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Arve Henriksen: Strjon
by John Kelman
Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen continues to mine the space between the notes, the power of silence and the beauty of nuance on Strjon. Unlike Chiaroscuro (Rune Grammofon, 2004), which was based on live improvisations, real-time sampling and subsequent post-production, Strjon is a studio concoction. While there's equal collaboration and extemporization with keyboardist Ståle Storløkken and guitarist ...
Fay Victor Ensemble: Cartwheels Through the Cosmos
by John Kelman
Sometimes first impressions can be deceiving. “Leap of Faith," the opening track on Fay Victor's Cartwheels Through the Cosmos, bursts out of the speakers, suggestion a hard-edged album filled with relentless energy when that's only part of the equation. The beauty of Victor, who's the absolute antithesis of polite vocal jazz, is her blending of soulful ...
Keef Hartley Band: The Time is Near... & Overdog
by John Kelman
From the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s, the music scene in England enjoyed a period of unprecedented cross-pollination. One could find free jazz pioneers like pianist Keith Tippett on records by art rockers King Crimson, while Crimson vocalist Boz Burrell (who would go on to later fame with Bad Company) was part of Tippett's unwieldy, ...
Mike Nock & Dave Liebman: Duologue
by John Kelman
New Zealand-born pianist Mike Nock and American saxophonist Dave Liebman first crossed paths in the '60s when Nock was living in the US, first coming to attention with the proto-fusion group Fourth Way. They haven't seen each other in over two decades, last working together on Liebman's The Opal Heart (Enja, 1982). Recorded live at Australia's ...
Far Corner: Endangered
by John Kelman
Despite efforts to change its reputation in recent years, Milwaukee, Wisconsin still seems like an odd place to find a forward-thinking group that puts the “progressive in progressive rock. Far Corner's self-titled 2004 debut demonstrated that the most wondrous music can come from the most unlikely of places, and Endangered takes things a step further. Fans ...
Russell Gunn: Plays Miles
by John Kelman
Since introducing his hip hop/funk/fusion-centric Ethnomusicology series in 1999--culminating in Ethnomusicology Vol. 4: Live in Atlanta (Justin-Time, 2004)-- forward-looking trumpeter Russell Gunn has alternated straight-ahead fare for HighNote like 2002's Blue on the D.L., with Ethnomusicology releases for a variety of labels. With Plays Miles, however, he finds clear common ground. Given his steadfast avoidance of ...
Dept of Good and Evil feat. Rachel Z: Dept of Good and Evil
by John Kelman
Pianist Rachel Z revisits her successful deconstruction of (largely) contemporary tunes on Everlasting (Tone Center, 2004) with Dept of Good and Evil. This time, however, the trio's more collaborative nature has compelled Z to release the music under a collective group name, Dept of Good and Evil. There's a stronger balance struck between contemporary material, original ...
The Neil Cowley Trio: Displaced
by John Kelman
It's rare to hear a new group create a sound so unique from the get-go that antecedents are rendered irrelevant. British pianist Neil Cowley's trio is on the verge of something very significant with Diplaced. More forceful than EST but less clunky than The Bad Plus, the Neil Cowley Trio has plenty to appeal to fans ...
Alain Caron Live: Cabaret de Montreal
by John Kelman
Alain Caron Live: Cabaret de Montréal Norac Records 2006 Since the break-up of Canadian fusion group UZEB in the early 1990s, the only member to continue evolving in the direction set by the group has been bassist Alain Caron. Outside of his short-lived horn and percussion-centric ...
UZEB: The Last Concert
by John Kelman
UZEB The Last Concert Norac Records 2006 In its twelve-year run, Canadian fusion group UZEB never cracked the US market, though they were immensely popular at home and in Europe. Between 1981 and 1990 the group released ten records documenting its remarkable growth and maturity. Initially a quartet, ...
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