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Kenny Wheeler: What Now?
by John Kelman
When trumpeter Kenny Wheeler and pianist John Taylor toured Canadian festivals in the summer of '03, the clear high point was their performance at the Montreal Jazz Festival, where they were joined by bassist Dave Holland and saxophonist Chris Potter. Wheeler and Taylor go back many years, working together in a variety of contexts since the ...
Edward Simon: Simplicitas
by John Kelman
Some artists seem to burst onto the scene, even though the reality may be something else entirely. Ethan Iverson of the Bad Plus and Esbjorn Svensson of E.S.T. both worked below the radar for periods of time before they were, seemingly suddenly, “discovered." Such instant fame comes with a disadvantage, however. Being the flavour of the ...
Adam Rogers: Apparitions
by John Kelman
It's rare to find artists returning with the same personnel time after time. For reasons sometimes artistic--a diversity of stylistic concerns, the desire to work with a variety of players--and sometimes business-driven--concern that using the same people, album after album, will engender complacency, the challenge of retaining a consistent lineup--many artists' body of work is characterized ...
ROVA::Orkestrova: Electric Ascension: An Interpretation of John Coltrane's Ascension
by John Kelman
When John Coltrane put together five saxophonists, two trumpets, two basses, piano, and drums to record Ascension forty years ago, his decision would polarize the jazz world. To fans of the more traditional forms from which Coltrane emerged, the two versions of the composition--and, as free as it was, it was a composition--represented something akin to ...
Elvis Costello & The Imposters: Live in Memphis
by John Kelman
Elvis Costello and The Imposters Live in Memphis Eagle Rock Entertainment 2005 When Elvis Costello and The Imposters toured Canada in 2003, the apparent inability to pigeon-hole the group resulted in their being booked at the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Ottawa Blues Festival and the Winnipeg Folk Festival. More a ...
Fred Lonberg-Holm Trio: Other Valentines
by John Kelman
The cello may not be the most common instrument in jazz, but over the years it has had a number of significant proponents, including the late Fred Katz and more recently Erik Friedlander, Vincent Courtois, and Hank Roberts. Add to that list Fred Lonberg-Holm, who, while based in New York for a number of years since ...
Jazz Mandolin Project: The Deep Forbidden Lake
by John Kelman
While the Jazz Mandolin Project has been a collective of sorts in the past, with a revolving door membership that has included Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio and bassist Stacey Starkweather, it's really always been mandolin player Jamie Masefield's baby. And so, the Project's latest release, The Deep Forbidden Lake, is essentially a Jamie Masefield solo effort, ...
Erik Friedlander's Vanishing Point: A Road Journal
by John Kelman
Erik Friedlander Vanishing Point Arconomics ARC01 2005 One man and a cello. It's hard to imagine that the instrument could occupy a solo space for the duration of an entire album, let alone a concert performance. But when the cellist is Erik Friedlander, a remarkable player who has worked with ...
Paul Motian: On Broadway Vol. 3
by John Kelman
Winter & Winter continues with its JMT Edition series, reissuing in nicely repackaged and remastered form the roughly eighty recordings that Stefan Winter produced during the early to mid-'90s for the defunct JMT label. The appearance of drummer Paul Motian's On Broadway Vol. 3 completes the reissue of Motian's three standards albums. The 24-bit remastering brings ...
Samo Salamon Sextet: Ela's Dream
by John Kelman
Slovenian guitarist Samo Å alamon's '03 recording Ornethology was something of an epiphany. From the most unlikely of places, a young artist had emerged, not only possessing a frightening command of his instrument, but also gifted with the kind of maturity and artistic vision that would be remarkable regardless of age or origins. While that disc reflected ...
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