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Alexander von Schlippenbach: Monk's Casino
by Derek Taylor
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino Intakt Records 2005 Monk covers are as regular as the tides these days. Everyone from Wynton Marsalis on one end, to Steve Lacy at the other, has seemingly picked the songbook clean. Most have mined it for the more accessible ore and left the more ...
Verve's Free America Series, Part 1-3
by Derek Taylor
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 France was a hotbed of free jazz activity during the late 1960s and early 1970s. A fraternity of expatriate American musicians solidified their reputations in the music through visits both abbreviated and protracted to the continent. One, soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, would extend his stay for the better ...
Sal Mosca: Thing-Ah-Majig
by Derek Taylor
School spirit can sometimes be a liability in jazz, a genre where individuality remains a paramount attribute. Critics lumped drummer Shelly Manne in with the Cool clique early on, even though his flexibility in taste and technique embraced a host of styles from swing to hard bop to early free. Similarly, allegiance to one's mentors, while ...
Treader Series One
by Derek Taylor
Every so often outside provocateurs enter the insular organism of improvised music and shake things up. Several years ago the culprit was Spring Heel Jack. A shared moniker for the British duo of John Coxon and Ashley Wales, the 'band' began fostering collaborative connections with British and American improvisers through a series of projects on the ...
Dexter Gordon: Ladybird
by Derek Taylor
The latest offering from the seemingly bottomless Danmarks Radio Archive, Ladybird presents another air shot of Gordon's lengthy mid-1960s Café Montmarte stint. Dex's sizable cachet as an expatriate jazz icon prompted a nightly spooling of the tape machines. The resulting cache, so far doled out one set at a time, documents a particularly fertile time for ...
Ken Wessel, Ken Filiano & Lou Grassi: Jawboning
by Derek Taylor
Matriculation from sideman to frontman can be a stressful process. Guitarist Ken Wessel makes the long due move with aplomb. A short string of CIMP dates supporting saxophonist William Gagliardi and violinist Sam Bardfield, as well as a long-standing slot in Ornette Coleman's Prime Time band, solidified the clout. Wessel chose Lou Grassi, his colleague in ...
Burton Greene/Roy Campbell Quartet: Isms Out
by Derek Taylor
Comebacks have a vexing tendency to fizzle and self-combust. The aged player who can work his or her way back from the brink of anonymity to the limelight is a fortunate one indeed. Witness altoist Jemeel Moondoc, who made strong recouping strides at the cusp of the new millennium, only to see the gleam of his ...
John Gunther Trio: In This World
by Derek Taylor
Guys like John Gunther have been crafting memorable, forthright music at CIMP for years. This date marks his fifth date for the imprint, but the myopic radar of most jazz press still has yet to detect his presence as a player of strong merit. The set also marks a return to both the instrumentation and affiliations ...
Charles Lloyd, Zakir Hussain & Erik Harland at the Dakota Jazz Club
by Derek Taylor
Charles Lloyd, Zakir Hussain & Erik Harland Dakota Jazz Club Minneapolis, MN November 18, 2004 A switch in digs from St. Paul to Minneapolis did the venerable Dakota jazz club a great deal of good. With a roomier and more acoustically friendly space on Nicollet Mall smack center in the ...
Triage: American Mythology
by Derek Taylor
Maximum impact with minimum waste, Triage follows the medical meaning of its moniker to the letter. Each member has a number of different projects to occupy his time. Saxophonist Dave Rempis and drummer Tim Daisy constitute two-fifths of the Vandermark 5. Jason Ajemian wields bass as one half of the avant-folk outfit Born Heller. But when ...
