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Russ Nolan: Two Colors
by Elliott Simon
Two Colors begins with a pleasantly laid back meeting between Willy Wonka and Miles Davis--a meeting that has the “Pure Imagination" melody from the children's film being reharmonized with Miles' “It's About That Time." From there, things get a bit more intense as pianist Sam Barsh, bassist Sean Conly, and drummer Vinnie Sperrazza take the journey ...
Jerome Sabbagh: North
by Elliott Simon
Jerome Sabbagh brought his tenor to the Big Apple from France a few years ago and quickly gelled with some of NYC's best young progressive players. On his debut as a leader, North , Sabbagh explores a potpourri of styles with a decidedly modern mindset to offer up an original program of newly composed music. His ...
David Evans: I Didn't Know About You
by Elliott Simon
David Evans is an expressive tenor player who, like a unique vocalist, can use his horn to bring a fresh take to a timeless standard. For I Didn't Know About You , he has engaged a top shelf piano trio that has him successfully maneuvering through a wide range of sentiment to inspire an array of ...
David Krakauer/Various: Music from the Winery
by Elliott Simon
During a time when Jewish music became an integral part of the downtown NYC and world music scenes, clarinetist David Krakauer's Sunday klezmer brunch at Lower East Side's Tonic enabled multiple generations to rediscover their musical roots in the neighborhood where their forefathers discovered America. This offering chronicles those live performances, and whether it was a ...
Andrew Sterman: Blue Canvas with Spiral
by Elliott Simon
You can definitely hear the influence of Mr. Coltrane in the texture, tone and temperament of Andrew Sterman's tenor, while his flute at times displays a Hubert Laws reverence. The latest from this Phillip Glass Ensemble mainstay, Blue Canvas with Spiral , has pianist Fred Hersch, former Trane drummer Rashied Ali, and a host of other ...
David Krakauer & Jovino Santos Neto
by Elliott Simon
This past month at NYC's Symphony Space, David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness and the Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto effectively highlighted how ethnically based folk music can provide inspiration for modern musicians to develop their own distinctive approaches. In pianist Neto's case, he builds upon the forros, maracatus and bai㯳 of Northeastern Brazil to create colorful contemporary jazz ...
Chiaroscuro Records
by Elliott Simon
In a Syracuse record shop, a '50s teenager bought his first LPs, they included cuts by pianist Lennie Tristano and flugelhorn player Clark Terry. Some 50 years later, Hank O'Neal still has those original purchases safely tucked away. However, the best of his collection, now too numerous to count, list him as producer and bear the ...
Mike Wofford & Holly Hofmann
by Elliott Simon
Mike Wofford Trio Live at Athenaeum Jazz Capri 2004 Pianist Mike Wofford's trio allows this in demand vocal accompanist and arranger to stretch out and lead the way with a swinging rhythm section that includes master drummer Victor Lewis and top NYC bassist Peter Washington. Live at Athenaeum Jazz captures ...
Ed Neumeister Quartet: New Standards
by Elliott Simon
A mainstay for leaders from Dixieland through swing, the T-bone never quite recovered from bop, the unfortunate result being that inventive trombone-led combos have been few and far between. However, one listen to New Standards from trombonist Ed Neumeister's quartet, makes it clear that things needn't have turned out the way they did. With ...
Leslie Pintchik: So Glad To Be Here
by Elliott Simon
Pianist Leslie Pintchik and her bassist/husband, Scott Hardy, have invited percussionist Satoshi Takeishi into their cozy fold for a distinctive staging of the traditional jazz piano trio. The recipe succeeds, surprisingly well at times, as Takeishi adds his singular voice to Pintchik's melodic playing on So Glad to Be Here. Although the Kern/Hammerstein opener, ...
