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Phish: Phish: At The Roxy
by Doug Collette
Because Phish have announced their reformation with three shows due in March of 2009, after four years away, there's a certain circular logic that extends to the history behind the 8-CD set At the Roxy. These Atlanta 1993 shows represent the first extended run for the Vermont-based group, as Phish's popularity had not reached its flashpoint ...
Will Bernard: Blue Plate Special
by Doug Collette
Will Bernard's Blue Plate Special features a veritable supergroup of modern jazz, whose diverse talents on their respective instruments complements their collective experience and, perhaps more importantly, the range of material supplied by the bandleader. On paper, it looks too good to work, but work it does and splendidly at that. “Baby Goats" may ...
Jeff Beck: Performing This Week... Live at Ronnie Scott's
by Doug Collette
Performing This Week... Live at Ronnie Scott's, recorded during a 2007 run at the renowned London club, is Jeff Beck's first release on the Eagle label after a long-standing tenure on Epic Records. It's an understatement to say it bodes well for the continued vigor of the man who replaced Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds. Recent ...
Planet Safety: Planet Safety
by Doug Collette
Teeming with energy and ideas, eager to learn and anxious to show how they've educated themselves, Planet Safety evinces a healthy respect for the jazz tradition. Significantly, that reverence includes recognition for the masters from whom they learned and who gained their lofty stature--in part, by breaking free of established tradition. Keyboardist Leo Genovese, ...
Medeski, Martin & Wood: Radiolarians I
by Doug Collette
The concept behind Medeski, Martin and Wood's Radiolarian Series isn't wholly new to the forward-thinking trio. They spent the better part of a year or more playing pieces live that would come to comprise their Blue Note adieu, 2004's End of the World Party (Just in Case) (2004). But this yearlong project involves a quicker turnaround ...
Dennis McNally: Cultural Catalyst
by Doug Collette
Erudite, self-effacing and good-humored, Dennis McNally occupies an unusual and deceptively significant place in contemporary culture. Modest to a fault, he would no doubt deny the description of his role as a catalyst in contexts including The Grateful Dead's business partnership with Rhino Records or the remaining band members' support for Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
Van Morrison: Remasters Redux
by Doug Collette
Inasmuch as the six titles range from the sublime to the pedestrian, the latest batch of Van Morrison remasters constitutes a microcosm of The Belfast Cowboy's entire discography. Because Morrison is such an uncommonly gifted artist, it's possible to excuse the oversights in the overall archiving process, including lack of details in the remastering preparation and ...
McCoy Tyner: Guitars
by Doug Collette
McCoy Tyner's Guitars would be perfect fodder for a blindfold test, but not so much just to identify who's playing what when, but to simply marvel at the wondrous interaction of this entire roster of players, sans the intrusion of the cult of personality. In that light, the CD is a marvelous listen ...
Charlie Hunter: Baboon Strength
by Doug Collette
After a series of major label releases, the last of which was a recording with a new trio, Charlie Hunter makes significant changes for Baboon Strength. The idiosyncratic guitarist's innate joie de vivre remains constant, however, as he decides to release the album independently and, prior to that, recruits a new drummer.
Phish Walnut Creek
by Doug Collette
Phish Walnut Creek Jemp 2008 Even in its comparatively stripped-down form (no special features included with a colorful two-disc but deceptively spare package) Phish Walnut Creek stands on its own terms as a unique document of a singular performance. The bonus CD, Left ...
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