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Steve Khan: The Suitcase
by John Kelman
Steve Khan's been on the comeback trail with the fine The Green Field (Tone Center, 2006)--his first as a leader in nine years--and even more impressive Borrowed Time (Tone Center, 2007), so keeping up the momentum is a very good thing. While not a new recording, The Suitcase captures the guitarist in performance with one of ...
Nordic Voices, Ottawa, Canada, February 5, 2008
by John Kelman
Nordic Voices Reges Terrae First Baptist Church Ottawa, Canada February 5, 2008 In an era of concert performances when amplification is the norm, the opportunity to encounter a group of singers performing in a church, with not a microphone to be found, provides a respite--not just from ...
Lol Coxhill / Charles Hayward / Hugh Hopper / Orphy Robinson: Clear Frame
by John Kelman
Bassist Hugh Hopper and multi-instrumentalist Robert Wyatt have intersected on a number of occasions since playing in legendary British group Soft Machine nearly forty years ago, but they've rarely worked together in as free and experimental a context as Clear Frame. This improvisational collective features, along with the intrepid Hopper, the equally fearless Lol Coxhill (soprano ...
Box: Studio 1
by John Kelman
Studio 1 not only represent the debut of a significant new group on the electronic improv scene, but a transatlantic supergroup at that, with musicians hailing from Finland, Norway, Sweden and the United States. Box was originally formed when writer/film-maker Philip Mullarkey brought together guitarist Raoul Björkenhiem (Krakatau, Scorch Trio), keyboardist Ståle Storløkken (Supersilent, Humcrush), drummer ...
Chick Corea & Gary Burton: The New Crystal Silence
by John Kelman
The circumstances that led to pianist Chick Corea and vibraphonist Gary Burton collaborating on Crystal Silence (ECM, 1973) are the definition of serendipitous happenstance. Neither thought the record would have wide appeal, yet it's gone on to become not only a classic for the label, but for both artists, who have since built large discographies with ...
The David Finck Quartet: Future Day
by John Kelman
He's one of those players you may not know by name, but you've more than likely heard. In a career now nearing thirty years long, David Finck has worked with artists ranging from pianists Herbie Hancock, Steve Kuhn and Sir André Previn to singers Sinéad O'Connor, Natalie Cole and Gladys Knight. He's also done plenty of ...
Sean Malone: Cortlandt
by John Kelman
Sometimes people become misrepresented early on. Sean Malone first came to attention as the bassist for death/technical metal band Cynic, but has since garnered more notice for his versatile playing with his fusion/progressive group Gordian Knot. That Malone--who also plays the tapped stick--recorded Cortlandt in 1996, not long after Cynic's Focus (Roadrunner, 1993), makes it even ...
Bang on a Can All-Stars: Brian Eno: Music for Airports (Live)
by John Kelman
When the innovative classical ensemble Bang on a Can All-Stars released its version of Ambient music forefather Brian Eno's seminal Music for Airports (Virgin/Astralwerks, 1978) on POINT Music in 1998, it demonstrated how a composition seemingly far removed from the classical sphere could be absorbed into the legitimate canon. And although the studio version is already ...
Joe Beck & John Abercrombie: Coincidence
by John Kelman
His ECM albums may be more overtly modern and left-of-center but, based on a 2004 AAJ interview, when John Abercrombie is at home practicing, it's usually in the context of jazz standards. For those who feel such well-trodden material has little left to offer in the way of either challenge or modern interpretation, the guitarist's duet ...
Steven Bernstein: Diaspora Suite
by John Kelman
Leaving behind the west coast cool of 2004's Diaspora Hollywood, Steven Bernstein travels 350 miles north along the California coast to Oakland for the edgier, left coast avant of Diaspora Suite. It's the freest, most aggressive disc in the trumpeter's Diaspora series, which began with 1999's Diaspora Soul and continued with 2002's Diaspora Blues, all four ...
