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Lady Mem'fis: Expressions of a Legacy
by Jack Bowers
Lady Mem'fis is actually from Louisiana, but that's unimportant, as her soul is pandemic (look it up). Unlike too many of her pallid contemporaries, the Lady sings with honest emotion, not to mention a sizable measure of talent. One senses that she not only understands the lyrics to the songs she sings but empathizes with them ...
The Larry Goldings Trio: Sweet Science
by Jack Bowers
An organ-led session by a trio of (relatively) young lions who downplay the pyrotechnics usually associated with such groups in favor of perceptive interplay. Organist Larry Goldings cooks but over a lower flame than, say, Jimmy Smith, Joey DeFrancesco or newcomer Tony Monaco. He and guitarist Peter Bernstein are locked onto each other's radar screen while ...
The University of Kentucky Small Chamber Jazz Ensembles: Profound . . . Like Gumbo!
by Jack Bowers
Saxophone quartets are an acquired taste, as is “chamber Jazz," and I must confess I'm not quite there yet. Having said that, I must express my admiration for the talents of the University of Kentucky's Mega-Sax Quartet (David Balfour, Rudy Brannon, Lindon Kanakanui, Joe Carucci) and the other chamber ensembles represented on Profound . . . ...
Lisa Kelly: By Request
by Jack Bowers
For every Diana Krall, Cassandra Wilson or Dee Dee Bridgewater there are a hundred or more young women plugging away in relative obscurity, singing whenever and wherever the opportunity arises and hoping that sooner or later their talents will be more widely recognized and appreciated. In Chicago there's Hinda Hoffman, one of the best “unknown" Jazz ...
Swedish Jazz 1956-1959: Topsy Theme
by Jack Bowers
Caprice Records continues its impressive chronological survey of the growth and development of Jazz in Sweden with Volume 8 in the series, this one covering the years 1956-59. Volume 7 (1952-56) was subtitled “The Golden Years," and although the Swedish Jazz scene wasn't quite as vibrant in '56-59 there are golden performances here by such luminaries ...
Harvie S & Eye Contact: New Beginning
by Jack Bowers
Bassist Harvie S (formerly Harvie Swartz) has made a New Beginning by producing an album that uses a variety of Latin rhythms to enliven what is essentially the sort of smooth Jazz that one must endure on so many radio stations these days. That's not to say there's no substance here; the ensemble plays well together, ...
Fredrik Nordstr: On Purpose
by Jack Bowers
The title of Swedish tenor saxophonist Fredrik Norström's latest album suggests that the music was arranged On Purpose, so we won?t argue the point -- even though much of it sounds (to our ears, at least) more unpremeditated than purposeful. Well, perhaps that's a slight exaggeration. Nordström and his colleagues have talent, there's no doubt about ...
The Maggi Olan Band: Live at Fasching
by Jack Bowers
When a pianist from Sweden can persuade a trumpeter who's as well-respected as Ingrid Jensen to record with her quartet, one must assume that the pianist in question is a rather accomplished player in her own right -- an assumption that is entirely correct. Maggi Olin is the pianist, and her command of the keyboard is ...
Carl Saunders: Be Bop Big Band
by Jack Bowers
I'd best take care when reviewing this album by trumpet maestro Carl Saunders, as I could run short of laudatory adjectives before the appraisal has been completed. For those who are unfamiliar with his c.v., Saunders has been enriching big-band trumpet sections for more than four decades, having cut his teeth with the renowned Stan Kenton ...
Alex Riel: Celebration
by Jack Bowers
A thoughtfully planned, beautifully recorded, generously timed and wonderfully played trio session led by drummer Alex Riel and showcasing the prodigious talents of pianist Kenny Werner and bassist Jesper Lundgaard, so exhilarating that this reviewer was reminded from time to time of the classic Marian McPartland Hickory House trio from the '50s with bassist Bill Crow ...
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