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John Kelman's Best of 2006
by John Kelman
Selected picks representing the top recorded events in jazz and beyond for 2006.... Jazz New Releases Iro Haarla Northbound (ECM) Joe Locke/Geoffrey Keezer Group Live in Seattle (Origin) The Vandermark 5 A Discontinuous Line (Atavistic) Stephan ...
Chick Corea / Trondheim Jazz Orchestra: Live in Molde
by John Kelman
2006 seems to be a significant year for jazz's elder statespersons. Pianist Andrew Hill has seen a year full of recordings: new music, reissues and previously unreleased material, as well as an outstanding tribute by guitarist Nels Cline. Chick Corea, who's a few years younger than Hill, has released a new record and toured with trios ...
David Kikoski: Lighter Way
by John Kelman
There was a time when most artists pursued linear careers. While the Miles Davis of Kind of Blue (Columbia, 1959) was very different than that of Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1969), a straight line could be drawn through his career, with each successive album usually representing an incremental step. These days artists often run multiple and vastly ...
Bill Royston: Bringing ECM to the American Northwest
by John Kelman
Now entering its fourth year, the Portland Jazz Festival has already established itself as an event with a difference. While most festivals take place in the summer, it's held in mid-February, when most artists are not on the road and most vacationers are thinking about heading south for a little sun and sand rather than the ...
Jakko M. Jakszyk: The Bruised Romantic Glee Club
by John Kelman
He's been around for three decades, but British guitarist/multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Jakko M. Jakszyk has operated below the radar for the most part. His biggest break in visibility was touring with Level 42 in the early 1990s, but in recent years he's better-known as the guitarist/vocalist for the 21st Century Schizoid Band, a collective of King Crimson alumni ...
Andrew Hill: Mosaic Select 23: Andrew Hill - Solo
by John Kelman
Andrew Hill Mosaic Select 23: Andrew Hill - Solo Mosaic Records 2006 In many ways 2006 could be considered the year of pianist Andrew Hill. He's renewed his association with Blue Note Records, where he got his start in the 1960s and on which he released a body of work ...
John Taylor: Angel of the Presence
by John Kelman
British pianist John Taylor has been an active player since the late 1960s with a range of partners including trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, reedman John Surman and drummer Peter Erskine. But, excluding his Azimuth trio with Wheeler and singer Norma Winstone, he has put out few releases as a leader until the beginning of this decade. Still, ...
Tony Williams: Mosaic Select 24
by John Kelman
Tony WilliamsMosaic Select 24Mosaic Records2006When Tony Williams passed away unexpectedly in 1997, at the age of 51, it was the end to a career that had done much to redefine the drummer's role in jazz. From his earliest days--first with saxophonist Jackie McLean, and shortly afterwards, while still ...
Cipher: Elemental Forces
by John Kelman
On Cipher's third release, Elemental Forces, woodwind multi-instrumentalist Theo Travis and bassist Dave Sturt create soundscapes that are much more than simply background music. Augmented by percussionist Steve Hubback, they explore music that's reliant on programming and looping, but still manages to retain a spirit of adventure and interaction through real-time sonic manipulation and improvisation--making it ...
MPS: Jazzin' the Black Forest
by John Kelman
Various Artists/Documentary Jazzin' the Black Forest Monitorpop Entertainment 2006 If ever there were a record label in need of reissue on CD, it's the German MPS label. Formed in the mid-1960s by the late Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, it's hard to say what was more remarkable: that ...
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