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Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage
by Greg Simmons
There are few worse examples of a masterpiece performance being savaged by poor recording quality than Herbie Hancock's Maiden Voyage. This very expensive recent re-release on 45RPM vinyl by Analogue Productions only serves to highlight its engineering travesty.Rudy Van Gelder had the great fortune to record the best of the best in jazz for ...
Thomas Savy: The French Suite
by Greg Simmons
Frenchman Thomas Savy seems intent on making a statement with his bass clarinet, and he's doing so in a challenging format: a trio, accompanied only by bass and drums. He's out of the gate running with French Suite. The bass clarinet is a terrific sounding instrument, with a big wooden resonance and dimensional texture, ...
Jerry Bergonzi: Three Point Shot
by Greg Simmons
Musicians often benefit from the stimulus provided by a interacting with a new group of cohorts. If nothing else, personnel changes can remake the creative process and offer dramatically altered results. In an art form like jazz, that leans heavily on improvisation, this can only be a good thing. It is, therefore, a pleasant surprise to ...
Houston Person: Moment to Moment
by Greg Simmons
Tenor saxophonist Houston Person's Moment to Moment begins with an instant nostalgia trip to the classic Blue Note Sessions of the 1960s. It should not come as any surprise, then, that this album was recorded in the legendary Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, NJ by the man himself, Rudy Van Gelder--rarely a bad thing.
Larry Goldings and Harry Allen: When Larry Met Harry
by Greg Simmons
There is always a place in the world for beautifully played jazz, where the saxophonist doesn't sound like he's trying to inflict pain on his horn, and the pianist just hits all the right notes. Tenor player Harry Allen and his keyboard partner, Larry Goldings, are the musicians, and the album is When Larry Met Harryl. ...
Richard Doron Johnson: Battle Grounds
by Greg Simmons
In a year that saw some lionized piano trio records, Richard Doron Johnson's debut, Battle Grounds, might be the overlooked gem. Johnson is hardly a household name, even within the small, tight circle of jazz fans. His website reveals stints with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the Thelonious Monk Institute, as well as gigs with ...
