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Sam Jones: Something In Common
by David Adler
Bassist Sam Jones, one of the unsung rhythm section heroes in jazz, leads a stellar ensemble on this 1978 Muse session, now reissued by 32 Jazz. The music is burning, the sound is vibrant and huge. But this kind of record was destined to fall through the cracks. Recorded at the height of the fusion era, ...
Martin Taylor: In Concert
by David Adler
Martin Taylor, the Django-inspired Englishman who shared many a stage with the late Stephane Grappelli, has developed one of the brightest, purest guitar tones in the business. At Pittsburgh’s Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild in 1998, Taylor showed off that tone in a solo setting, and this recording of the event is simply stunning. Jim Ohlschmidt’s liner notes ...
St. Germain: Tourist
by David Adler
The attempt to blur and redefine genres by combining techno and jazz began roughly 10 years ago, and French DJ St. Germain (aka Ludovic Navarre) has become one of the more celebrated practitioners of the very young art form. A risk that goes with this territory is that in the hope of pleasing techno and jazz ...
Roland Kirk: Domino
by David Adler
When Roland Kirk (pre-Rahsaan) issued Domino in 1962, the album contained 10 tracks, which amounted to just over half an hour of music. On this reissue there are 25 tracks and nearly 80 minutes of music. What’s more, the 15 bonus tracks feature a 22-year-old Herbie Hancock, who did not appear on the original Domino at ...
Reid Anderson: The Vastness of Space
by David Adler
In recent months, bassist Reid Anderson has worked with Mark Turner and Kurt Rosenwinkel, Stefon Harris, Orrin Evans, and others. His first two albums on the Fresh Sound label, 1997’s Dirty Show Tunes and 1999’s Abolish Bad Architecture, were stunning and quite overlooked. Featuring Mark Turner, pianist Ethan Iverson, and drummers Jordi Rossy and Jeff Ballard ...
Don Grolnick Group: The London Concert
by David Adler
Until his death from lymphoma in 1996 at age 48, pianist Don Grolnick made his living in both the jazz and pop worlds. He worked so extensively with the likes of James Taylor and Steely Dan that he had little time to pursue his own brilliant jazz playing and writing. But thank goodness he managed to ...
Wallace Roney: No Room for Argument
by David Adler
Wallace Roney strives to expand the terrain of straight-ahead jazz on this fairly experimental release. In addition to his solid trumpet playing, pianist Geri Allen’s creative fingerprints are all over the session, spanning from acoustic to Rhodes and synthesizers. Keyboardist Adam Holzman augments the atmospherics with Wurlitzer, organ, and synths on many of the tracks. In ...
Lou Grassi, Tom Varner, Ron Horton, Tomas Ulrich: Neo Neo
by David Adler
Neo Neo is a collaborative project conceived by drummer Lou Grassi, with Tom Varner on French horn, Ron Horton on trumpet, and Tomas Ulrich on cello. The recording is extremely dry and acoustic in texture, with an unusually quiet recording level — all in keeping with the philosophy of Creative Improvised Music Projects, a label that ...
John Stetch: Heavens of a Hundred Days
by David Adler
Pianist John Stetch enlists tenor saxophonist Bill McHenry, bassist Ben Street, and drummer Jeff Ballard on this contemplative yet stimulating release. Each track is paired in the liner notes with a quotation or reference that served as Stetch's inspiration. These diverse influences range from Rilke, Kandinsky, and singer/songwriter Mike Rud to political theorist Benjamin Barber. Stetch's ...
Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook
by David Adler
It’s impossible to rank the records in Ella Fitzgerald’s songbook series, but the 1958 Irving Berlin collection is surely essential in any music library. This Verve reissue packages the two CDs beautifully and includes the original liner notes by Nat Hentoff, as well as a new essay by James Gavin. But more than any essay could, ...
