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Danilo Perez Trio: Live at the Jazz Showcase
by John Kelman
Watching pianist Danilo Perez's career unfold has been an experience in shared exploration. He's never forgetten his Panamanian heritage, but along with pianists Edward Simon and Luis Perdomo, Perez has reflected a new dimension--a new wave of artists from Latin cultures who incorporate traditional rhythms and melodic ideas into more modern contexts that include complicated meters, ...
Julie Lamontagne Trio: Facing the Truth
by John Kelman
Gary Burton isn't the only one to discover vital new talent, as he did on Next Generation (Concord, 2005). Over the past few years, the Canadian Effendi Records label has introduced a surprising number of outstanding artists to the Canadian jazz scene. Their Effendi Jazz Lab performance at the '04 Ottawa International Jazz Festival demonstrated just ...
Gary Burton: Next Generation
by John Kelman
Mentoring is a significant part of the jazz tradition--established artists have long provided a musical context where young musicians can evolve and assimilate the experience and knowledge of their mentors. Miles Davis did it throughout his career, bringing a number of significant musicians to the fore, including Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and John McLaughlin.In ...
Peter Br: Signs
by John Kelman
Woodwind multi-instrumentalist Peter Brötzmann has never been one to shy away from extremes in a career that has spanned nearly forty years and nearly a hundred albums. He has been one of the strongest proponents to emerge from the Albert Ayler school of musical thought. While he's capable of extracting an incredible array of sounds from ...
In the Country: This Was the Pace of My Heartbeat
by John Kelman
When Norwegian label Rune Grammofon announces (in the press release for the debut album by the piano trio In the Country) that “Rune Grammofon presents its first 'jazz' record," you know it's going to be a unique take on a well-worn tradition. No standards to be found here, and with an approach that intentionally steers away ...
Michel Petrucciani: Power of Three & The Manhattan Project
by John Kelman
When French pianist Michel Petrucciani finally succumbed, at the age of 37, to the debilitating illness that plagued him for his entire life -- osteogenensis imperfecta, an illness that stunted his growth and caused his bones to be so brittle that they were all too-easily broken -- the jazz world lost a player who, while contributing ...
Gary Husband/Mondesir Brothers Collaboration: To the Power of Three
by John Kelman
The Gary Husband/Mondesir Brothers Collaboration To the Power of Three RSJ Groove Productions 2003 As time progresses, the true strength and diversity of drummer/keyboardist Gary Husband becomes increasingly evident. Whether contributing powerhouse drum work to legendary guitarist Allan Holdsworth's records, drums and keyboards to projects by drummer Billy Cobham and ...
Elton Dean & Sophia Domancich: Avant
by John Kelman
Saxophonist Elton Dean first came to fame in the late '60s as a member of pianist Keith Tippett's sextet, and perhaps more prominently as part of what is now considered to be the classic Soft Machine lineup that recorded Third, Fourth and Fifth. Since that time he's been involved in a variety of projects--both as a ...
Remi Bolduc: Cote D'Ecoute
by John Kelman
Source material can, on the surface, come from the strangest of places. In addition to seemingly endless reworkings of the Great American Songbook, contemporary jazzers are now looking farther afield, with artists like the Bad Plus bringing an improvisational approach to material by groups like Blondie and Black Sabbath. Brad Mehldau has been mining the repertoire ...
Pierre Bensusan: Altiplanos
by John Kelman
Sometimes it's all in the fingers. Give a guitar to two players, ask them to play an identical phrase and there will be a difference. It's about physiology--the physical characteristics of the fingers and how they touch the strings. It's about phrasing--the emphasis of some notes over others and the subtle nuances between those notes. And ...
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