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King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King (Original Master Edition)
by John Kelman
In the liner notes to Against the Clock: The Best of Allan Holdsworth, drummer Bill Bruford said of his mid-'70s work with Holdsworth: “Even from here in the UK, the sound of US guitar players across the pond sitting up and taking notice was deafening." The same could be said about King Crimson's debut album, In ...
The Great Jazz Trio: At the Village Vanguard
by John Kelman
Pianist Hank Jones has been the only constant in the nearly thirty-year run of the Great Jazz Trio, but a stellar range of players have come and gone--including Jones' brother Elvin, Al Foster, and Jimmy Cobb on drums; and bassists Eddie Gomez, George Mraz, and Richard Davis. One of the most potent yet short-lived versions of ...
Amina Figarova: Come Escape With Me
by John Kelman
Looks can be deceiving. A quick glance at the cover of Amina Figarova's Come Escape With Me, with Figarova staring wistfully off into the distance, and one might be led to the conclusion that this is yet another female singer arriving on an already overcrowded scene. One couldn't be more mistaken. Figarova, an ex-pat from Azerbaijan ...
Rez Abbasi in Ottawa, Canada
by John Kelman
Rez Abbasi The Bayou, Ottawa, Canada Saturday, March 19, 2005 New York-based guitarist Rez Abbasi rolled into town on Saturday, March 19, 2005 for a performance at Ottawa's The Bayou, in support of his latest release Snake Charmer. Using the same line-up as the album, with the exception of the ...
Wayne Shorter: Night Dreamer
by John Kelman
By the time he made this recording, a few short months before he was to join Miles Davis' groundbreaking second quintet, saxophonist Wayne Shorter had already earned a reputation as a player combining heady intellectualism with a more visceral approach as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. He'd also released four records for the Vee-Jay ...
Andrew Hill: Hommage
by John Kelman
The wealth of jazz recordings originally released only in Japan, especially during the '70s, has long been a source of angst for collectors, especially given that for many years--outside of the occasional store prepared to bring in these expensive imports--they were virtually unobtainable in North America. Of course, with the advent of the internet, it has ...
Mg3: 2nd Move
by John Kelman
It had to happen: the popularity of the Swedish piano trio E.S.T. is making its presence felt on both sides of the Atlantic. Canadian bassist Simon Fisk's latest disc, Intent, demonstrates the same kind of pop sensibility, albeit with a freer complexion. Similarly, Austrian pianist Martin Gasselsberger and his group mg3's new release, 2nd Move, can ...
Eleni Karaindrou: The Weeping Meadow
by John Kelman
For over twenty years Greek composer Eleni Karaindrou has been scoring the films of Theo Angelopoulos with a kind of sensitivity to script that has compelled Angelopoulos to write, “Eleni Karaindrou's music doesn't accompany the images--it penetrates the images, it becomes an inextricable part of the images." While watching any Angelopoulos film that Karaindrou has scored--including ...
Phuse: Phuse
by John Kelman
With the myriad of influences available to musicians these days, it's no wonder that it's often difficult to find categories in which to place them. Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær, while clearly rooted in jazz, finds equal inspiration in ambient, electronica, and drum-n-bass. Is it jazz? Well, as far as he seem to have strayed from ...
The Necks: Mosquito/See Through
by John Kelman
The members of Australian trio The Necks may have individually mixed pedigrees, having functioned in a variety of contexts from pop to hardcore to more conventional jazz. But when pianist Chris Abrahams, bassist Lloyd Swanton, and drummer Tony Buck get together as The Necks, it's a different beast entirely. Like them or not, they score high ...
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