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Lounge Art Ensemble: Music for Moderns
by John Kelman
Don't let the name fool you. The Lounge Art Ensemble's latest is hardly the stuff to serve up as background music while you sip your vintage wine. That's not to say the music isn't highly accessible. But it commands your attention, and that makes it anything but lounge music. On the other hand the title--Music for ...
Jeff Baumeister Quartet: Useful Music
by John Kelman
With the number of jazz albums released every month, it's becoming more and more challenging to keep up. Add the proliferation of small independent and artist-run labels and the task becomes nearly insurmountable. And that's a shame, because it means that talented artists are getting lost in the sheer mass of information out there.
Aram Shelton: Arrive
by John Kelman
When Document Chicago was released in 2003, it re-affirmed Chicago's unique place in contemporary improvised music. In the 1960s the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) brought attention to forward-thinking artists like Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. But recent years have seen a new wave of creative musicians ...
Gregg Bendian's Trio Pianissimo: Change
by John Kelman
Building on the deep interaction of Balance--originally released in 1998 but recently reissued by TrueMedia JazzWorks--Change finds Trio Pianissimo continuing to explore, evolve, and integrate percussionist/composer Gregg Bendian's diverse musical interests. While the piano trio represents Bendian's most intimate setting to date, that doesn't mean that Change operates in conventional terms. It is, in fact, a ...
Gregg August: Late August
by John Kelman
More and more we seem to be witnessing a cross-pollination of musicians trained in one form of music, but ultimately actively engaged in another. Bassist Gregg August majored in classical performance when he attended the Eastman School of Music, but he also studied jazz forms with Bill Dobbins--another artist whose career has coexisted in both worlds--and ...
Chick Corea: Rendezvous in New York
by John Kelman
Chick Corea Rendezvous in New York Image Entertainment ID1796IEDVD 2005 Legendary pianist Chick Corea sure knows how to throw a party. Most people, when they hit a milestone birthday like sixty, they go out for an extra special dinner or get together with some of ...
James Carter Organ Trio: Out of Nowhere: Live at the Blue Note
by John Kelman
When James Carter burst onto the scene a dozen years ago, it was akin to the second coming. Not since the 1960s had someone emerged with so potent a combination of astounding advanced and extended techniques, fiery intensity, and unfettered imagination. Clearly well-versed in the mainstream, Carter nevertheless approached it from the left with a rawness ...
Mat Maneri: Pentagon
by John Kelman
Striking a curious balance between the accessible and the abstruse, violinist/violist Mat Maneri's latest release is a study in contrast. Ranging from abstract free improvisation to off-kilter orchestral beauty, Pentagon is a fair summation of Maneri's career to date--though he's still in only his mid-thirties. Considering Maneri began playing with his father, microtonal ...
Amina Figarova: September Suite
by John Kelman
An unfortunate byproduct of today's music industry is that artists are often restricted in how frequently they can release new albums. Sometimes it's a matter of logistics--ECM, despite its prominence, operates with a surprisingly small staff. The direct involvement of label owner Manfred Eicher on virtually every record inherently limits the number of releases each year. ...
Nishlyn Ramanna: A Thought
by John Kelman
You've got to admire people with drive. Still only 22 years old, British drummer Jon Opstad has emerged in the space of a few years as a drummer, bandleader, producer and owner of his own label, New Canvas Records. New Canvas' first release was his own debut, last year's Still Picture--reflecting Opstad's interest in Norwegian music ...
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