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Pete Malinverni: Invisible Cities
by David A. Orthmann
Pete Malinverni's Invisible Cities:, inspired by the imaginative flights of Italo Calvino's novel of the same name, exists on its own terms and doesn't readily fit into any established jazz style or sensibility. The pianist effectively juxtaposes six of his compositions and four well-known, urban-themed songs. His ballad-oriented tunes, “New Orleans--Cities & Desire," “Salem--Hester Prynne," and ...
Bobby Porcelli Quintet at The Turning Point Cafe, NY
by David A. Orthmann
Bobby Porcelli Quintet The Turning Point Café Piermont, New York April 14, 2008 Every jazz fan knows the pitfalls of attending a casual club gig. The leader confers with the band and calls a string of too familiar tunes. A musician looks--and plays--as if he or she would prefer ...
Saxophonist/Flutist Roxy Coss at William Paterson U., New Jersey
by David A. Orthmann
Roxy Coss William Paterson University Wayne, New Jersey April 7, 2008 “I wanted to show you all of the different music I like," said Roxy Coss, after remarking that she doesn't talk very much on stage. The absence of between-songs patter didn't matter because Coss's talents as an instrumentalist (tenor ...
Grant Stewart: Young at Heart
by David A. Orthmann
Since moving from Toronto to New York at age 19, Grant Stewart has spent 15 years dutifully toiling in the city's jazz underground. Only over the past few years have we begun to hear some worthy examples of the tenor saxophonist's labor--a release under his name for Criss Cross, a pair on the same label by ...
Nick Scheuble Quartet at the Cornerstone, Metuchen, NJ
by David A. Orthmann
Nick Scheuble Quartet The Cornerstone Cafe & Bistro Metuchen, NJ December 28, 2007 Jazz is an art form that thrives in less than ideal circumstances. A few hours prior to the evening's first set, pianist and singer Champian Fulton canceled because of illness. Nick Scheuble's last engagement with her substitute, ...
Jazz Happening: Andy Fusco and Friends in Union, NJ
by David A. Orthmann
Jazz Happening: Andy Fusco and Friends Kean University Wilkins Theatre Union, NJ November 19, 2007Throughout an invigorating seventy-five minute set in which each member of the band had something significant to say and everything came off in fine style, alto saxophonist Andy Fusco inadvertently stole the show at ...
Rhythm In Every Guise: Top Ten for 2007
by David A. Orthmann
It's impossible to do justice to all of the excellent 2007 releases, so here are ten that had the greatest impact on me. With one exception, each includes the name of a drummer who was essential in making the music special. Grant StewartIn the Still of the Night (Sharp Nine)
Zan Stewart: Jazz Advocate
by David A. Orthmann
For the last five years, Zan Stewart has been the voice of New Jersey jazz. A tenor saxophonist who occasionally plays in local clubs, Stewart, who has also written for the Los Angeles Times, appears several times a week in the Newark Star-Ledger, the Garden State's largest newspaper. He reviews performances in a variety of Jersey ...
Tardo Hammer: Look Stop & Listen
by David A. Orthmann
Look Stop & Listen, Tardo Hammer's fourth release as a leader, is subtitled The Music of Tadd Dameron. It's the antithesis of a concept record, in which the music takes a backseat to marketing and promotion. Instead of a parade of guest stars, all Hammer needs is bassist John Webber and drummer Joe Farnsworth to launch ...
Joe Strasser
by David A. Orthmann
Three exemplary recordings from the first decade of the 21st Century, all issued on Marc Edelman's Sharp Nine imprint, are closely tied to two important New York City venues. Alto saxophonist Ian Hendrickson-Smith's Up In Smoke (2003) and Still Smokin' (2004) were recorded live at Smoke Jazz Club (formerly Augie's), an uptown bastion of Hammond B-3 ...
