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Dave Taylor Trio: Doppelganger
by Derek Taylor
Session specs on Dave Taylor are conspicuously tough to come by. According to Bob Rusch the bass trombonist gained veteran status through a long string of studio dates, but said gigs seem to fall outside the realm of creative improvised music. Paired with the Spirit Room rhythm team of Duval and Rosen, he proves conclusively that ...
Khan Jamal Quintet: Balafon Dance
by Derek Taylor
With the continuing flood of current releases in creative improvised music, it’s sometimes easy to overlook artists who rarely receive or accept the opportunity to record. Mallet-maestro Khan Jamal is one such artist, and his return to the studio is reason for rejoicing. The added boon that colleagues like Moondoc and Campbell are in tow only ...
Dominic Duval String & Brass Ensemble: American Scrapbook
by Derek Taylor
American folk music takes many forms, from the austere jangle of tautly strung banjo strings to the urban blues wail wrung from a burnished saxophone bell. Dominic Duval’s freshly minted ensemble falls somewhere in between on this admittedly slipshod spectrum of indigenous sounds. The instrumentation evinces strong chamber music connotations - strings balanced by a small ...
Charles Earland: Black Drops
by Derek Taylor
“The Mighty Burner” isn’t the kind of moniker bestowed on just any man. Charles Earland earned it by cultivating one of the grittiest and greasiest organ attacks of the early Seventies. His skills behind the B-3 are in full effect on this smoldering slab of fusion-laced funk from '70. Regular sidemen like Pruden and Jones take ...
Eddie : Battle Stations
by Derek Taylor
Jaws and Griff made for a contrasting match on the bandstand, as colorful as their respective sobriquets. The former's gruff and garrulous tone found purchase through often clipped and cantankerous phrasings, while the later favored a smoother sound and jackrabbit swiftness. Together they were one of the most successful tenor teams on the scene, a pair ...
Peter Br: Short Visit to Nowhere & Broken English
by Derek Taylor
To the unaccustomed ear large-scale free jazz can easily sound like wanton noise. The very nature of free interplay, where close and rapid-fire listening on the part of the participants is a necessity, seems counterintuitive to settings populous with players. Perhaps that's why so much of the music is the province of smaller ensembles. Considering the ...
AALY Trio/DKV Trio: Double Or Nothing
by Derek Taylor
Those with their ears cocked to the Chicago scene have probably been following these two bands since their respective inceptions in the early Nineties and have no doubt been anticipating this meeting for some time. Vandermark’s been a frequent guest on the AALY Trio’s recordings, appearing of four of their releases over the last several years. ...
Roy Eldridge: Decidedly
by Derek Taylor
Norman Granz, legendary label impresario and concert organizer, had his own niche in the Seventies. Take an aging, but estimable swing star; match him with a band built on the talents of younger players; incite some sparks through friendly rivalries both manufactured and genuine; apply some promotional spin and watch the greenbacks roll in. Such was ...
Jack McVea: McVoutie’s Central Avenue Blues
by Derek Taylor
To most fans of vintage American music the scene of Central Avenue in the Forties needs no introduction. A hot spot arguably unrivaled at the time, it was a place painted in the florid and exciting hues of African American music on the move. Numerous strains of blues coupled hedonistically with the improvisatory elements of jazz ...
Tom DeSteno & Bob Magnuson Quartet: Ready for Action
by Derek Taylor
Aligned in sturdy opposition to those who would have you believe that free jazz is a played out and parsimonious pursuit, modern improvisatory maestros Magnuson and DeSteno deliver the goods in an album that lives up to the boast of its chosen title. The co-leaders exercise a disarming subterfuge on the opening “She’s Gone” as the ...
