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Ken Field: Tokyo in F
by Glenn Astarita
Whether educating students at workshops, scoring soundtracks for television, i.e. “Sesame Street”, “HBO” and “PBS” or his ongoing affiliation with the band, “Birdsongs of the Mesozoic”, New England area saxophonist/composer Ken Field is liable to pull quite a few tricks out of the many hats he wears. With two highly acclaimed solo efforts to his credit, ...
Joey Baron: We'll Soon Find Out
by Glenn Astarita
Perhaps the core, and highly noticeable component here, is that traditional groove oriented, R&B induced music, while in the hands of musicians who respectively possess a distinctive voice enables the tried and true to be elevated to a higher plane. With drummer Joey Baron’s second “Songline/Tone Field” release titled We’ll Soon Find Out, these characteristics provide ...
Eugene Chadbourne & Paul Lovens: Young At Heart/Forgiven
by Glenn Astarita
When guitarist/vocalist/improviser Dr. Eugene Chadbourne sings a ballad or standard he certainly won’t erase memories of Nat King Cole or Sinatra yet Chadbourne melds his acerbic wit and time-honored sense of humor with his often-stunning technical finesse as a slick picking guitarist. With Young At Heart/Forgiven Chadbourne aligns himself with drummer Paul Lovens for 2 CDs ...
Doctor Nerve with the Sirius String Quartet: Ereia
by Glenn Astarita
Founded in 1984 by guitarist/composer Nick Didkovsky, New York City based Doctor Nerve has been terrorizing audiences in the US and abroad with its distinctive blend of avant-garde classical, progressive-rock and modern jazz. On Ereia, the septet along with the Sirius String Quartet to perform a series of works that entails three movements recorded live and ...
Joe Gallivan & Charles Austin: Expression To The Wind, Mindscapes & Peace On Earth
by Glenn Astarita
Saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, educator and composer Charles Austin could justifiably iterate those infamous words......I’ve seen it and done at all! A diverse and somewhat storied career, Mr. Austin educated music students at the University of Miami for over thirty years, performed with B.B. King and Chuck Berry as a teen while also supporting and shedding with Dizzy ...
Edward Blackwell & Karl Berger: Just Play
by Glenn Astarita
A major proponent of the fabled “Creative Music Studio” near Woodstock, a scenic area located in New York State’s beautiful “Catskill Mountains”, vibraphonist Karl Berger doesn’t record that often these days yet has acquired an estimable reputation as a multifaceted musician and educator. Here, we journey back to 1976, when producer Martin Davidson recorded the vibraphonist ...
Krill: Krill
by Glenn Astarita
Maryland, Virginia and the Washington DC area have been melting pots for progressive rock bands over the years, yet every so often a modern jazz unit such as the Baltimore, MD based quartet who call themselves “Krill” emerge and people generally take notice! With this new release we hear a band who merge extremely engaging and ...
Marshall Allen with Lou Grassi's PoBand: PoZest
by Glenn Astarita
Seventy-six year old alto saxophonist, flutist Marshall Allen is well known for his lengthy association with the late bandleader Sun Ra; yet his recorded legacy as a session musician/journeyman is rather sparse. However, on PoZest, Allen and New York area drummer Lou Grassi along with artists who represent multiple generations of technical acumen and jazz wisdom ...
Joel Futterman with Kidd Jordan, Jimmy Williams & William Parker: Relativity, Revelation & Authenticity (3 reviews)
by Glenn Astarita
A prime exponent of the Cecil Taylor school of modern-free jazz piano, Virginia resident Joel Futterman also exhibits admirable capabilities as a saxophonist, (primarily the curved soprano sax) and flutist while having recorded with innovators such as Hal Russell, Joseph Jarman and Jimmy Lyons among others. With over 20 recordings to his credit we ...
Marc Cary: Rhodes Ahead Vol. 1
by Glenn Astarita
Jazz pianist Marc Cary pays a bit of homage to the electric piano that Harold Rhodes started developing way back in the mid-forties as Leo Fender subsequently bought the rights and appended his last name to an instrument that is cherished by many a keyboardist. With Rhodes Ahead, Vol 1 Cary performs on the rhodes, and ...
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