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Various Artists: Jazz For A Rainy Afternoon
by Jim Santella
Chill out. Calm down. Mellow. Put those financial statements in the desk drawer, throw another log on the fire, curl up on the sofa and listen to this compilation. Producer Joel Dorn figured these reissued items would have that effect on listeners, and they do. Warren Vache's portrayal of “I Can't Get Started," with piano trio, ...
Cedar Walton: Bambino
by Jim Santella
Cedar Walton's sextet recorded this session before an appreciative audience at Sweet Basil in New York in 1993. Joining the pianist for this date were trumpeter Philip Harper, tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson, trombonist Steve Turre, bassist David Williams and drummer Billy Higgins. The recording was taped during two August nights at the club; alto saxophonist Lou ...
Chris Potter: Vertigo
by Jim Santella
Chris Potter's quartet shares the spotlight both individually and in ensemble. The young tenor saxophonist (Potter turned 27 this year) turns in a dramatic set based on his own compositions. As Zan Stewart states in the liner notes, “... Potter stretches himself, his musicians and his audience, creating new and challenging music ..." Working out recently ...
Dominic Miller: First Touch
by Jim Santella
Employing fingerstyle guitar and picked melodies, the smooth jazz album First Touch represents Dominic Miller's first session as a leader. No stranger to the recording industry, the guitarist has worked with such notables as Sting, Phil Collins, and Tina Turner. This 1995 debut album features his overdubbed guitars with additional support on several tracks provided by ...
Don Ellis: Live At Monterey
by Jim Santella
In the liner notes Leonard Feather called Don Ellis “the Stan Kenton of the 1970s." After earning a degree in music composition at Boston University, the trumpeter interned with several big bands, Latin jazz bands, Charles Mingus, and George Russell. Expanding his study of ethnomusicology at UCLA, Ellis formulated ideas about innovative ways to “break the ...
Eric Bibb: Good Stuff
by Jim Santella
Barrelhouse piano, loose acoustic rhythm guitar, stand-up bass, and down home vocals characterize Eric Bibb's 1997 recording. Originally released on the Opus 3 label and recently reissued by EarthBeat! Good Stuff is commonly characterized as “country blues" or “southern folk blues" and centers on Bibb's warm, sincere singing. He's a gentle man with a knack for ...
Ernesto Diaz-Infante: Tepeu
by Jim Santella
Improvised solo piano musings from gifted artist Ernesto Diaz-Infante allow the listener to share in the creative process. His two albums itz'at and Tepeu both serve to demonstrate the improviser's creative process from start to finish. Diaz-Infante begins with vague thematic material and molds it, through his choices of harmony and melody, into an image “suitable ...
Gregory Tardy: Serendipity
by Jim Santella
Young lion Greg Tardy shares his enthusiasm and modern mainstream approach with support from pianist Mulgrew Miller, bassist Reginald Veal, and drummer Eric Harland. The tenor saxophonist leads his ensemble in a session of standards and originals, showing a preference for the excitement of hard bop rhythms and its inherent variety of brash harmonies. Russell Gunn ...
John Patitucci: Now
by Jim Santella
Now is a session of creative modern mainstream jazz from a quartet of John Patitucci – who employs the acoustic stand-up bass on seven of the ten tracks – guitarist John Scofield, tenor saxophonist Chris Potter, and drummer Bill Stewart. Michael Brecker substitutes on two tracks, while three numbers are performed without either saxophonist. Associations with ...
Kurt Elling: This Time It's Love
by Jim Santella
You've got to give Kurt Elling credit for following his heart instead of going along with some probable advisor's likely “marketing plan for instant success in the new millennium." – he decided to make his third album one of love songs, and postpone some of his more adventurous work for later. Still, this session is a ...
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