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Chad Lawson Trio: Dear Dorothy: The OZ Sessions
by Glenn Astarita
Summit Records has evolved into one of the finer jazz record labels. They're proponents of worthy, yet at times lesser-known talent, while also recruiting more familiar names for a variety of projects. Here, the Chad Lawson (piano) Trio morph tunes from The Wizard of Oz into mainstream jazz arrangements. The musicians have designed a pleasant outing, ...
Groovopolis: Groovopolis
by Glenn Astarita
With their inaugural effort, this New Orleans based crew lives up to their group moniker! Guitarist Chris Cortez composed many of these works amid two pieces by keyboardist Dean Fransen and covers of Stevie Wonder’s “Go Home,” and Marvin Gaye’s classic, “What’s Going On?” The quintet along with guest musicians purvey a toe-tapping, finger-snapping potpourri of ...
John O'Gallagher's Axiom: John O'Gallagher's Axiom
by Glenn Astarita
Alto saxophonist John O’Gallagher displays some mighty impressive goods here, despite a somewhat sparse discography consisting of dates with the late Joe Henderson, Bob Belden, and a few others. The leaders aligns his wares with tenor sax titan, Tony Malaby along with veteran jazz drummer Jeff Williams and first call session ace, bassist John Hebert. On ...
The Joel Futterman Ike Levin Trio featuring Kash Killion: Lifeline
by Glenn Astarita
Tenor saxophonist Ike Levin and pianist Joel Futterman make for an undeniably potent duo, evidenced by previous releases. Moving forward, the twosome augments its attack with cellist and African Wooden Whistle performer, Kash Killion on this newly issued outing. With the opener “Paradox,” the musicians express themselves with the veracity and force of ...
Hannes Enzlberger: Songs To Anything That Moves
by Glenn Astarita
Austrian bassist Hannes Enzlberger describes his affinity for the music of Carla Bley, along with brief anecdotes about how some of her works influenced the material here. The bassist conveys an organic tone amid his pliant execution and booming patterns. Whereas Enzlberger’s arrangements are built upon a chamber-like approach, awash with the quartet’s concise unison lines ...
Paul Hession - Simon H. Fell - Charles Wharf: Improvabilly
by Glenn Astarita
Bassist/composer Simon H. Fell represents a significant force within Britain’s generally fertile improvisational scene. Yet, the artist has worked with Americans such as John Zorn (sax), Joey Baron (drums) and others, while also venturing into mainstream jazz and chamber frameworks. With this release, recorded in what the musicians refer to as a “dark and smelly room,” ...
Trapist: Brandlmayr - Siewert - Williamson: Highway My Friend
by Glenn Astarita
Here, some might draw parallels to the European avant-garde or more specifically, a budding Austrian movement witnessed on recent releases by the “Durian” record label. Guitarist Martin Siewert (Austria), drummer Martin Bradnlmayr (Austria) and bassist Joe Williamson (Canada) perform with a minimalist type spirit on this quietly fascinating effort. Recorded live in Vienna, you could barely ...
Zu: Igneo
by Glenn Astarita
Upon their first tour of the United States this power packed Italian band sojourned into a Chicago studio to record with saxophonist Ken Vandermark and trombonist Jeb Bishop. While modern jazz cellist Fred Lomberg-Holm adds another dimension to this quartet’s high octane melding of progressive rock, free jazz and more. The band’s previous two releases featured ...
Sunny Jain Collective: As Is
by Glenn Astarita
New York based drummer/composer Sunny Jain has garnered a few awards in his day to complement his degrees, academic positions, performances and so on. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that the young artist brings quite a bit to the forefront, witnessed on his impressive debut. Jain receives excellent support from the increasingly prolific guitarist ...
Jean Luc Ponty: Live at Semper Opera
by Glenn Astarita
Few would debate violinist Jean Luc Ponty’s pioneering ways within the early 70s fusion movement, whereas the artist did introduce a novel approach to melding the violin with the jazz vernacular. Decades pass, and Ponty continues to hone his craft via recent world beat efforts amid programmatic rhythmic foundations and utilization of synths. However, this outing ...
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