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Rob Mazurek's Starlicker: Double Demon
by Nic Jones
Starlicker is a trio which crosses the genres with ease and a healthy disregard for categorization. Cornetist Rob Mazurek is one of those musicians more preoccupied with the future of improvised music than with its glorious past. Much the same can be said for vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, who once again proves himself to be one of ...
Rob Mazurek's Starlicker: Double Demon
by Mark Corroto
It may seem like an anomaly to suggest that a jazz ensemble has to strip down to power up, but Starlicker does just that. Cornetist Rob Mazurek disassembled his Exploding Star Orchestra (which regularly has more than a dozen players) and Quintet into just a trio, with remaining players, vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz and drummer John Herndon. ...
Starlicker: Double Demon
by Troy Collins
Since the turn of the Millennium, cornetist Rob Mazurek has been one of the most intrepid explorers in the field of electro-acoustic jazz improvisation. From the seminal efforts of his flagship collective, the Chicago Underground (Duo to Orchestra), to recent endeavors like Exploding Star Orchestra, Mandarin Movie and his own self-titled Quintet, all of Mazurek's projects ...
Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble: The Prairie Prophet
by Nic Jones
The Prairie Prophet is the fifth release on Delmark from reed player Ernest Dawkins and his band. It's clear that over the course of that association both leader and band have evolved to the point where they can be considered as one of the more vibrant, most urgently alive outfits on the scene. This album pays ...
Grana Louise: Gettin’ Kinda Rough
by Nic Jones
Blues singer Graná Louise has the kind of authoritative voice that broaches no contradiction, and on Gettin' Kinda Rough she delivers a batch of songs which nicely showcases her range. In view of the sublime authority of the original, she plays with fire in covering what was Slim Harpo's “I'm A King Bee" ...
Jason Adasiewicz: Sun Rooms
by AAJ Italy Staff
C'era da aspettarselo un disco come Sun Rooms da Jason Adasiewicz. Dopo i lampi di classe balenati in Rolldown e Varmint, non serviva certo un Nostradamus per indovinare che il barbuto vibrafonista di Chicago avrebbe presto dato alle stampe la prova della maturità. Troppi gli indizi accumulati negli ultimi due-tre anni per potersi ingannare: la gloriosa ...
Clarence Johnson: Low Down Papa
by Nic Jones
Pianist Clarence “Jelly" Johnson recorded for the Paramount label between 1923 and 1925. He was also accompanist to Chicago blues singers Sodarisa Miller and Edna Taylor amongst others, and recorded piano rolls in New York for the QRS label alongside James P. Johnson and Fats Waller. But, apart from that, very little is known about him, ...
John Burnett Orchestra: Down For Double
by Nic Jones
The John Burnett Orchestra is a formidable swing band because, while there's undoubted reverence in their evocations of the era, that reverence is tempered by sparks of originality. Indeed, the tight-but-loose thing which summarizes its collective sound is now pretty hard to come by, which makes this release a cause for celebration. When ...
Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble: The Prairie Prophet
by Troy Collins
Since 1978, saxophonist Ernest Dawkins has led his flagship band, The New Horizons Ensemble, through myriad jazz traditions, from blues, swing and funk to post-bop, avant-garde and beyond. The Prairie Prophet, their fifth album on Delmark, is dedicated to one of Chicago's most venerated scene leaders, the late tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson, a founding member of ...
James Kinds: Love You From The Top
by Nic Jones
Guitarist/vocalist James Kinds was hailed as a promising young bluesman back in 1977, but since then success that might have promised has eluded him. Indeed, it's not unfair to say that he hasn't even managed to maintain a profile of the likes of Billy Branch and Lurrie Bell, with whom he toured Germany back in the ...
