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Dave Stryker: Messin' with Mister T

Read "Messin' with Mister T" reviewed by Ernest Barteldes

by Ernest Barteldes
April 19, 2015

On this tribute to his former employer Stanley Turrentine, guitarist/bandleader Dave Stryker recruits his trio with Hammond B-3 organist Jared Gold and drummer McClenty Hunter, augmented here by guest percussionist Mayra Casales. Messin' with Mister T also features a series of contemporary tenor players taking on some of the late saxophonist's classic recordings. The ...

Article: Live Review

Peter Bernstein Quartet al Teatro Franco Parenti di Milano

by Claudio Bonomi
April 10, 2015

Peter Bernstein Quartet Rassegna “Jazz al Parenti" Teatro Franco Parenti Milano 22.03.2015 Il secondo appuntamento di Jazz al Parenti, nuova rassegna milanese dedicata al jazz curata da Gianni Morelenbaum Gualberto (direttore artistico anche di Aperitivo in Concerto, manifestazione che si tiene invece al Teatro Manzoni da ...

Article: Album Review

Dave Stryker: Messin' with Mister T

Read "Messin' with Mister T" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
March 17, 2015

On Messin' with Mister T, guitarist Dave Stryker could have enlisted only his organ trio to salute friend, mentor and musical hero Stanley Turrentine; instead, he chose to step back and let other voices do most of the talking. The encomiums are thus provided by ten of the world's most accomplished tenor saxophonists, making this one ...

Article: New York Beat

Jazz at Lincoln Center: The Search for Original African Music

by Nick Catalano
March 1, 2015

Although jazz emerged as an art form around the turn of the Twentieth century in the southern United States, its roots extend backward over several centuries. The music largely developed from a synthesis of many African and European forms that was achieved through the institution of slavery. Blacks were captured or purchased from specific “factory" areas ...

Article: Year in Review

Ken Hohman's Top Jazz Releases of 2014

by Ken Hohman
January 23, 2015

I'd taken a six month hiatus from my radio show, Freedom Jazz Dance, to concentrate on other things. Turns out my timing couldn't have been worse. I was inundated with so many excellent recordings in 2014 that my head was spinning. Fortunately, I now had the time to truly enjoy them! Here are the lucky 13 ...

Article: Rediscovery

Pat Martino: Joyous Lake

by John Kelman
January 13, 2015

Pat MartinoJoyous LakeWarner Bros.1977 Seemingly a hardcore mainstreamer at heart--though one with no shortage of experimental élan, proven over a series of ten albums from 1967's El Hombre (Prestige) to 1976's wonderful duo with pianist Gil Goldstein, We'll Be Together Again (Muse, 1976)--guitarist Pat Martino came relatively late to the jazz-rock ...

Article: Year in Review

C. Andrew Hovan's Top 10 for 2014

by C. Andrew Hovan
January 4, 2015

This will be a first in some time. For a variety of reasons, I had to curtail my writing activities about five years ago. As a result, my limited work for All About Jazz consisted mainly of photography and live reviews. As a result, I felt less then prepared in previous years to present any kind ...

Album

Chicago Fire

By Eric Alexander

Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Save Your Love for Me; The Bee Hive; Eddie Harris; Just One of Those Things; Blueski for Vonski; Mr. Stitt; You Talk That Talk; Don’t Take Your Love from Me.

Article: Jazz Near Me

The Dave Stryker Trio Swings A Log Church

by Gloria Krolak
October 10, 2014

Once through pastoral Medford Village in Burlington County, NJ, you arrive at Medford Lakes, a community of period log cabins under towering pine trees just off Stokes, the main road. In this onetime lakeside resort, hand-hewn from local wood, beckons a big cabin called Cathedral of the Woods. Russell Quigliata, who managed Cecil Payne until the ...

Article: Album Review

Mike LeDonne: I Love Music

Read "I Love Music" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
July 28, 2014

The uncommonly talented Mike LeDonne continues his transition from piano to Hammond B3, if that is what one may call it, with yet another superb album, the suitably named I Love Music. And while using the organ throughout is a good idea, it is but the first of two, as whenever LeDonne schedules a recording session ...