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Scorch Trio: Melaza
by John Kelman
Human nature may tend towards resisting change, but shaking up a group--even one with a longstanding and successful lineup--can sometimes drive the music in subtly different directions. Losing Norwegian drummer Paal Nilssen-Love may have seemed like a blow change for Scorch Trio, but recruiting Frank Rosaly--who moves around in the same circles as Nilssen-Love, playing with ...
The Rempis Percussion Quartet: Montreal Parade
by Dan Bilawsky
Descriptive misdirection seems to be an important element in some sectors of the jazz world today. A group called The Nels Cline Singers puts out records where nary a vocalist can be found, and The Rempis Percussion Quartet is two members shy of being a full-fledged percussion outfit. While Cline's band uses a moniker that lacks ...
Nick Mazzarella Trio: Aviary
by Mark Corroto
Saxophonist Nick Mazzarella keeps things neat and succinct on this shortish (30 minute) introductory release. Although compact, this release is quite loquacious and, perhaps, a presage of great things to come.All six compositions were penned by Mazzarella, and harken back to the early 1960s, and the rise of Ornette Coleman and Eric Dolphy. Mazzarella, ...
Milkwork
By Frank Rosaly
Label: Contraphonic
Released: 2010
Track listing: Adolescents; NY Prices; Four Bright Red Dots; Truce; Zoquete; NY
Prices!; Calcetines; Burnshine; He Junkin.'
Jason Adasiewicz: Sun Rooms
by Mark Corroto
Jason Adasiewicz is making the vibraphone a necessary ingredient for music making in this century. His mallets have been featured in recordings by Josh Berman, Jason Ajemian, Harris Eisenstadt, the Lucky 7s, and Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra.As a leader, his two recordings with Rolldown, the self-titled 2008 disc on 482 Music and Varmint ...
Karl E. H. Seigfried: Portrait Of Jack Johnson
by Dan Bilawsky
Karl E.H. SeigfriedPortrait Of Jack JohnsonImaginary Chicago Records2010 Boxing and jazz don't seem like a natural fit, but the two disciplines share ideals at their cores. Both thrive on the unexpected and live as poetry in motion. Jazz musicians and boxers both work hard and long, spending ...
Keefe Jackson and Aram Shelton: Seeing You See and Two Cities
by Clifford Allen
The city of Chicago continues to find itself in a jazz renaissance well into the waxing years of the 21st century--a status that many of America's cities can't easily lay claim to. With the pedigrees of individual improvisers and composers like reedman Ken Vandermark and flutist Nicole Mitchell well established in the 1990s, a slightly younger ...
Saxophone and drum duets: Cyrillic; Through The Fire; Bad Luck
by John Sharpe
Dave Rempis/Frank Rosaly Cyrillic 482 Music 2009 Famoudou Don Moye/Eliel Sherman Storey Through The Fire AECO Records 2008 Chris Icasiano/Neil Welch Bad Luck Belle Records 2009 ...
Frank Rosaly: Milkwork
by Mark Corroto
The very in-demand Chicago drummer Frank Rosaly takes time out from his duties in over twenty bands--ranging from experimental sound, jazz, rock, and improvised music--to make a solo recording of drumming and electronics. Milkwork is a nine-song LP (also available as a digital download), pressed on white vinyl in a limited edition of 500. ...
Jorrit Dijkstra: Pillow Circles
by Troy Collins
An international summit meeting, Pillow Circles joins four American jazz musicians with four Dutch improvisers. Similar in feel to his Flatlands Collective, this effort finds Dutch expatriate and multi-instrumentalist Jorrit Dijkstra paying homage to a handful of artists who have inspired him, with each piece dedicated to an individual. Bringing an empathetic familiarity to ...
