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James Carter: Out of Nowhere & Gold Sounds
by Jeff Stockton
James Carter Organ Trio Out of Nowhere Half Note 2005 Like last year's superb major-label-contract-fulfilling blowing session Live at Baker's Keyboard Lounge, the elders James Carter invited to the Blue Note in New York City for this date don't so much reign him in as provide justification for ...
Ribot/Campbell/Grimes/Taylor: Spiritual Unity
by Jeff Stockton
When Albert Ayler went down into the East River, he simply wouldn't have believed that after 35 years he would be held in the highest esteem and the subject of a genuine revival. He always wanted us to focus on the sound rather than the notes, but we weren't quite ready to receive his message: musical ...
Greg Osby & Jason Moran: Channel Three & Same Mother
by Jeff Stockton
Greg Osby Channel Three Blue Note 2005 It's hard to believe that among the sixteen albums he's recorded as a leader, Channel Three is alto saxophonist Greg Osby's first with simple drum and bass backing. The time must be right, because the music on this recording contains all ...
Benny Lackner Trio: Not the Same
by Jeff Stockton
Pianist Benny Lackner's conception of the jazz trio places his music somewhere between the Bad Plus and Matthew Shipp's nu bop, with a smattering of Brad Mehldau in the crevices. His entirely original but vaguely familiar compositions serve as rest stops that space apart his trio's flashy, attention-grabbing covers. He and his band ...
Russ Lossing: Phrase 6
by Jeff Stockton
Fresh Sound launched its New Talent series in 1995 and has stayed true to its name by recording a stream of New York unknowns, including the debut of the Bad Plus. Continuing this established piano trio pedigree, composer and leader Russ Lossing (a typical jazz “newcomer, having arrived in town in 1986) works with his current ...
Dennis Gonz
by Jeff Stockton
Dennis González NY Quartet NY Midnight Suite Clean Feed 2005 After teaching for thirty years in the Dallas public school system, underground trumpeter Dennis González was asked in 2003 to participate in the FONT trumpet festival at Tonic. The back half of NY Midnight Suite is thirty minutes recorded live ...
Billy Bang: Configuration & Vietnam: Reflections
by Jeff Stockton
Sirone/Bang Ensemble Configuration Silkheart 2005 The recently reactivated Swedish Silkheart label boasts of its track record for discovering and nurturing noteworthy young drummers, and it's found another one in Tyshawn Sorey. Recorded live at CB's Gallery in New York, the drummer opens this fabulous one-off (so far) with the first ...
William Parker: Sound Unity & Two Masters & Mass for the Healing of the World
by Jeff Stockton
William Parker Quartet Sound Unity AUM Fidelity 2005 Recorded live in Montreal and Vancouver during the William Parker Quartet's tour in the summer of 2004, Sound Unity doesn't pack the same startling punch as the the group's first release, 2001's O'Neal's Porch (AUM Fidelity), but this pianoless quartet, with its ...
Fred Anderson: On the Run
by Jeff Stockton
Tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson has seen it all in his 75-plus years. One of the founders of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) in the '60s, Anderson has been tireless in his mission to nurture young jazz talent in his hometown of Chicago, Ill.. With his first club in the '70s, The Birdhouse ...
James Finn Trio: Plaza de Toros
by Jeff Stockton
Last year, after a stint in Ben Harper's band, tenor man James Finn sprang onto the jazz scene at the age of nearly forty as a fully-formed free improviser, with a trio completed by bassist Dominic Duval and drummer Whit Dickey. Opening the Gates (Cadence Records) was quickly followed by Faith in a Seed (CIMP), the ...
