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Andy Martin/Vic Lewis: The Project
by Jack Bowers
When it came to handling a slide trombone, the late Frank Rosolino set the gold standard. Few players have managed even to come close to emulating what the incredible Mr. Rosolino was able to do. One who has is Andy Martin, an heir-apparent to Rosolino, Carl Fontana, J.J. Johnson and other acrobatic savants of the slide. ...
The Ben Patterson Sextet: The Prowl
by Jack Bowers
This is a well-designed, swinging session of straight-ahead jazz by six world-class musicians led by trombonist Ben Patterson, a member of the U.S. Air Force's renowned ensemble, the Airmen of Note, as are trumpeter Tim Leahey and guitarist Shawn Purcell. Drummer Steve Fidyk is the timekeeper for the U.S. Army Blues, while saxophonist Jeff Antoniuk leads ...
Erna Ferry: Devil May Care
by Jack Bowers
Perhaps I'm missing something, but what's the point in showcasing a singer and recording her so abysmally that one must struggle to grasp the lyrics, thanks to the album's unremitting and irksome reverb? After listening to Devil May Care, the only thing I can say with any measure of assurance about New Zealander Erna Ferry is ...
The Ron Stout Quintet: For Chet and Other Heroes
by Jack Bowers
To those who follow big bands, especially on the West Coast, trumpeter Ron Stout is well-known as a stellar sideman in ensembles led by Bill Holman, Bob Florence, Buddy Childers, Jack Sheldon, Frank Capp and many others. After years of paying dues, Stout has finally recorded an album as leader of his own quintet, and it's ...
Mulligan Stew: Cookin' at the Hot Summer Jazz Festival
by Jack Bowers
Even though its basic ingredients are more than likely unfamiliar to most people outside of Minnesota, this Stew really is quite delicious, nearly as appetizing as the recipe from which it is taken, the groundbreaking Gerry Mulligan quartets of the '50s and '60s. Indeed, this new version of the Mulligan ensemble even has something Gerry's groups ...
Five Play: Five Play... Plus
by Jack Bowers
Here's another bright and swinging album by drummer Sherrie Maricle's able quintet, Five Play (a.k.a. DIVA Lite), encumbered at times by questionable mixing but as a whole quite engaging. For the group's second recording on Arbors, Maricle has assembled an international troupe of all-stars from the larger ensemble--alto saxophonist Karolina Strassmayer hails from ...
The Pratt Brothers Big Band Featuring Roberta Gambarini: 16 Men & a Chick Singer Swingin'
by Jack Bowers
I could endorse the Pratt Brothers' second album on the basis of Dean Pratt's candid and incisive liner notes alone, but entertaining and provocative as they are, the music is even better, encompassing half a dozen persuasive instrumentals and four superb vocals by the outrageously talented Roberta Gambarini. As far as the ensemble is concerned, the ...
Phil Woods: Groovin' to Marty Paich
by Jack Bowers
More than 45 years ago, arranger Marty Paich and alto saxophone legend Art Pepper recorded the benchmark album Art Pepper + Eleven, on which Pepper and a “mini-big band performed Paich's superlative charts. Fast forward to May 2004, when Ken Poston and the Los Angeles Jazz Institute presented “Springsville, a four-day festival celebrating “the Birth of ...
Orbert Davis: Blue Notes
by Jack Bowers
Orbert Davis, one of the Chicago area's favorite sons and best-kept secrets (although that status is rapidly changing), hasn't tinkered much with his third and latest album--it's essentially straight-ahead small-group jazz--but has managed to place the engine where the caboose should be. What I mean is, when you're a mind-bending trumpeter and have programmed songs like ...
The Chris Walden Big Band: Home of My Heart
by Jack Bowers
One doesn't often hear a big band album in which the arrangements literally steal the show. Here's one where they do. Make no mistake, German-born composer/arranger Chris Walden has mustered a world-class ensemble for his debut album, abundantly equipped with staunch team players and killer soloists; even so, it is his superlative charts that carry the ...
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