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Ezra Weiss: The Five A.M. Strut
by Dan McClenaghan
Newcomer Ezra Weiss, a pianist/composer, comes out of the gates blazing on this sextet recording. “Symmetrics," a swinging hard energy run, brings Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers to mind. Each member of the front line – alto and tenor sax and trumpet – gets a solo slot, keeping the heat high before they slip back ...
Mike Holober: Canyon
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist/composer Mike Holober's songs brim with shifting textures and moods, like the color changes wrought by the inexorbably-shifting angles of sunlight playing upon the striations of a canyon wall. Holober spends free time hiking and climbing, and he wrote the title tune for Canyon after a trip to Utah's Paria Canyon, an experience that inspired a ...
Chip Shelton: Flute Bass-ics
by Dan McClenaghan
Flute Bass-ics steps above the basic jazz flute foray by one, enlisting the services of the always sublime Ron Carter Quartet, and two, taking advantage of Chip Shelton's talent with an array of different flutes. The leader plays concert flute in C, B flat flute d'amour, contra-bass and bass flutes, alto flute in G, ethnic wood ...
Issi Rozen: Dark Beauty
by Dan McClenaghan
On an initial blind spin of Dark Beauty, the leadership slot isn't readily apparent – to the leader's credit. It could be any one of the quartet members, so balanced are the contributions, with piano and guitar owning a seemingly equal share of the solo time.Israeli-born guitarist Issi Rozen leads the quartet on Dark ...
Ann Dyer: When I Close My Eyes
by Dan McClenaghan
Vocalist Ann Dyer pares away all the nonessentials and rides a subtle but inexorable tidal flow into a search for interior truths on When I Close My Eyes. The sound is spare, poetic, and haunting, the singer accompanied by just accoustic bass and drums for explorations of the darker levels of consciousness. The mood throughout feels ...
Laura Theodore: What the World Needs Now Is Love
by Dan McClenaghan
The world may need love now, but it also needs more original artists like Laura Theodore. The vocalist opens her new CD with a smoldering and sultry “Some of My Best Friends Are The Blues"... and the band gets the blues, too, with an R&B atmosphere and a stinging muted trumpet solo followed by the salacious ...
Richard Galliano: Piazzolla Forever
by Dan McClenaghan
Astor Piazzolla (1923-92) took the originally blue collar Argentinean tango to new and unforeseen levels, and onto a classical plane. A virtuoso on the bandoneon – a squeeze box similar in sound to the accordion – he abandoned his plans for a European classical music career to embrace the earthier tango sounds of his homeland.
Lester Bowie Brass Fantasy: When the Spirit Returns
by Dan McClenaghan
Lester Bowie led the pack of avant-garde trumpeters in his work with the Art Ensemble of Chicago, but his Brass Fantasy output was always in a more traditional vein, even when blending elements of funk, hip-hop, soul, rock, reggae, and any other musical influences that crossed the bandleader's mind.Bowie passsed away in 1999, but ...
Maroon: Who the Sky Betrays
by Dan McClenaghan
Maroon's not playing it safe. Who the Sky Betrays is the Brooklyn-based group's sophomore effort, and by pushing hard at the boundaries of the blend of contemporary rock/traditional jazz themes laid down on their debut, Migratory, these players have created a stunningly sophisticated and hugely successful work of art.Keyboardist Benny Lackner and vocalist Hillary ...
Kurt Elling: Man in the Air
by Dan McClenaghan
It's often said of particular jazz singers: “He's (she's) really got a good set of pipes." And the compliment seems meant to denote the sheer God-given beauty of the vocal instument. The thirty-five year old Kurt Elling, who came to jazz singing relatively late in life – though his vocal beginnings can be traced back to ...
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