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Tom Melito on Pete Malinverni's "Invisible Cities"
by David A. Orthmann
Throughout the ten tracks of Invisible Cities, Pete Malinverni's beautifully conceived and executed disc on the Reservoir Music imprint, Tom Melito's drumming is based on a certain amount of restraint and the capacity to meld into everything that goes on around him. Melito's unusually refined approach to the instrument is a refreshing change from the legion ...
Cecil Brooks III Trio at The Turning Point Cafe in Piermont, NY
by David A. Orthmann
Cecil Brooks III Trio The Turning Point Cafe Piermont, New York November 10, 2008 Whopping bass drum hits resonate in your central nervous system. Cymbal taps sound as gentle and ethereal as wind chimes. Intemperate blows to every part of the drum set somehow manage to swing. These are a ...
Top Releases of 2008
by David A. Orthmann
It's impossible to do justice to all of the fine new music issued in 2008. So I've listed the eleven discs that had the greatest impact on me. Each one includes the name of the drummer who was essential in making the music special. Pete Malinverni Invisible Cities (Reservoir Music) Tom Melito
Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy at Cecil's in West Orange, NJ
by David A. Orthmann
Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy Cecil's Jazz Club West Orange, New Jersey October 17, 2008 “Is that all you got?" some wag yelled to Steve Smith immediately after the end of the opening set at Cecil's Jazz Club. “Do you want to come up here and try doing this?" Smith shot ...
Frank Butler on Curtis Counce's "Landslide"
by David A. Orthmann
“Man, I feel like cookin' this evening,"* Frank Butler proclaimed while setting up his drums in the Contemporary Records studio on October 6, 1956. Over a half-century later, his words still have the ring of absolute truth. The session, led by bassist Curtis Counce and released in 1957 as Landslide, was an incandescent beginning to Butler's ...
Jerry Weldon at The Turning Point Cafe, Piermont, NY
by David A. Orthmann
Jerry Weldon The Turning Point Cafe Piermont, New York September 22, 2008 During some inspired moments towards the end of an hour-long set, tenor saxophonist Jerry Weldon lumbered across the stage, crouched low, the bell of the horn nearly pointed at the ground. Earthbound and restless in equal measure, the ...
Bill Moring and Way Out East in Teaneck, NJ
by David A. Orthmann
Bill Moring and Way Out East The Puffin Cultural Forum Teaneck, New JerseySeptember 13, 2008In the midst of the fourth and final selection of a fifty-minute set, Bill Moring and Way Out East transformed what had been an interesting performance to something extraordinary. The magic occurred during a lengthy ...
Jerry Weldon: Well-Done!
by David A. Orthmann
The high-water mark of Well-Done! is Jerry Weldon's rousing, up-tempo cover of “Filthy McNasty." Barking out four bars of Horace Silver's angular, no-nonsense line, Weldon sounds as if he can bulldoze anything that gets in his way. The tenor saxophonist's single-mindedness is exhilarating. Subsequent to the entrance of Hammond B-3 organist Kyle Koehler's pumping bass line ...
John Richmond: Creating A Scene For Quality Jazz
by David A. Orthmann
Originating the Monday night jazz series at New York's The Turning Point Cafe in October of 2007, tenor and soprano saxophonist John Richmond created a space where mature jazz artists can play in the company of stylistically compatible peers. Distractions--theme-oriented programming, promotional gimmicks, or hoopla of any kind--are conspicuously absent. A refreshing lack of ...
Steve Slagle at The Turning Point Café
by David A. Orthmann
Steve Slagle The Turning Point Café Piermont, NY July 21, 2008 Tenor and soprano saxophonist John Richmond’s knack for matching distinguished guest soloists and stimulating house rhythm sections is one of the salient characteristics of the Turning Point Café’s jazz series. For the venue located only thirty-five miles from New ...
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