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Sud: Sud
by Jim Santella
Sud’s tribute to the legacy of guitarist Django Reinhardt travels through an era of “le jazz hot” with traces of Latin American and Mediterranean folk melodies. Half of the program is original music created to explore the “what if” condition. What if Django Reinhardt were alive today? Wouldn’t his music have grown a little toward new ...
Satoko Fujii: Toward,
by Jim Santella
Jazz can be free, improvised, swinging, fiery, and impressionistic. A highly original artist, Satoko Fujii creates music that swings comfortably while pumping up the adrenalin at the same time. On her 32-minute title track, the pianist persuades her trio to tear down the barriers that separate jazz into pigeonholed categories. Along with the groove, you get ...
Bob Dorough & Dave Frishberg: Who
by Jim Santella
They co-composed “I’m Hip" 35 years ago and their paths have crossed many times since then. They worked together on Schoolhouse Rock. And yet, Bob Dorough and Dave Frishberg had not yet recorded an album together. This one, created last year in performance at The Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles, is due to be released October ...
John Fedchock: Hit The Bricks
by Jim Santella
His two big band albums are terrific. Now trombonist John Fedchock leads a quartet on a session that incorporates ballads with up-tempo romps and fresh originals with existing compositions. Three tracks add trumpet and tenor saxophone for a larger sound. The title track comes from Fedchock's vast experience, placing a big band chart in the hands ...
Mike Clark: Actual Proof
by Jim Santella
Using original compositions that serve as mainstream jazz anthems, drummer Mike Clark has created a program around his taste for rhythmic drive and small band creativity. Fusion, funk and ballads sit under the umbrella of Clark’s design; however, they’re tempered with tradition. Fluid trumpet and tenor saxophone solos grace “The Viper" accompanied by just the acoustic ...
Susannah McCorkle: Hearts And Minds
by Jim Santella
Susannah McCorkle put together her 15th Concord album as a program for both lovers and thinkers. But aren’t those two paradigms mutually exclusive? Where’s the common ground? The singer’s convincing performance makes it clear that good songwriters provide some of both. Dave Frishberg’s “My Attorney Bernie" appeals to our insightful side, while George & Ira Gershwin’s ...
Mark Levine and the Latin Tinge: Hey, It
by Jim Santella
Mark Levine’s straight-ahead piano trio adds conguero Michael Shapiro for a Latin tinge. Yes, the quartet’s name comes from Jelly Roll Morton’s historical comment that our earliest jazz included elements from Central and South American cultures. After all, the geography of New Orleans aided in the mixing of many cultures. So Latin tinge it is. And ...
John Fedchock: Hit The Bricks
by Jim Santella
His two big band albums are terrific. Now trombonist John Fedchock leads a quartet on a session that incorporates ballads with up-tempo romps and fresh originals with existing compositions. Three tracks add trumpet and tenor saxophone for a larger sound. The title track comes from Fedchock's vast experience, placing a big band chart in the hands ...
Babatunde Lea: March Of The Jazz Guerillas
by Jim Santella
One of this year’s top mainstream jazz albums, March of the Jazz Guerillas folds in a large part of Babatunde Lea’s eclectic professional experiences. He and acoustic bassist Alex Blake are members of Pharoah Sanders’ band. Blake opens “Abuse of Reality Mambo" with a hot, multiple-stop statement of the melody and returns midway through for an ...
Tito Puente: Party With Puente!
by Jim Santella
A compilation from nine Concord Picante sessions, Party With Puente! includes selections from the following albums: Out of this World El Rey Mambo Diablo Un Poco Loco Salsa Meets Jazz On Broadway Goza me Timbal Master Timbalero Mambo of the ...
