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Essentially Yes
by John Kelman
Yes Essentially Yes Eagle Records 2006 Essentially Yes collects all four studio albums released by progressive rockers Yes between 1994 and 2001 (with the exception of the studio material recorded for the two Keys To Ascension sets from 1996/1997). As a special bonus it includes a disc with ...
Choose to Find: Choose to Find
by John Kelman
As the baby boomer generation begins to enter retirement age the challenge of attracting a younger demographic to jazz is something that simply cannot be ignored. With that comes a need to open up to jazz as an expanding and expansive genre that retains its modernity by accepting musical shifts going on around it. Choose to ...
Metheny Mehldau: Quartet
by John Kelman
In many ways Quartet--the second disc culled from the December, 2005 collaboration between iconic guitarist Pat Metheny and the younger but increasingly influential pianist Brad Mehldau--is the record that Pat Metheny Group's final Geffen album, 1996's Quartet, should have been. While the Metheny Group record had its charms, it was the closest thing to a contractual ...
John Geggie / Nancy Walker / Billy Hart: February 24, 2007
by John Kelman
John Geggie/Nancy Walker/Billy Hart Geggie Concert Series National Arts Centre, Fourth Stage Ottawa, Canada February 22, 2007 Probably the only thing that one can count on when attending John Geggie's concert series at Ottawa's National Arts Center is to expect the unexpected. For the fourth show of the ...
Alfabeats Nu Jazz: Stones
by John Kelman
For those who think that authentic, urban-informed jazz is the unique purview of North American musicians, one need only look to Stones. Emerging from the ashes of the more electronica-centric Italian group DMA, the equally all-Italian Alfabeats Nu Jazz makes music that sounds like it could be coming from the streets of any large American city--or ...
Samo Salamon NYC Quintet: Government Cheese
by John Kelman
It's may be possible to define an artist by the company he/she keeps, but the harsher economics of the 21st Century jazz world make it an axiom that doesn't always hold true. It's not difficult to enlist big-name artists on a recording if one has the cash. Still, it's a positive sign when first encounters turn ...
Van Der Graaf Generator: Real Time
by John Kelman
Van Der Graaf Generator was always different than its '70s progressive rock contemporaries. Groups like Yes continued to record new material despite considerable acrimony and comings and goings amongst their classic lineups, but on tour they almost exclusively emphasized their '70s repertoire. VDGG dissolved in the late '70s--the result of the rigors of touring and bad ...
Anat Fort: A Long Story
by John Kelman
There are those who dream of the perfect group, but it's rare for an artist to get it so right the first time. A Long Story isn't exactly Anat Fort's first record (which was her self-released 1999 album Peel), but it's the Israeli expat's first to reach an international audience. Most people will find it their ...
Oregon in Montreal, February 22, 2007
by John Kelman
Oregon The SpectrumMontreal, Canada February 22, 2007 Ask any artist who has performed there and they'll tell you that Montreal audiences are something special. Nowhere was this more evident than on Thursday, February 22, 2007, when the stylistically genre-busting group Oregon made its first visit to the Canadian jazz mecca ...
Soft Machine: Third through Seven Remasters
by John Kelman
While the merits of remastered reissues are the source of considerable debate, there's no denying that the discography of pioneering British jazz/rock band Soft Machine has been more deserving of attention than most. In the group's fourteen-year existence it shifted gears more often than outfits lasting considerably longer. Beginning in the late 1960s as a psychedelic ...
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