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Roscoe Mitchell: Nine To Get Ready
by Glenn Astarita
Nine To Get Ready is Roscoe Mitchell & The Note Factory which is an aggregate of modern day jazz stylists well known for improvisational abilities and equally at home in a structured environment. To quote Mitchell from the liners......”Nine To Get Ready is the coming together of a dream I had many years ago of putting ...
Northwoods Improvisers: Lightning Darkness
by Glenn Astarita
The Northwoods Improvisers are basically the same troupe as the Remote Viewing Ensemble (see May 99 AAJ review). Lightning Darkness features a similar approach to RVE; however, some of these pieces are constructed against firm rhythmic structures; although, the main thrust and conceptual approach is that of, improvisation. The opener, “Lightning Darkness” is at times eerie ...
Peter Erskine: Juni
by Glenn Astarita
Peter Erskine has been a drummer of choice for notable jazz musicians such as John Abercrombie, Marc Johnson, Gary Burton the late Stan Kenton and others. Stints with Weather Report and now the commercially viable “Yellowjackets have skyrocketed Erskine’s career into the stratosphere. Over the years, Erskine has released a string of worthy solo recordings for ...
Graham Connah's Sour Note Seven: Gurney To The Lincoln Center Of Your Mind
by Glenn Astarita
Released in 1997 on the modern-free jazz label, Rastacan Records, Gurney To The Lincoln Center Of Your Mind by Graham Connah’s “Sour Note Seven is a recording that deserves some honorable mention and widespread exposure. Northern California based keyboard whiz-composer, Graham Connah is firmly entrenched within the vanguard of “new jazz”, which embodies multidimensional and hybrid ...
Jon Rose: Fringe Benefits
by Glenn Astarita
Fringe Benefits is a compilation of recordings emanating from Jon Rose’ Australian organization baring the same name which was a promotional tool of sorts for improvised music. Rose states in the liners: “.........Over half of these tapes had deteriorated so much that they had become unplayable. I decided to make a sampler of FBR, using material ...
Derek Bailey-John Stevens-Trevor Watts: Dynamics Of The Impromptu
by Glenn Astarita
Imagine three scholars sitting under dim lights at a coffeehouse discussing world politics or social disorder? Dynamics of the Impromptu may imply such a scenario as three of the founding fathers of the British Free-Jazz movement coalesced at London’s “Little Theater Club” in 1973 and 1974. Dynamics of the Impromptu represents previously unreleased material which signifies ...
Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant: Debutantes & Centipedes
by Glenn Astarita
San Francisco Bay Area bassist Trevor Dunn gets around. Dunn has worked with a vast array of such diverse artists as the Kronos Quartet, Tom Waits, Ben Goldberg, Wayne Horvitz, Mike Patton and Buzz Osbourne of the the slash and burn rock band, The Melvins. Dunn is also a co-founder of the avant-rock band Mr. Bungle. ...
Mike Lee: Above The Battleground
by Glenn Astarita
Based in New York City, Multi-Reedman Mike Lee has been receiving a good deal of attention these days and deservedly so. Lee’s work with “The Village Vanguard Orchestra”, Maria Schneider, performances with Sax titan Joe Lovano, gigs with Louie Bellson and others find Mike Lee in estimable company. On his latest CD “Above The Battleground”, Lee ...
70's Jazz Pioneers: Live! at The Town Hall New York City
by Glenn Astarita
The “Young Lions” of the 1970’s? Now we refer to them as the “70’s Jazz Pioneers”. Perhaps in the year 2010 some will refer to Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, Antonio Hart and Joshua Redman, as the (mainstream) “80’s Jazz Pioneers”? Although, this writer would hardly cite Redman or Hargrove as true pioneers but this is good ...
Norman Hedman's Tropique: One Step Closer
by Glenn Astarita
The celebrated percussionist and conga maestro Norman Hedman has performed on numerous hit recordings as his diverse resume includes session work with Nancy Wilson, Arthur Blythe, Luther Vandross, Daryl Hall and Earth, Wind & Fire among others. “One Step Closer” represents Mr. Hedman’s second stint as a leader, which includes wonderful support from his band “Tropique”, ...
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