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Holly Hofmann / Mike Wofford: Live at Athenaeum Jazz, Volume 2
by Dan McClenaghan
San Diego isn't known as a jazz town in the same way New York or Chicago are, but this city in the southwest corner of the country has its fair share of fine venues for the music, and boasts some first rate artists as well.One of the best places to hear San Diego jazz ...
Paster/Ryan/Hall: Invisible Horizon
by Dan McClenaghan
They say “it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing." If that's so, then Invisible Horizon must mean a whole lot, 'cause it swings mightily on its opener, “Sweet and Lovely," a standard much-covered by none other than Thelonious Monk; and covered here by pianist Bennett Paster, bassist Gregory Ryan and drummer Keith ...
Darrell Grant: Truth and Reconciliation
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist/composer Darrell Grant's Truth and Reconciliation might be categorized as “music to make the world a better place." A strong case could be made that all music--indeed, all art--has that purpose. Grant's aspirations in that direction here are more on-the-sleeve than you find on most musical endeavors. The results on the project are remarkable for their ...
Ron Thomas/John Swana/Joe Mullen: Cycles
by Dan McClenaghan
Many jazz pianists have a grounding in the classical side of music. Ron Thomas's anchoring may be deeper there than most. His back-to-back piano trio outings, Doloroso (Art of Life Records, 2006) and Music in Three Parts (Art of Life Records, 2006), explored some very alluring, loose sound shapes shaded by his classical side in a ...
Dino Saluzzi/Anja Lechner: Ojos Negros
by Dan McClenaghan
Call this music tango if you must--and the title track of the Dino Saluzzi/Anja Lechner set, Ojos Negros, is a tango tune from the pen of Vincente Greco. But this duet set, Saluzzi's bandoneon in a fluid, airy dance with Anja Lecher's cello, might better be categorized as “just music."The two instruments, individually, make ...
Kate McGarry: The Target
by Dan McClenaghan
Vocalist Kate McGarry, on the cover of The Target, looks as if she's sitting in Heaven: upward cupped palms encased in a glowing aura in front of her crossed legs, the sleeves of her blouse melding with an ambient whiteness.The Target is McGarry's third CD release on Palmetto Records, and it is a spiritual-sounding ...
Gilad Barkan: Live Sessions
by Dan McClenaghan
Boston-based pianist Gilad Barkan flew onto the jazz radar screen with a couple of simultaneously-released discs: guitartist Issi Rosen's Dark Beauty (New Step Music, 2003); and his own Modulation (New Step Music, 2003). Barkan teamed with drummer Harvey Wirht, of Either/Orchestra fame on both discs, and with bassist Dan Greenspan on Modulation. The trio's sound had ...
Roberta Piket Trio: Love and Beauty
by Dan McClenaghan
Sitting in the middle of an interactive trio, pianist/composer Roberta Piket unplugs herself from her Alternating Current and delves deep into acoustic piano trio mode on Love and Beauty. Joined by bassist Billy Mintz and drummer Ratzo Harris, the set explores, by turns, lyrical loveliness, gentle loving affection, and sharp-edged abstraction with an old fashioned straight-at-you ...
The Heads and Tails Quartet: Both Ends Now
by Dan McClenaghan
After a disastrous foray into vocal music, Ellis Leahy, multiple horn man extraordinaire, flows back into the mainstream of jazz with this vibrant live CD. Both Ends Now starts out steamin' with the leader crying out, “Blow man, blow," on the opening number, then delivering a searing alto saxophone solo in the middle of the classic ...
Anat Fort: A Long Story
by Dan McClenaghan
Solemnity and reverence are two characteristics that come to mind on hearing the opening tune on Tel Aviv-born pianist Anat Fort's ECM Records debut, A Long Story. The simple, straightforward melody of “Just Now, Var. I" sounds biblically old, like music tapped from humanity's collective marrow; and it--and the entire set--fits well into the atmosphere of ...
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