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Michael Musillami Trio: Dachau
by Elliott Simon
In the wake of its strong premiere effort, Beijing (Playscape, 2000), the Michael Musillami Trio continues its globetrotting, turning to Germany for inspiration to produce its sophomore offering, Dachau. While the opening “Dresden and the title piece itself conjure up some of the 20th century's worst horrors, the music is wonderfully uplifting and powerfully creative. Musillami's ...
Deborah Weisz Quintet: Grace (for Will)
by Elliott Simon
From its reverent yet fun-loving title cut, Grace (for Will) is a delight. Trombonist Deborah Weisz has assembled a wonderfully eclectic, intermeshing group of musicians to interpret newly composed music motivated by significant events and people in her life. Along with her communicative t-bone, two of New York City's most expressive and versatile musicians, guitarist Sheryl ...
Roswell Rudd and the Mongolian Buryat Band: Blue Mongol
by Elliott Simon
Blue Mongol acquaints trombonist Roswell Rudd's unmatched tonal mastery with the musical traditions of Mongolia, resulting in the most culturally respectful, spiritually uplifting, and musically interesting release of the year. While the Mongolian Buryat Band's combined instrumental performances on bamboo flute, horse head bass and fiddle, dulcimer, lute, and zither are comparable to the best classically ...
Al Hirt: King Of Bourbon Street
by Elliott Simon
Al Hirt King Of Bourbon Street Tomato Records 2005 Blowing one of the most potent horns since the Biblical Joshua led a septet outside Jericho, the late Al Hirt (1922-1999) has left us with a trumpet legacy characterized by a singular blend of power and precision. A master of myriad ...
Armen Donelian: Full Moon Music
by Elliott Simon
The third chapter in pianist Armen Donelian's Grand Ideas trilogy, Full Moon Music, stands alone in its ability to allow the listener to bond with the artist on a most personal level. Consisting of fourteen freely improvised solo piano portraits, the program masterfully tip-toes, walks, and runs along the thinnest of lines separating jazz and classical ...
Taso Music
by Elliott Simon
The globalization of jazz has long been a reality and its subsequent contact with ethnically diverse folk idioms has often produced exciting and creative music. This special synergy is no better showcased than on recent offerings from Taso Music. A Germany- based label, Taso has at the heart of its releases Polish born bassist Vitold Rek's ...
Five Play: Five Play ...Plus
by Elliott Simon
On the Brink (Arbors, 1999), the premiere effort from drummer Sherry Maricle's DIVA Big Band extraction Five Play, left no doubt that this all-female quintet can swing powerfully and bop across a broad musical spectrum. Maricle's upfront rhythms and the double alto attack of Karoline Strassmeyer and Laura Dreyer demonstrated a tight in-the-pocket sound that was ...
Agrazing Maze: At The End Of The Day
by Elliott Simon
At the End of the Day is a refreshing modern jazz statement with strong original compositions from its nucleus of bassist Carlo DeRosa, pianist Enrique Haneine, and drummer Allison Miller. Contrasting grooves are united by the musicians' sparkling percussive twists and turns.The title piece is a Haneine composition that, with its relaxing piano-led tempo, ...
Johnny Maddox: Ragtime Historian
by Elliott Simon
When the Grateful Dead sang a hundred verses in ragtime to “Ramble On Rose, it was no accident that the leader of their conjured-up band was Crazy Otto. Their reference was to ragtime pianist Johnny Maddox, whose Crazy Otto Rag released in 1955, sold over 2 million copies and in the process became the first million ...
Storyville Records
by Elliott Simon
Based in Denmark and boasting a catalogue of rarities and seminal recordings that would make any U.S. label drool, Storyville has carved a unique niche for itself on the international jazz landscape. Its own story began in 1952 as 23-year old Danish jazz aficionado Karl Emil Knudsen released a 1924 Louis and Lil' Armstrong recording with ...
