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Various Artists: One More: Music of Thad Jones
by Craig Jolley
An outstanding crop of big band leaders/composers emerged during the 1960s, including Clare Fischer, Thad Jones, Gary McFarland, Ladd McIntosh, Oliver Nelson, and other notables. Jones eventually established his preeminence, in part because he was able to keep a band together and get his music heard. Beyond that, his compositions are brilliant and drenched in the ...
Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom: Voodoo Boogaloo
by John Kelman
In a career that dates back nearly 35 years, keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist Ron Levy has carried the banner for blues and soul-drenched jazz. He got his feet wet as a more straightforward blues player in B.B. King's band in the '70s, recording half a dozen albums and touring incessantly, as well as playing with other seminal artists including ...
Joey DeFrancesco with Jimmy Smith: Legacy
by Terrell Kent Holmes
With the passing of organ legend Jimmy Smith on February 8th, the jazz world lost a boundless innovator and a good old friend. His final recording, the appropriately titled Legacy, proves that, even in his seventies, he was still the man on the B3. He shares the bill with disciple Joey DeFrancesco, once hailed as the ...
Sammy Davis Jr./Buddy Rich: The Sounds of '66
by Andrew Rowan
Sammy Davis Jr. opens these after-hours Las Vegas recording sessions, remarking that even at this hour the town is still swinging. He tells listeners that any noises from the audiences are real, not canned. From this simple setup, this release captures live the excitement these two musical dynamos generated in an era, and in a town, ...
Ravi Coltrane: In Flux
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane continues his maturation as a composer and leader on In Flux, his fourth at the helm, offering a compelling straight-ahead set. It's the first document of his quartet with pianist Luis Perdomo, bassist Drew Gress, and drummer E.J. Strickland, with whom he has gigged for the last few years, fostering a group identity ...
Solar: Suns of Cosmic Consciousness
by John Kelman
More than ever before, the younger generation of jazz players emerging are incorporating influences far and wide. While new forms of jazz have always revolved around taking earlier forms and moving them forward, never before have the number of musical choices been so great as to engender an unprecedented eclecticism. Groups like Sweden's E.S.T. incorporate subtle ...
One More: Music of Thad Jones
by Wayne Zade
Various Artists One More: Music of Thad Jones IPO Recordings 2005 Great jazz things have been happening at IPO Recordings, and they have been for a while. One More: Music of Thad Jones is the sixth CD from Executive Producer Bill Sorin, and it continues the generous spirit of tribute ...
Royce Campbell: Six By Six
by John Kelman
For some reason, the guitar is one of those instruments that engender competition. While there are exceptions, in general if you put two guitarists together, what you'll get is a contest to see who can be louder, who can be faster, who can be more dominant. So, when you get an album where a relative unknown ...
Pablo Men: Havana Blues Mambo
by Jim Santella
Fresh and gay, the music of Pablo Menéndez can lift your spirits. Or just fade gently into the background without ever raising an awareness in you. His smooth jazz guitar sings gently with heartfelt passion, but its subdued demeanor keeps you at a distance. Instead of diving in and grabbing onto every note with a personal ...
Zoho Music: Lower Westchester County's Biggest Secret
by C. Michael Bailey
Latin / Jazz with a New York Vibe is a very accurate description of the music released by the New York record label Zoho Music. Borne from the archives of Khaeon Records, formerly a premiere independent exponent of Latin jazz, Zoho Music was the brainchild of über-entrepreneur Jochen Becker. Some of the original Khaeon releases made ...
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