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Bobo Stenson/Anders Jormin/Paul Motian: Goodbye
by John Kelman
Five years have passed since Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson released his last disc on the ECM label, the sublime Serenity. It's not that he's been quiet or absent during that time, having recorded albums like last year's duet with saxophonist Lennart Aberg, Bobo Stenson/Lennart Aberg. But the limited availability of his Swedish releases has meant that ...
Oregon: Prime
by John Kelman
Given most marriages don't last 35 years, the fact that three of perennially genre-busting group Oregon's four founding members have remained together so long--and there's little doubt that if Colin Walcott had not tragically died in a car accident in '84, he'd still be around too--is truly remarkable. Sure, there are a few old warhorse rock ...
Marc Johnson: Shades of Jade
by John Kelman
Some would argue that it's impossible to call a recording classic until sufficient time has passed to determine its true staying power. Still, one can say that a recording has the makings of a classic--especially in its ability to be simultaneously of its time and timeless. Bassist Marc Johnson has only released a handful of albums ...
Jeremy Pelt: Identity
by John Kelman
Still on the shy side of thirty, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt has already established quite a name for himself, building an impressive body of work collaborating with artists including Ralph Peterson, the Mingus Big Band, and Wayne Shorter. Winner of the Downbeat Critics Poll for Rising Star on trumpet two years running, as well as the Jazz ...
Dave Liebman Group: Conversation
by John Kelman
When an artist has as a wide musical viewpoint as saxophonist Dave Liebman, and has released so many albums in a 35-year career that touch on so many aspects of jazz--big band to solo, highly structured to free, acoustic to electric--one would think that there'd be little chance of surprise left. Wrong. Released in '03, Conversation--featuring ...
Moutin Reunion Quartet: Something Like Now
by John Kelman
When twin brothers François and Louis Moutin brought their Moutin Reunion Quartet to this year's Ottawa International Jazz Festival, it was one of those surprise performances that created an immediate buzz amongst festival-goers. The intensely powerful quartet played with the kind of total engagement that grabbed the audience from the first note. While most people didn't ...
Buddy Emmons with Lenny Breau: Minors Aloud
by John Kelman
Art of Life recently reissued Canadian ex-pat Lenny Breau's last album before his untimely death in '84, Swingin' on a Seven-String, bringing the special relationship that Breau shared with Nashville pedal steel legend Buddy Emmons to the fore again. Breau, a guitarist who may not have reached the public acclaim he deserved, had a remarkable ability ...
Soft Machine Legacy: Live In Zaandam
by John Kelman
With a recent surge of interest in the 1970s jazz/rock ensemble Soft Machine encouraged by a wealth of archival recordings, some may view use of the word “Soft by past members to be opportunistic--but that would be unfair. 2003 witnessed Soft Works, with ex-Softs bassist Hugh Hopper, saxophonist Elton Dean, drummer John Marshall, ...
Soft Bounds: Live at Le Triton 2004
by John Kelman
When the legendary Canterbury group Soft Machine--with a variety of recent archival live releases generating renewed interest--dissolved with a whimper in the late '70s, it had arguably gone through more stylistic shifts in its ten-year run than anyone except perhaps Miles Davis. Best remembered for the classic lineup that released Third and Fourth--keyboardist Mike Ratledge, saxophonist ...
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
by John Kelman
First things first: Herbie Hancock's new record is unabashed pop. A “project in the truest sense of the word, Possibilities was built by Hancock from the ground floor up by enlisting a group of singer/songwriters—some older, some younger; some established, some up and coming—as the spirit moved him over a lengthy period of time. This isn't ...
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