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Diego Urcola: Viva
by Elliott Simon
Trumpeter Diego Urcola, a mainstay in Paquito D'Rivera's band, branches out on Viva with an all-star group that includes bassist Avishai Cohen and pianist Edward Simon. In addition, a bevy of Urcola compadres appear as guests, making for a diverse presentation of well-played originals with a Latin flair. Urcola, who hails from Argentina, ...
One Long Tune: The Life And Music of Lenny Breau
by Elliott Simon
One Long Tune: The Life And Music Of Lenny Breau Ron Forbes-Roberts University of North Texas Press ISBN:157441210 Born on the cusp of the beat and hippie generations, guitarist Lenny Breau epitomized both but fit into neither. Hailed by many as the greatest guitarist of all time, he remains largely ...
NYC Jazz Holiday on a Budget
by Elliott Simon
The NYC jazz landscape is expansive in both scope and talent. It can at the same time be daunting and expensive to the person trying to naively experience it. Recently, I had a five day jazz holiday in the Big Apple and decided to see if I could hit four shows that would somehow capture a ...
Ben Goldberg Quintet: The Door, The Hat, The Chair, The Fact
by Elliott Simon
This is music that produces seemingly random associations as snippets of form and formlessness lead you to free, or perhaps not so freely, associate. Personal experiences dovetail with these compositions, which lead through nodes of memory and mood: from poet Robert Creeley to Alan Ginsburg to swing, world and free, through Bechet, Bird and Trane and ...
Drummer's Delight: Of Recent Time, Parish, Burnin
by Elliott Simon
Reuben Hoch and Time Of Recent Time naim 2006 Thomas Strønen Parish ECM 2005 Pete Zimmer Quintet Burnin' Live at the Jazz Standard Tippin' Records 2006 ...
David Berger & The Sultans of Swing: Hindustan
by Elliott Simon
Recording a band in the studio during the peak of a tour can yield a session that reflects the synergy gained from repeated nights on the road. Hindustan is just such an occasion, capturing the breadth of this large, swinging aggregation on a varied program of standards and new music written especially for these players.
The Neo Bass Ensemble: Bebop Meets Bass
by Elliott Simon
Granted, you wouldn't want a steady diet of a band fronted by five double bassists and a cello, but Lisle Atkinson's Neo Bass Ensemble more than accomplishes its stated goal on Bebop Meets Bass. As the title implies, these tunes are played in the bebop tradition with unique arrangements designed to fit the unorthodox instrumentation. Many ...
Carol Robbins: Jazz Play
by Elliott Simon
Close in timbre to a guitar but with a much wider scope and open feel, the concert harp can both thrill with sheets of sound and soothe with delicate nuance. There is all this and more on Jazz Play. Harpist Carol Robbins places her instrument in the midst of a jazz ensemble for a most agreeable ...
Accord
by Elliott Simon
Richard Galliano's New York Trio Ruby My Dear Dreyfus 2005 Marcel Loeffler Source Manouche Le Chant Du Monde 2005 Richard Galliano can perhaps be single-handedly credited with ...
John Ellis: By a Thread
by Elliott Simon
Over the past several years, tenor saxophonist John Ellis has developed a powerfully funky style. More recently, he has stretched out to bass clarinet and ocarina, releasing two well-received sessions as a leader and maintaining his integral part in guitarist Charlie Hunter's well-known trio. On By a Thread Ellis has brought together a quintet that delivers ...
