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Ibrahim Electric: Absinthe
by Ian Patterson
It is a singular pleasure for a music fan when the first few bars of previously unheard music tell you that this is a record you are going to like a lot. From the opening gutsy riff of “Blue Balls and Niclas Knudsen's down 'n' dirty guitar lines, Absinthe, the third album from Danish band Ibrahim ...
Create(!): A Prospect of Freedom
by Ian Patterson
It was King Crimson's Robert Fripp who said: “Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end. The guitarist from Dorset, England would no doubt be intrigued by Create(!), a Californian free-form collective. Here, on A Prospect of Freedom, two guitarists, a clarinetist and a trumpeter plus rhythm section improvise forty minutes ...
The Anthony Shadduck Quartet: Debut
by Ian Patterson
An acoustic bass, an acoustic drum and clarinet may bring to mind the small combos of Benny Goodman or Buddy DeFranco, but when you add guitarist Nels Cline to the equation (armed with his box of electronics to boot) then you can be sure that the cat will go tearing out of the room. Indeed, from ...
Scott Kinsey: It's About Meaning
by Ian Patterson
It has taken fifteen years, but keyboardist Scott Kinsey's eagerly awaited debut recording as leader, Kinesthetics (Abstract Logix, 2006) is out and receiving rave reviews. Kinsey made his name in Tribal Tech, one of the most important bands in the electro/jazz-fusion scene of the last twenty-five years. Joining Tribal Tech straight out of Berklee, Kinsey remained ...
Enrico Rava: The Words and the Days
by Ian Patterson
Quite apart from reminding us what a fine composer and arranger Enrico Rava is, The Words and the Days underlines just what a complete trumpeter he is. His sound is personal, yet imbued with the spirit of a century of jazz trumpeters before him. Throughout the twelve tracks his tone is warm and lyrical, colored by ...
Cooper-Moore / Assif Tsahar / Chad Taylor: Digital Primitives
by Ian Patterson
Take a touch of blues-edged funk, add some free jazz (of both the howling and Eastern-meditative varieties), a dash of African percussion and a sprinkling of didgeridoo, and you may (or may not) begin to get some idea of the musical gumbo served up by Cooper-Moore, Taylor and Tsahar on Digital Primitives. And if ...
Gregg Bendian: Inner Flame, Musical Visions
by Ian Patterson
“Being an American musician means being adventurous. The whole path of American music has been so much about the recognition of stylistic diversity, and the recognition of the importance of music which was from one of the vernacular traditions. You know, music which at one time was considered primitive, uncultured, savage, whatever it may have been...dangerous ...
Kieran Hebden / Steve Reid: Tongues
by Ian Patterson
There is a natural symmetry in the pairing of sampler/electronics improviser Kieran Hebden and drumming troubadour Steve Reid. Reid's credits run from Fela Kuti to Sun Ra, James Brown to Miles Davis, and Archie Shepp to Arthur Blythe. Hebden, a fan of avant-garde and free jazz (particularly Pharoah Sanders), has remixed tracks by artists as diverse ...
Yellowjackets: What's In a Name?
by Ian Patterson
2006 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Yellowjackets. It has been a quarter of a century of continuous evolution, both musically and in terms of changes in band personnel. From their R&B beginnings with guitarist Robben Ford in '81 right through to the sophisticated and utterly distinctive brand of jazz that they play today, ...
Belinda Moody: Epic Whispers
by Ian Patterson
Belinda Moody Epic Whispers Self Published 2006 The wonderfully titled Epic Whispers by Australian bassist Belinda Moody is a delightful collection of jazz-tinged, pastoral compositions which blend strings with an acoustic jazz trio and female vocals. The result is a work of great continuity, charm and sophistication.
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