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Jeff Babko: Mondo Trio
by Ian Patterson
Stepping out of the confines of the house-band on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live Show, keyboardist Jeff Babko recruits drumming legend Vinnie Colaiuta and Bela Fleck's saxophonist Jeff Coffin to record Mondo Trio,(Abstract Logix, 2007) his first effort as leader. The nine original tunes deftly mix up elements of prog-rock/fusion, funk, plus jazz, and it makes for ...
Ernie Watts Quartet: Analog Man
by Ian Patterson
The opening two-note piano riff, the crisp rim shots from the drums and the walking bass line on the opening number and title track get Analog Man off to the most swinging of starts. Saxophonist Ernie Watts introduces the melody and proceeds to craft a solo so full of invention, strength and lyricism that when he ...
The Ahmad Jamal Trio: Pavanne For Ahmad
by Ian Patterson
Always the musician's musician, Ahmad Jamal's unique approach to the piano has been a continuing source of inspiration for six decades, influencing such giants as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Keith Jarrett, and a younger generation of keyboardist like Scott Kinsey. Pavanne for Ahmad is a collection of eighteen of Jamal's earliest recordings for the ...
Llibert Fortuny Electric Big Band: XXL
by Ian Patterson
You have to admire the ambition of saxophonist Llibert Fortuny. His third recording as leader sees him adding thirteen musicians to his electric quintet to create a big band which utilizes sound effects. This line-up recorded XXL at the end of 2005 in the National Theatre, Barcelona, as part of the city's annual jazz festival.
Simone Guiducci Gramelot Ensemble: Storie di Fiume
by Ian Patterson
On first listening to Storie di fiume(River Tales), Simone Guiducci's Gramelot Ensemble's fourth recording, one wonders whether this is folk music colored by jazz, or jazz music influenced by folk. But like the confluence of two rivers there comes a point where it is impossible to distinguish the two separate entities--the absorption is complete and mutual.
Various Artists: 20 Ways to Float Through Walls
by Ian Patterson
You don't have to go to Borneo's Rainforest Festival to catch Congolese thumb-piano musicians, riotous Balkan brass bands, Iranian divas, psychotic big-band jazz or chic bossa nova; Crammed Discs has it all, and more, on 20 Ways to Float Through Walls. Throughout its quarter century existence Crammed Discs has produced an eclectic body of work which ...
Various: The Rough Guide to Salsa Dura NYC
by Ian Patterson
The Latin melting pot that was New York in the 1960s and 1970s gave rise to salsa dura, or hard salsa. The neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Queens and the South Bronx were teeming with immigrants from Cuba, Puerto Rico and South America, who brought together their instruments, fused their rhythms and voiced their social concerns in a ...
James Blood Ulmer: Bad Blood in the City: The Piety Street Sessions
by Ian Patterson
The Piety recording studio, where James Blood Ulmer recorded Bad Blood in the City: The Piety Street Sessions, stands on the corner of Piety and Dauphine Streets, the original route of the famous Desire streetcar line in New Orleans' ninth ward. In an early scene from Tennessee Williams' play, A Streetcar Named Desire, Stanley enters the ...
The Ed Palermo Big Band: Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
by Ian Patterson
Frank Zappa once quipped that jazz wasn't dead, it just smelt funny. To many people his own highly personal brand of music also gave off a rather strange whiff at times although, since his death in 1993, his orchestral/avant-garde works have received increasingly serious consideration. At the same time Zappa's rock music has inspired a plethora ...
JazzKamikaze: Travelling at the Speed of Sound
by Ian Patterson
If it ain't broke don't fix it. Isn't that what they say? Stagnation is death. Don't they also say that? JazzKamikaze no doubt had those advising it to repeat the formula that worked so successfully on its acclaimed debut, Mission 1 (Stunt Records, 2006). Others probably urged evolution, progress, fresh sounds. The five musicians have opted ...
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