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Malachi Thompson: Freebop Now!
by Jack Bowers
Trumpeter Malachi Thompson's new Delmark release marks the 20th anniversary of his Chicago-based Free-bop Band. As two decades have passed since its inception, it would seem a proper time to pose the question, what exactly is Free-bop? If one assumes that the “free" in Free-bop denotes music that is unstructured or inharmonious, such a premise is ...
Bright Moments: Return of the Lost Tribe
by Jack Bowers
Bright Moments is a quintet comprised of members of Chicago’s avant–garde Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), and Return of the Lost Tribe nods obliquely toward the “lost Hebrew tribes” of antiquity, although there seem to be no overt references to this, even in the largely opaque recitation on “Kudus.” While I’d heard the ...
Ari Brown: Venus
by Jack Bowers
Listening to Chicago–based saxophonist Ari Brown’s second Delmark release, I am reminded of the oft–quoted refrain about the little girl who, when she was good was very, very good, but when she was bad . . . well, you know the rest. To those who prefer their Jazz straight–up, as I do, I can wholly recommend ...
Playground
By Rob Mazurek
Label: Delmark Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: Blow Up, Flamingos Dancing on Luminescent Moonbeams, Boiled Over, Le Sucrier Velours,
Components Changes, Playground, Jeff's New Idea, The Inner Soul of H, Whitney, Ostinato
(68:06).
Mode For Mabes
Label: Delmark Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: Mode for Mabes; Sugar Ray; For Heaven
Eric Alexander: Mode For Mabes
by Jim Santella
Tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, who turns 30 this year, has worked with Pat Martino, Freddy Cole, Mel Rhyne, Charles Earland, Peter Bernstein, Joe Magnarelli, Mark Elf, John Swana, Cecil Payne, and his teacher at William Paterson College, pianist Harold Mabern. Alexander’s ninth recording as a leader features a Chicago rhythm section of Mabern, bassist John Webber, ...
Robert Mazurek: Playground
by Jack Bowers
This is an interesting and varied session, one for which chief planner Rob Mazurek deserves no less than a solid “e" for effort. Mazurek, whose main ax is cornet, has plowed under his hard-boppin' roots and started afresh on a Playground that more closely conforms to his evolving musical perspective. Mazurek is accompanied on the odyssey ...
The Rich Corpolongo Quartet: Smiles
by Jack Bowers
One has to admire Rich Corpolongo for going his own way, and Delmark Records for providing a creative platform on which the reed virtuoso from Chicago is able to display his talents. Unfortunately, “admire" is not synonymous with “enjoy." While there are some pleasurable moments on Corpolongo's second Delmark release (following last year's Just Found Joy), ...
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