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Mike Melito: The Right Time
by Dan Bilawsky
When the word “predictable" shows up in music reviews, it's often wrongly viewed as the kiss of death. Somewhere along the way, “defying expectations" or “charting new territory" have become the quickest way to gain recognition, but the tried-and-true shouldn't be sold short. On The Right Time, veteran drummer Mike Melito and his band deliver a ...
Brad Mehldau: The Art of the Trio - Recordings 1996-2001
by John Kelman
Brad Mehldau Trio The Art of the Trio: Recordings 1996-2001 Nonesuch Records 2011 It's hard to believe that it's only been fifteen years since Brad Mehldau emerged on the scene, so prevalent and influential has the pianist become since then. At the same time as he was gaining some significant ...
McCoy Tyner: Vol. Two, 1960-61
by Lawrence Peryer
Vol. One, 1959-60 | Vol. Two, 1960-61 The jazz world ushered in the 1960s with a fury of innovative change. A bold avant-garde stretched the form while also making accessible and engaging records. Across just nine months in one corner of that world,pianist McCoy Tyner played on a variety of sessions that together ...
Take Five With Walter Clark
by AAJ Staff
Meet Walter Clark: It's in my DNA. Both of my grandparents on my mother's side were musicians. My grandmother had a degree in music from Spellman College and my grandfather, John McCoy, played multiple instruments and is the biological father of pianist McCoy Tyner. Music was a hobby, but after trying ...
Dark Magus, by Gregory Davis, to be basis for feature film on his father
MONTCLAIR, NJ: Dark Magus: The Jekyll and Hyde Life of Miles Davis, Gregory Davis's no-holds-barred look at his father's life, published by Backbeat Books in 2006, will be the basis of feature film being developed by George Tillman, Jr., director of Notorious. Gregory Davis will serve as a consultant on the film, which will be called ...
Pharoah Sanders, Hamid Drake, Adam Rudolph: Spirits
by Chris May
Pharoah Sanders, Hamid Drake, Adam RudolphSpiritsMeta2000 Following the death of saxophonist John Coltrane in 1967, two of his band members, pianist/harpist Alice Coltrane and saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, aligned themselves to fashion--separately and together--music which became known as “astral jazz." The style foregrounded the African and Asian song forms, ...
Take Five With Dan Andersen
by AAJ Staff
Meet Dan Andersen: Dan Andersen is a jazz guitarist and composer based in Los Angeles who earned a doctorate from the University Of Southern California Thornton School Of Music. The Spark, his debut CD, features pianist Alan Pasqua, bassist Ryan McGillicuddy, and drummer James Alsanders.In 1999, Dan left his ...
Nat Birchall: Sacred Dimension
by Bruce Lindsay
Just outside the Victorian architectural splendor of the city of Manchester lies some of England's most beautiful countryside. The area is home to a small group of musicians whose contemporary take on the music of John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, among others, is creating some of the finest and most spiritual sounds around. Trumpeter Matthew Halsall, ...
Ben van Gelder: Frame of Reference
by Mark F. Turner
It's hard to believe that Frame of Reference is a debut. The compositions are beguiling, spirited yet poised, and doused with the arid phrasing of a seasoned master. But there's also a youthful exuberance that accompanies 22 year-old saxophonist Ben Van Gelder, who studied music at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and travels between New York and ...
Order Jazz Icons 5 (6-DVD Set) - Includes Coltrane's "Ascension," Monk Solo and more!
Mosaic Records announces the release of the Jazz Icons (Series #5) box set, containing six stunning, historically significant jazz performances from the archives of French television with superior video and audio quality. Pre-Order Now! John Coltrane—Live In France 1965 features the Classic John Coltrane Quartet at the peak of their powers. Includes the only public performance ...
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