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Geir Lysne Ensemble: The Grieg Code
by John Kelman
The Norwegian aesthetic for large ensembles is often considerably distanced from the American tradition, though there are mid-Atlantic meeting points, with Mariah Schneider and Darcy James Argue finding some common ground with Jon Balke, Trygve Seim and Geir Lysne. Lysne, in particular, has managed to combine a greater predilection for overt soloing within oftentimes expansive, detailed ...
Tom Harrell: Prana Dance
by John Kelman
Despite fighting health issues that would keep most people down and out, Tom Harrell has managed to create a remarkably consistent discography as a leader, in addition to a sizable collection of sessions since first emerging in the early '70s. Still, the trumpeter seems especially invigorated since signing with HighNote for Light On (2007). A true ...
Beppe Crovella: Pianovagando
by John Kelman
Setting aside his Hammond Organ, Mellotron and Moog synthesizer for a short while, Beppe Crovella--best known as the keyboardist for Italian progressive/fusion group Arti E Mestieri, last heard on First Live in Japan (MoonJune, 2007)--goes solo on Pianovagando. While he's performed brief piano solos during live performances with AEM, this is the first time he's focused ...
Tuner: MUUT
by John Kelman
The ability to build expansive sound worlds--referencing a broad continuum spanning time, genre and sonics--has never been greater. With sampling, looping and sound processing, it's possible for just two people to build soundscapes based on the past but with a clear view of the future. Improvisation, when incorporating these advancements with conventional instruments, becomes as much ...
Bugge Wesseltoft: Playing
by John Kelman
As a successor to the impressive IM (Jazzland, 2007), pianist Bugge Wesseltoft continues to explore the powerful potential of solo performance. Like IM--and no surprise to those familiar with his seamless integration of technology into real-time performance on his New Conception of Jazz series--Wesseltoft uses sound processing and real-time looping to create a modernistic successor to ...
Fly: Sky & Country
by John Kelman
Despite a debut that failed to generate much noise, Fly's sophomore effort--its first for ECM- -ought to. Dispelling the ECM myth of neglecting American music, this trio--featuring perennially undervalued saxophonist Mark Turner alongside Brad Mehldau Trio mates, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard-- finds its own nexus of head and heart. Dave Holland's Triplicate (ECM, ...
Julian Lage: Sounding Point
by John Kelman
Despite being just 21, Julian Lage has clocked up some impressive credentials. The guitarist has worked with vibraphonist Gary Burton's recent quintet, appearing on Generations (Concord, 2004) and Next Generation (Concord, 2005); appeared with another jazz wunderkind, Taylor Eigsti, on the pianist's Lucky To Be Me (Concord, 2006) and Let It Come To You (Concord, 2008); ...
David Binney: Third Occasion
by John Kelman
Some artists grow in leaps and bounds, others more gradually. David Binney has largely been one to evolve slowly over time. Still, the alto saxophonist--who has almost insidiously become one of those musicians' musicians, well-known within the community, but without the more popular acclaim he deserves--has always stretched himself in a variety of contexts, from the ...
Strawbs at The Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield Canada, March 7, 2009
by John Kelman
StrawbsBlack Sheep Inn Wakefield, Quebec, Canada March 7, 2009 Thanks to the internet, niche music has once again become not only popular with fans from around the world collected into global communities but even lucrative. Progressive folksters Strawbs never stopped entirely after a successful string of albums beginning with Just ...
Tim Garland: Libra
by John Kelman
The line between jazz and classical music is being increasingly blurred--or, in the case of the multidisciplinary Tim Garland, erased entirely. The British reedman began experimenting with fusing the two disciplines on Rising Tide (Sirocco, 2003), where he both wrote for his trio and a string quartet upfront, and scored strings around a solo saxophone improvisation. ...
