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Ben Adams Quintet: Old Thoughts for a New Day
by Dan McClenaghan
It's difficult to describe an ensemble that's built around a vibraphone without using words like “glowing" or “luminous." Thanks to the mallet prowess of Steve Nelson, Dave Holland's bands, big and small, have those shining qualities. And so does Ben Adams' quintet on Old Thoughts for a New Day.Adams and his group shape their ...
Kevin Hays Trio: For Heaven's Sake
by Dan McClenaghan
Kevin Hays opens For Heaven's Sake with a bit of solo piano: an introspective, reverent-sounding, church-like interlude. Then bassist Doug Weiss and drummer Bill Stewart slip into the sound and the trio winds into tenor saxophone great Sonny Rollins' “Sonny Moon for Two," cranking up the intensity/extroversion factor for five minutes, and Weiss takes a solo ...
Gebhard Ullmann / Chris Dahlgren / Jay Rosen: Cut It Out
by Dan McClenaghan
German multi-woodwind player Gebhard Ullmann found the cover art for Cut It Out in the hallway of his Berlin apartment building, and he and bandmates “found the music"--these spontaneous compositions--in bassist Chris Dahlgren's Brooklyn living room, where they recorded the disc, creating a set of sounds that have an spontaneous feeling all the way through.
Benny Lackner Trio: Sign of the Times
by Dan McClenaghan
New York-based pianist Benny Lackner came to my attention with the innovative jazz/pop outing Migratory (HeadFullaBrains, 2002) by Maroon, the group he co-leads with vocalist Hillary Maroon. That disc didn't make the splash it deserved, but in the music we loosely define as jazz, big splashes are fairly rare.Fast forward a few years--past another ...
Trio Beyond: Saudades
by Dan McClenaghan
Trio Beyond, led by drummer Jack DeJohnette, came together in London's Queen Elizabeth Hall in 2004 to present a tip of the hat to Tony Williams' Lifetime, the trio the legendary drummer formed after leaving Miles Davis' second great quintet in 1969. Lifetime featured a full-throttle drums/organ/guitar attack and fired off a loud, rock-infused opening salvo ...
Daniel Smith: Bebop Bassoon
by Dan McClenaghan
The bassoon is rarely heard in jazz. The big, deep-toned double reed instrument is much more at home in the classical world. When encountered in a jazz setting, it's usually in larger ensemble recordings, painting dark colors in the harmonies. Saxophonist Wayne Shorter's classic Alegria (Verve, 2003) is a good example of the more common usage ...
Rob Diener and Anomaly: Some Assembly Required
by Dan McClenaghan
Philadelphia-based trumpeter Rob Diener looks a bit like a New Orleans' own young Dr. John (a younger version, to be sure) on the cover of his sophomore effort, No Assembly Required. He's got the beret and the spiffy duds--but there's no Dr. John keyboard in sight. The trumpet in Diener's hand, angled up by his shoulder, ...
Roger Davidson: Pensando En Ti
by Dan McClenaghan
The bare-shouldered, dark-haired beauty leaning on the balcony in a pensive posture on the cover of pianist/composer/arranger Roger Davidson's latest Latin music exploration, Pensando En Ti, appears to be “thinking of you," with romance on her mind.Of late, Davidson has explored various Latin genres: the tango, on Amor Por El Tango, and the bossa ...
Jonathan Poretz: A Lot of Livin' to Do
by Dan McClenaghan
Frank Sinatra's footwear makes for some tough shoes to fill. But judging by A Lot of Livin' to Do, San Francisco-based vocalist Jonathan Poretz has done an able job of rendering Old Blue Eyes in “Tribute to Frank, Sammy, Joey & Dean (The Rat Pack)," a show with performances in San Francisco, Las Vegas and Boston. ...
Reuben Hoch and Time: Of Recent Time
by Dan McClenaghan
Drummer Reuben Hoch takes time to go to church on Of Recent Time, literally. His fine piano trio--featuring pianist Don Friedman and bassist Ed Schuller--recorded the set of familiar modern jazz tunes at the Community Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, getting some warm and expansive resonance into their artistry.It's all a church, of ...
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