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Manuel Mengis Gruppe 6: Dulcet Crush
by Mark Corroto
Experiencing the music of trumpeter Manuel Mengis, a standard list of musicians and musical styles heard in his music comes to mind. This is a disservice, because his methodology is quite original. Still the temptation to explain his third disc for hatOLOGY following The Pond (2008) and Into the Barn (2005) in terms of others sounds, ...
Max Roach & Archie Shepp: The Long March
by Glenn Astarita
Bebop was considered a radical departure for jazz music during its formation in the 1940s and 1950s, pioneered by drummer Max Roach, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie among others. Coupled with tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp's 1960s avant-garde jazz proclivities, the artists respectively helped procure a prismatic and non-traditional perspective on the jazz idiom. However, their discographies ...
Max Roach / Archie Shepp: The Long March
by Troy Collins
Recorded live in concert at the Willisau Jazz Festival on August 30, 1979, The Long March documents another of drummer Max Roach's historic duo collaborations with the leaders of the jazz avant-garde. This stellar date with tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp follows Streams of Consciousness (Piadrum, 1977), with pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, and Birth and Rebirth (Black Saint, ...
Horace Tapscott: The Dark Tree
by Troy Collins
Due to his limited exposure outside of his native Los Angeles, pianist Horace Tapscott was largely unnoticed by the mainstream jazz press throughout his lengthy career. A galvanizing force in the Los Angeles scene, Tapscott co-founded the Underground Musicians Association (UGMA), later known as the Union of God's Musicians and Artists Ascension (UGMAA) in 1961, which ...
Lee Konitz & Martial Solal: Star Eyes 1983
by Glenn Astarita
This CD reissue of the original vinyl release signifies a timeless program between two giants of modern jazz. French pianist Martial Solal and American alto saxophonist Lee Konitz are two stylists who merge years of experience for a collaboration of synergistic interplay, serving as a motivating factor here. Solal's legendary performances with Django Reinhardt and other ...
Horace Tapscott: The Dark Tree
by Chris May
The year of writing this review, 2019, is the thirtieth anniversary of the recording of The Dark Tree. It is also the twentieth anniversary of the passing of Horace Tapscott, a forgotten master of politically engaged African American spiritual jazz. The album, which is among Tapscott's finest, is crying out for a 2019 anniversary reissue. STOP ...
Lee Konitz / Martial Solal: Star Eyes
by Matthew Miller
Lee Konitz and Martial Solal were in the 15th year of their recorded relationship in the fall of 1983 and their easy rapport is evident within the first notes of “Just Friends," the breezy opener of Star Eyes. After a cursory harmonic introduction by Konitz, Solal enters with a characteristically buoyant counterpoint that sends the altoist ...
Ellery Eskelin with Andrea Parkins and Jim Black: One Great Night...Live
by Glenn Astarita
As of 2009, Ellery Eskelin and his band mates have been playing together for fifteen years with no let up in sight--good news for advocates of cutting-edge, progressive jazz and improvisation. Recorded live at Towson University in saxophonist Eskelin's home town of Baltimore, Maryland, the trio's multitasking ways come to fruition during this near flawlessly recorded ...
Gerry Hemingway Quintet: Demon Chaser
by Troy Collins
Demon Chaser, which documents a live concert recorded at Ottenbrucher Bahnhof in Wuppertal-Elberfeld, Germany on March 2nd, 1993, stands tall in drummer Gerry Hemingway's discography as one of the finest achievements of his celebrated transatlantic quintet. This is its second printing. Synchronous with the dissolution of the classic Anthony Braxton quartet of the late ...
Anthony Braxton: Seven Compositions (Trio) 1989
by Glenn Astarita
Multi-reed artist and modern visionary, Anthony Braxton's output for the Swiss record label symbolizes his influential methodologies while residing as some of his finest work ever. This reissue of the 1990 Hat Hut Records release is a tour de force featuring British free-jazz drummer Tony Oxley's distinct mode of attack and Austrian bassist Adelhard Roidinger. The ...
