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Musical Valium: 10 cds To Put Your Mind at Ease
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
There's not much good news out there lately. Even if you believe we'll be Kerryed out of this economic and global mess, that won't start for another ten months. In general I pay minimal attention to the news, figuring that if anything really terrible happened my friends would tell me, if they had enough time before ...
Three for Brazil: Homage
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
This is a splendid CD: serene and soulful, sunny and soothing. Now I'll get my “ess"es out of here and go into some more detail. Two for Brazil is a long-term collaboration between reedman Greg Fishman and guitarist/vocalist Paulinho Garcia. They have about six CDs by now, two of them reviewed at AAJ. At ...
Bill Evans: Getting Sentimental: Live at the Village Vanguard
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
Devotees of the immortal Bill Evans will jump at this bouquet of previously unreleased cuts, taped by fan Mike Harris at the Village Vanguard on January 15, 1978. During that week, Evans was trying out a different replacement for bassist Eddie Gomez each night, among them Rufus Reid and George Mraz. This recording was Michael Moore's ...
Ken Hatfield Trio: The Surrealist Table
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
I'm a sucker for the sound of a classical guitar in jazz; I'll admit that going in. But within that sound, there are many different styles—some players do their best work in a solo context, while others shine brightest in Brazilian settings. Ken Hatfield is an all-around artist whose compositions are varied as well, as demonstrated ...
Joe Gilman Trio: Time Again: Brubeck Revisited (Volume One)
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
What a treat this is: jazz that is brilliantly executed, intriguing, and actually... fun. The incomparable music of Dave Brubeck has been lovingly transformed and updated on Time Again without losing its original essence. Take it from the composer himself?after hearing the CD, Brubeck wrote: “I am truly amazed with the trio's imaginative interpretation of my ...
The Ladies of IAJE: Libby York, Michele Mele & Sally Stark
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
In my travels through the blur of IAJE, I was given three idie CDs from friendly lady vocalists of different styles and at various stages of their careers. What they have in common is good, honest, gimmick-free music. All are worth noting. Libby York Sunday in New York Blujazz New York resident ...
The Son Also Rises: Chris Brubeck, the new Gershwin?
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
I caught up with Chris Brubeck, a son of Dave, somewhere in the Caribbean Sea. On the 2003 M/S Maasdam Jazz Cruise, he played electric bass and trombone in the Taylor Eigsti trio, with brother Dan on drums. A superb, high-energy configuration, it was buoyed (pun fully intended) by the tremendous good humor of the siblings. ...
Lisa Sokolov: Presence
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
This is one of the times I'm grateful that this magazine doesn't have a rating system. I've never heard anything like this before (although Sokolov has two previous CDs out that were reportedly well-received), and I'm honestly not sure how I feel about it. I do know that “Presence" is terrifically innovative, with Sokolov exploring the ...
Moutin Reunion Quartet: Red Moon
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
Avant-garde music is not my cup of tea: I usually find it dark and formless, and the more “out" it goes, the faster I turn it off. But when I heard the opening track here, a bass and drum derangement of “La Mer," I was struck by how playful it could be. Same thing for the ...
Joyce: Just A Little Bit Crazy
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
The late, great Elis Regina was the first major artist to record Joyce's songs, and there are some similarities in their approach: both are honest, passionate, fluid and pitch-perfect, with a minimum of vocal pyrotechnics and often the distinct sound of a smile. While delivering the sultry and sunny sambas the world has come to expect ...
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