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Bill Frisell: Rarum: Selected Recordings of Bill Frisell
by AAJ Staff
Whatever the musical context, guitarist Bill Frisell has always been a team player. From the edgy avant-garde of Naked City to the deeply melodic music of the Ginger Baker Trio and several wide-ranging groups of his own, he's proven repeatedly that he has the versatility and perceptiveness to fit into wildly different surroundings. His ECM work ...
Jan Garbarek: Rarum: Selected Recordings of Jan Garbarek
by AAJ Staff
Jan Garbarek's music can be summed up in one simple word: meditation. Sure, the term is loaded with overtones, both good and bad. But do not confuse meditation with mindlessness: they are polar opposites. Garbarek's thirty years with ECM (as a leader and collaborator) have yielded hundreds of melodies which lead to an infinitely light state ...
Bobo Stenson: Rarum: Selected Recordings of Bobo Stenson
by AAJ Staff
Listeners familiar with Bobo Stenson's most popular work might count him out as a hopeless romantic, but the Swedish pianist can have sharp edges at times, too. That's why this particular set bears so much interest: Stenson accents his more mellow recordings with some powerful angular energy. For example: his 1993 trio rendition of Ellington's “Reflections ...
Keith Jarrett: Rarum: Selected Recordings of Keith Jarrett
by AAJ Staff
Few improvising musicians have managed to cover the ground that pianist Keith Jarrett has made his own over the last three decades. Those years span avant jazz, classical and neo-classical work, overdubbed solo mysticism, new age flaccidity, deft group improvisation, solo keyboard meditations, and a heap of recent standards interpretations. Not to belabor the ...
Tomasz Stanko Quartet: Soul of Things
by Mark F. Turner
Like a vintage wine that gets better with age, 60 year old Tomasz Stanko from Poland is the epitome that proves that jazz just gets better and better. With a rich and dark tone that is reminiscent of many great horn players, especially Miles Davis; Stanko forges ahead with grace and power that is fiery yet ...
Louis Sclavis: Dan la nuit (Soundtrack)
by Mark F. Turner
A powerful movie score can directly effect the story by enhancing the dynamics such as mood, setting, and drama. A cymbal crash can startle, whereas a somber melody can create a melancholy mood. Writers, producers, artists, and musicians, all play an intricate part in creating the final product of a cinematic work of ...
Jack DeJohnette & John Surman: Invisible Nature
by Jim Santella
Creative music casts many impressions. Primarily a drums and soprano saxophone session, Invisible Nature swings impressionism through a dramatic collection of scenery. Improvising cohesively, the duo creates an enjoyable album that takes jazz beyond the mainstream. The pair of veteran artists forges a concert performance spontaneously. Recorded live on tour at the Berlin Jazz Festival and ...
Susanne Abbuehl: April
by Craig W. Hurst
The music on Susanne Abbuehl's recent ECM release April draws on diverse musical sources that result in a product that extends beyond that which is usually expected from a recording labeled as jazz. The music of Abbuehl and her fellow musicians at times resembles music more closely akin to an impression of the spare and angular ...
John Surman / Jack DeJohnette: Invisible Nature
by AAJ Staff
Reed player John Surman and drummer Jack DeJohnette go back a long way. More than three decades ago, these players met in London for regular jams; their paths have intersected regularly ever since. Their first record as a duo, The Amazing Adventures of Simon Simon, defined a spacious, open feel. Now back for more with Invisible ...
John Abercrombie: Cat 'n' Mouse
by AAJ Staff
First and foremost, Cat 'n' Mouse is a game among equals. The members of this quartet are each powerful musicians in their own right, and somehow they've made a treaty to serve a common cause. Guitarist John Abercrombie takes the lead on the opening track, “A Nice Idea," with an extended lyrical melody seeping with melancholy. ...
