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Keith Jarrett: Radiance
by James Taylor
Albums like Radiance always amaze me. The intimacy of listening to an incredible and accomplished musician like Keith Jarrett shed soul for all, engaging in self-conversation, meditation, and improvisation, is undeniably where it's at. Radiance, ECM's recent two-disc release of solo material, ranks right up there with The Koln Concert, Jarrett's lauded 1975 classic.
Plate Fork Knife Spoon: Plate Fork Knife Spoon
by James Taylor
Plate Fork Knife Spoon is billed as a blend of organic hip-hop and funk-infused jazz. I hate when people describe groove-heavy soul-jazz groups as “a blend of hip-hop and jazz. Hip-hop should showcase either a DJ or an MC--one or the other, preferably both, is at the heart of all hip-hop. Plate Fork ...
Albert Ayler: Live on the Riviera
by James Taylor
Albert Ayler's saxophone sound was raw and unfettered. Ayler's life, like his sound, was the personification of the blues. Sorrowful and excitable, both mournful and full of life, Ayler's sound was the sound of the human voice set free. That's why critics are afraid of him--like all revolutionaries, Ayler said things people don't like to hear. ...
Us3: Questions
by James Taylor
I'm a child of the hip-hop generation, so a lot of great music, I'm not ashamed to say, came to me through hip-hop. Us3 turned me on to Herbie Hancock in the same way that Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg turned me on to Parliament and DJ Shadow turned me on to David Axelrod.So ...
The Soul Rebels: Rebelution
by James Taylor
New Orleans-bred Soul Rebels make gumbo music. In their Creole stew they brew hip-hop, funk, jazz, reggae, and second line brass band flavors. Rebelution is only the decade-old ensemble's fourth album, but it shows an incredible maturity and tightness that can only come from habitual live performance.Soul Rebels was formed by former drum majors ...
Fred Hess Quartet: Crossed Paths
by James Taylor
Saxophonist Fred Hess' latest release on the independent Colorado-based Tapestry label is his quartet's best. With trumpeter Ron Miles, bassist Ken Filiano, and drummer Matt Wilson, Crossed Paths features a more tight-knit unit and a composer more comfortable writing for this particular ensemble. Like eclectic trumpeter Dave Douglas, the unheralded Hess is versed ...
William Parker on Freedom
by James Taylor
This month, bassist William Parker celebrates the release of Luc's Lantern, his most recent recording for acclaimed Thirsty Ear Records. With pianist Matthew Shipp, as a part of David S. Ware's prolific quartet, with Cecil Taylor, Fred Anderson and others, the enigmatic performer has recorded over thirty albums, and almost that many as a leader himself. ...
John O'Gallagher's Axiom: Line of Sight
by James Taylor
John O'Gallagher's contribution to Fresh Sound New Talent finds the saxophonist again working with his Axiom quartet--Tony Malaby on tenor and soprano sax, John Hebert on bass, and Jeff Williams on drums. Line of Sight is O'Gallagher's second Axiom release, his first for FSNT. This latest effort from O'Gallagher and Axiom showcases the ...
Sylvain Luc: Ambre
by James Taylor
Guitarist Sylvain Luc's sophomore solo album, Ambre, is similar to solo instrumental albums from other virtuosic talents--akin to, say, anything by Victor Wooten. You kind of have to be a player and student of the instrument in question, or just really into solo instrumental albums, to fully appreciate the album and the artist's technical proficiency. Maybe ...
Fred Frith: Allies
by James Taylor
The story of Allies begins in 1989, when guitarist/composer Fred Frith was commissioned by choreographer Bebe Miller to compose a suite for the Brooklyn Academy of Music's “Next Wave'" series. Unhappy with the computerized beats he used on the original recording, Frith asked Naked City drummer Joey Baron to re-record the drum tracks on Allies in ...
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