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Gypsy Schaeffer: Portamental
by Dan McClenaghan
The Gypsy Schaeffer of New Orleans fame was a bordello where, of course, music could be heard, including the live and in-person sounds of jazz legend Jelly Roll Morton, among others. The Gypsy Schaeffer of Boston is a pianoless quartet featuring trombonist Joel Yennior (of Either/Orchestra fame), saxophonist Andy Voelker, bassist Jef Charland and drummer Chris ...
Reptet: Do This!
by Dan McClenaghan
I looked up “reptet" in the dictionary. It's not there. The words skip from “reprove" to “reptile"... no “reptet" listed. Maybe I don't have a big enough dictionary, or maybe the Seattle-based sextet made it up. And why not? The music on the group's second CD is all about spontaneity and improvisation, unfettered, exuberant energy and ...
Shifting Sands: Velvet Mantle
by Dan McClenaghan
Velvet Mantle, by the British duo Shifting Sands, explores a richly atmospheric, bluesy mid-tempo territory of jazz sounds. Deborah Winters is the vocalist; Jo Landers sits in the piano chair. Both musicians are classically trained, and their delivery, given that training, has the high polish one would expect, while still sounding organic and spontaneous.The ...
The Pamela Hines Trio: Drop 2
by Dan McClenaghan
Beatles tunes are showing up fairly often on jazz discs these days. On The Fred Hersch Trio + 2 (Palmetto, 2004), the pianist/leader included an early Fab Four hit, “And I Love Her"; Brad Mehldau's Day is Done (Nonesuch, 2005) immersed his trio in “Martha My Dear" and “She's Leaving Home."And now Boston-based pianist ...
Dominique Eade + Jed Wilson: Open
by Dan McClenaghan
Boston-based jazz vocalist Dominique Eade--who has been on the faculty of the New England Conservatory since 1984--boasts a formidable record as a voice teacher. Three of the four finalists at the 1994 Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocal Competition were students of hers--including the winner, Sara Lazarus. In 1998 another of her pupils, Roberta Gambarini, took third place ...
The Paul Carlon Octet: Other Tongues
by Dan McClenaghan
On two-thirds of this masterful debut from tenor saxophonist/flutist Paul Carlon and his octet, things get deep into world rhythms, with Afro-Cuban grooves, some rhumba, a bit of cha cha, some Latin-infused Ellingtonian swing and Yoruban chants, Cuban timba, Colombian porro and Max Pollack's rumbatap (on “Rumbatapestry"), along with gorgeously lilting vocals by Ileana Santamaria (daughter ...
Liam Sillery with the David Sills Quartet: On the Fly
by Dan McClenaghan
Liam Sillery invited David Sills to join him on his excellent debut from last year, Minor Changes (OA2). This time out, on his second set as a leader, the New York-based trumpeter/flugelhornist hooks up with the Los Angeles-based player's working quartet: Sills (tenor sax), Joe Bagg (organ), Larry Koonse (guitar) and Tim Pleasant (drums). The two ...
Hugh Marsh: Hugmars
by Dan McClenaghan
There's nothing careful in Canadian violinist Hugh Marsh's artistry. My first reaction to Hugmars ran parallel to my thoughts on an initial encounter with a Frank Zappa album back in '67, an ear-opening experience that had me mumbling: “This is really weird."Hugmars opens up with “Rocket #9," scratching to life on a cosmic static ...
Joan Hickey: Between the Lines
by Dan McClenaghan
Chicago-based pianist Joan Hickey and her quintet sound as if they're trying to sneak up on you with some warbling horn work over a steady bass line as the opening Hickey original, “Herbris," spins to life. Then they find the groove that leads into a light-stepping piano solo; and over the course of eight-plus minutes they ...
Bill Anschell: More to the Ear Than Meets the Eye
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Bill Anschell has carved out a fairly high profile for himself as an accompanist and arranger, most recently on vocalist Jeff Baker's vibrant Monologue (OA2 Records, 2005), and previously with his stint touring and recording as musical director for Nnenna Freelon from 1992-96. With More to the Ear Than Meets the Eye, Anschell steps out ...
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