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March 2005
by Doug Collette
Dave Holland Big Band Overtime Dare2 Records 2005 This jubilant, colorful jazz bodes well for the success of the great bassist's own label. What distinguishes this set is what made his quintet in recent years such a joy: well-structured compositions into which the musicians breath life through crisp exchanges and ...
Justin Time Records
by Riel Lazarus
Over 20 years ago, Justin Time Records built a comfortable home for itself on what is commonly considered to be shaky ground. Not only was the label one of dozens fighting for a slice of jazz' dwindling market share, but it was also Canadian. To some it was a recipe for disaster, but for this band ...
John O'Gallagher's Axiom: Line of Sight
by Jim Santella
Jazz's modern mainstream affords the artist an area for expression that can be both enjoyable to the listener and rewarding to the performer. No, not necessarily in a financial manner. The rewards come through the release of self-expression and having that opportunity to communicate with those who want to listen. John O'Gallagher and Tony ...
Dave Holland Big Band: Overtime
by John Kelman
Dave Holland Big Band Overtime Dare2 Records 2005 These days it's a challenge to keep any group together for the long haul. Few groups last more than one or two records before dissolving, and while there have been many outstanding records by such short-lived collaborations, one is always left feeling ...
Northwest Musicians featured at the 2005 IAJE Convention
by AAJ Staff
By Jason Mueller For four days every January, the International Association of Jazz Educators Conference (IAJE) is the center of the jazz universe. What started 32 years ago as a conference for jazz educators has now become the place to be for over 7,000 musicians, radio personalities, media, promoters and the jazz business community. This year ...
Hank Jones: Havin' Fun
by Jason West
Hank Jones last performed at Jazz Alley in the summer of 2002, appearing each night of his week-long residency buttoned up in a black tuxedo. On that Saturday evening, July 20, the venerable 84-year-old was warmly welcomed by his first-set audience as he took the stage and settled himself at the piano bench, looking less like ...
Love Songs: Sarah Vaughan, Lena Horne & Nina Simone
by Andrew Rowan
Many jazz purists shy away from collections, opting for the artists' original CDs. But collections have their purpose. My first vocal jazz recording was on Columbia Records: Billie, Ella, Lena, Sarah. It led to my lifelong affection for jazz singers. These Love Songs collections present three of the most distinctive American singers of ...
Jason Moran: Same Mother
by John Kelman
Contrary to popular opinion, the blues transcends structured musical form. Rather, it is a feeling that imbues, a deep and dark sense of despair that pervades. Regardless of the context, there was always something distinctly blue about the way Miles Davis approached every phrase. Similarly, while his music in no way relates to conventional blues form, ...
Stefano di Battista: Parker's Mood
by John Kelman
Is it possible to be too reverent to one's roots? Over the course of three prior releases for Blue Note, Italian saxophonist Stefano di Battista has honoured a number of players who have informed his music, including Art Pepper, Cannonball Adderley, and Johnny Hodges. But whereas previous discs have delivered homage in the context of largely ...
Marsalis Music: A Love For Jazz Supreme
by Doug Collette
Born into a family with an estimable legacy in the annals of jazz, Branford Marsalis has always done that legacy proud and never more so than through his conception of Marsalis Music. Conceived, according to noted jazz critic Bob Blumenthal (who works hand in hand on various projects under the MM aegis), as a homage to ...
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