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George Russell: Ezz-Thetics
by Reid Thompson
It is not often that a CD is utterly captivating from the first few measures upon first listening. Some recordings capture so accurately a period of music and are so spontaneously perfect that their listeners are enthralled from start to finish, much like children on Christmas morning. Ezz-Thetics is such a CD, in the company of ...
George Russell: George Russell Sextet at the Five Spot
by David Adler
George Russell, like Lennie Tristano, is one of the unsung prophets of modern jazz. The theoretical innovations for which he has become known are suffused throughout this early small group session, released in 1960 by Decca and now reissued by Verve. Although it’s billed as a live record, the reissue essay by Kirk Silsbee lets the ...
George Russell Sextet at the Five Spot
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2000
Track listing: Sippin' At Bells; Dance Class; Swingdom Come; 121 Bank Street; Beast Blues; Moment's Notice.
George Russell (: George Russell Sextet At The Five Spot
by C. Andrew Hovan
Conceptualist and composer George Russell’s place in jazz history has always been a bit tenuous at best. Few really understand the implications of his Lydian Chromatic concept and up until now very few of his early recorded masterpieces have been available to all but the most diehard of vinyl collectors. Following the seminal 1957 Jazz Workshop ...
Nils Petter Molvaer: Khmer
by Douglas Payne
Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær's solo debut is a technospheric curiosity that suitably brings together the melodic grooves of William Orbit and the evocative ambiance of Mark Isham. Molvær, a new name to me, has actually been around for nearly two decades--as a member of the Scandinavian group Masqualero and in addition to working in both ...
