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February 2005
by Glenn Astarita
Collective 4Tet Moving Along Leo Records The fifth recording by this quartet featuring eminent modern jazz bassist/composer William Parker is a cohesive improvisational foray, sometimes transmitting a liquefying effect. Trombonist Jeff Hoyer generally commandeers a sequence of motifs, sparked by a slightly turbulent group-based mode of attack. They do pick up ...
January 2005
by Glenn Astarita
eRikm & Fennesz Complementary Contrasts Donaueschingen 2003 hatOLOGY Two electronics/computer experimentalists go head on here. It's partly about coalescing for a union of eerie sounds and configurations recorded live and in the studio. Even for trained ears of electronica, you're bound to hear tones and manipulations that might seem novel. The ...
December 2004
by Glenn Astarita
Eugene Chadbourne The History Of The Chadbournes, Honky-tonk Im Nacht Lokal Leo Records Avant-garde guitarist Eugene Chadbourne offers a bizarre and often humorous slant on rockabilly music, featuring support from mandolinist Barry Mitterhoff and various jazz musicians. This CD is a culmination of live dates recorded between 1996 thru ...
November 2004
by Glenn Astarita
Matthew Shipp/William Parker/Guillermo E. Brown The Trio Plays Ware Splasc(H) Records Saxophonist David S. Ware's relevance as a composer is highlighted on this outing performed by his longstanding supporting trio. Pianist Matthew Shipp's climactic chord clusters sometimes mimic Ware's strenuous phrasings and complex means of building a melody. Anyone familiar with ...
October 2004
by Glenn Astarita
To The Stars Chick Corea Elektric Band Stretch Records After a several year hiatus, keyboardist Chick Corea reunites the Elektric Band for a set based upon the late L. Ron Hubbard's sci-fi tome To The Stars. And while re-groupings of this ilk sometimes reap advance skepticism, this outing might indeed reign as ...
September 2004
by Glenn Astarita
Cha Cha With The Hellboys The Hellboys Hellboys This independent release highlights the compositions of vocalist/guitarist Thomas Redmond. But it's more or less a union of the King Crimson crowd, featuring guitar hero Robert Fripp's soundscapes patented electronics on selected tracks. King Crimson bassist and fabled session man Tony Levin handles the ...
August 2004
by Glenn Astarita
Latitude Groundtruther (Charlie Hunter, Bobby Previte & Special Guest: Greg Osby) Thirsty Ear Three world-renowned jazz musicians and experimentalists coalesce for an album constructed upon funk beats, spacey synths and jazz inflected improv. It's the first of a proposed trilogy where guitarist Charlie Hunter and drummer Bobby Previte will add a special ...
July 2004
by Glenn Astarita
One, Three, Two The Vinny Golia Quintet Jazz’Halo Multi-woodwind ace Vinny Golia will undoubtedly be cited as one of the hardest working jazz artists in recent times. On this 2-CD set, recorded live in Brussels, Belgium, Golia, and his fellow Californian jazz aces cover quite a bit of ground. Performing on a ...
Proto-Kaw: Before Became After
by Glenn Astarita
In 2002 progressive rock record label Cuneiform Records released a compilation of demos and live recordings of a band that subsequently enjoyed immense popularity and staggering record sales. Originally known as Proto-Kaw—a band modeled after the fertile, late-‘60s, early-‘70s progressive rock movement—the music and methodology was closer to the likes of King Crimson, Genesis, and others. ...
Blowin' Up a Storm at a Stormy Jazzfest
by Glenn Astarita
Ominous weather forecasts greatly diminished Thursday's attendance at the 35th anniversary edition of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The weather held for most of the day - just a few sprinkles foretold the severe onslaught that was to follow shortly after closing time. Later, heavy rains and the threat of severe lightning storms in ...
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