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Dave Burrell & Tyrone Brown: Recital
by Derek Taylor
Like the late Jaki Byard, Dave Burrell is a pianist with a broad grasp of older jazz repertoires, most strikingly those represented by Stride and Ragtime. Hybridizing these antique styles with post-bop and free elements his keyboard sound is a creative pastiche of past, present and possible future. This particular recital focuses attention on what could ...
Nels Cline: Destroy All Nels Cline!
by Derek Taylor
The nihilistic title and imposing instrumentation on this disc might cause some on-the-fence listeners to cringe, or at the very least reach for the closest pair of earplugs. Others possessing ears familiar with the Cline brothers previous projects are likely to feel the tingle of an expectant grin cross their countenances. Four electric guitars and electric ...
Wilber Morris & Reggie Nicholson: Drum String Thing
by Derek Taylor
Strings and skins are a combination that forms the crux of countless rhythm sections. Morris and Nicholson have been filling such a role together for years, most notably of late in the trio they share with German reedman Thomas Borgmann. This setting is different, divorced of a firmly designated melodic voice, but the music these two ...
Smoker-Magnuson-Filiano-Grassi: Large Music 2
by Derek Taylor
Picking up where its companion volume (Large Music 1) left off this second compendium of music by a formidable free-bop quartet of CIMP regulars is on par with its predecessor. Magnuson and Smoker share the principal song-crafting duties with a piece by Filiano and a surprisingly restrained collective improvisation (“Barefoot and the Bassist”) rounding out the ...
Starship Beer: Nut Music as Free as Squirrels
by Derek Taylor
Most enthusiasts of creative improvised music are familiar with Kevin Whitehead. His extensive and influential work as music critic, author and radio host has caulked numerous important gaps in the music’s history and his book New Dutch Swing remains the definitive document of Holland’s jazz scene. Unbeknownst to many however he’s also a musician, one who ...
Haazz & Company: Unlawful Noise
by Derek Taylor
Kees Hazevoet is something of a forgotten forefather in Dutch creative improvised music and John Corbett’s liners, which accompany this disc, along with the music on hand, do worlds of good toward illuminating his place as fomenter to the burgeoning scene. Witnessing the impact of the Albert Ayler trio firsthand in 1964 Hazevoet’s outlook changed significantly ...
Alan Silva: Alan Silva & the Sound Visions Orchestra
by Derek Taylor
As the inaugural group for the 1999 Vision Festival, following closely on the heels of Joseph Jarman’s vocal invocation, Alan Silva’s Sound Visions Orchestra seemed the ideal vehicle to usher in the ten celebratory days of community-empowering creative music. Employing many of many of the festival’s performers and signaling the triumphant culmination of Silva’s ambitious plans ...
Blackbyrds & Charles Earland: At the Movies
by Derek Taylor
Basketball and Blaxploitation collide courtside in the film Cornbread, Earl and Me a mid-70s urban blockbuster with a soundtrack scored by Donald Byrd, which comprises the first part of this recent Prestige two-fer. Bringing in his band of former pupil protégés The Blackbyrds and backing them with a studio orchestra Byrd set about tailoring music to ...
Azymuth: Cascades/Rapid Transit
by Derek Taylor
Creators of the samba doido (“crazy samba”) the Brazilian power trio Azymuth reached their zenith of popularity during the early 1980s when the two albums paired on this Milestone reissue were first released. Theirs was a collective music infused with a variety of influences including everything from Bossa Nuevo and indigenous Indio rhythms to space rock ...
Hal Russell's Chemical Feast: Elixir
by Derek Taylor
The music of Chemical Feast incorporates an ingredient often lacking from most free jazz - a healthy helping of humor and whimsy. One of Hal Russell’s numerous pre-NRG vehicles, the quintet juggled a manic improvisatory energy with all-wheel drive versatility and a circus-like jocularity pervaded their music. As the first of a series of archival recordings ...
