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The Jeff Kaiser Ockodekete/The Kaiser/Diaz-Infante Sextet: The Alchemical Mass/Suite Solutio
by John Kelman
With most peoples' ears attuned to common musical elements such as melody, harmony, and rhythm, free improvisation and contemporary classical composition can sometimes come across like disturbing chaos. There are often precious few recognizable patterns to hang one's hat on, and with extended techniques used by some instruments, it can often be next to impossible to ...
Meat Beat Manifesto: At the Center
by John Kelman
In Meat Beat Manifesto's nearly twenty-year existence, what began as a collaboration with fellow Perennial Divide member Jonny Stephens quickly became a revolving door forum for multi-instrumentalist Jack Dangers' investigations into sonic possibilities and contemporary electronica rhythms. From the Industrial Dance of its '87 debut, Armed Audio Warfare, to the Acid House of '02's R.U.O.K., Meat ...
Guillermo Klein: Una Nave
by John Kelman
Some albums are simply a collection of discrete songs; others are broader works where the whole is truly greater than the sum of its parts. With Una Nave, Argentinean pianist Guillermo Klein has created a boldly sweeping album that transcends its individual components. While these sixteen pieces can be assessed in terms of stylistic roots, specific ...
Brad Dutz: Nine Gardeners Named Ned
by John Kelman
West Coast percussionist Brad Dutz may have a lot of more conventional work to his credit--he's contributed to television and film scores including Star Trek: The Next Generation and Mission Impossible, as well as performing and/or recording with artists including Tribal Tech, Rickie Lee Jones, and Frank Sinatra--but when it comes to his own recordings, he's ...
Keith Jarrett: The Art of Improvisation
by John Kelman
Keith JarrettKeith Jarrett: The Art of ImprovisationEuroarts 20541182005 While he can often engender all manner of contention and argument, it's unquestionable that Keith Jarrett is one of the most significant pianists to emerge in the second half of the 20th Century. An artist who has done it all -- performed ...
George Colligan's Mad Science: Realization
by John Kelman
Since emerging on the scene a scant ten years ago, pianist George Colligan has built the kind of body of work that some artists don't manage in twice or thrice the time. Appearing on over seventy recordings, including over a dozen as a leader, Colligan has proven that one doesn't have to be stylistically myopic to ...
Steps Ahead: Holding Together
by John Kelman
In its early incarnations, Steps Ahead was an ongoing concern for founder/vibraphonist Mike Mainieri. The original lineup, called simply Steps, featuring saxophonist Michael Brecker, pianist Don Grolnick, bassist Eddie Gomez, and drummer Steve Gadd, had a regular New York club residence in the late '70s before recording its first three albums for a Japanese label. Personnel ...
Fred Frith: Eleventh Hour
by John Kelman
When he first emerged on the British scene in the seminal Canterbury group Henry Cow over thirty years ago, few could have envisaged that guitarist/multi-instrumentalist/composer Fred Frith would go on to a career marked by fearless pursuit, continuous parallel growth, and stylistic diversity. But if you go back to those early albums--in particular Unrest and In ...
Joe Lovano: Joyous Encounter
by John Kelman
A Joyous Encounter indeed. When saxophonist Joe Lovano--an artist who has constantly explored new musical collaborations over the course of nearly 25 recordings as a leader and never looked back--recorded last year's I'm All For You, he knew he had something special. Of course, one look at the lineup--pianist Hank Jones, who, at 86, is the ...
Enrico Pieranunzi: Special Encounter
by John Kelman
It's a rare thing when three musicians can really come together, not with the kind of camaraderie and simpatico that evolves from weeks, months, or even years of touring together, but within the context of relatively infrequent meetings in the recording studio. But Italian pianist Enrico Pieranunzi appears to share a clear musical bond with bassist ...
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