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Alvin Batiste
by Elliott Simon
A preeminent music educator and influential clarinetist, Alvin Batiste's impact will be with us as long as jazz is performed. From his founding and leadership of the Jazz Institute program at Southern University in Baton Rouge to his current work with the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, clarinetist Alvin Batiste has influenced three generations ...
Charles Davis: Land of Dreams
by Elliott Simon
In the shrinking world of “legendary" jazz performers, all star sessions and one-offs are the norm. This release is a rare treat that gives a real look-see at saxophonist Charles Davis in the context of his working band. Davis, with his baritone sax, was part of the seminal Jazz Composer's Orchestra and early groups fronted by ...
Nicki Parrott & Rossano Sportiello: People Will Say We
by Elliott Simon
Nicki Parrott & Rossano Sportiello People Will Say We're In Love Arbors Records 2007 With People Will Say We're In Love, bassist Nicki Parrott and pianist Rossano Sportiello have stepped to the forefront and formed a musical partnership that keeps the melody squarely in focus while creating an atmosphere of ...
Ernst Bier, Matthias B: Live at the A-Trane
by Elliott Simon
Five extended compositions recorded Live at the A-Trane in Berlin, Germany over two nights in 2005 present altoist/flutist Sonny Fortune in the company of a soulful B3 trio. Fortune's alto is still searing, with a tone and style that work quite well in this context, exposing his Philly R&B roots. His career of over forty years ...
Komeda Project: Crazy Girl
by Elliott Simon
The legacy of the great Polish jazz composer/pianist Krzysztof Komeda runs especially deep, while straddling the worlds of film music and modern jazz. While his life was sadly cut short in 1969 at the age of 38, his compositional output included more than sixty film scores and the influential European classic Astigmatic (Power Bros, 1966), with ...
The Cracow Klezmer Band: Remembrance
by Elliott Simon
This month, Krakow, Poland plays host to the world's top klezmer musicians as they take part in the city's 17th Jewish Cultural Festival. That a celebratory event of this magnitude occurs in a city that, prior to the Holocaust, was home to one of the most important Jewish cultural centers in Europe is evidence of this ...
Matt Weston: Percussive Experiments
by Elliott Simon
Matt Weston Resistance Cruisers 7272 Music 2007 Matt Weston Rashaya 7272 Music 2007 ...And now for something completely different. Percussionist and electronicist Matt Weston released two EPs ...
David Rogers: Afro-Appalachian Jazz
by Elliott Simon
David Rogers Sextet The World Is Not Your Home Jumbie Records 2007 Imaginary Homeland Jump For George Jumbie Records 2003 A decade ago, tenor saxophonist David Rogers' ...
Biggi Vinkeloe: Elegans & Suspension
by Elliott Simon
Vinkeloe/Smith/Nordeson Elegans Nuscope Recordings 2005 CBD Trio Suspension Rastascan Records 2006 International free-jazzwoman Biggi Vinkeloe's current two offerings feature her often times subtle alto saxophone and flute in the ...
Various: Jazz in the Charts 1/100: 1917-1921
by Elliott Simon
The folks at Germany's Membran have completed a fascinating take on the history of jazz aptly named Jazz in the Charts. In the process, they have developed a one-of-a-kind compilation of every jazz recording to reach the Billboard charts between the years 1917 and 1954, years when jazz was truly America's popular music. A massive one ...
