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Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet: Underdog And Other Stories...
by Mark Corroto
Ignore the fact that pianist Ted Kooshian regularly covers cartoon and TV music in his quartet and what's left is an appreciation for music that swings exceptionally hard, and a passion for each tune that is anything but “animated." Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet has produced its second volume of music, Underdog And Other Stories..., following a ...
Petter Wettre's A Music Supreme
by Mark Corroto
Can Norwegian tenor saxophonist Petter Wettre be called “the Branford Marsalis of Scandinavia?" Both saxophonists favor a big sound, steeped in tradition but not beholden to convention. Wettre was educated at Boston's Berklee College of Music before returning to his home and eventually founding Household Records, the primary vehicle for his output. His tastes run from ...
Bill Dixon: In Medias Res
by Clifford Allen
Trumpeter and composer Bill Dixon is one of those rare figures in creative music who was both there as it took its initial steps and currently remains at the forefront of contemporary improvisation. In the last two years, he has directed or co-led orchestral configurations and recorded and performed with hand-picked small groups of international renown. ...
David Ashkenazy: Out With It
by Martin Gladu
David Ashkenazy Out With It Posi-Tone 2009 The jazz drumming tradition abounds in models for emulation and study, and two such models stand out in importance. For its sheer power, Elvin Jones' work with saxophonist John Coltrane imposes itself on any serious student of the drum set. The ...
A Question of Time
by Alan Bryson
Imagine you were given the chance to go back in time and witness four musical events (one each from jazz, blues, classical, and rock history.) What would they be? That's an after-dinner topic friends might discuss by candlelight. If your inner-child has completely matured, perhaps you could approach it as a potential film: if you were ...
Johnny Conga: Breaking Skin
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Johnny Conga comes from a long line of illustrious tumbadora (conga) players. From the musical evidence on Breaking Skin, this genealogy may begin with the likes of Chano Pozo, Mongo Santamaria, Tata Guines, Candido, Armando Peraza and Francisco Aguabella. Lest there be a scream of “blasphemy," it bears mention that Conga stylistically connects the ancient with ...
Impulse Records: The Vocal Sides
Impulse Records gained renown in the 1960s for its progressive-vanguard and cutting-edge releases by artists such as John Coltrane and Archie Shepp, but the label also released a handful of albums by singers such as Johnny Hartman, Jackie Paris and Lorez Alexandria. Impulse had been started at the dawn of the 1960s by producer Creed Taylor, ...
James Carney: Ways & Means
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Pianist James Carney takes the parameters involved in scoring films and applies them with the discipline of a jazz composer on the ambitious Ways & Means, the kind of challenging and cohesive work that listeners have come to expect from this exemplary musician. Carney's band is as great a gathering of talent as ...
Dan Tepfer: Oxygen & Duets with Lee
by Martin Longley
Dan TepferOxygenDIZ Productions2009 Dan TepferDuets with LeeSunnyside2009 The full arrival of pianist Dan Tepfer has been signaled by his recent sideman work with the august alto saxophonist Lee Konitz. These ...
Coltrane Tributes: Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Khan Jamal, Azar Lawrence & Joel Holmes
by Marc Medwin
Jamaaladeen TacumaColtrane ConfigurationsJazzwerkstatt2009 Khan JamalImpressions of ColtraneSteepleChase2009 Azar LawrenceLegacy and Music of John ColtraneClarion Jazz2009 Joel HolmesAfrican SkiesBlue Canoe
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