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Abby and Norm Group: Melodic Miner's Daughter
by Dan McClenaghan
Isn't there a saying that goes something like “Those who can, do; those who can't, teach"? Stupid saying, as the Abby and Norm Group's Melodic Miner's Daughter proves.Abby Aronson Zocher and Norman Zocher, husband and wife team, guitar and bass impresarios, teach at the prestigious Berklee School of Music. Melodic Miner's Daughter is their ...
Regina Carter: Paganini: After a Dream
by Dan McClenaghan
Nicolo Paganini's ghost made the first overture when the city of Genoa, Italy--the legendary violinist's birthplace--invited the American jazz musician Regina Carter to play a concert on the master's priceless two hundred and fifty year old violin, “The Cannon"--so named for its huge sound and sonorous tone. Ms. Carter came, she played; the concert ...
The Laweeyum Quartet: The Bridge
by Dan McClenaghan
"The Gate" opens trumpeter Larry Williams' latest CD, The Bridge, with a Miles Davis-like cry on the mute that drifts into a conversation with Robert Perkins' churning drum set - a sound that would fit right in with the things Miles was offering up in the mid-sixties, in those brief interludes when he was in a ...
Kalifactors: An Introduction to Kalifactors
by Dan McClenaghan
For a crew this young--average age 24--the Kalifactors have put together an impressive debut. An Introduction to Kalifactors showcases the talents of four musicians in the middle of their (formal) musical educations at Berklee and The New England Conservatory.The sax/piano/bass/drums quartet offers up a set of engaging originals in the mainstream jazz tradition. The ...
Rich Halley Quartet: The Blue Rims
by Dan McClenaghan
On “The River's Edge Is Ice," the opener on the Rich Halley Quartet's latest, The Blue Rims, the band sounds like a force of nature, like a gathering low pressure system that coalesces into a storm front, building to a ferocious gale of logical bopping that eventually breaks into inevitable dissipation. The Blue Rims ...
Duke Robillard and Herb Ellis: More Conversations in Swing Guitar
by Dan McClenaghan
On the surface, the pairing of these two guitarists from different generations might seem an odd match. Duke Robillard is the founder of Roomful of Blues, has played with Eddie “Cleanhead" Vinson, Big Joe Turner, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Bob Dylan. Herb Ellis, the elder half of this duo, has played with everyone from Louis Armstrong to ...
Brass Roots: Purple Cha Cha Heels
by Dan McClenaghan
"Latin music, I always thought, had something special going for it, a rhythmic invention, a pulse, that's free and uplifting." -- Guitarist Ry Cooder, in an interview with George Varga for The San Diego Union.The bets are in, and it's running about three-to-one that you've never heard anything quite like Brass Roots Purple Cha ...
Parsons/Lewin/Patitucci/Monder: Flip!
by Dan McClenaghan
Saxophonist Andy Parsons and drummer Gene Lewin are the core of this quartet, long term collaborators and partners on two previous CDs. For Flip! they've brought in the renowned bassist, John Patitucci, who plays with sax great Wayne Shorter, and has his own stellar CD, Songs, Stories.... In addition they've got a new (to this reviewer) ...
Jeff Friedman: Slo & Lo
by Dan McClenaghan
This one's been a long time coming. Guitarist Jeff Friedman, professional musician for more than a quarter century (Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Steve Lacy, J.J.Johnson, Jack Bruce...) has finally come out with his own recording. Slo & Lo has a dark, gritty blues feel to it, with a rock flavor. Guitar/bass/keyboards/drums. Music that would ...
The Ron Miles Quartet: Laughing Barrel
by Dan McClenaghan
The idea for Laughing Barrel, the title of trumpeter Ron Miles' latest CD, comes from the writings of Ralph Ellison, the great African-American author. According to Ellison, an enslaved man, when he had the urge to laugh (strangely forbidden fruit for these poor souls), would put his head in a barrel to muffle the sounds of ...
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