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Fripp & Eno: Beyond Even (1992-2006)
by John Kelman
It's hard to believe that it's been thirty-five years since King Crimson's Robert Fripp teamed with keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist Brian Eno for the groundbreaking No Pussyfooting (EG, 1973). That album introduced the concept of Frippertronics to the world; a method of using two tape recorders and one guitar to create an ever- expanding orchestral approach that Fripp would, ...
Dave Douglas Quintet: Live at the Jazz Standard
by John Kelman
Trumpeter Dave Douglas' a six-night run at New York's Jazz Standard in December, 2006, was relatively revolutionary in the jazz world. Every set, featuring his longstanding quintet, was recorded and made available the following morning in downloadable MP3 format. The twelve sets included nearly everything from The Infinite (RCA, 2002), Strange Liberation (RCA, 2003) and Meaning ...
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset: The Bairns
by John Kelman
In the sphere of folk music, especially in the area of traditional British folk music, there are a number of often-used stylistic conventions--there's a reason, after all, that it's called “traditional. Guitar is most often the currency of choice, with piano and fiddle close seconds. Rachel Unthank & The Winterset do have fiddle and piano, but ...
Graham Collier: Down Another Road / Songs For My Father / Mosaics
by John Kelman
These days, British bassist Graham Collier is often considered more as a composer/arranger/bandleader, especially with archival issues like Hoarded Dreams (Cuneiform, 2007) and Workpoints (Cuneiform, 2005) placing emphasis on large ensemble work (though one disc of Workpoints featured a sextet). It's easy to forget that, during the late 1960s and early 1970s, he released some of ...
Walter Beltrami: Piccoli Numeri
by John Kelman
Despite a long career and lengthy discography, it's always been curious that John Abercrombie has been a less influential guitarist than peers like Pat Metheny, John Scofield and Bill Frisell. With an instantly recognizable approach as fluid and adaptable as that of any guitarist alive today, it might seem that Abercrombie's impact has been more felt ...
Jazz Icons Series 2 Set: Wes, Mingus, Coltrane, Dexter, Duke, Brubeck and More.
by John Kelman
Various Artists Jazz Icons Series 2 Box Set Reelin' in the Years 2007 While the advent of the DVD has resulted in the unearthing of a virtual treasure trove of archival live video performances, many available for the first time in any format, the quality can ...
John Geggie / Jon Christensen / Steve Amirault in Ottawa, Canada
by John Kelman
John Geggie/Jon Christensen/Steve AmiraultGeggie Concert Series National Arts Centre, Fourth Stage Ottawa, Canada November 17, 2007 While John Geggie's annual concert series at the National Arts Centre's Fourth Stage has had its share of significant names in the past--Billy Hart, Bill Carrothers, Craig Taborn, Marilyn Crispell and Myra ...
Michael Harrison: Revelation: Music in Pure Intonation
by John Kelman
Certain instruments lend themselves more readily to unorthodox tunings. The guitar, for example, is an instrument tailor-made for alteration, with artists like Joni Mitchell creating dozens of altered tunings, encouraging approaches not possible with conventional tuning. Classical pianist/composer Michael Harrison has devised a unique tuning for the far more unwieldy piano that, while it may drive ...
Leni Stern: Africa
by John Kelman
While her husband, guitarist Mike Stern, has been bringing a fascination with the music of Africa to his own projects since the early part of the decade, they've always remained undeniably jazz recordings, with conventional instrumentation. Guitarist/vocalist Leni, on the other hand, has made a more definitive dive into the continent's musical pool with Africa.
Dave Douglas & Keystone: Moonshine
by John Kelman
It's unlikely that Dave Douglas expected the Grammy-nominated Keystone (Greenleaf Music, 2005) to turn into an ongoing project, but as a parallel to his quintet of the past half decade, the trumpeter has forged a distinct entity with the group he now calls Keystone. This sextet shares some commonality with the quintet responsible for Meaning and ...
