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Soft Machine Legacy: Steam
by Glenn Astarita
This ensemble's birthright continues via numerous personnel changes over the years as its longstanding members--bassist Hugh Hopper and drummer John Marshall--carry the proverbial torch. With sax great Elton Dean's passing in 2006, Soft Machine Legacy has regrouped and surged onward. Regardless, this effort looms as a milestone of sorts. Multi-woodwind ace Theo Travis' presence ...
July 2007
by Glenn Astarita
Daniel SmithThe Swingin' BassoonGuild Music2007 Bassoonist Daniel Smith switch hits from classical to swing to hard bop on this rewarding studio set. Other than some choice solos by pianist Martin Bejerano, the quartet stays in the background, providing support to Smith's amazingly fluid lines, which shine forth through ...
Darin Layne Trio: The Fisherman
by Glenn Astarita
The first half of The Fisherman, by Austin, Texas-based guitarist Darin Layne, is steeped in laid-back folksy jazz-like articulations, awash with wistful lines and quaint melodies. Layne's rhythm section is firmly nestled in-the-pocket to complement his deft and angular phrasings. On “See Five, the guitarist executes dreamy lines and ascending choruses amid his artful use of ...
Mitch Marcus Quintet: The Special
by Glenn Astarita
This quintet gets out of the gate with a ballsy no-nonsense mode of operations. San Francisco Bay Area saxophonist Mitch Marcus helps steer the way for his ensemble's progressive-jazz/fuzoid attack with the agility and timeliness of a rapid-response unit. Not for the squeamish, the preponderance of these works consist of snaky dual-sax choruses and blitzing guitar ...
Rob Wagner / Hamid Drake / Nobu Ozaki: Trio
by Glenn Astarita
Since the post-Hurricane Katrina exodus from New Orleans, the city's fabled music scene parallels the uncertainties of habitation and commerce issues. Here, modern jazz saxophonist Rob Wagner aligns with a killer rhythm section for a set recorded in December of 2005 at the French Quarter's thoroughly hip Café' Brasil. And while many musicians have scurried about ...
Underground Jazz Trio: Radio Free Europa
by Glenn Astarita
Improvising Irish guitarist Mark O' Leary's spiraling jazz presence continues with the Underground Jazz Trio, which is a free-form endeavor that rings like a basement jam session. Sparked by O'Leary's medium-toned electric guitar phrasings, the band investigates ethereal dreamscapes and bustling passages, partly consummated by the guitarist's spacey volume control permutations. Recorded in Chicago with Tortoise ...
Phil Miller - In Cahoots: Conspiracy Theories
by Glenn Astarita
Eminent British Canterbury progressive-rock guitarist Phil Miller always plays the right notes. He doesn't dazzle you with supersonic and heavily distorted riffs. On the contrary Miller sports a markedly distinctive style amidst his all-encompassing jazz, rock and jazz-rock vernaculars. Revered for his participation in seminal prog bands such as National Health, Matching Mole and other projects ...
June 2007
by Glenn Astarita
Kiko LoureiroUniverso InversoIndependent2007 Brazilian jazz-fusion guitarist Kiko Loureiro's scorching, plugged-in guitar licks create a compelling contrast here with Yaniel Matos' acoustic piano work. Loureiro is a precocious young chops-meister who favors climax-driven solos colored by sustain and distortion effects--plus an occasional nod towards Allan Holdsworth during some of the more ...
Live In Glasgow
by Glenn Astarita
Paul Rodgers Live In Glasgow Eagle Rock 2007 Rock vocalist extraordinaire Paul Rodgers is captured live on film, during this sprightly and somewhat rousing performance at a Glasgow concert hall. The founder of Free (1968-1973), Bad Company (1974-1982) and The Firm (1984-1986), Rodgers possesses an indubitably distinctive voice, sparked by ...
Jimmy Ponder: Somebody's Child
by Glenn Astarita
Eminent jazz guitarist Jimmy Ponder returned to his native Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to record this session with regional, like-minded musicians. Back in the 1970s, Ponder's craft was prominently conveyed during his association with fiery organist Charles Earland and the soul-jazz ensembles led by saxophonist Lou Donaldson among other notables. Subsequently, he's amassed a hefty discography as a ...
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