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Miles Davis: The Cool Jazz Sound
by John Kelman
Miles Davis The Cool Jazz Sound Disconforme 2869033 Recorded 1959; released on DVD 2004 Any chance to see archival footage of Miles Davis in performance is a treat, mainly because, for a career that spanned six decades, so little of it seems available. And so EFORFilms, responsible for releasing the ...
Art Farmer: Yesterday's Thoughts
by John Kelman
Possibly better-appreciated in the latter period of his life and after his death, Art Farmer, along with Clark Terry, was instrumental in bringing the flugelhorn, a mellow cousin of the trumpet, to the fore. Appearing on literally hundreds of recordings and releasing over seventy albums under his own name, he may have been the perfect definition ...
Eugene Chadbourne: The Hills Have Jazz
by John Kelman
Only the most committed of “B horror movie fans would catch guitarist and erstwhile eccentric Eugene Chadbourne's reference to Wes Craven's early low-budget flick The Hills Have Eyes. With titles in his immense catalogue including Terror Has Some Strange Kinfolk, Horror, Pt. 1: Tribute to Horror Monsters and Bad Luck and Shockabilly Baby, it's clear that ...
Bill Cole & William Parker: Two Masters: Live at the Prism
by John Kelman
As much if not better known for his two books on John Coltrane and Miles Davis, Bill Cole has nevertheless etched out a rather singular place in improvised music as an expert on a variety of instruments associated primarily with eastern cultures. And with his Untempered Ensemble, he has managed to embrace these unusual instruments, retaining ...
AtmaSphere: Flying
by John Kelman
Like vibraphonist/percussionist Daryl Pratt's Sonic Fiction, which has enjoyed greater popularity in its home base of Australia, the group AtmaSphere, led by drummer/percussionists David Jones but also featuring Pratt along with bassist Adam Armstrong (also from Sonic Fiction) and “vocussionist Carmen Warrington, has received exposure at home, but is little-known elsewhere. And that's a shame because ...
Sonic Fiction: Powerful Medicine
by John Kelman
Sometimes location is everything. Vibraphonist/percussionist Daryl Pratt was originally born in the States, but he relocated to Australia in the '80s, where he has enjoyed a full career as performer, composer, and educator. But while he's well-known in his part of the world, he's less so elsewhere. One wonders where he'd be today had he remained ...
Joey DeFrancesco with Jimmy Smith: Legacy
by John Kelman
When Joey DeFrancesco--a key player in the late-'80s Hammond B-3 organ revival while still in his teens--teamed up with organ legend Jimmy Smith in August of 2004, little did either know that Smith would pass away a scant six months later. If Smith was ailing, one would never know it from the result of those sessions. ...
Caribbean Jazz Project: Here and Now - Live in Concert
by John Kelman
Mallet man Dave Samuels' career has ranged from the experimental, ECM-ish vibe of his '70s Double Image group to an artistically questionable association with the commercially viable smooth jazz group Spyro Gyra. And while those who knew just how much Samuels was capable of were more than a little surprised to see him maintain a long-term ...
Alexander Schimmeroth Trio: Arrival
by John Kelman
We live in a time where immediate results are paramount. If a movie doesn't go blockbuster in its first weekend, it's considered a failure. There was actually a time when a film could gain its audience gradually--sometimes over a period of months--and become a sleeper hit. Similarly with television: if a show doesn't garner strong ratings ...
Marc Copland: Growth Through Collaboration
by John Kelman
Pianist Marc Copland is one of those rare artists who have had a shot at two careers in music. Starting out as a saxophonist in the '70s, he would ultimately put down the instrument and move exclusively to the piano, the instrument that has ultimately defined his career, as he developed a style as distinctive in ...
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