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Han Bennink Trio: Parken
by David McLean
Han Bennink Trio Parken Ilk Music 2009 One of the most iconic players from the European free-music scene, Han Bennink's 50 plus year career has seen the Dutch master drummer traverse through a multitude of musical settings. Bennink's journey has embraced revolutionary, avant-jazz recordings such as saxophonist Peter ...
David Ashkenazy: Out With It
by Martin Gladu
David Ashkenazy Out With It Posi-Tone 2009 The jazz drumming tradition abounds in models for emulation and study, and two such models stand out in importance. For its sheer power, Elvin Jones' work with saxophonist John Coltrane imposes itself on any serious student of the drum set. The ...
Johnny Griffin: From Johnny Griffin With Love
by Greg Thomas
Johnny Griffin From Johnny Griffin With Love Storyville Records 2009 Chicago native Johnny Griffin was undoubtedly one of the greatest artists to ever play the tenor saxophone. His technical capacity at high velocity tempi was legendary, earning him the nicknames fastest gun in the West" and Little Giant." ...
Crystal Silence: The ECM Recordings 1972-79
by John Kelman
It's a story that's been told before, but it's worth repeating. Pianist Chick Corea and vibraphonist Gary Burton were performing individually at a 1972 Munich festival, and ended up as the only two artists at a late night jam session. While the two had attempted working together in the 1960s, it was in a quartet context ...
Narthex: Formnction
by John Eyles
Narthex Formnction Potlatch Records 2009 The music on Formnction was produced using unusual experimental methods. The process is described by Narthex--saxophonist Marc Baron and bassist Loic Blairon--in a useful introductory sleeve note. It's worth reading: (1) We record six improvised pieces of 30 minutes each, in ...
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble: Eternal Interlude
by Raul d'Gama Rose
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble Eternal Interlude Sunnyside Records 2009 The music on Eternal Interlude by drummer John Hollenbeck cannot be described in one word, but if it could that word would be poignant." But of course, one word is not enough, so in settling for two, those would ...
Dexter Gordon: Doin' Allright
by Matt Marshall
Dexter Gordon Doin' Allright Blue Note / Music Matters 2009 (1961) From the first track of this record--in Blue Note's 45rpm double-disc reissue series--tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon certainly seems to be doing just fine. That opener, I Was Doing All Right," lilts along with a nice 'n' easy, early 1960s ...
David Berger Octet: I Had the Craziest Dream
by Jack Bowers
David Berger Octet I Had the Craziest Dream Such Sweet Thunder 2008 Composer / arranger / scholar / historian / educator David Berger, who uses groups of various sizes to adorn his musical framework, has chosen an octet to record I Had the Craziest Dream, subtitled The Music ...
Stanley Clarke Trio: Jazz in the Garden
by Carl L. Hager
Stanley Clarke Trio Jazz In The Garden Heads Up International 2009 In the mid-1970s when Stanley Clarke rose to prominence playing electric bass in the powerhouse band Return To Forever, it had been his beautiful touch on acoustic bass that originally attracted the notice of the band's founder, ...
Various Artists: Love Train - The Sound Of Philadelphia
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Various ArtistsLove Train--The Sound of PhiladelphiaLegacy/Philadelphia International Records2008 Love Train, 71 songs sprawled across four CDs, brings together a mass of music that has already been anthologized in a variety of forms over the years, though not as exhaustively or attractively. The package accomplishes two things. First, it ...


