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Miroslav Vitous: Universal Syncopations
by Alexander M. Stern
Not just an album, Universal Syncopations --bassist Miroslav Vitous's latest release on ECM, and his first as a leader in more than ten years--is nothing short of an event. With a stellar line-up consisting of living legends Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, John McLaughlin, and Jan Garbarek, Universal Syncopations is more than merely the sum of some ...
Art Ensemble of Chicago: Tribute to Lester
by AAJ Staff
It's ironic that the longstanding Art Ensemble of Chicago, reduced here to a trio by the passing of trumpeter Lester Bowie, can have such an expansive sound. It's not just that these musicians work with several instruments each, or that these pieces span the range from meditative music to swing to free bop and the wild ...
Orchestre National de Jazz: Charmediterran
by Jerry D'Souza
Diversity is the keynote of the Orchestre National de Jazz, led by Paolo Damiani, the first foreign musical director of the French Orchestra. The charms of the Mediterranean that sweep through the music are evoked by the many rhythmic patterns of the lands of the region. More, the compositions come from Damiani, Trovesi, Jeanneau and Brahem, ...
Miroslav Vitous: Universal Syncopations
by AAJ Staff
Lots of people are going to be talking about this record. For good reason, admittedly, because bassist Miroslav Vitous dropped off the scene a while ago--to, among other things, amass a collection of orchestral samples--and has only just come back with his first record in a decade. This is the same man who played with Miles ...
Gianluigi Trovesi Ottetto: Fugace
by Dan McClenaghan
The word “eclectic" gets batted around quite a bit to describe things that are, according to the New Mirriam-Webster Dictionary: “...made up of what seems best of varied sources."The word fits well with the music of the Gianluigi Trovesi Octet on Fugace. The Italian reedman/bandleader is possessed of a broad array of influences: New ...
Dino Saluzzi: Responsorium
by Elliott Simon
A sincere presentation of deep cultural roots within a modern context, Responsorium envelops the listener with its honesty, warmth and deep textures. The bandoneon, a button accordion that is closer in timbre to an organ, has a rich sonority that is capable of creating a powerfully arresting soundscape. In the hands of Argentinian master Dino Saluzzi, ...
Ghazal: The Rain
by AAJ Staff
Six years and four records after forming the unit known as Ghazal, a collision between Persian and North Indian traditions, Kayhan Kalhor and Shujaat Husain Khan have stepped off the Silk Road. Kalhor is a master of the fiddle-like kamancheh and thoroughly steeped in the Iranian classical repertoire; he also spent considerable time learning Western classical ...
Dave Holland Quintet: Extended Play/Live at Birdland
by AAJ Staff
This group just doesn't put out a bad record, so it's hard to look at something new without some expectations. Bassist Dave Holland has led this particular quintet for six active years and four records, the latest of which is a live double set where the tunes stretch out around 12 minutes each. One would think ...
Art Ensemble of Chicago: Tribute to Lester
by Frank Rubolino
It seems like only yesterday when the groundbreaking Art Ensemble of Chicago burst onto the scene as the second wave of free improvisers carrying the torch lighted by Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, and others. Their music had infectious qualities that made it impossible to typecast and impossible to ignore. Of course, it wasn’t yesterday but the ...
Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette: Up For It
by AAJ Staff
Seven jazz standards, with an original tacked on as appendix. That's standard fare for the Keith Jarrett Trio, which has made its mark over the last two decades as a leading interpreter of the jazz canon. In the interval since its inception in 1983, the trio has pumped out 14 records of uniformly high quality, relying ...
