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Enrico Rava: TATI
by John Kelman
Italian Enrico Rava may arguably be the best qualified trumpeter to carry the mantle of the late Miles Davis' more tender and straightforward side. Last year's Easy Living--his return to the ECM label after a seventeen-year hiatus--found him exploring the kind of approachable yet never less than adventurous post bop territory that Miles might have found ...
Arild Andersen Group: Electra
by John Kelman
With the exception of saxophonist Jan Garbarek, fellow Norwegian Arild Andersen--who has a considerably smaller discography as a leader--has created some of the ECM label's most stylistically diverse music since the early 1970s. From exploring the nexus of traditional folk music and improvisation on Sagn to the fusion-centric Molde Concert, the spontaneous composition of Karta and ...
Anders Jormin: Xieyi
by John Kelman
Recorded at the turn of the century and released in Europe in 2001, Swedish bassist Anders Jormin's first release as a leader on ECM is only now being issued in North America. It's easy to suspect that the reason for the delay is to trade in on the greater cachet of pianist Bobo Stenson, with whom ...
Mike Gibbs Band: Just Ahead
by John Kelman
It's encouraging to see that today's listening public accepts artists not bound by style, who can play not only in a variety of jazz forms, but also outside its purview. Artists like Bill Frisell regularly step outside more rigid definitions of jazz--not just on his own records, but also with singer/songwriters like Robin Holcomb, Marianne Faithful, ...
Mark Sherman: One Step Closer
by John Kelman
Vibraphonist Mark Sherman has been on the scene for nearly two decades, working and recording with artists including Peggy Lee, Lena Horne, and Larry Coryell--with whom he was also producer, songwriter, and pianist for five years. So it's somewhat surprising that he's got such a small discography as a leader. Still, last year's The Motive Series, ...
Micha: Renku
by John Kelman
Renku is a form of Japanese linked poetry with brief, imagistic stanzas created by two or more poets who meet to write together. Renku is also the debut album by Michaël Attias--a pan-cultural saxophonist born in Israel to Moroccan parents, raised in Paris and the American Midwest--and the name of his trio with bassist John Hebert ...
Jonathan Kreisberg: Unearth
by John Kelman
Some artists evolve gradually over a long period of time, while others seem to advance in great leaps and bounds. Over the past decade, guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg has gone from progressive rocker to fusion shredder to modernistic mainstreamer. In the last couple of years he's recorded two discs for Criss Cross--2004's Nine Stories Wide, with bassist ...
Michael Musillami Trio: Dachau
by John Kelman
The intrepid Playscape Recordings imprint, founded at the turn of the century by guitarist Michael Musillami, has been responsible for a small but consistent catalogue of releases that constantly look for new ways to combine forward-thinking compositional form with a more exploratory aesthetic. Working with a relatively small core group of veteran players, the label has ...
Jason Smith: Think Like This
by John Kelman
Sometimes you have to get beyond the biases suggested by an artist's past experience. Drummer Jason Smith has been a busy west coast session player on soundtracks and pop records by artists like Enrique Iglesias. Not exactly a pedigree bound to generate excitement on the jazz front. Still, he's also worked with Mike Keneally, the guitarist ...
Ferenc Sn: Nomad
by John Kelman
They say music is the international language. That's true, but like any language it can have an infinite number of dialects. Add to that the result of cultural cross-pollination, and the language of music can become as complex and unfathomable as any other. The intricacies and complexities of jazz might be hard for a pure punk ...
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