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Cipher
By Josh Abrams
Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Mental Politician; And See; Neb Nimaj Nero; Cipher; Calamities Break; No Theory; Background
Beneath; First Tune That Night; Space Modulator; For SK.
Four Compositions (GTM) 2000
Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Composition 242; Composition 243; Composition 244; Composition 245
Malachi Thompson: Blue Jazz
by Derek Taylor
As the eleventh Delmark album by Thompson and his third featuring the expanded Africa Brass horn section schematic, this disc suggests that the decades-deep relationship shared by the trumpeter and his label is in no danger of flagging. Regrettably, it also continues the track record of less than stellar musical results that has hounded the leader ...
Josh Abrams: Cipher
by Derek Taylor
Delmark’s long been about giving local Chicago and Midwest talent a shot. As such, Bob Koester’s decision to place a patronly bet on the talents of bassist Abrams with this debut disc isn’t so unusual. Where the surprise arrives is in the band of compatriots Abrams assembled for the session. Dörner and Gregorio are ...
Fred Anderson: Back at the Velvet Lounge
by Derek Taylor
Certain musicians are dependable. Their very names on an album cover suggest an immediate indication of what's in store for the listener with near certainty. Sometimes, though, dependability can be detrimental. Occasionally a musician can fall into a rut of repetition, treading the same trails until once fertile soil becomes trampled and stale. Fred Anderson, one ...
Active Ingredients: Titration
by Derek Taylor
One of the most enduring aspects of improvised music is the infinite mutability of musician associations. Band borders are among the most porous of any musical genre. Players switch and trade-up with catalyzing regularity. It’s one of the few styles of musical expression that actively encourages continuous recombinating and is made all the more healthy through ...
Malachi Thompson & Africa Brass: Blue Jazz
by Rex Butters
Malachi Thompson’s eleventh recording as leader shamelessly dwells in the blues, drinking deeply from that source of inspiration. Blue Jazz keeps the free-bop band alive within the larger Africa Brass. The four trumpet/four trombone combination gives the blue swing the jukebox appeal of early ‘60s Blue Note records. Thompson’s eloquent lead on trumpet brings out the ...
Various Artists: Bop Lives!
by C. Michael Bailey
Delmark’s 50th Anniversary Collection, Part 6 Delmark continues to celebrate its Golden Anniversary with a release of bebop classics from 1944 through 1998. This collection offers a curious cross-section from early Sir Charles Thompson ("Street Beat," 1945) to late Bud Powell ("Rifftide," 1962). The music captured here is stranger, more organic, and often more authentic than ...
Various Artists: Masters of Boogie Piano
by C. Michael Bailey
Delmark’s 50th Anniversary Collection, Part 5 The subtext is simple—a perfectly balanced left hand augmented by a bouncing, out-of-control right hand crossed with the 12-bar blues turned from 33&1/3 to 78. All of this equals boogie woogie piano. Speckled Red barely contains himself on “Wilkins Street Stomp," while Meade Lux Lewis strides his way through a ...
