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Ahmed Abdullah: Tara
by Jeff Stockton
The downtown New York loft jazz of the early '70s, with its blend of free jazz and hard bop, was a great moment in time, and the musical spirit it nurtured endures. Trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah was a part of that scene, as was violinist Billy Bang, whose sound right now is the hottest thing in improvised ...
John Gunther Trio: In This World
by Jeff Stockton
The CIMP label has established a sound as distinctive as Blue Note's was in the '60s, but its artistic stance, outlined in the “Statement of Purpose printed on the tray card of each release, causes as much consternation and controversy as the “ECM Sound did in the '70s. Recorded directly to two tracks, in real time ...
Vibrational Therapists: The Radius of the Mind
by Jeff Stockton
Radius of the Mind puts an older lion--reedman Henry P. Warner, who participated in the NYC loft jazz scene in the early to mid-'70s--together with two younger lions, pianist Chris Parker and drummer Chad Anderson, in a trio that takes its inspiration from the striving spirituality of Coltrane and presents fervent solos within the framework of ...
John Zorn: Masada Anniversary Edition, Vol. 4: Masada Recital
by Jeff Stockton
I suppose that since John Zorn plays alto saxophone and improvisation has played a crucial part in his music over the years, by convention he could be described as a “jazz musician. But as a composer he has been anything but conventional, drawing on myriad influences that range from film scores and cartoon themes to Braxton ...
Daniel Carter/Gregg Keplinger/Reuben Radding: Not Out for Anywhere
by Jeff Stockton
Daniel Carter's collaboration with bassman Reuben Radding has evolved from an impressionistic alto sax and contrabass duo on Luminescence (AUM Fidelity, 2003) to an alto/bass/drum trio with the addition of Gregg Keplinger on Language (Origin, 2002) and now to the trio supplemented by Carter's full range of instrumentation and other musicians forming what they call the ...
William Parker: Luc's Lantern
by Jeff Stockton
Where's Hamid Drake, you might ask. And who is pianist Eri Yamamoto? These questions quickly become secondary as you discover that the latest William Parker release in Thirsty Ear's Blue Series is as musically interesting, listenable, and rewarding as his previous efforts for the label: Painter's Spring (2000), Raining on the Moon (2002), and Scrapbook (2003). ...
Cosmosamatics: Reeds & Birds / Three
by Jeff Stockton
In the last couple of years Sonny Simmons has gone from hard-to-find to all-over-the-place. Burning Spirits was reissued by Fantasy, his early ESP and Arhoolie albums are available on iTunes, and he's managed to sustain steady output from the Cosmosamatics, the working group he co-leads with Michael Marcus. Simmons is a link in the saxophone chain ...
Dave Liebman: The Seasons Reflected &These Are Them
by Jeff Stockton
Liebman/MossbladThe Seasons ReflectedSoul Note The Seasons Reflected offers Gunnar Mossblad, augmenting his own Manhattan Saxophone Ensemble (Steve Wilson, Tom Christensen and Dave Riekenberg) with percussionist Chris Hanning and Dave Liebman, a chance to present an ambitious song cycle that attempts to recreate the seasons in song and the phases ...
Ivo Perelman: Black on White
by Jeff Stockton
Ivo Perelman's playing is a squall, a storm that suddenly kicks up and moves through your life. Maybe you saw this one coming, but when it hits you're still caught off guard. Like his painting that equally inspires and defines his music, Perelman plays action saxophone, following his instinct up and down the keys, dripping thinly ...
Jack Reilly's "Jazz Requiem" at College of DuPage, March 13, 2005
by Jeff Stockton
The lines separating jazz and classical music blur in pianist Jack Reilly's compositions as he imagines Mozart in the 21st Century, not as the romanticized classical giant, but as an improvising ensemble member in a jazz band. It's an intriguing concept: Is composition simply improvisation slowed down? And is improvisation merely composition sped up? Modeled on ...
