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Francois Carrier Trio: Play
by AAJ Staff
It may not come as a complete surprise to listeners who have been following Canadian saxophonist François Carrier's work, but his new trio record has a very odd sense of coherence. It's odd for two reasons: one, because Play was compiled from a total of seven different appearances during the trio's 2000 Canadian tour, at locations ...
Ben Schwendener/Uwe Steinmetz: Apfelschaun
by John Kelman
Rife with memorable melodies, Apfelschaun documents various live performances by Boston-based pianist Ben Schwendener and German-born saxophonist Uwe Steinmetz from '01 and '02 in a variety of contexts, from solo to duet to quartet to quintet. In context of Schwendener's other recordings, most notably the fusion-inflected Road Trips and the freely improvised Living Geometry II , ...
Makanda Ken McIntyre: In the Wind: The Woodwind Quartets
by AAJ Staff
Multi-intrumentalist Makanda Ken McIntyre seems to have invested as much of himself into education as performance, which is one reason he didn't accumulate more than a dozen records under his own name during his lifetime (1931-2001). But his work on these titles (from 1960's Stone Blues and Looking Ahead through 2001's A New Beginning ), as ...
Michael Musillami: Playscape Recordings Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
by Franz A. Matzner
Guitarist Michael Musillami has been part of the jazz world for over forty years. Composer, player, and most recently label founder, Musillami has explored the full range of the jazz spectrum. Five years ago this month, Musillami took a leap of faith and put together a remarkable new label that has since proven ...
Greg Burk Quartet: Carpe Momentum
by John Kelman
Pianist Greg Burk may only be known to a small group of listeners, but that's a situation that should change, and on the strength of his latest release, Carpe Momentum , it should change right now. With but a few recordings to his name since he emerged in the late '90s, Burk is already a well- ...
Gebhard Ullmann
by Kurt Gottschalk
Gebhard Ullmann is a study in counterpoint. He is a composer of scores fluctuating from trio to tentet, building metered music without rhythm sections and has long called both New York and Berlin his homes, finding inspiration in each city. He has used rock listening and classical training as an inspiration for his jazz work, and ...
Michael Musillami Octet: Spirits
by John Kelman
Convening some of the cream of the New York free creative music scene, guitarist Michael Musillami, best known for his post bop recordings, including last year's fine mainstream disc, Those Times , attempts something a little out of the ordinary--an entire set of material by the late saxophonist Thomas Chapin. While there is unquestionably a certain ...
Mario Pavone: Boom
by John Kelman
Some artists determinedly eschew all obvious sense of tradition in their music; others use it as a building block to something new. One of the things that differentiate so-called creative music from free jazz is its apparent lack of ties to the American jazz tradition. While free jazz can be as extreme in its exploration, there ...
Dave Rempis Quartet: Out of Season
by Peter Aaron
Saxophonist Dave Rempis blew onto the Windy City free jazz scene in 1999, when he replaced Mars Williams in The Vandermark 5, making his scorching presence known on that band's revered third album, Simpatico (Atavistic). Out of Season is the debut of Rempis's quartet, which includes drummer Tim Daisy (who also plays in the V5, as ...
