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Montreal Jazz Festival 2005
by Andrey Henkin
Why would a New Yorker make the trip up the thruway for six hours to see jazz in another country? Maybe most performers will come through the city eventually but there is something about Montréal. Perhaps it is the easygoing vibe, almost European, of the city or its lovely weather. But the main reason to attend ...
Modern Jazz Criticism
by AAJ Staff
By Jeremy Pelt Some time ago I was having dinner with a musician friend of mine and we started talking about the state of modern jazz criticism. Ever since I can remember, I never understood the profession of criticism. I always thought that everyone's a critic in some way or another, so why ...
Tommaso-Rava Quartet: La Dolce Vita
by John Kelman
As a result of Sunnyside Records inking a North American distribution deal with the Italian Cam Jazz label earlier this year, Sunnyside has been releasing not only new recordings, but also selected earlier titles. And that's good news, because based on the track record of recent discs like Kenny Wheeler's What Now?, Enrico Pieranunzi's Special Encounter, ...
Kermit Ruffins Spreads the Word
by Franz A. Matzner
Demonstrating his flexibility as a performer, New Orleans trumpeter and vocalist Kermit Ruffins brought his Barbecue Swingers to the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage for a free concert last week and found himself greeted by the distinctive blend of audience members one can only find at the Kennedy Center's Millennium stage. Featuring free concerts ...
Peter Martin: In the P.M.
by C. Michael Bailey
Peter Martin is an intelligent, erudite pianist with a careful and acute ear for composing and arranging. He decided to demonstrate both talents by sneaking into studio with his long time trio mates, bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Greg Hutchinson. These three players are hot off a supporting gig with vocalist Dianne Reeves. While primarily a ...
Javon Jackson: Have You Heard
by John Kelman
Continuing down the path he laid with '03's Easy Does It, tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson's latest, Have You Heard, is another groove-happy release that turns away from his earlier straight-ahead discs on Criss Cross and Blue Note, moving even further towards a soulful, funky vibe with greater crossover appeal. Lightweight it may be, but it's also ...
A Love Supreme and La Espada de la Noche
by Joel Roberts
For years, jazz artists have shied away from A Love Supreme, treating it as somehow too iconic, too hallowed or at least too uniquely tied to its composer to cover. Who would dare try to improve on the perfection the Coltrane quartet achieved on their legendary 1964 Impulse! recording? Wynton Marsalis, that's who. And it's a ...
Marian McPartland & Friends: 85 Candles - Live in New York
by Ken Franckling
Pianist Marian McPartland has made a boatload of friends during her many years in jazz. Many of them turned out for her 85th birthday soirée at New York's Birdland club two years ago. That's right, the grand dame of jazz is now 87! Fortunately for jazz history buffs and McPartland fans alike, a large number of ...
Enrico Pieranunzi: Special Encounter
by John Kelman
It's a rare thing when three musicians can really come together, not with the kind of camaraderie and simpatico that evolves from weeks, months, or even years of touring together, but within the context of relatively infrequent meetings in the recording studio. But Italian pianist Enrico Pieranunzi appears to share a clear musical bond with bassist ...
Kenny Wheeler: What Now?
by John Kelman
When trumpeter Kenny Wheeler and pianist John Taylor toured Canadian festivals in the summer of '03, the clear high point was their performance at the Montreal Jazz Festival, where they were joined by bassist Dave Holland and saxophonist Chris Potter. Wheeler and Taylor go back many years, working together in a variety of contexts since the ...
