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Roland Kirk with Jack McDuff: Kirk's Work
by Troy Collins
Technically his third album, following Introducing Roland Kirk (Chess, 1960), and a previously unissued R&B session (Triple Threat), Kirk's Work pre-dates the boundless surrealism of his post-Rahsaan era. Sharing the bill with organist Jack McDuff, the record is commonly regarded as a fairly straight-ahead date made years before Kirk gradually transformed from a stunning virtuoso multi-instrumentalist ...
Kind of Blue Records Releases New Albums by Bobby Hutcherson and Mark Soskin June 19, 2007
For Sentimental Reasons is Vibraphonist's First Album in 8 Years; Soskin's One Hopeful Day Is A True All-Star Outing While there may not be any apparent connection between vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and pianist Mark Soskin, the links are evident if you think about it for a moment. Both musicians have lived in the San Francisco Bay ...
2007 Women in Jazz Festival
by Franz A. Matzner
Women in Jazz FestivalKennedy Center, Washington, DCMay 10-12, 2007 Begun as a tribute to the once unheralded contributions of pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams to jazz, the Kennedy Center's now annual Women in Jazz Festival has graduated into a one-stop shopping opportunity for audiences to hear some of jazz's ...
Booker Ervin: The Freedom Book
by Troy Collins
The first of four thematically linked albums, tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin's The Freedom Book is an overlooked classic. The Song Book, The Blues Book and The Space Book were all subsequently recorded in 1964 for Prestige, but this seminal 1963 recording is a masterpiece of unconventional, advanced hard bop. Less free than the title ...
Yves Leveille, Marco Pereira and Christine Jensen: Soho, Essence and Look Left
by Donald Elfman
Yves Leveille Soho Effendi 2007 Marco Pereira Essence (with Paul McCandless) Kind of Blue 2007 Christine Jensen Look Left Effendi 2007 ...
Anat Cohen: Noir & Poetica
by Celeste Sunderland
Anat Cohen Noir Anzic 2007 Anat Cohen Poetica Anzic 2007 Israeli multi-reedist Anat Cohen aligns her saxophones and clarinet alongside a big band on her latest album ...
Sachal Vasandani: Eyes Wide Open
by Jerry D'Souza
Sachal Vasandani has all the right credentials in tow as he makes his debut recording. He was a semi-finalist at the 2004 Thelonious Monk Institute Competition. He has a string of appearances in New York that have served to showcase his talent as a singer. And he has the right instincts when it comes to selecting ...
Tenor Saxophonist Joel Frahm Releases "We Used to Dance" with Kenny Barron, Rufus Reid, Victor Lewis on Anzic Records
Frahm to Celebrate the CD Release with the Trio on May 2-6 at Sweet Rhythm “Joel Frahm, one of the young band leaders often heard in New York's small jazz clubs, sounds supremely comfortable playing the tenor saxophone." - Ben Ratliff, New York Times If you've spent time in the New York jazz scene during the ...
Kendrick Scott Oracle: The Source
by Mark F. Turner
Kendrick Scott's debut recording The Source exudes a sense of purpose with music that is carefully orchestrated, coolly executed, and has an appeal that is both contemporary and cerebral. Scott's respect for the art form is cognizant of the greats that have come before him, but clearly personifies his own voice alongside contemporaries like drummers Brian ...
Robin Eubanks & EB3 Release Live Vol. 1 on RKM Music
Featuring Orrin Evans and Kenwood Dennard Robin Eubanks Releases New Self-Produced DVD-CD Project with Innovative Electronic Trio Multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and educator Robin Eubanks has been using electronics to augment the sonic palette of his trombone for more than 15 years. His latest project, EB3 was created for the expressed purpose of exploring modern technology in ...
