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Taj Mahal: Maestro
by Doug Collette
Maestro is the perfect title for this Taj Mahal album. No matter who the star cameo is on a given track--and there is a famous name on almost every one--it's quite clear that the source of direction (not to mention the original inspiration) comes from Mahal himself. Not surprisingly, the best moments arise in his role ...
Danilo Perez: Across The Crystal Sea
by Doug Collette
During the course of their collaboration on Across the Crystal Sea, pianist Danilo Perez and arranger Claus German defy convention as much as they utilize it to their own ends. Like the colors in the cover painting at first seem like pastels, but upon close inspection reveal deeper tones, the contrast of the orchestration with a ...
Medeski, Martin and Wood: Zaebos: The Book of Angels Vol. 11
by Doug Collette
Master improvisers that they are, Medeski, Martin and Wood nevertheless do nothing without purpose. Their participation in John Zorn's Masada Series is just such a decisive action. Zaebos: The Book of Angels Vol. 11 was recorded in January and March of 2008, just prior to MMW's announcement of its year-long project dubbed “The Radiolarian Series" (whereby ...
The Allman Brothers Summer Tour 2008: The Road Goes On
by Doug Collette
The Allman Brothers BandComcast CenterMansfield, MassachusettsAugust 16th, 2008There were more than just a small handful of stellar moments during the Allman Brother's set at the newly christened Comcast Center in Mansfield MA August 16th. But the seminal Southern rockers never built up a full head of steam during the course of ...
JJ Grey & Mofro: Orange Blossoms
by Doug Collette
JJ Grey & Mofro Orange Blossoms Alligator Records 2008 JJ Grey and Mofro's Orange Blossoms is a natural evolution from its predecessor, the ambitious Country Ghetto (Alligator, 2007). Here Grey and his regular road band extract the R&B/soul elements and artfully expand upon them. The title song is emblematic of ...
Gov't Mule: Gov't Mule: Holy Haunted House
by Doug Collette
It's hardly a surprise that Gov't Mule performed Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy (Atlantic, 1973) in its entirety in sequence on Halloween, 2007. The legendary British band is one of the most profound influences on The Mule, in both their original compositions--"Streamlined Woman" and others on High & Mighty (ATO, 2006)--and covers--"When the Levee Breaks" ...
Scrapomatic: Sidewalk Caesars
by Doug Collette
The challenge faced by Scrapomatic's co-leaders, vocalist Mike Mattison and guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Paul Olsen, is a formidable one which is faced by both posers and genuine proponents of the blues--to turn the simplicity and passion that distinguishes the genre into a genuine means of personal expression. “Longhaired State" is a prime example of this principle ...
John Mayall: Live at The Marquee 1969 & The Masters
by Doug Collette
John Mayall had a reputation for being a rebel long before 1969. How else to explain his single-minded devotion to the blues in the face of Beatlemania? Still, in dispensing with a drummer and including no lead electric guitarist in the band he formed for The Turning Point (Polydor, 1969), Mayall was going against the very ...
Grateful Dead: Winterland 1973 - The Complete Recordings
by Doug Collette
Grateful Dead Winterland 1973 - The Complete Recordings Grateful Dead/Rhino 2008The Grateful Dead's Winterland 1973 - The Complete Recordings appears a little over two years after its original release was aborted a few months prior to the band's business affiliation with Rhino Records was made official. The release ...
25th Annual Discover Jazz Festival, Burlington, VT
by Doug Collette
Discover Jazz Festival Burlington, Vermont May 30-June 8th, 2008The Burlington Discover Jazz Festival has a profound right to celebrate its 25th anniversary this year. In the quarter century of its existence, it has performed the dual service of honoring the great traditions of jazz and its artists, at the same time ...
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