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Steve Colson: Doing Jazz Justice
by Gordon Marshall
As well as being a great music educator, Steve Colson is one of the most versatile jazz pianists of the last forty years, with a grasp of idioms ranging from swing to free, and from European romanticism to new music. What's more, he is a master of compression, incorporating these sources into solos and compositions with ...
Craig Handy: The Busiest Man In Jazz
by Robert Dugan
Saxophonist Craig Handy is a musician's musician. Those “in the know" know about him, which is why he's been a first call player in New York for over two decades. He is a careful, thoughtful improviser—expansive and precise. His solos build on a rich knowledge of the tradition at the same time as they often set ...
Curtis Clark, Marilyn Lerner and Chad Taylor: Chasing the Piano
by Clifford Allen
November 15, 2010 will mark the 75th anniversary of the first recorded jazz piano-trio session, with pianist Jess Stacy, bassist Israel Crosby and drummer Gene Krupa recording for UK Parlophone ("Barrelhouse" and “The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise"). Certainly much has happened in jazz and improvised music since that date, but the piano ...
David Murray and The Gwo Ka Masters: The Devil Tried to Kill Me
by AAJ Italy Staff
Chi ha avuto modo di vederlo all'opera dal vivo si sarà fatto un'idea abbastanza precisa di David Murray. Alla guida di una big band poi è come un padre padrone che divide la sua direzione tra una filarmonica locale, una sezione ritmica e fiati cubani. Eclettico, il tenorista è capace di spaziare tra molteplici generi, impassibile ...
February 2010
by AAJ Staff
Jack DeJohnette BirdlandNew York, NY January 5, 2010When Jack DeJohnette hires double-neck guitarist David “Fuze" Fiuczynski and acclaimed altoist Rudresh Mahanthappa as the frontline in his new quintet, he's probably signaling an intention to shred. The legendary drummer did exactly that when he debuted the new Jack DeJohnette Group at ...
John Geggie: Unexpected Conversations
by John Kelman
Most cities have them: musicians who act like a lightning rod, focusing and driving their jazz scenes. In Ottawa, Canada, bassist John Geggie has been one of those significant focal points for two decades, but in particular over the past ten years. He's one of the founding organizers and faculty members of Jazzworks which, amongst other ...
Tom Hamilton / Bruce Eisenbeil: Shadow Machine
by John Sharpe
Guitarist Bruce Eisenbeil continues to push beyond the outer reaches of the guitar universe, building on the work of pioneers like Derek Bailey and Fred Frith. His career trajectory takes him ever farther from the jazz mother lode, and his last outing--on Totem>'s Solar Forge (ESP, 2008)--stretched the boundaries of the guitar power trio to breaking ...
The Devil Tried To Kill Me
By David Murray
Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Kiama For Obama; Africa; Southern Skies; The Devil Tried To Kill Me;
Congo List Canto Oneguine; Southern Skies (Radio Edit); Africa (Radio
Edit).
Silence
By Mal Waldron
Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: 01. Free For C.T. (Waldron/Roach); 02. Silence (Murray); 03. Hurray for Herbie (Waldron); 04. I Should Care (Cahn/Stordhal/Weston); 05. Jean-Pierre (Davis); 06. All Too
Soon (Ellington/Sigman); 07. Soul Eyes (Waldron/Wolfe).
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