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Cedar Walton: The Promise Land
by Glenn Astarita
Few would debate pianist Cedar Walton's significance in jazz. With this release, the artist continues to utilize the efforts of alto saxophonist Vincent Herring and bassist David Williams, while Kenny Washington inherits the chair once held by the late drummer Billy Higgins. Therefore, as one might surmise, Walton's eloquence and artisanship is once again prominently exhibited ...
The Omer Avital Group: Think With Your Heart
by Glenn Astarita
These days, when a young bassist leads a horns-based band, the comparisons and correlations to the late Charles Mingus become inevitable. Israeli-born bassist/composer Omer Avital delivers the goods in prominent fashion while exhibiting star-like qualities on his debut solo offering, entitled Think With Your Heart ! The band launches into a zestful Afro-Cuban groove, featuring Jay ...
TriPod: TriPod
by Glenn Astarita
The trio known as Morphine enamored many rock fans with its hard-hitting amalgamation of blues-rock pieces led by the late Mark Sandman's 2-string bass attack. Meanwhile, the New York City-based trio Tripod reformulates some of these concepts into more of a progressive mold. Here, lead vocalist/12-string bassist Clint Bahr and woodwind specialist Keith Gurland both utilize ...
NEXUS feat: Glenn Ferris & Enrico Rava (Splasc: Urban Shout
by Glenn Astarita
This new recording by the Italian band led by tenor saxophonist Daniele Cavallanti and drummer/percussionist Tiziano Tononi features renowned trumpeter Enrico Rava and the well-traveled American trombonist Glenn Ferris. No doubt, this consortium has witnessed a number of personnel changes over the years. Historically, Cavallanti and Tononi's dictum encompasses swiftly executed thematic passages and intense soloing. ...
Ingar Zach - Ivar Grydeland: Visiting Ants
by Glenn Astarita
Norwegian improvising musicians drummer Ingar Zach and electric guitarist Ivar Grydeland engage in some acerbic, scrappy dialogue throughout these free-style exchanges. Here, the music expands and contracts amid the duo's abundance of abbreviated motifs. With “Sofamiliar," the drummer conjures up steely-edged sounds via his arsenal of cymbals, while on “First Visit," the guitarist's discordant phraseology complements ...
Industrial Monk: Prophecies
by Glenn Astarita
The message here might pertain to notions that religion (or religious connotations) can be a truly hip experience, thanks to the overall approach taken by sound engineer, Fred Vogler and Japanese born synthesist/composer, Takashi Kawai. On this release, the duo pursues nicely orchestrated loops, samples and Techno rhythms along with vocalists who chant Latin verse atop ...
Bill Frisell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones: Bill Frisell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones
by Glenn Astarita
The mere fact that legendary drummer, Elvin Jones, and bassist Dave Holland are backing guitarist, Bill Frisell makes for an interesting proposition. However, those familiar with Jones and Holland should be aware of their respective faculties as artists who have performed with the creme de al creme of jazz, as their resumes and legacies are well ...
Roy Haynes: Birds Of A Feather - A Tribute To Charlie Parker
by Glenn Astarita
Legendary drummer Roy Haynes joined alto saxophonist Charlie Parker's band as a teenager and some fifty years later, presents us with a ceremonial to the late, great be-bop giant. Beginning with a cast of elder statesmen such as the leader and, to a lesser extent, bassist Dave Holland, the drummer rounds out his band with an ...
Claire Ritter: Castles In The Air & River Of Joy
by Glenn Astarita
Charlotte, NC-based composer/pianist Claire Ritter has earned numerous awards from various organizations while also teaching at the “New England Conservatory of Music” and garnering kudos for her works, which have been recorded by some of jazz’ best and brightest. On Castles in the Air, Ms. Ritter spins a symmetrical web consisting of slightly disparate motifs that ...
The New York Trio Project: Fifth House
by Glenn Astarita
Not unlike the hordes of jazz piano trios infiltrating this rather divergent genre, guitar-based trios are very much in vogue these days. Here, guitarist, Adam Rafferty pilots this threesome through a brisk set consisting of works by Chick Corea, Horace Silver and Sir Roland Hanna. However, the band also tackles John Coltrane’s “Fifth House” and Wayne ...
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