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Andy McWain Quartet: Starfish
by Dan McClenaghan
The textures on Starfish have a tight weave, threads tinctured with the darker hues. And though the weave is a close one, the overall fabric has an elastic quality, allowing for the stretch of improvisation and a four way convergence of ideas.If they gave a Grammy for music that demands and rewards the listener's ...
Pete Malinverni: Autumn in New York
by Dan McClenaghan
In the piano trio format, there's no faking it. Technical prowess is necessary, but if that's all there is, the resulting sounds have a feel of sterility; the music, no matter how well-executed, sinks into the forgettable category.Pianist Pete Malinverni has the goods in terms of experience: classical studies, a degree from the prestigious ...
Ron Thomas Quartet: The House of Counted Days
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Ron Thomas leads a quartet with a trumpeter (John Swana) out front on The House of Counted Days, and two things jump out: an obvious Miles Davis influence, and some striking originality.The opener, “Fancy of Fate," pushes you off balance. An oddly percussive workout, jaunty, ebullient, crisp; and the frame of reference is ...
Brett Sroka: Hearsay
by Dan McClenaghan
Brett Sroka's trombone moans in alone; the trumpet follows, then the tenor sax. The rhythm section sneaks in there on the sly, and the opener, Duke Ellington's “Hearsay" (from The Deep South Suite), churns into a rumbling, channeled cacophony of Jazz--capitol 'J'.This is trombonist Brett Sroka's debut, and it bears out liner notes author ...
Matt Munisteri & Brock Mumford: Love Story
by Dan McClenaghan
What an engaging set of songs, and in its somewhat retro way, a brash undertaking. At a time when record sales are dominated by bad rap/hip-hop--crude bellicose karaoke performed by talentless trolls-- this Love Story by Matt Munisteri (an “M&M" Eminem with talent, finesse and class) and Brock Mumford is a ninety degree against the grain ...
The Jim Cifelli New York Nonet: Tunnel Vision
by Dan McClenaghan
Is it just me, or is there a lot of energy out there right now in the mid-sized ensemble mode?Last year Dave Holland put a thirteen piece “big band" together for another sure award winner, What Goes Around ; and Either Orchestra, a ten man unit, offered up the marvelous Latin-flavored Afro-Cubism. And now ...
David Zoffer and Adam Larrabee: Courage in Closeness
by Dan McClenaghan
Courage in Closeness is something of a beguilement, an understated piano/guitar outing that, rather than jumping out and grabbing you by the throat, coaxes and caresses, seranades.On the opener, "Talk to Me", David Zoffer's piano work is lush, with a delicate, classical tinge, while Adam Larrabee picks pungent Metheny-esque lines... a song to play ...
Mary Ann Redmond: On the Verge
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
Mary Ann Redmond's powerful, passionate voice inspires critics to poetic heights. Dan McClenaghan, reviewing her Prisoner of the Heart CD for this site, wrote: “she can belt it out to shake the walls down or caress a lyric like she's petting a cat." Goldmine admired her ability to go from a “fragile whisper" to a “riveting ...
Techno Lodge: Party w/ Techno
by Dan McClenaghan
Sometimes the cover art on a record captures the mood of the musical proceedings perfectly. Back photo: plaid bermudas and glow-in-the-dark argyle socks looming over a pair florescent multi-colored bowling shoes, a pair of spindly legs spanning the dark space between plaid pants and glowing footware. And beside these legs, as if in orbit, a luminescent ...
Fred Hess: Extended Family
by Dan McClenaghan
Most of you wouldn't pick Boulder, Colorado as a hotbed of progressive jazz activity; or think that the Metropolitan State College in Denver would be a breeding ground for innovative sounds. But last year trumpeter Ron Miles--who teaches at Metropolitan State--put out the gorgeously understated Heaven, a duo outing with high-profile guitarist Bill Frisell--a set that ...
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