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SFJAZZ Collective: SFJAZZ Collective 2
by John Kelman
The SF Jazz Collective's 2004 inaugural season resulted in an eponymous live recording of reworked Ornette Coleman tunes and originals, SF Jazz Collective (Nonesuch, 2005). The second disc in the series, also part of an independently released multidisc set, offers further evidence of the new mainstream's potential for modernity and innovation through a special focus on ...
Secret Oyster: Sea Son
by John Kelman
For the second in a series of overdue CD reissues from the 1970s Danish progressive/fusion group Secret Oyster, The Laser's Edge has chosen 1975's Sea Son. In contrast to the through-composed approach of the 1976 ballet score of Vidunderlige Kælling, Sea Son accurately mirrors the unit's improvisation-centric live performances. Sea Son, Secret Oyster's second release, featured ...
The Bennie Maupin Ensemble: Penumbra
by John Kelman
Bennie Maupin, whose bass clarinet work helped define Miles Davis' classic Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1969), was an equally key contributor to Herbie Hancock's 1970s Mwandishi and Headhunters groups. In light of this, it's hard to believe that he has released only six albums as a leader during his lengthy career. One bona fide classic, The Jewel ...
Jaco: The Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius: Deluxe Edition
by John Kelman
Jaco: The Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius: Deluxe Edition Bill Milkwoski Backbeat Books ISBN 0-87930-859-1 2005 In the 1982 film Blade Runner, Tyrel, the man responsible for designing the synthetic humans who are the focus of the story tells one of his aberrant replicants, Roy Batty, “The light ...
Jamie Stewardson: Jhaptal
by John Kelman
The downside of more accessible jazz education is a proliferation of young players who speak the language but lack the kind of spark that marks great jazz. And as “the new mainstream incorporates broader harmonic and rhythmic palettes, it's becoming even more difficult to avoid sounding purely cerebral. Not that there's anything wrong with an intellectual ...
Chick Corea Trio: Gatineau, Canada 04/26/06
by John Kelman
Chick Corea Trio Theatre, Casino du Lac Leamy Gatineau, Quebec April 26, 2006 On entering the theatre of the Casino du Lac Leamy for pianist Chick Corea's eagerly anticipated show, the first surprise was that, along with the grand piano, there was both a Fender Rhodes and Moog synthesizer on ...
The Jeff Gauthier Goatette: One and the Same
by John Kelman
Despite its considerably smaller output, the Los Angeles-based Cryptogramophone label could well be considered the American companion to ECM Records' distinctive aesthetic. Attention to sound quality and packaging has been integral to the label's approximately thirty releases, which have ranged from graceful elegance to outré experimentation, comprising a discography that's as worthy of brand loyalty as ...
Chick Corea / Steve Gadd / Christian McBride: Super Trio
by John Kelman
He may be in his mid-sixties, but pianist Chick Corea hasn't slowed down in the least. In the past five years there's been a monumental three-week run at New York's Blue Note, focusing a bright light on acoustic ensembles past and present and beautifully documented on the ten-DVD set Rendezvous in New York (Image Entertainment, 2005). ...
Nik Bartsch's Ronin: Stoa
by John Kelman
One of ECM's strengths is its ability to find young players with new conceptions that not only keep its catalogue fresh and innovative, but also often create insidious paradigm shifts which extend beyond the label's purview. In recent years artists like saxophonist Trygve Seim and pianist Tord Gustavsen have--often in the subtlest of ways--helped reshape contemporary ...
Ralph Towner: Time Line
by John Kelman
Few artists have made the art of solo performance a significant part of their body of work. If a pianist is around long enough, you can expect the occasional solo recording. But except for Keith Jarrett, few pianists have made solo performance a fundamental part of their discography. The same applies to the guitar, where Ralph ...
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