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Christof May: MAYGUS
by John Kelman
For those only familiar with Netherlands-based Christof May's sublime clarinet work as part of ECM singer Susanne Abbuehl's group, MAYGUS will come as no small shock. While the same less-is-more aesthetic that imbues his work with Abbuehl can sometimes be heard here, May abandons Abbuehl's all- acoustic approach for an electrically charged and often texturally dense ...
Emre Kartari Quartet: Origin
by John Kelman
A line-up featuring two horns (saxophone and trumpet), and two percussionists (tympani and drum kit) might seem an odd choice, but for Turkish drummer Emre Kartari it's simply a different means to a very musical end. Make no mistake: while there's plenty of free play on Origin, it's based around conceptual sketches, written by Kartari, that ...
The Chris Tarry Group: Almost Certainly Dreaming
by John Kelman
With few bassists in jazz making electric their primary axe--and a recent AAJ interview with Canada-born, New York-based Chris Tarry finding him playing more acoustic bass than ever before--on the follow-up to The Chris Tarry Group's debut, Sorry to Be Strange (Cellar Live, 2006), the bassist's focus remains on the electric variety. He claims, “I never ...
Mike Nock Project: Meeting of the Waters
by John Kelman
Think globally, act locally could well be Mike Nock's musical philosophy. Returning to Australia in the mid-1980s after spending a quarter century in the USA where, amongst his many accomplishments, he led seminal fusion group The Fourth Way and recorded a series of fine discs as a leader, including In, Out and Around (Timeless, 1978) with ...
A Late Autumn Evening With Jethro Tull in Ottawa, Canada
by John Kelman
Jethro Tull An Evening With Jethro Tull Southam Hall, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada November 26, 2007 While countless groups from the classic rock era reunite for tours seemingly planned as nothing more than a cash grab and one more last chance to feel the ...
John Kelman's Best of 2007
by John Kelman
Selected picks representing the top recorded events in jazz and beyond for 2007.... Jazz New Releases David Torn Prezens (ECM) Michael Brecker Pilgrimage (Heads Up) Dave Douglas & Keystone Moonshine (Greenleaf) ...
Robert Fripp: At the End of Time: Churchscapes - Live in England & Estonia, 2006
by John Kelman
There are those who suggest that Robert Fripp has more than mined his innovative Soundscapes recordings for all they're worth; that one album fades into the next with little differentiation. Comparing the King Crimson co-founder and guitarist's At the End of Time: Churchscapes--Live in England and Estonia 2006 to Love Cannot Bear: Soundcapes--Live in the USA ...
Drew Gress: The Irrational Numbers
by John Kelman
Bassist Drew Gress returns with the same group from 7 Black Butterflies (Premonition, 2005), but The Irrational Numbers is more than a logical continuation of Butterflies' postmodern lyricism. Instead, it's an album of more vivid extremes, ranging from detailed writing to even freer improvisational exchanges and an overall greater sense of adventure. Not that Butterflies was ...
The Nightfly Trilogy
by John Kelman
There are those who bemoan the apparent lack of sophistication in contemporary pop music, although there are plenty of examples proving that it's not all about 'dumbing down' for the masses. Steely Dan--the rock group that emerged in the 1970s as a collective but ultimately whittled itself down to its two songwriting components, Walter Becker and ...
Richard Leo Johnson and Gregg Bendian: Who Knew Charlie Shoe?
by John Kelman
Talk to most guitarists and you'll find self-admitted gear heads looking for the latest and greatest--or, conversely, vintage--instruments, representing unparalleled craftsmanship. Still, guitarists like ex-Ry Cooder and Jackson Browne collaborator David Lindley revel in finding old instruments that may be cheap but possess unmistakable character. Guitarist Richard Leo Johnson continues the story begun on The Legend ...
