chicago-based guitarist Zvonimir Tot opens up his second CD as a leader, Blue Quest, with the old American church hymn, “Just a Closer Walk With Thee." There's reverence in the sound, but it's not a tranquil or meditative approach. Tot and his trio--which includes bassist Larry Gray and drummer Charles Heath--soup the tune up considerably. ...
Glen Helgeson: Distant Borders Revisited
by Dan McClenaghan
Minneapolis-based guitarist Glen Helgeson is a musical world traveler. His Axis Mundi group delves into Middle Eastern, Afro-Cuban and Haitian sounds, and his Gypsy Mania Quartet gets deep in the music of Django Reinhardt. With Distant Borders Revisited he brings members of both groups, and more, into the studio for an even wider-ranging journey.A ...
Nordic Connect: Flurry
by Dan McClenaghan
Trumpeter Ingrid Jensen's profile has risen on her featured soloist work with the Maria Schneider Orchestra. She has her own career as a leader--her At Sea (ArtistShare, '06) garnered several glowing reviews on this website. Her Nordic Connect outing, Flurry should lift that profile to the highest level.Jensen has teamed with her sister, alto ...
The Fred Hess Band: In the Grotto
by Dan McClenaghan
The opening cut on The Fred Hess Band's In the Grotto, “Simple Steps," is a curious mix of whimsy and menace, stunning technical virtuosity and free form good times, a malleable weave of the eloquent and the intricate in his solos as he blows between the tight ensemble sections, all within the saxophonist's loose-jointed compositions. It's ...
Frank Vignola: Vignola Plays Gershwin
by Dan McClenaghan
"I like a Gershwin tune," Frank Sinatra sings on the Burton Reed/Ralph Freed classic, “How About You." Guitarist Frank Vignola apparently loves a Gershwin tune, passionately.Vignola--with twelve CDs as a leader under his belt--is a versatile musician who sites an array of influences: Django Reinhardt, Joe Pass, Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix, Charlie Christian. On ...
Satoko Fujii Min-Yoh Ensemble: Fujin Raijin
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Satoko Fujii has put together another ensemble. There's nothing new in that; it seems she and/or her husband, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, form a new group or two every year, just to keep things fresh. With the Satoko Fujii Min-Yoh Ensemble, the mercurial Japanese-born pianist/composer takes off on yet another tangent--an exploration of Japanese folk music.
Phil Wilson's Panamerican All-Stars: Celebrates the Music of Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim
by Dan McClenaghan
Bossa nova music has a cool, light feeling, with delicate melodies drifting on gentle rhythms. It floated out of Brazil in the 1960s, spearheaded by Joao Gilberto, Vinicius de Moreas and, of course, Antonio Carlos “Tom" Jobim. The music was popularized in the United States in the 1960s via albums that teamed Jobim with saxophonist Stan ...
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