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Dick Berk on Reservoir Music
by David A. Orthmann
Dick Berk is the epitome of an accomplished jazz musician who has done everything except receive the widespread recognition he richly deserves. In a career spanning a half-century, Berk has played in the groups of legendary figures Billie Holiday and Charles Mingus, as well as with high profile musicians like Freddie Hubbard, Milt Jackson, Cal Tjader, ...
Mulgrew Miller and Wingspan at William Paterson University
by David A. Orthmann
Mulgrew Miller and Wingspan William Paterson University Wayne, NJ February 26, 2006 Mulgrew Miller celebrated his recent appointment as William Paterson University's Director of Jazz Studies by reconvening Wingspan, a sextet he's intermittently led since the late 1980s. Miller dedicated the concert to pianist and composer James Williams, a “dear ...
Monk's Music Trio: Monk's Bones
by David A. Orthmann
Except for a surrealistic version of “Friday The 13th, Monk's Bones offers straightforward interpretations of nine Thelonious Monk compositions. The third recording by Monk's Music Trio adds the trombones of Roswell Rudd, a longtime exponent of Monk's work, and Max Perkoff, the son of the band's pianist, Si Perkoff. All of the tracks profit from the ...
Vince Ector's Renewal Of The Spirit
by David A. Orthmann
During the course of Renewal Of The Spirit (Mambo Maniacs Records), Vince Ector's second recording as a leader, he forges a coherent, highly individualistic style of drumming from a number of disparate elements. One of the pleasures of listening to Ector on the disc's eleven tracks is discovering all of the things he brings to the ...
Stein Brothers Quintet in Montville, NJ
by David A. Orthmann
Stein Brothers Quintet Montville Township Public Library Montville, NJ January 11, 2006 Alex and Asher Stein are saxophonists in their early 20s who regularly work in various venues throughout the greater New York City area. The sound of the Stein Brothers Quintet is firmly rooted in bebop, a stylistic ...
Julius Tolentino: Just the Beginning
by David A. Orthmann
Julius Tolentino Just the Beginning Sharp Nine Records 2005 Julius Tolentino is a 30 year-old alto saxophonist who has served a traditional apprenticeship--New York City style--in big bands (Illinois Jacquet, The Ellington Orchestra), small groups (Eric Reed, Jeremy Pelt), as well as leading jam sessions and his own quartet at ...
Mike Melito: The Next Step
by David A. Orthmann
The Next Step is the third recording session led by Mike Melito, a Rochester, New York-based drummer who often draws on talent from the New York City jazz scene. To his credit, Melito doesn't hire players like trumpeter Joe Magnarelli, tenor saxophonist Grant Stewart, and bassist Neal Miner for the credibility their names bring to his ...
Lewis Nash: Inside "Monk's Dream"
by David A. Orthmann
Throughout a rendition of Thelonious Monk's composition “Monk's Dream, Lewis Nash's drumming is a study in contrasts wrapped in a smooth, calculated exterior. During the “A section (played 3 times) of Monk's 32-bar tune, Nash puts himself on equal footing with the other instrumentalists (pianist Mulgrew Miller, vibraphonist Steve Nelson, and bassist Peter Washington), without ever ...
David Hazeltine: Modern Standards
by David A. Orthmann
Modern Standards consists of a diverse collection of songs that were written in the second half of the twentieth century. David Hazeltine's arrangements of material by the Beatles, the Bee Gees, Burt Bacharach, Leonard Bernstein, and others for piano, bass, and drums are as important as the improvisations that follow. Although Hazeltine's holistic treatments evince a ...
John Swana & The Philadelphians: Philly Gumbo Vol. 2
by David A. Orthmann
The sequel to a memorable 2001 release, Philly Gumbo Vol. 2 consists of pleasurable hard bop by John Swana and a band of mainstays from the fertile Philadelphia jazz scene. Despite the familiar stylistic trappings, the music stands up to repeat listening for several reasons. The original material (nine of ten tracks) transcends the tired, derivative ...
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