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David Brandom: Home
by Mark F. Turner
The music on David Brandom’s new CD feels just as familiar and soothing as the title would imply. With a special appeal to those looking for jazz that is tasteful and at yet stylized, the music is mellow and comfortable in its format and delivery. Brandom has performed and recorded with singing sensations Frank Sinatra and ...
The Jim Gailloreto Quintet: The Insider
by Mark F. Turner
Summoning the skill to create a fresh perspective can be a daunting task for any seasoned musician. By looking not only to the past, but more so the future, the Jim Gailloreto Quintet aspires to create music that has depth and roots, but still sounds contemporary and fun. The veteran saxophonist is a skilled musician in ...
The Big Band Alumni Association: Platinum Swing
by Jack Bowers
Ever wonder what happened to the many seasoned big-band musicians who vanished along with most of the bands that once defined an era? As it turns out, some of them are still alive and kicking, as one can readily hear on this new album by the aptly named Big Band Alumni Association. Each member of the ...
The New York University Jazz Ensembles: Dancing in Frames
by Jack Bowers
This is an interesting overview of the more than twenty smaller Jazz ensembles that are a part of the Jazz/Contemporary Studies program at New York University. The group sizes range from quartet (So-Hum) to octet (Tony Moreno Ensemble) with two sextets (Ralph Lalama, Bob Albanese ensembles) and a septet (the NYU Composers Ensemble). The school also ...
Kenny Gates: Open the Gates
by AAJ Staff
Open the Gates is a prime example of world class jazz musicians "keeping the flame" across the country -- in this case, pianist Kenny Gates and tenor saxophonist Bootsie Barnes. Gates burns and swings his way through his debut CD, ably abetted by Barnes, drummer Billy James and bassist Lee Smith. Gates, a protege of the ...
Nat Janoff: Looking Through
by Scott Andrews
New Jersey jazz guitarist Nat Janoff leads a strong trio on the 1999 record Looking Through, which merits a look back in time. Janoff has played with Michael Brecker and Kenny Burrell. On this self-released debut, he leads a trio with the ace rhythm section of bassist Matthew Garrison and drummer Gene Lake through seven original ...
Mike McAllister Group: Urban Sprawl
by Todd S. Jenkins
Urban Sprawl is a bright, infectious exercise in jazz-funk from a quintet of promising Berklee-ites. The Mike MacAllister Group takes fusion in bold new directions with a hot, funk-simmered sound and the surprisingly fun inclusion of marimba. All the compositions were written by MacAllister, who shows as much potential as a writer as he does on ...
Solomon and Socalled: Hip Hop Khasene
by Elliott Simon
Billed as a marriage of fiddle and microphone, Hip Hop Khasene unites traditional Jewish klezmer dance music with contemporary DJ beats and mixes. The bride is Sophie Solomon, AKA London Jungle DJ Starets and resident violinist for klezmer band Oi-Va-Voi that features drum n’ bass and house along with traditional melodies and rhythms. The groom is ...
Make It So
By Al Garcia
Label: Independent Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Make It So; On Cloud Ten; The Unexpected Answer; The Heart of the
Matter; Menuet; Communique; Harmonic Sketch #1; Driving Through
Krystal Town; Natural Knowledge; Journey to the Center of the Earth; A
Bird in the Hand/Mosaic; Once Upon a Dream.
Something Serious
By Indaba
Label: Independent Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Nina; Joie de Vie; Slow Glass; I Started Out With Nothing and I Still Have Most Of It; 0.25 Fish; I Don
