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Incredible String Band: On the Airwaves: BBC Radio Recordings 1969-1974
by John Kelman
Looking back at the British rock scene of the late 1960s, it's hard to believe that bands as diametrically opposed as Pink Floyd and Incredible String Band could share a concert bill. Floyd were mining early psychedelic territory, while the largely acoustic ISB--essentially multi-instrumentalists/singers Mike Heron and Robin Williamson--were creating a kind of contemporary traditional British ...
Joshua Redman: Back East
by John Kelman
For Back East, his first all-acoustic album in six years, saxophonist Joshua Redman returns from the west coast to the Big Apple, collaborating with a group of largely New York-based musicians. But the album's title refers to more than geographic relocation. A series of songs--original and otherwise--reflect an interest in Eastern harmonies and rhythms, with a ...
Enrico Pieranunzi / Marc Johnson / Joey Baron: Live in Japan
by John Kelman
By no means a newcomer to the scene, Italian pianist Enrico Pieranunzi's star has only begun to rise significantly in North America in the past couple of years, with albums including the outstanding FelliniJazz (Cam Jazz, 2004) and Plays Morricone (Cam Jazz, 2005) finally more readily available. The double-disc Live in Japan, recorded in the spring ...
Robin Eubanks & EB3: Live Vol. 1
by John Kelman
While ongoing developments in the area of technology have made it possible for artists to create a big band sound on a small band budget, you'd be hard pressed to find a group integrating it as seamlessly and interactively as trombonist Robin Eubanks' EB3 on Live Vol. 1. Thankfully Eubanks, rather than leaving listeners scratching their ...
The Flock: The Flock / Dinosaur Swamps
by John Kelman
Lasting only three years, Chicago's The Flock, might have ended up as nothing more than a footnote on the creative rock scene between 1965 and 1975. But this guitar trio with a horn section was the first sighting of violinist Jerry Goodman, who'd go on to greater fame as a member of fusion super-group Mahavishnu Orchestra. ...
Lars Danielsson & Leszek Mozdzer: Pasodoble
by John Kelman
In direct contrast to the ambitious musical scope of his Nu Jazz-ish Melange Bleu (ACT, 2006), Swedish bassist Lars Danielsson teams up with Polish rising-star pianist Leszek Możdżer for Pasodoble, an intimate series of duets that reflects both musicians' penchant for haunting lyricism and deceptive simplicity. While improvisation is a fundamental part of ...
Sam Yahel Trio: Truth and Beauty
by John Kelman
Much as organist Larry Goldings, guitarist Peter Bernstein and drummer Bill Stewart have worked together for many years--specific direction resting with the name heading the marquis--so, too, have keyboardist Sam Yahel, saxophonist Joshua Redman and drummer Brian Blade been working together under a variety of monikers over the past five years. Whether it's the cooperative Yaya3, ...
Tord Gustavsen Trio: Being There
by John Kelman
Since its 2003 ECM debut Changing Places, pianist Tord Gustavsen's trio has gradually been working its way out of a core concept that initially mined a surprising and remarkable wealth of what, on first glance, appeared to be a limited scope of tempo and dynamic. Like an ever-expanding series of concentric circles, Gustavsen, bassist Harald Johnsen ...
The Collectable King Crimson Volume Two
by John Kelman
The second in a series bringing together some of the best live material from its nearly four decade off-again-on-again existence, The Collectable King Crimson Volume Two collects two shows from the art rock group's 1980s incarnation. As much as Volume One (DGM, 2007) was a stunning example of the sheer power and improvisational prowess of 1973-1974 ...
Steve Smith and Vital Information: Vitalization
by John Kelman
Drummer Steve Smith's flagship group, Vital Information, approaches the 25-year mark with Vitalization. Keyboardist Tom Coster has been a member since 1987, working with Smith on other projects since the mid-1970s. With bassist Baron Browne holding down the bottom end since 1997; newcomer Vinny Valentino (replacing longstanding guitarist Frank Gambale) represents the first change to the ...
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