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Dominick Farinacci: Dawn Of Goodbye
by Dan Bilawsky
After recording seven CDs for release in Japan, Julliard-trained trumpeter Dominick Farinacci finally dove into the U.S. music market with Lovers, Tales & Dances (Koch 2009). While that album found some success, both commercially and artistically, it might not have presented a true picture of Farinacci's artistry and personality. The participation of an all-star cast, an ...
Ralph Peterson's Unity Project: Outer Reaches
by John Kelman
To build the kind of staying power that keeps fans coming back for more, you've got to have consistency. In a jazz world where artists are expected to be self-reliant when it comes to promotion, dropping out for more than half a decade can have some serious implications. Emerging loudly as part of 1980s young lion ...
Freddie Hubbard: Pinnacle
by Dan Bilawsky
Pinnacle is a testament to the trumpet prowess of the one and only Freddie Hubbard, but it's also a salute to the San Francisco-based jazz club that played host to Hubbard on numerous occasions. Todd Barkan's Keystone Korner was ground zero for some of the best live jazz on the West Coast during its eleven-year lifespan, ...
Ivo Perelman Quartet: The Hour of the Star
by Glenn Astarita
With his newly formed quartet, Brazilian tenor sax titan and visual artist Ivo Perelman effectively synchronizes the freer aspects of improvisation with bop, and harmonious patterns. And the musicians' synergy offers an underlying constant within the copious slants and contrasts presented throughout. The musicians kick off the festivities with “A Tearful Tale, where pianist ...
Michel Camilo: Mano A Mano
by Larry Taylor
With Mano A Mano, Michel Camilo goes hands-to-hands in spirited exchange with conguero Giovanni Hidalgo, surely hearkening back to the pianist's Dominican/Afro-Cuban roots. This approach results in the great pianist tempering his style. His flamboyant virtuosity is mostly restrained; here, he is more subdued than bombastic. His playing, though, is just as effective, but in a ...
Aaron Goldberg / Guillermo Klein: Bienestan
by Mark F. Turner
Collaborations between two jazz pianists on the same recording are rare. Yet in the case of rising stars Aaron Goldberg and eclectic composer Guillermo Klein's Bienestan--whose title means “a place of well-being"--the collaboration works on many levels and translates into a rewarding experience.Their connection began at Berklee in the 1990s. Goldberg played piano in ...
Monty Alexander: Harlem-Kingston Express Live!
by David Rickert
Many jazz musicians have mined the music of other cultures and countries for new ideas. Many of the most successful combinations have come from importing the music of warmer climates--Afro-Cuban and bossa nova to name but two. Monty Alexander has always done the reverse: a native of Jamaica who played straight-ahead jazz in the ...
Gerald Wilson Orchestra: Legacy
by Raul d'Gama Rose
The beauty of listening to an orchestra in fine form is like being treated to an oceanic swell of music that rises and falls, creating great harmonic waves of sound. This further regales the intellect with the swish of brushstrokes as the music changes in color, from sometimes thick, dark dripping shades, evoking brooding emotion to ...
Samuel Blaser: Consort in Motion
by Troy Collins
Initially defined by composer Gunther Schuller in the late 1950s as a synthesis of jazz improvisation and classical composition, the Third Stream movement has since drifted into relative obscurity. However, in the ensuing decades the milieu has provided fertile ground for a number of visionary artists to make bold statements. The increasingly commonplace role of conservatory ...
Aaron Goldberg and Guillermo Klein: Bienestan
by Raul d'Gama Rose
There might actually have been a universe called “Bienestan" and it may have existed for as long as Guillermo Klein. The rich sonic topography of this undiscovered place is just emerging. It is a place of oceans of sound, with energetic waves that make their rhythmic way to lap upon a shore that glistens with all ...
