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Scott Robinson & the Emil Viklicky Trio: Summertime
by Jeff Stockton
Scott Robinson has been affected a bit by the Roland Kirk syndrome. His interest in and ability to play just about every saxophone ever invented--and some that haven't--has obscured his talent to listeners more comfortable with musicians that can be identified by a single instrument, in spite of being very active recently both as a leader ...
Jimmy Smith: Retrospective
by Jeff Stockton
In over four hours of music spread across four discs, this collection demonstrates how Jimmy Smith revolutionized the Hammond B-3 as a jazz instrument of expressiveness and versatility, both as a sideman and as a leader. The usual Blue Note stars are here: Lou Donaldson's alto sax illuminates “Summertime" and cries the blues on “All Day ...
Nicholas Payton & Sonic Trance: Live in New York 1.24.04
by Jeff Stockton
On the surface, Nicholas Payton's Sonic Trance is a fusion band. The leader occasionally tricks out his horn with effects, pianist Scott Kinsey moves over to electric keyboard from time to time, and percussionist Daniel Sadownick does his best to establish an Agharta vibe on congas. But there is no electric guitar in Sonic Trance, and ...
Klaus Suonsaari: Portrait in Sound & Offering
by Jeff Stockton
Klaus Suonsaari Portrait in Sound Focus Records 2003 Portrait in Sound is a brilliantly programmed hour of music that builds on the foundation of the bluesy sax-and-drum swing of “Semblance," winds its way through fairly straight-ahead quartet workouts such as the piano-driven “Whack!" and the soprano-led “Offering" and dabbles in ...
Lee Konitz Past and Present
by Jeff Stockton
You'd think that by now the influence and relevance of someone present at the Birth of the Cool might be frozen in time, but for Lee Konitz, after sixty years of alto innovation and excellence, reissues, first-time releases and new projects continue to appear at a steady clip. Lee Konitz Peacemeal Milestone ...
Anthony Braxton & Andrew Cyrille: Duo Palindrome 2002
by Jeff Stockton
Anthony Braxton/Andrew Cyrille Duo Palindrome 2002, Vol. 1 & 2 Intakt Records 2004 Even before he started wearing baggy corduroys, sensible shoes, and sweaters with elbow patches, Anthony Braxton's image was one of the enigmatic intellectual. You had to expect his playing to be more geometric than gutbucket. ...
Dave Schnitter & Gary Bartz Ntu Troop
by Jeff Stockton
Dave Schnitter Sketch Omix 2004 The genius of what Dave Schnitter does with his quartet on Sketch is combine the mainstream straight-ahead sensibility of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (of which Schnitter was a longtime member) with the pianoless, fractured, multi-note lines of convergence and retreat that Ornette Coleman brought to ...
Matthew Shipp Times Two
by Jeff Stockton
Matthew Shipp Harmony and Abyss Thirsty Ear 2004 As the curator of Thirsty Ear's Blue Series, Matthew Shipp has rejected categorization, using his position to shape a musical future in his own vision, intermingling familiar players from the jazz avant-garde with turntablists, classical musicians and electronic soundscapers. The outcome has ...
Fred Anderson's Legendary Velvet Lounge
by Jeff Stockton
It was broad daylight the first time I drove down to Chicago's South Loop, just to see where Fred Anderson's legendary Velvet Lounge was. I went right passed it. In the middle of the afternoon, there isn't much going on in the area that surrounds the city's mammoth convention center, McCormick Place. Squeezed in between an ...
Scott DuBois Quintet feat. David Liebman: Monsoon
by Jeff Stockton
Scott DuBois plays a fair amount of electric guitar on Monsoon , his debut as a leader, but it's when he plays acoustic that he makes his most coherent and provocative statements. Strumming, plucking and pulling strings as if he were rearranging them on the neck of his instrument, DuBois injects the classical sound of Segovia's ...
