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Jabbo Ware and The Me We & Them Orchestra: Vignettes in the Spirit of Ellington
by Jerry D'Souza
28 years into their existence, James Jabbo Ware and The Me We & Them Orchestra recorded their first live album, which has just been released. What is time to the muse that was inspired by Duke Ellington? Days, months, and years flit by, but the music stays timeless. The ten tunes here make up the context. ...
Jenny Scheinman: 12 Songs
by Jerry D'Souza
Jenny Scheinman has a gift for writing evocative music. She explores different genres and comes up with an interesting take on each, drawing the listener into the core of its spirit. There is more to this music than just the compositions. The musicians forge their own atmosphere, each divining the play in extrapolating the base. And ...
Gregg August: Late August
by Jerry D'Souza
Gregg August brings a diverse blend of elements to Late August, his debut recording as leader. The bassist finds a groove for Afro-Cuban music and mainstream jazz alike. While six of the nine tracks feature his sextet, he adds percussionists Ray Barretto and Wilson “Chembo Corniel on the first tune and goes in for a duet ...
Nils Wogram & Simon Nabatov: The Move
by Jerry D'Souza
Nils Wogram and Simon Nabatov have long been musical brothers in arms. They have played in each other's quartets and recorded three albums as a duo, of which The Move, recorded at Koln's Loft, is their latest. The compositions are divided about equally. It is immediately and manifestly apparent that the two have established an innate ...
Cadence: Twenty For One
by Jerry D'Souza
Cadence is a Canadian a capella vocal group that describes itself as four men with four microphones and no instruments. Their voices are the instruments, quite naturally, and they use to them to the fullest on jazz and pop tunes performed with finesse and flair. This style of singing often warrants a breezy quality, and they ...
Aram Shelton: Arrive
by Jerry D'Souza
This, the ninth recording in the Document Chicago series, it continues to provide the listener with interesting twists and turns. Aram Shelton's music treads a path that is gentle in its ministrations and elevated by the sensibility of the musicians. This does not deny Shelton from blowing some pithy trajectories or keep Jason Roebke from spurring ...
Ezra Weiss: Persephone
by Jerry D'Souza
Ezra Weiss says that he wrote the music for Persephone during a “depressed, cynical point in his life, but the end result came out “more uplifting than he had expected. The parallel muses of sorrow and joy played their roles well. The album has a fine balance, the brighter tunes bringing in a surge of joy, ...
Trio Da Paz: Somewhere
by Jerry D'Souza
Somewhere is comprised of tunes that Trio Da Paz had never recorded before and others the group had never played. The latter were certainly more challenging, but in tandem the new options provided a lure for these three players to get in and fill the music with their own approach. And it certainly is some approach: ...
The Stryker/Slagle Band: Live at the Jazz Standard
by Jerry D'Souza
Guitarist Dave Stryker and saxophonist Steve Slagle are back with a live recording. What was to be a studio date turned around on a Stryker moment of inspiration when he suggested that the band record the two nights they were playing at the Jazz Standard in New York City. That idea has been augmented by the ...
Michael Musillami Trio: Dachau
by Jerry D'Souza
One of the significant moments for the Michael Musillami Trio came when the group played in Dachau, Germany in November, 2004. At that time, says Musillami, they were “elevated to a new level. That plateau is still evident on this recording, made possible by several factors, including shared empathy and each player's strength as a musician.
