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Brian Groder: Torque
by Elliott Simon
The axis on which this session rotates is the superb rhythm section of bassist Doug Mathews and drummer Anthony Cole. That said, Torque is likewise an intergenerational jazz jaunt that works exceptionally well due to several factors: the extreme level of comfort that flutist/saxophonist Sam Rivers has with this rhythm section; the fact that Rivers, at ...
Sol Yaged
by Elliott Simon
1960s 2000s There are few, if any, continuously working jazz musicians that can match the incredible longevity of clarinetist Sol Yaged. Born in Brooklyn, Yaged has been, with the exception of three years of military service, playing clarinet continuously in and around the ...
Chris Washburne and the SYOTOS Band: Land of Nod
by Elliott Simon
Jazz in this first decade of the 21st Century has few artists using their music to confront the prevailing political climate. Jazz as protest music is an interesting historical artifact that was part of its '60s adolescence, before the music matured into an accepted field of academic study. The jazz educational establishment is more interested in ...
Yurdal Tokcan & Ahenk: Turkish Delights
by Elliott Simon
Middle Eastern instrumentation, modes and rhythms have long served as source material for jazz musicians wishing to extend their musical boundaries. In the early days of jazz, an “oriental tinge was often used to add an air of exotica to a performance piece. Later, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and others would use these same ...
Luma: LUMA
by Elliott Simon
Though Lionel is a notable exception, jazz is not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of The Hamptons. With its jazz age a thing of the past, “America's Summer Playground these days engenders visions of white sandy beeches, superior wines and elegant summer parties. LUMA (Life, Unity, Music, Amplified), however, is doing its ...
Chuck Israels
by Elliott Simon
An infrequent visitor to his hometown, bassist Chuck Israels is returning to NYC this month for rehearsals of his new music with David Berger's Sultans of Swing big band. Israels and Berger have a musical relationship that dates back to the National Jazz Ensemble, a groundbreaking jazz repertory orchestra that Israels conceived in the mid '70s. ...
Brooklyn Jazz Underground: Lackner and Iversen
by Elliott Simon
Benny Lackner Trio Sign of the Times Nagel Heyer 2006 Anne Mette Iversen This is my House Okapi Records 2006 Brooklyn jazz is happening and those who venture across ...
A Trio of Piano/Drum Duets
by Elliott Simon
Sam Ulano/Steve Elmer Sam and Steve/Steve and Sam: Brothers in Swing Self Released 2006 Simon Nabatov/Tom Rainey Steady Now Leo Records 2006 Phillip Strange/Larry Marshall In the Moment ...
David Bixler: Call It A Good Deal
by Elliott Simon
David Bixler, who is first alto in the Arturo O'Farrill Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra, fronts his own quintet here to deliver a session that is long on compositional dimensionality and rhythmic backbone. Bixler pairs with Scott Wendholt's razor-sharp trumpet to slice angles through these intricate pieces, and he's not afraid to take a chance with refreshingly ...
Nikitov: Vanderlust
by Elliott Simon
Original Yiddish/klezmer music was most likely string-based, with a heavy accent on violins, cellos and guitars, evolving during a time when the lines between Jewish and Gypsy musicians were quite fluid. Much later, Gypsy met jazz, and the result was perhaps the pinnacle of string-based jazz, the “hot club sound of guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist ...
