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Eric Vloeimans: Hyper
by Javier AQ Ortiz
The year was 2006, the setting was the Lantaren/Venster Theater in Rotterdam, and the initial culling from this live performance by Gatecrash--led by trumpeter Eric Vloeimans--appeared under the rubric Gatecrashin' (Challenge, 2007). The remaining material from that performance is released as Hyper and, just as its predecessor, it does not thwart the best jazz has to ...
Lonnie Plaxico
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Lonnie Plaxico's first recording on Blue Note is a treat for a musician who, in his early 40s, already has an exciting veteran career in jazz circles, although he played mostly R&B in Chicago. He left his native Windy City to come play for Wynton Marsalis. The famed trumpet player heard a demo tape from Plaxico ...
Charles Tolliver: Mosaic Select: Charles Tolliver
by Javier AQ Ortiz
As a musician, Charles Tolliver almost has it all. He has gained international respect from critics and peers, as well as a grateful and patient sliver of the market that purchases his scant recordings as a leader and attends his infrequent presentations. Thus Tolliver, because of his unprolific discography and absence from the market as a ...
Danilo P: Live at the Jazz Showcase
by Javier AQ Ortiz
The Danilo Pérez Trio recorded Live at the Jazz Showcase in December 2003, ensconcing the trio in the longstanding history of this Chicago club.Pérez leads drummer Adam Cruz and bassist Ben Street from the piano as they interpret a repertoire covering mostly original material, although there are hard bop renditions of material by Rubén ...
Opsvik, Tone Collector & Wallumr
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Eivind Opsvik Overseas II Fresh Sound New Talent 2005 Overseas II broadens the documentation of the New York growth of the music by bassist Eivind Opsvik away from his native Norway. He writes present-day jazz material unlike anything else in the market. “Stranded starts with ...
Cyro Baptista: Beat the Donkey Beat
by Javier AQ Ortiz
As rich and varied as this music is, it's a glimpse of a multifaceted enterprise that encompasses a broad aesthetic and disciplinary gamut that includes dance, couture silliness, tap, body and common objects percussion, capoeira, and light effects, among other things. Wisely, a three minute QuickTime short is included with the release that can be played ...
Harvey Mason: With All My Heart
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Harvey Mason's motto on With All My Heart seems to be “The one who plays drums in a jazz trio with the most bad-ass pianists and bassists wins. Arguably, that can be also stated of his entire career, as he has played and recorded with a mind-numbing amount of artists through various historical periods and musical ...
Myron Walden: This Way
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Alto saxophonist Myron Walden's quartet on This Way, featuring bassist Vicente Archer, drummer E.J. Strickland, and tenor saxophonist Jimmy Greene, is quite robust.The musicians engage in a scorching pursuit of heavy swinging and melodically dissonant bopping on “Like I See It. As the saxophonists burn with discriminating abandon, their respective approach to thematic progressions ...
Bill Charlap & Herbie Hancock: Plays George Gershwin & Gershwin's World
by Javier AQ Ortiz
The latest releases from Bill Charlap and Herbie Hancock add two terrific chapters to the reinterpretation of George Gershwin's music. They are, however, entirely different from each other. For the former, the sole justification for the project is, to paraphrase George Mallory and Sir Edmund Hillary: “Because he's there. For the latter, the self-avowed aspirations are ...
Sasha Dobson: The Darkling Thrush
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Sasha Dobson is a JK, or jazz kid. Given her parental background, she was indubitably raised with the canonical repertoire of this recording. Accompanied by the Chris Byars Octet, the singer displays talents of her own nonetheless.On “I'm Beginning To See The Light, Dobson scats and swings at will with tonic clarity and frankness, ...
