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Tom Strohman/Steve Rudolph: In Our Prime
by Dave Nathan
From western Pennsylvania comes a quartet of players who play with loose precision as they work their way through a set of familiar and original material. The result is what one might call sophisticated bop. There's plenty of improvising, expanding on the bop figures that were laid by the inventors of the style in the late ...
Barbara Montgomery: Dakini Land
by Dave Nathan
Barbara Montgomery, who has embraced Buddhism, takes the music and words of Chick Corea written mostly with Corea's long time collaborator Neville Potter, as well as her originals, and turns them into not only a tribute to Corea, but an exultation of a place in the Buddhist tradition, Dakini Land, a place in time that celebrates ...
John Polito: Crossing the Line
by Dave Nathan
This is pianist/composer John Polito's debut album with a play list of his own works. Very diverse, these tunes cover a wide spectrum of genre and styles and are expertly played by excellent musicians. While none of the music is especially ground breaking, it has a way about it that ensnares the listener. Whether it be ...
Bill O'Connell's Chicago Skyliners Big Band: Contemporary Classics
by Dave Nathan
Looking at the song list of Bill O'Connell's fine Chicago Skyliners Big Band latest album, one gets a sinking feeling that the band had regressed to regurgitating big band tunes and arrangements of yore, especially given the album subtitle, Big Band's Greatest Hits. But this concerns goes away when the CD is put into the player. ...
Simon Rattle: Classic Ellington
by Dave Nathan
Despite the successes of Benny Goodman, Andre Previn and most recently, Keith Jarrett and Brad Melhdau,I get nervous when jazz and classical musicians get together because they come from different bases. Jazz is swing, blues and improvisation. Classics is sticking to the written score. Classical conductors interpret Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, not improvise above its melody ...
Laurie Krauz: Catch Me if You Can
by Dave Nathan
with an unusually pliant set of vocal chords, Laurie Krauz has a ball on her first album. Her vocal approach and power reflect her beginnings in the musical theater. To these basic tools, she has added the subtlety and improvision skills needed to do jazz. Her version of “So Many Stars" backed by irregular rhythms coupled ...
Something's Got to Give - Portraits of Fred Astaire: Brian Kellock Trio
by Dave Nathan
A graduate of Scotland's Edinburgh University, Brain Kellock has worked and/or recorded with several jazz notables including Herb Geller, Art Farmer and Sheila Jordan. Now he has released his own album which gives a major nod to Fred Astaire. This album honors Fred Astaire not for his work as a dancer, but as a singer. Astaire ...
Bryce Rohde Duo Featuring Bruce Cale: Always Come Back Here
by Dave Nathan
Piano/bass duos are not all that common in jazz. There needs to be both a musical and mental symmetry between the players to make this low decibel performance work. Some of the more notable combinations include Art Hodes/Milt Hinton, Roger Kellaway/Red Mitchell and the classic This One's for Blanton uniting Duke Ellington and Ray Brown. Australians ...
Ellis Marsalis: Afternoon Session
by Dave Nathan
The circumstances surrounding this session which took place more than 30 years ago are illuminating. Drummer Lee Charlton struck up a friendship with Ellis Marsalis, patriarch of the famous jazz family, while in New Orleans. In 1968, Marsalis notified Charlton he was coming to Nevada with New Orleans trumpeter Al Hirt's band. Marsalis and three other ...
Pam Munter: A Torch You Can't Lose-My Life as Frank Sinatra
by Dave Nathan
Part of the Frank Sinatra legacy is the number of tribute albums that fellow artists record to keep his memory alive, as well as to cash in on the public's continued admiration of their hero. And there's nothing worng with that. In fact, these tribute albums help in their own way to keep the flame burning. ...
