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Joe Pass: Virtuoso in New York
by Derek Taylor
When it comes to bountiful vault holdings, few musicians can compare with the oeuvre established by guitarist Joe Pass. As the Pablo label's plectral staple his tape stacks rival and possibly even surpass those of Norman Granz's other resident factotum, Oscar Peterson. The steady crop of titles (one or two each year) that continue to find ...
Jimmy Halperin/Dominic Duval/Jay Rosen: Joy & Gravitas
by Derek Taylor
In these crowded days of creative improvised music, a musician can sometimes wait years to make his or her recorded mark. Jimmy Halperin arguably fits under this late bloomer category. Strong dates with Warne Marsh and Sal Mosca were slow in parlaying his own sessions as leader. His trio debut for Cadence Jazz, Cycle-logical, came like ...
John O'Gallagher/Masa Kamaguchi/Jay Rosen: Rules of Invisibility Volume 1
by Derek Taylor
Ornette Coleman's innovations on alto are now nearly a half-century old. That's a wide body of precedence for today's free-form straddling saxophonists to swim through. On his CIMP debut, Axiom, and a sophomore effort, Abacus, for Arabesque, O'Gallagher showed a command of existing conventions balanced by an inquisitive streak of his own. Comparisons to Dolphy were ...
Odean Pope Quartet: Two Dreams
by Derek Taylor
With uncertain times comes the natural urge to seek sources of stability. An Odean Pope album is like a figurative life preserver in this regard. A listener can pretty much bank on certain assurances if Pope's horn is piloting the ship. Mellifluous free bop charts, ample solo space for the participants, and a guiding appreciation for ...
Vandermark x2
by Derek Taylor
Surf by Ken Vandermark's website and you'll find evidence of a cottage industry. The industrious Chicagoan continues a relentless pace of touring and recording, releasing a generous handful of discs with each passing year. What's equally impressive about his activities is the number of people on board behind his grand designs. Myriad labels including Okkadisk , ...
Carolino/Delgado/Frazao: TubaGuitarra&Bateria
by Derek Taylor
Western improvised music has long prized the possibilities that arise out of conjoining potentially dissimilar elements. Strange-seeming instrumental unions have now almost become the norm. Oboe, harp and drums. Sopranino, mandolin and contrabass. Odds are if you can conjure up a particular assemblage of instruments in your mind's eye, precedence exists for improvisors putting it into ...
Dennis Gonzalez NY Quartet: NY Midnight Suite
by Derek Taylor
Internet chat boards remain places where all sorts of relationships take root. Even so it's not often that they're thought of as midwives for music. We have the Jazz Corner's Speakeasy to thank, at least in part, for the particular artistic partnership that resulted in this new Clean Feed compact disc. Trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez and saxophonist ...
Junior Mance: Sweet and Lovely
by Derek Taylor
Junior Mance Sweet and Lovely Milestone 2004 The heyday of hard bop was a boon for jazz piano enthusiasts. New names on the ivories surfaced continuously like seedlings after a fresh rain. Along with the acknowledged masters like Powell and Monk were their second generation acolytes: Bobby Timmons, ...
Bola Sete: Voodoo Village
by Derek Taylor
Seven ball, corner pocket. If Bola Sete had chosen cue stick over guitar there’s little doubt he would have brought similar agility and acumen to the game of billiards. Luckily for listeners across the globe he chose the latter instrument as his means of expression. Particulars on Sete’s colorful career are recounted elsewhere—his Bohemian youth spent ...
Harold Mabern: A Few Miles From Memphis
by Derek Taylor
Harold Mabern A Few Miles From Memphis Prestige 2004 A transplanted Chicagoan by way of Memphis, pianist Harold Mabern gigged with an incredible array of jazz talent during his youth. His colleagues, recounted in the liners to this recent two-fer, read like a VIP list of hard and ...
