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John Clark: I Will
by Joel Roberts
The French horn is not the first instrument that comes to mind when one thinks of jazz. In modern jazz history, there have been only a handful of musicians -- David Amram, Julius Watkins, Gunther Schuller -- who have achieved any acclaim on the instrument. John Clark is another. A veteran of the progressive big bands ...
Various Artists: Black Saint/Soul Note Critics Pick Sampler, Vols. 1 and 2
by Joel Roberts
Since 1977, the Milan-based Black Saint/Soul Note label has established a reputation among jazz lovers for its uncompromising commitment to cutting-edge, non-mainstream music. The artists featured on the label's 500 releases (all of which remain in print) include most of the leaders of the avant-garde and modern creative movements of the past twenty years, such as ...
String Trio of New York: String Trio of New York With Anthony Davis
by Joel Roberts
Through twenty years and thirteen albums, the String Trio of New York has made a name for itself on the new music / experimental edge of the jazz world. This new album, a collaboration with composer and pianist Anthony Davis, is the group's first to focus almost exclusively on jazz standards as opposed to original compositions. ...
Art Farmer: Live at Stanford Jazz Workshop
by Joel Roberts
As he approaches seventy, Art Farmer, the most lyrical and elegant of jazz horn players, shows no signs of slowing down. On this live recording, made last summer at Stanford University, Farmer fronts an all-star quintet featuring California tenor giant Harold Land, drummer Albert “Tootie" Heath, bassist Rufus Reid, and seldom heard pianist Bill Bell. Playing ...
Buddy Montgomery: Here Again
by Joel Roberts
Buddy Montgomery, the youngest and sole surviving Montgomery brother, is a musician ripe for rediscovery. Since achieving major success in the 1960s with the Montgomery Brothers band, and (along with brother Monk on bass) backing brother Wes on some of the guitar great's most popular albums, Buddy has been heard from only occasionally. His new trio ...
David Hazeltine: The Classic Trio
by Joel Roberts
If you don't know the name David Hazeltine, you should. He is flat out one of the finest pianists working today. And his new album, featuring an impeccable rhythm section of Louis Hayes and Peter Washington, is a tour de force for his versatile skills as instrumentalist and composer. As the album title suggests, Hazeltine is ...
John Bickerton Trio: Drinking from the Golden Cup
by Joel Roberts
It is always a treat to stumble upon exciting and innovative new music by relatively unknown performers. This piano trio album, featuring all original compositions by Brooklyn-based pianist and leader John Bickerton, offers the opportunity to hear challenging improvised music played at a very high level by musicians whose names most people probably don't even know. ...
Dexter Gordon: The Squirrel
by Joel Roberts
This never-before-released live recording, taped by Danish radio during an engagement by Gordon and his quartet at Copenhagen's Jazzhaus Montmartre in the summer of 1967, captures the great tenor saxophonist at his most boisterous mid-60s peak. To hear Dexter Gordon live in this period is to hear one of the most powerful instrumentalists in jazz at ...
Billy Strayhorn: The Peaceful Side
by Joel Roberts
During his twenty-five year tenure with the Duke Ellington Orchestra as composer, lyricist, arranger, and Duke's closest musical confidante, Billy Strayhorn rarely performed in front of a live audience and even less frequently entered a recording studio. Although his piano playing can be heard on a handful of records with the Ellington Orchestra as well as ...
Al Cohn & Zoot Sims: Body and Soul
by Joel Roberts
This 1973 date, just reissued with fancy new packaging by 32 Jazz, is a thoroughly enjoyable, low-key blowing session featuring the two tenor titans backed by an excellent veteran rhythm section of Jaki Byard, George Duvivier, and Mel Lewis. Both Cohn and Sims are supremely smooth and effortlessly swinging tenor players in the Lester ...
