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Christophe Wallemme: Start "So Many Ways..."
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Christophe Wallemme describes this effort as a “wink at the great standards of American jazz," a laudable objective but an affirmation that seems intended to confuse the listener. The explicit musical references on Start “So Many Ways..." point instead to Antonio Carlos Jobim and Miles Davis' Bitches Brew rather than “Body and Soul" or ...
Sean Noonan: Being Brewed By Noon
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Few musicians since Miles Davis have had such a penchant for boxing as drummer Sean Noonan--the CD photos for Being Brewed by Noon show him bedecked in all the trappings of the sport, and he boxes with a pumpkin-headed monster in the video version of “Pumpkinhead Part 2" in the accompanying DVD.This new record ...
Ramiro Musotto: Sudaka
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Musical impresario Ramiro Musotto is Argentine-born and Brazil-based--argento-brazuka, he would say. His Civilizacao & Barbarye (Los Anos Luz/Circular Moves, 2006) won critical acclaim for its mix of traditional South American musical forms with electronica. Perhaps in response to that record's favorable reception, his 2003 debut effort Sudaka has been reissued on the Fast Horse label.
Bruno Raberg: Lifelines
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Producer George Martin famously advocated a single LP release of the Beatles' epic White Album, culling the best tracks from the sessions; the Fab Four prevailed and released the sprawling, chaotic double LP we know today. Since then, many a double album has inspired skeptics to ask, like Sir George, “Might not a single disc have ...
Al Green: Lay It Down
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Singer Al Green's Lay It Down leaves the impression of still being in the heady heyday of Green's dominance of the rhythm and blues charts circa 1973. It's not 1973, of course; while some things are the same, others have changed.What remains the same, uncannily, is the classic Memphis soul sound of this record--displaced ...
William Chabbey: At Home
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
On At Home, guitarist William Chabbey and his group turn in a performance with all the buoyant self-assurance of an early-'60s Blue Note date. Of course, what distinguished the Blue Note records of that period from those of other labels was that the company paid for a day of rehearsal in addition to the recording date: ...
Wayne Wallace: The Nature of the Beat
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Among the highlights of Kat Parra's fine recent Azúcar de Amor (Patois, 2008) is the trombone and arrangements of Wayne Wallace. It is therefore gratifying to have this new record led by the San Franciscan. But while Parra's record comes across as a superbly executed homage to Latin music, Wallace's sounds like an idiosyncratically funky variant ...
Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra featuring Faye Carol: Harriet Tubman
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Bay Area bassist and orchestra leader Marcus Shelby conducts his jazz oratorio based on the life of legendary Underground Railroad heroine, Harriet Tubman. Her story doesn't lack for pathos or drama--either in its broad outline or in the smaller details. For example, while she was a teenaged slave, an overseer threw an iron weight at her ...
Kat Parra: Azucar de Amor
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
The first striking thing about Azucar de Amor, Kat Parra's sophomore effort, is that she has assembled a hell of a band: the credits are littered with Latin music stalwarts such as pianist Jovino Santos Neto, percussionist John Santos, and trumpeter Ray Vega.Those whose names may not be so familiar also sound great. This ...
Sumi Tonooka: Long Ago Today
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Sumi Tonooka is a pianist from Philadelphia with some impressive credentials: she can recall playing with Philly Joe Jones and has counted upon the services of the redoubtable bassist Rufus Reid on each of her records. More important, she plays with a mature and entirely personal style that makes her a contender for the ranks of ...
