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Mambo Mantis: Everybody Knows Something
by Ernest Barteldes
Do not let the word “mambo" in this band's name fool you. There is nothing of the famed Cuban genre on this album, recorded live at the Bowery Poetry Club and ABC No Rio. The group's sound is experimental as it gets--with surprising neurotic sounds and hard rock influences--as heard on the introduction to “According to ...
Scott Feiner: Pandeiro Jazz
by Ernest Barteldes
Just when you thought that there was very little left to be introduced to the world of jazz, here comes a New York City-born musician with a pandeiro (the Brazilian cousin of the tambourine) in his hand to prove otherwise. There is nothing really new about the pandeiro--you can hear it on virtually ...
Charnett Moffett: Internet
by Ernest Barteldes
Every now and then a bassist emerges as a front man and the instrument takes a whole new personality. Such is the case on Internet, where Charnett Moffett wrote every tune but one, an effects-laden take on “The Star Spangled Banner" obviously inspired by Jimi Hendrix. Moffett uses acoustic, electric, fretless and piccolo basses (often more ...
Alexander McCabe: The Round
by Ernest Barteldes
Mostly through original tunes, The Round explores diverse music without straying too far from the jazz realm. This is evident from the first track, “Floating, where saxophonist Alexander McCabe goes into a bossa nova-esque direction (the opening notes are immediately reminiscent of Jobim's “Chovendo Na Roseira ), reminding me of how much I loved Getz's incursions ...
Bud Shank: Bouncing with Bud and Phil - Live at Yoshi's
by Ernest Barteldes
This document from a 2004 tour stop at one of the West Coast's best-known rooms finds two septuagenarian saxophone players revisiting and reshaping songs they have been performing throughout the years, often as duets. Play close attention to their rendition of Eden Ahbez's beautiful “Nature Boy, which Bud Shank introduces as a slow-tempo ballad, until the ...
Binary Systems Are Go! The Dawning Of A Digital Jazz Age
by Ernest Barteldes
Computers are becoming increasingly prevalent in music - they are today almost as familiar as saxophones, trumpets or any other acoustic instrument you care to mention - and they feature extensively on two new releases from Swedish musicians Susanna Lindeborg (piano) and Ove Johansson (tenor saxophone). Natural Artefacts Like Jazz
Andrew Suvalsky: Vintage Pop and The Jazz Sides
by Ernest Barteldes
In the past, many jazz singers were considered pop vocalists. For instance, on a recent Tony Bennett compilation, there is an autographed picture of Frank Sinatra which Ol' Blue Eyes dedicated “to the bes g.d. Pop singer I've ever heard." But today that would not exactly be true, and jazz-pop meshes are difficult tasks to face, ...
Carmen Lundy: Jazz And The New Songbook
by Ernest Barteldes
Unlike many singers, Carmen Lundy does not recycle standards on her latest album, which was captured live at the Madrid Theater in Los Angeles. Instead, the program of new material she wrote (or co-wrote) makes for an unexpected listening experience. Backed by an eighteen-piece ensemble, Lundy showcases her songs, many of which she ...
Mala Waldron: Always There
by Ernest Barteldes
When you hear Mala Waldron's soulful voice on Always There, you realize that you are experiencing something very special, for Waldron is not only an accomplished vocalist and songwriter, but also a fine pianist who hits the keys with great precision, bringing various musical influences into the jazz realm. On the romantic “Because of You," which ...
Paul Bollenback: Brightness of Being
by Ernest Barteldes
Jazz guitar fans will not be disappointed by Brightness of Being, an offering of rich harmonics and octave-based solos in a collection of originals, covers of Stevie Wonder and Neil Young, adaptations from Puccini and Garcia de Leon, and a couple of songs immortalized by Ray Charles. The original “Together finds Bollenback on ...
