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John Allred: Focused
by Jack Bowers
John Allred, who has paid his dues in a number of settings from trad to swing and beyond, plays it “straight” all the way on Focused, and in so doing reveals himself to be one of the most accomplished mainstream Jazz trombonists you’ve never heard. When a trombonist as proficient as Don Sebesky says of Allred, ...
Paul McKee: Gallery
by Jack Bowers
The first time I heard Paul McKee he was sharing the stage with trombone master Carl Fontana — and, much to everyone’s surpise, more than holding his own in such fast company. Sparks flew that evening several years ago, as they often do on Gallery, McKee’s long–overdue debut as leader, wherein he is reunited with Fontana ...
Catherine Dupuis: I Hear Music
by Jack Bowers
If I’m a singer, especially one whose work, as Catherine Dupuis says, is “based on the essence of each lyric,” and whose songs are chosen “because of what they have to say,” the last thing I’d want is to have to shout my way through a clamorous rhythm section to be heard. On the other hand, ...
David Lahm: Jazz Takes on Joni Mitchell
by Jack Bowers
It would be so much easier (I presume) to review this new release by arranger/pianist David Lahm if one were at all familiar with the music of Joni Mitchell. I blush to admit that I am not. The only song by Mitchell I can remember being drawn to is “Clouds,” and that one isn’t here. So ...
Marohnic / Pilafian / Hopkins Jazz Nonet: Jazz!
by Jack Bowers
Remember Miles Davis’ groundbreaking Birth of the Cool sessions from 1949–50? Here they are again — in essence, at least — convincingly reawakened by the Jazz Nonet, which is composed primarily of faculty members at Arizona State University in Tempe. Three of the songs from those earlier dates — Cleo Henry’s “Boplicity,” John Carisi’s “Israel,” the ...
Cecil Payne: Payne's Window
by Jack Bowers
Cecil Payne, one of the most commanding and creative baritone voices to emerge from the bop era, is now 77 years old and, we understand, in failing health, but one would never guess that from his latest Delmark release, recorded only last year, on which Payne apparently has no trouble keeping pace with such relative adolescents ...
Joanne Brackeen: Pink Elephant Magic
by Jack Bowers
This new recording showcases not one but two of Joanne Brackeen’s conspicuous talents, and is uplifted not only by her exemplary keyboard work but her persuasive writing as well. Brackeen, now some 30 years removed from her early service with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, writes with clear images in mind, and the results can be observed ...
Mark Colby / Vince Maggio: Reunion
by Jack Bowers
Of all the configurations in Jazz, the duo may be the most challenging. Each partner must be unremittingly observant, ready and able to lend support in any and all circumstances, while, on the other hand, disclosing a persuasive voice of his or her own with plenty of engaging things to say. Kindred souls Mark Colby and ...
Claire Daly: Swing Low
by Jack Bowers
Oh, how I’d love to use this disc as part of a blindfold test for those who roll their eyes or otherwise show their disdain when the discussion turns to women in Jazz who do anything other than sing or play the piano. I can almost picture the looks of shock and disbelief as I disclose ...
Dominique Eade: The Long Way Home
by Jack Bowers
The review in a moment. First, the nit–picking. When a singer has such first–class material as “Let’s Take the Long Way Home,” “Baltimore Oriole” or even “Anywhere I Wander” to choose from, why would he or she open an album, as Dominique Eade does, with something as hackneyed as Elton John / Bernie Taupin’s “Come Down ...
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