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Herbie Hancock: The Essential Herbie Hancock
by Judith Insell
The Essential Herbie Hancock, a double-CD set spanning a forty-year body of work, presents a sample of Hancock's bold explorations of various jazz styles. The compilation runs in nearly chronological order, highlighting releases on major jazz labels like Blue Note, Columbia and Verve. The track order makes very clear the varying creative avenues that Hancock has ...
Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane: The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings
by Jim Santella
After last year's discovery and Blue Note release of a live recording featuring Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane, At Carnegie Hall, the Concord Music Group has released this two-CD set of Monk and Coltrane session recordings from earlier the same year. The collection includes false starts, alternate takes, previously unissued takes and final (reissued) copy. It's ...
Charlie Peacock: Exhibits Curiosity, Returns to Jazz Roots
by Todd S. Jenkins
Nashville pianist, composer and author Charlie Peacock has raised a lot of eyebrows with 2005's Love Press Ex-Curio, the scintillating first release from his label, Runway Network. It marks his first full-on jazz effort in nearly three decades, a bold step away from the lucrative world of contemporary Christian music. The album is the latest in ...
Tineke Postma: Live In Amsterdam
by Jason Crane
Tineke Postma Live In Amsterdam Munich Records 2006 If you've ever wanted to watch a jazz show on the set of Blade Runner, the Bimhuis club in Amsterdam is just the place. All its ambiance--from the wall of windows with louvered blinds behind the stage, through the trains passing on ...
Ramsey Lewis: Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis: Showcase
by Greg Thomas
Jazz is virtually nonexistent on network television. Pianist and broadcaster Ramsey Lewis has addressed this vacuum with the PBS program Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis. This Showcase CD/DVD set serves as a sampler of performances from the series. The end result is a patchwork of genres. Benny Golson captivates on the classic ...
New Sound Quartet: Summertime and Summer Knows
by Ken Dryden
New Sound Quartet Summertime Eighty-Eights 2005 New Sound Quartet Summer Knows Eighty-Eights 2005 During the '90s, both Joe Locke and Geoffrey Keezer saw their careers take off ...
Francisco Mela: Melao
by Jim Santella
Working with an all-star group of artists in a variety of settings, drummer Francisco Mela drives with the spirit of Cuban fire behind him. Born in Cuba and resident in Boston, the thirty-something percussionist has created a fine keepsake for his first recording as leader. Nine originals and one Ornette Coleman tune feature different guitar and ...
Andrew Hill: Blue Black and Nefertiti
by Kevin Ray
Andrew Hill Blue Black Test of Time 2005 Andrew Hill Nefertiti Test of Time 2005 One of the most mindless quirks of some jazz listeners is major ...
Charnett Moffett: Internet
by Ernest Barteldes
Every now and then a bassist emerges as a front man and the instrument takes a whole new personality. Such is the case on Internet, where Charnett Moffett wrote every tune but one, an effects-laden take on “The Star Spangled Banner" obviously inspired by Jimi Hendrix. Moffett uses acoustic, electric, fretless and piccolo basses (often more ...
Francisco Mela: Melao
by Norman Weinstein
Cuban drummers relocating to the US over the years have made a remarkable contribution to jazz on these shores, and Francisco Mela is the newest talent to add to that list. Melao is a striking tour de force for the young drummer/composer, who transplanted himself from Havana to Boston a decade ago. Mela has wisely surrounded ...
