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Brotherhood of Breath: Bremen to Bridgwater
by A. Henkin
The Brotherhood of Breath (BOB) is low on the list of visible big bands, rarely mentioned in the same breath as the giants of the genre - Basie, Ellington, Goodman - or its contemporaries - Sun Ra, Globe Unity, London Jazz Composers. This is a strange case since it can be argued that it was the ...
The Allman Brothers Band: The Fillmore Concerts
by C. Michael Bailey
The Allman Brothers Band The Fillmore Concerts (Polydor 314 517 294-2) The Blues is atomic music in the respect that as a part of American Popular Music it is an indivisible element, one that cannot be deconstructed. The Blues is a part of every genre of popular music: Rock, ...
Sunrise Falling: Gene Ess
by Phil DiPietro
Gene Ess Sunrise Falling Amp Records 2003 Even if you knew who Gene Shimosato was, you're still going to be surprised when you hear Gene Ess! Fans of electronic music and fusion will be most pleasantly surprised with Sunrise Falling. Ess lays it on thick with the aural fruits from ...
Jimmy Lyons Box
by Clifford Allen
When long-term sidemen strike out on their own as leaders, the results are often rather varied, usually following the former leader's model until some sense of originality can be reached. Some, like Don Cherry, follow their muse into uncharted waters, while others, like Sunny Murray, seem to be unique amalgamations of various influences (Ayler's blues and ...
Bach to Bach: An Old Man's Vision and a Young Man's Promise Kept
by C. Michael Bailey
Johann Sebastian Bach is considered the leading Baroque composer with only fellow German G.F. Handel to contend with for the title. To be sure, Bach was a transfiguring muse for the music pioneered by Antonio Vivaldi, Domenico Scarlatti, Heinrich Sch?nd Archangelo Corelli. Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany March 21, 1685, where he was taught violin ...
Shelly Manne & His Men: Yesterdays
by David A. Orthmann
Shelly Manne & His Men Yesterdays Pablo 2003 Shelly Manne, who died suddenly of a heart attack on September 26, 1984, left behind an impressive body of recorded work as a leader and sideman. Like Dave Tough, one of his formative influences, Manne was a musician first and ...
Giuffre/Bley/Swallow: Emphasis & Flight (1961)
by AAJ Staff
Jimmy Giuffre/Paul Bley/Steve Swallow Emphasis & Flight 1961 Hatology 2003 At a time when the leading edge of mainstream jazz was pulling through modal jazz into hard bop, Jimmy Giuffre was headed in another direction. His early trios were simultaneously polite and experimental, an unusual combination that revealed ...
Cuckooland
by Joshua Weiner
The marriage of jazz and rock musical styles has had a checkered history. The late '60s records of Cannonball Adderley, Gary Burton, Tony Williams, and Miles Davis stretched the boundaries of jazz music while successfully bringing it to a broad young audience. The later development of Fusion with a capital “F" by Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return To ...
Puerto Rico Heineken Jazzfest 2002
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Quick and to the Point: European, Hispanic and American jazzers honor Carlos “Patato” Valdés. Various Artists Puerto Rico Heineken Jazzfest 2002 HNK Records 2002 The historical weight of the 2002 edition of the Puerto Rico Heineken Jazzfest was shared among Italian bassist Giovanni Tommaso , American bassist ...
Miroslav Vitous - Universal Syncopations
by A. Henkin
Miroslav VitousUniversal Syncopations ECM 2003 Bassist Miroslav Vitous, veteran of the bands of Miles Davis, Herbie Mann, Donald Byrd, Chick Corea and numerous others had a dream decade after coming to the states in 1966 on a music scholarship. Within years, he would record one of the seminal ...
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