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Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane: At Carnegie Hall
by John Kelman
The impact of the late pianist/composer Thelonious Monk on modern jazz is almost impossible to quantify. First emerging as part of the crew of New York musicians spearheading the bebop movement in the 1940s, including saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, he quickly differentiated himself with an idiosyncratic and seemingly unschooled approach. Coupled with his ...
Mitchell Froom: A Thousand Days
by John Kelman
Mitchell Froom is best known as a producer. While he's been active since the late '70s, his fame began its inexorable rise during the mid '80s, when he produced albums including Crowded House's debut, Richard Thompson's Daring Adventures, and Paul McCartney's Flowers in the Dirt. He's gone on to produce important albums by Suzanne Vega, Los ...
Wallace Roney: Mystikal
by John Kelman
We're all the sum of our experiences. Few can say that their lives haven't been influenced in some way by the views or work of others. So when people latch onto the effect that Miles Davis had on trumpeter Wallace Roney, it's fair to ask, “so what?" Roney hung with Miles during his formative years, and ...
Jessica Williams: Live at Yoshi's Volume Two
by John Kelman
Like pianist Mulgrew Miller, who recently released a second volume of trio performances from his run at Yoshi's, pianist Jessica Williams is also putting out her own sequel, another 70 minutes of music culled from her July, 2003 stint at the Oakland club, which has become as renowned on the west coast as New York's Village ...
Brad Mehldau Trio: Day is Done
by John Kelman
Sometimes it's not a good idea to mess with a good thing. Pianist Brad Mehldau's trio has remained stable since emerging on the scene in the mid-1990s, giving it time to evolve and establish the kind of chemistry that's only possible with a long-term relationship. But as freshly innovative as albums including his five memorable Art ...
Hugh Hopper: Hopper Tunity Box
by John Kelman
With the bounty of archival Soft Machine recordings currently being released, it's a good time to revisit solo works by various members of the group--and new related works as well. Bassist Hugh Hopper--a member of the near-iconic Canterbury group from '69 through '73--has been involved in a number of recent offshoot projects including the French group ...
Jenny Scheinman: 12 Songs
by John Kelman
From the opening notes of 12 Songs, it becomes clear why Jenny Scheinman has been guitarist Bill Frisell's violinist of choice for the past couple of years. It's more than being a good player--although she's very, very good. It's more about a shared sensibility that allows for liberal cross-pollination of genres, and a less-is-more approach to ...
Andrew Hill: Judgement!
by John Kelman
Recorded two months after Black Fire and two months before Point of Departure, Andrew Hill's Judgement!--finally receiving the Van Gelder remastering treatment--demonstrates just how prolific the envelope-pushing pianist was during the '60s. While prolific doesn't necessarily mean good, what is most remarkable about Hill's seemingly endless output on Blue Note between '63 and '69--strangely eluding the ...
Marc Copland: Some Love Songs
by John Kelman
Were almost any other artist to put out an album called Some Love Songs, we might expect an album filled with saccharine sentimentality and syrupy romance. When pianist Marc Copland does it, though, chances are its going to be a lot more like the reality of love--complex and multifaceted, as bittersweet as it is tender, and ...
McCoy Tyner: Time for Tyner
by John Kelman
With the release of the latest batch of Rudy Van Gelder Blue Note reissues comes the opportunity to hear vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson on two sessions that demonstrate just how flexible he is--something that continues to define him to this day on projects like the recently-released SFJazz Collective. But unlike SFJazz, which is a true cooperative ensemble, ...
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