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Ravi Coltrane: Moving Pictures
by Jim Santella
With Michael Cain at the piano, Lonnie Plaxico on the acoustic bass, and Jeff “Tain" Watts at the drum set, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane makes his recording debut as a leader. From the modern mainstream with each composition the leader's, this session combines ballads and up-tempo romps with a fair amount of rhythmic vivacity. Coltrane plays soprano ...
Kenny Burrell: Love Is The Answer
by Jim Santella
Kenny Burrell wrote the music and lyrics for this vocal album, which places the 32-member Boys Choir of Harlem in the spotlight along with jazz accompaniment from Burrell's easy-to-recognize-anywhere guitar and a rhythm team of drummer Ben Riley and bassist Ray Drummond. Pianist James Williams and electric bassist Greg Ryan also lend support on specific tracks. ...
Jane Bunnett: Chamalongo
by Jim Santella
Dedicated to the memory of Cuban singer Merceditas Valdes, Jane Bunnett's latest release brings back the “spirits of Havana" with an ensemble that features pianist Hilario Duran, bassist Carlitos del Puerto, conguero Tata Guines, and includes support from over a dozen others, including tenor saxophonist Yosvanny Terry, Bunnett's husband, trumpeter Larry Cramer, and the Cuban Folkloric ...
Tom Harrell: The Art of Rhythm
by Jim Santella
Tom Harrell's latest release places his lyrical trumpet and flugelhorn in a Latin jazz setting. All the compositions are his own, and the ensembles employ a number of different artists: featuring Greg Tardy on both clarinet and tenor saxophone, the session also includes violinist Regina Carter, drummers Yoron Israel, Duduka Da Fonseca and Leon Parker, bassists ...
Jesse Davis: First Insight
by Jim Santella
Although his style runs along hard bop lines, alto saxophonist Jesse Davis' sixth album as a leader is a straight-ahead modern mainstream album that emphasizes his lyricism and familiar ease with a melody. In Robert Altman's film Kansas City, Davis performed in his own intense style, displaying the edginess in his saxophone tone and the speed ...
Louie Bellson's Big Band Explosion!: The Art of the Chart
by Jim Santella
At the age of seventy-three, drummer Louie Bellson shows no signs of slowing down; his drum set propels his Big Band Explosion! here today as it has in the past for the bands of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, and others. Bellson's casual, friendly manner off the stage shows up in the performances ...
Avishai Cohen: Adama
by Jim Santella
Handling the acoustic bass like a flamenco guitar, then applying the blues, newcomer Avishai Cohen has produced a session in the modern mainstream with considerable intensity. The “fire" comes from his writing; these are all the bassist's compositions except for the standard “Besame Mucho." In putting together his arrangements, Cohen mixes meters in various combinations, allowing ...
David Murray: Long Goodbye
by Jim Santella
Tenor saxophonist David Murray, founding member of the World Saxophone Quartet and 1991 winner of the Danish Jazzpar prize, leads this tribute to the late pianist Don Pullen. Recorded in the year following Pullen's death from lymphoma and only recently released, Long Goodbye features four of the pianist's compositions, two from D.D. Jackson, and one from ...
Joe Lovano & Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Flying Colors
by Jim Santella
Pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba makes an excellent match for Joe Lovano's “don't pigeon-hole me" style. From mainstream to Third Stream to avant-garde, the saxophonist continues to do it his way successfully. Rubalcaba's eclectic piano technique includes classical elements, straight-ahead jazz phrases, percussive Latin-influenced grooves, and special statements, such as plucking the piano's strings. Together, they make a ...
John Zorn: Masada Nine
by Jim Santella
John Zorn's new release, subtitled Tet, brings his ensemble Masada once again to the world of listeners who prefer Free Jazz, World Music, and creative improvised music under one roof. Masada includes alto saxophonist Zorn, trumpeter Dave Douglas, acoustic bassist Greg Cohen, and drummer Joey Baron. Each participates equally, and each has a lot to say: ...
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