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Bill Cunliffe with the Rodger Fox Big Band: Warriors
by Jack Bowers
Having known of Bill Cunliffe only as an outstanding Jazz pianist, I was thrilled to learn via receipt of trombonist Rodger Fox's latest album that he's an outstanding big--band composer / arranger as well. Six of the compositions and all of the charts on Warriors are Cunliffe's, and there's not a blank cartridge in the canister. ...
Tom Harrell: Live at the Village Vanguard
by Jack Bowers
If Tom Harrell had written nothing more than “Sail Away” he’d still rank high on this writer’s personal list of notable Jazz composers. He didn’t stop there, of course, and seven of the eight songs that comprise this tasteful concert performance at New York’s Village Vanguard are his (the other is Matt Dennis / Tom Adair’s ...
Jerry Kalaf: Noche
by Jack Bowers
"Tasteful" is an appropriate word with which to describe these (mostly) trio / quartet sessions recorded during the past several years by drummer Jerry Kalaf and a number of his like-minded musical colleagues. “Swinging" would be another (indeed, track 3 is the aptly named “Swingin'," enlivened by pianist Rich Eames, bassist Dave Carpenter and Kalaf's nimble ...
Lalo Schifrin: Return of the Marquis de Sade
by Jack Bowers
Return of the Marquis de Sade (Aleph) After a number of big-band albums, most notably in the well-received “Jazz Meets the Symphony" series, composer / arranger / pianist Lalo Schifrin returns to a small(er)-group format for (most of) Return of the Marquis de Sade, an atmospheric sequel to his tongue-in-cheek album of more than three decades ...
David Sills: Bigs
by Jack Bowers
Naxos' press release calls tenor saxophonist David Sills “a unique composite of Stan Getz, Joe Henderson and Warne Marsh." Not much pressure on that young man's shoulders, is there? Well, if Sills is feeling any pressure on Bigs, his second album for Naxos, it's never apparent; in fact, he's as loose and unflappable as Steve Irwin, ...
Barbara Paris: P.S. I Love You
by Jack Bowers
The notes that accompany Colorado-based singer Barbara Paris' fourth album, a tribute to Billie Holiday, don't name those responsible for the recording or mixing, and for good reason. If I'd been in the control booth when those decisions were being made I'd wish to remain anonymous too. Even though only two musicians (Paris and pianist Joe ...
Dave Hoffman: Groovin'
by Jack Bowers
I don't know if Groovin' is trumpeter Dave Hoffman's first album as leader, but it's readily apparent from the likeness on its cover that he's no young lion (an old fox, perhaps?). Although there are no liner notes, a press release that accompanied the CD tells us that he has performed with a number of well-known ...
Bob Stewart: Love Songs
by Jack Bowers
Bob Stewart is a talented singer, a throwback to such crooners of the '40s and '50s as Dick Haymes, Buddy Clark, the Eberle (Eberly) brothers and their musical cousins. The voice is clear and pleasant, midway between tenor and baritone, the lyric interpretation forthright and unvarnished. The liner notes say Stewart has been compared to Sinatra ...
The Harry Smallenburg Quartet: Live at the Balzac
by Jack Bowers
The musicians on this album are all new to me, but they're clearly not new to Jazz, as each one carries out his assignment with the dexterity and assurance of players who've been around the block more than once. Vibraphonist Harry Smallenburg, who leads the quartets (guitarist Allen Kelinski, bassist Bill Casale and drummer Jim Miller ...
John Stein: Conversation Pieces
by Jack Bowers
Blessed are the eavesdroppers, for they shall overhear such consistently beguiling conversations as those between guitarist John Stein, reedmeister David “Fathead" Newman and their eloquent companions, bassist Keala Kaumeheiwa and drummer Greg Conroy. Even though the guitarist “puts words in his mouth" (all of the compositions are Stein's), Newman evidently relishes the thought-provoking interplay, as this ...
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