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Bernardo Padron Group: Tales of La Juana
by Jerry D'Souza
Bernardo Padron takes the folk music of his native Venezuela and places it in a contemporary jazz setting. His compositions thus have an innate roots feel and are easy on the ear because they're transposed into that genre. Most of the music on Tales falls within this category. Padron, who wrote all the compositions, infuses each ...
Marco Figueira: Brazilliance
by Jerry D'Souza
Marco Figueira has all the right things going for him on this aptly named recording, where he brings into play several of the streams that flow into Brazilian music. Figueira made New York City his home since 1988, and he's played with several of the best-known musicians of the genre. Some of them join him here, ...
John Carter / Bobby Bradford Quartet: Seeking
by Jerry D'Souza
The New Art Jazz Ensemble was formed in 1964 by John Carter (alto and tenor saxophones, clarinet, flute) and Bobby Bradford (trumpet). They brought in Tom Williamson (bass) and Bruz Freeman (drums) to give structure to their vision: each player listening to and cooperating with the others, contributing to the group's collective expression within the mood ...
Hendrik Meurkens: New York Jazz Samba Quintet
by Jerry D'Souza
Hendrik Meurkens was smitten enough by Brazilian music to move to Rio from Germany in the early eighties. He calls this a life-changing musical experience which led him to study the music in depth. A residency at the Bar 21 in Rio helped put theory into practice. He moved to New York from his native Germany, ...
Gato Libre: Nomad
by Jerry D'Souza
Natsuki Tamura and Satoko Fujii are two of the most daring improvisers in jazz. Their music blasts through unfettered, a brimful of heated animation. But daring can take other courses, and so it is with Gato Libre, Tamura's quartet, which does strange things considering the pedigree that he and Fujii have. They get into folk music, ...
Basement Research: Live in Munster
by Jerry D'Souza
Basement Research's third CD comes in the wake of Gebhard Ullmann's 50th birthday. The band got started with Ellery Eskelin on tenor saxophone in 1993, before Tony Malaby replaced him in 1999--and thus Malaby appears on this live recording from that year. Ullmann is a man of many parts. He plays in several bands, all of ...
Fay Victor Ensemble: Cartwheels Through the Cosmos
by Jerry D'Souza
Fay Victor marks an impressive presence on Cartwheels Through the Cosmos as she comes up with an arresting amalgam of songs. Victor neither caters to the norm nor does she slot herself. Instead, she soars free and often beautifully as her phrasing finds a comfort zone in jazz harmony. Her sense of improvisation is another asset; ...
Satoko Fujii Four: When We Were There
by Jerry D'Souza
Satoko Fujii, Natsuki Tamura, Mark Dresser and Jim Black took time off from their touring schedule in the fall of 2005 to record this CD. There were a couple of changes from their earlier efforts: this was the first time they had Tamura in the studio, and the pieces are shorter than what one has come ...
Chick Corea & Gary Burton: Live at Montreux 1997
by Jerry D'Souza
Chick Corea and Gary Burton Live at Montreux 1997 Eagle Vision 2006/1997 When Chick Corea and Gary Burton got together to play at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1997, they were no strangers. They had recorded Crystal Silence in 1972 and then went on to three more recording collaborations. In ...
A Certain Respect For Tradition
by Jerry D'Souza
A Certain Respect For Tradition Mark Miller Softcover; 192 pages ISBN: 1-55128-125-2 themercurypress.ca 2006 Mark Miller is back with another book. The prolific Miller has written seven books since 1982, including the indispensable Such Melodious Racket: The Lost History Of Jazz In Canada and ...
