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Connie Evingson: Let It Be Jazz: Connie Evingson Sings The Beatles
by Dan McClenaghan
We orignal diehard Beatles fans--those of us who came of age during and just after the '64 British Invasion--tend to cringe at the mention of Beatles jazz albums. There's a certain sanctity associated with the music of the Fab Four; and who among us hasn't encountered an uninspired and blandly arranged Beatles knock-off? Certainly ...
Steve Lacy: The Beat Suite
by Dan McClenaghan
The Beat Suite, alto saxophonist Steve Lacy's latest foray into what he calls lit-jazz, features the poetry of the Beats--jazz lovers all--set to Lacy's music. The Beats (Jack Kerouac, Alan Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William Burroughs and more) are given a surprisingly accessible treatment here, considering Lacy's reputation for being “out there." Steve Lacy, under ...
Larry Corban: Moving 4-Ward
by Dan McClenaghan
From Larry Corban's tone on Moving 4-Ward, my guess is that the guitarist would make a helluva blues player. Sharp-edged, driving, metallic chording, stinging single notes, and the seemingly effortless ability to move back and forth between the two modes... he could be playing behind Buddy Guy. I don't know about his blues career, ...
The Tone Sharks: Four/Five/Three
by Dan McClenaghan
The Tone Sha rks are evolving. Intention, their last outing on drummer Dave Storrs' Louie Records, was a low key, meditative affair, a quartet take on Zen-like improvisation. On Four/Five/ Three the group has taken the evolutionary leap from four to seven players and added an undercurrent of constrained raucousness to their sound. Four/Five/Three adds a ...
Klobas/Storrs/Hundemer: An Hour of Now
by Dan McClenaghan
When a jazz fan hears “trio outing," he might think bass and drums teamed up with a lead instrument: a piano, guitar or sax. But An Hour of Now, the third outing by Mike Klobas, Dave Storrs, and Page Hundemer, continues in a drums/drums/bass format. Two drummers and a bassist? A hard sell, isn't it? Who ...
Kaufman/Gertz/Bergonzi: Dreaming Out Loud
by Dan McClenaghan
These guys make it sound so effortless to make ageless sounds in the trio format. With tenor sax man Jerry Bergonzi out front, the atmosphere is a mix of late '50s/early '60s sensibilities and new millennium themes. Indeed, after a dozen and a half spins of the disc, Charlie Parker keeps coming to mind--Bergonzi is very ...
Bruno R: Ascensio
by Dan McClenaghan
The bottom end is a big presence on Bruno Råberg's Ascensio, fitting for a bassist-led quartet... a solid, emphatic heartbeat for the rest of the band to contend with. Bassist Bruno Råberg, the Swedish-born Berklee educator, incorporated a foundation of Scandinavian folk tunes in his previous Orbis outing, Presence ; as he does here. ...
Mark Burdon: Trialogue
by Dan McClenaghan
Judging drummer Mark Burdon's Trialogue by its cover--a block print of late ninteenth century cyclists rolling along a country lane--you might think you're in for some laid-back, even genteel sounds. The opener, "Jacko," will blow that thought out of your head. Trialogue is, as the title suggests, a trio outing--Burdon on drums, Rich ...
Scot Ray Quintet: Active Vapor Recovery
by Dan McClenaghan
In your face. That's how the Scot Ray Quintete's Active Vapor Recovery starts out on "Three Quarks." It has to do with attitude and Ray's axe: the trombone, an inherently in-your-face instrument. Ditto for the electric violin (Jeff Gauthier) and the electric guitar in the hands of Nels Cline. Wailing guitar chops and searing violin, combined ...
Miles Donahue: In The Pocket
by Dan McClenaghan
Multi-instrumentalist Miles Donahue didn't get serious about jazz until he was forty-five years old. Prior to his belated commitment, he spent nearly twenty years working weddings, functions and lounges--bread and butter jobs to pay the rent and support a family. But when he did make the decision to go for it, he went in body and ...
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