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Waltz Again; Solitude
by Jeff Stockton
David Murray 4tet & Strings Waltz Again Justin Time 2005 Because he has been so prolific, David Murray's greatest challenge has been facing up to his own recorded legacy. But recording with strings is as much a rite of passage for tenor players as recording “Body and Soul, ...
The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings; The Traveller
by Jeff Stockton
Sonny Simmons The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings ESP-Disk 2005 Clifford Allen's informative and revealing interview with Sonny Simmons, included with ESP's two-disc reissue of Simmons' first efforts as a leader (Staying on the Watch and Music From the Spheres) clears up much of what happened to the master alto ...
Lucian Ban / Alex Harding: The Tuba Project
by Jeff Stockton
Lucian Ban (piano) and Alex Harding (baritone saxophone) have previously recorded for CIMP as a duet (Something Holy) and as part of a quintet (Premonition), as well as on the recently released quartet disc The Calling (Jazzaway). As for The Tuba Project, the title tells the tale. The quintet centers around Bob Stewart's burping tuba bass ...
American Roadwork / Sound on Survival Live
by Jeff Stockton
Lisle Ellis/Marco Eneidi/Peter Valsamis American Roadwork CIMP 2004 According to Robert Rusch's liner notes for American Roadwork, the Sound on Survival trio (alto saxophonist Marco Eneidi, bassist Lisle Ellis and drummer Peter Valsamis) played 21 shows in 21 days and logged an estimated 8,000 miles on the road ...
Cooper-Moore: Outtakes 1978
by Jeff Stockton
About ten years ago, Cooper-Moore was a bona fide man of mystery. He had a reputation as a formally trained, creatively inspired master improviser who was fluent on just about any instrument he touched (particularly the piano), but he was also in possession of a notoriously maverick heart. It was said he would only perform and ...
Kresten Osgood: Violet Violets & When I Have You
by Jeff Stockton
Sam Rivers / Ben Street / Kresten Osgood Violet Violets Stunt Records Stunt 2005 As he enters his 80s, Sam Rivers has accomplished the remarkable feat of remaining creatively viable over the course of a 45-plus year career. A free jazz improviser before free jazz improvisation ...
Reuben Radding: Intersections
by Jeff Stockton
Reuben Radding has had to take initiative to get his music heard before. Luminescence, a recording of duets performed with multi-reedist Daniel Carter, was shopped around and ultimately released by AUM Fidelity in 2002; it gave off a do-it-himself scent that carries over to Intersections, the first release on the bassist's own Pine Ear Music label. ...
Assif Tsahar / Cooper-Moore / Hamid Drake: Lost Brother
by Jeff Stockton
For a saxophone trio to get itself noticed these days, it needs a gimmick, a hook, something special to set its sound apart. The trio on Lost Brother has three. Saxophonist Assif Tsahar improves with every outing and wisely varies his attack by playing as much bass clarinet on this disc as tenor. Drummer par excellence ...
Alex Harding's Blutopia: The Calling / Lucian Ban & Asymmetry Quartet: Playground
by Jeff Stockton
Alex Harding's Blutopia The Calling Jazzaway 2005 Alex Harding (Detroit) and Lucian Ban (Romania) have developed a fruitful partnership over the last few years. Harding's bluesy, church-steeped baritone sax is the logical heir to Hamiet Bluiett's, while Ban's tasteful, reflective piano playing combines the elegance and technical precision ...
Exploding Customer: Live at Tampere Jazz Happening / Badland: The Society of the Spectacle
by Jeff Stockton
Exploding Customer Live at Tempere Jazz Happening Ayler Records 2006 There was a reason Eric Dolphy, Albert Ayler and others gravitated to Scandinavia to practice their art: Norwegians, Finns and Swedes seem to love our music. Exploding Customer, a piano-less quartet from Sweden which recorded this disc live at a ...
