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Quintus McCormick Blues Band: Hey Jodie!
by Nic Jones
It's clear from this release that Quintus McCormick has undergone a radical change of direction in the course of his musical life. In his formative years he was by his own admission hung up on Steve Howe of Yes but it's clear that as of November of 2008 when this set was recorded the fixation had ...
Zora Young: The French Connection
by Nic Jones
In Zora Young's case the “connection" isn't superficial, and her twenty plus tours of France prove it. Bobby Dirninger is the principal instrumentalist on this album and he's made the journey (or should that be pilgrimage?) only the other way around. It's clear that his transatlantic trips haven't been wasted either, as he provides Young with ...
Fred Anderson: 21st Century Chase
by John Sharpe
There are few more thrilling sounds in jazz than the twin tenors of Fred Anderson and Kidd Jordan in aerobatic flight. Though they play together in person on at least an annual basis, including headline appearances at the Vision Festival in 2005 and 2008, this is the first time they have appeared together on disc since ...
Terry Waldo: The Ohio Theatre Concert
by Andrew Velez
No less a ragtime icon than composer Eubie Blake himself endorsed pianist, musical director, arranger and early jazz scholar Terry Waldo as being “an extension of my own musical self." Waldo's irresistible way with this music is in full glory on this 1974 concert. Blake himself was to have participated, but missed the concert due to ...
Memphis Nighthawks featuring Ron DeWar: Jazz Lips
by Nic Jones
There's no mistaking the Memphis Nighthawks knew and loved traditional jazz, but what really distinguished the group was its blend of fire, drive and enthusiasm. On the 30 year-old sessions collected into Jazz Lips, the group puts these qualities across with enough vengeance to shame a host of neoconservatives, breathing life into its preferred form in ...
Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Cripple Clarence Lofton, Meade Lux Lewis; Henry Brown, Speckled Red: Boogie Woogie Kings
by Nic Jones
Some reviews write themselves and this is one of them. The good people at Delmark have recently acquired the master tapes to Paul Affeldt's Euphonic Sound label and any amount of work that might have taken is more than justified by the quality of the music. The majority of these sides, no longer hidden from history, ...
Memphis Nighthawks: Jazz Lips
by Jerry D'Souza
The Memphis Nighthawks took their name from another band that had a brief recording career in 1932. Neither of the bands were from Memphis, nor is the music on this CD. That is of little consequence in the whole scheme of things. The group was co-founded by multi-reed player Ron DeWar and trumpeter Steve ...
Bob Greene: St. Peter Street Strutters
by Nic Jones
The more time passes the more important it becomes that traditional New Orleans jazz, like the music on St. Peter Street Strutters, is restored to the public domain. This might not be so much because of the music's history, however, as much as it's due to the fact that the playing of such vintage jazz in ...
Aram Shelton's Fast Citizens: Two Cities
by Jerry D'Souza
The Fast Citizens was formed by Keefe Jackson in 2002, who led the band on its debut recording Ready Everyday (Delmark Records). The sextet rotates leaders, and this time around it's led by saxophonist/clarinetist Aram Shelton. Shelton is based in Oakland, California but also has an ongoing musical relationship with Chicago. Hence the title, Two Cities. ...
Two Cities
By Aram Shelton
Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Two Cities; Big News; Western Promenade; VRC#9; In Cycles; I am Here, You are There; The Twenty-Seven; Wontkins; Easy.
