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Aercine: Aercine
by Jerry D'Souza
Artful meshing of sound and form is an important factor in making improvisation work. Without a core that draws the players, it doesn't work. If they let invention go off at different angles, the result can at worst be irksome and at best unsatisfying. Aercine offers a mixed bag. When the pieces fall ...
Eddie Henderson: So What
by Jerry D'Souza
Imitation may not be the best form of flattery, as trumpeter Eddie Henderson found out several years ago when he learnt a couple of Miles Davis tunes right off the record, thinking that he would impress Davis (who was not). Now years into the future, he breathes his own spirit into them. Henderson ...
Clark Terry & Max Roach: Friendship
by Jerry D'Souza
Trumpeter Clark Terry has long been known to have a puckish sense of humor. That he still has it is obvious when he jumps in on the pliant rhythm set up by Max Roach to simmer and stir the blues with growling note chewing intensity. One minute and 45 seconds later he is done, leaving in ...
The Implicate Order: At Seixal
by Jerry D'Souza
On the spot improvisation can get its comeuppance in a live concert: musicians can let their instinct tell them when they have said enough, or they can choose to ignore it and carry on. There are some long tracks here, but it is to the credit of this trio that they keep interest at the high ...
The Jim Cifelli New York Nonet: Tunnel Vision
by Jerry D'Souza
Jim Cifelli has gathered together a fine band of musicians for this third outing with his nonet. The tunes, almost all originals, hold up pretty well too. The charts make for clean ensemble lines and leave room for the soloists to capture and extend upon the essence of the melody. There are a couple of exceptions. ...
Roy Haynes: Love Letters
by Jerry D'Souza
At 77, Roy Haynes is agile, active and still draws a stellar cast of musicians. Those represented on this recording span a generation, and each one endows the music with his own vivid imprint. The division between the players as partners in the adventure of music draws on their strengths and their pliability within the working ...
Octagon Eightette: Crusader Stomp
by Jerry D'Souza
In a deliciously inventive move some of the greatest players in the world of improvisation have come together in a program that grabs the blues, gospel, jazz and country music and shakes them up thoroughly. Concepts have been blown to the winds and harmony thoroughly deconstructed. How did it come about? Let Geordie “Wanker" Bushhead do ...
Will Holshouser Trio: Reed Song
by Jerry D'Souza
The accordion has been used very little in jazz. This is understandable, given its apparent limitations as an instrument for improvisation despite its rich sonority. It is not surprising, then, that Will Holshauser concentrates on the melody and coaxes it as far as it will go without falling in to a chasm. Improvisation, however, is the ...
Lisbon Improvisation Players: Live_LxMeskla
by Jerry D'Souza
The Lisbon Improvisation Players call themselves an open formation project. There are two words of import here: open and formation. Form is an integral part of their quest, yet it is the factor that makes them go out and seek paths that free them of constraints. Within the body is a soaring spirit that explores, stirs ...
The Abstractions: Sonic Conspiracy
by Jerry D'Souza
The Abstractions set up house on Sonic Conspiracy in the first 36 seconds. The roar, like an avalanche, heralds the coming; but in all the sound and fury there is an underlying attractiveness as they harness tumult in all of its atonality. What emerges over the course of this album is the meld ...
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