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Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock: The Best of Allan Holdsworth
by John Kelman
It's rare enough to find artists who have developed a voice so unique that they can be recognized within the space of a few notes. Rarer still are those who have evolved such a distinctive vernacular that their music can be identified without them personally playing a single note. Scarcer still are those who can work ...
George Colligan: Past-Present-Future
by John Kelman
In the decade since pianist George Colligan emerged, he's established himself as a player of choice for artists like Cassandra Wilson, Don Byron, and Buster Williams. While he's yet to achieve the kind of status of Brad Mehldau, it's certainly no surprise why, in these days of shtick-inflected piano trios like the Bad Plus, Colligan remains ...
Onaje Allan Gumbs: Remember Their Innocence
by John Kelman
With a résumé that includes lengthy stints with singer Betty Carter, trumpeter Woody Shaw, and drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson, not to mention opportunities to support a variety of R&B and pop artists, pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs' diversity could be considered a double-edged sword. An advantage because he's worked in so many contexts that there's an undeniable ...
Tanya Kalmanovitch Hut Five: Out Where the Trains Don't Run
by John Kelman
As relatively unusual as it is to hear the violin in a jazz context, the viola is an even more unlikely improvising instrument. And yet, classical masters like Kim Kashkashian have brought its rich texture to bear on albums including Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek's latest, In Praise of Dreams , where the viola's inherent warmth contrasted ...
David Binney: Bastion of Sanity
by John Kelman
Kicking things off with Wayne Shorter's “Lester Left Town," Bastion of Sanity might seem a decidedly mainstream affair. And, with a cover of Duke Ellington's “Heaven" halfway through the 77-minute set, that intuition might be right. With his quartet of 20-somethings--pianist Jacob Sacks, bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Dan Weiss, augmented for this recording by long-time ...
Shapes: The Big Picture
by John Kelman
As with the auspicious debut of The Last Farewell , Shapes continue to explore a breadth of styles on their sophomore effort, The Big Picture , still retaining a distinctive complexion that lends cohesiveness to the entire proceeding. That the group, led by Roger Burn, has shifted from being a six-person collective to a one-man operation ...
Fred Hess Quartet: Crossed Paths
by John Kelman
It's wonderful for an artist to find a group so emotionally linked to his or her conception that the music takes on a greater significance than what's on the written page. Denver-based tenor saxophonist Fred Hess found such a group for his previous release, The Long and Short of It , a record that took his ...
Tommy Smith: Evolution
by John Kelman
A member of vibraphonist Joe Locke's widely-acclaimed Four Walls of Freedom, Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith is finally beginning to crack a broader international market. The surprise is that it's taken this long. Since returning home from the States in the late '80s, Smith has become something of a cottage industry in the UK, creating the Scottish ...
Don Grolnick Group: The London Concert
by John Kelman
When Don Grolnick passed away in '96 at the age of 48, the music world lost a figure perhaps better known to his peers than a larger fan base. And yet, while you may not recognize the name, if you've listened to Steely Dan, Paul Simon, Michael Brecker, John Scofield and, in particular James Taylor, for ...
Kurt Rosenwinkel: Deep Song
by John Kelman
As listeners it sometimes feels as though we live vicariously through the musical experiences of the artists we cherish--excited by the thrill of discovery, the joy of constant growth, and the sheer emotional wallop that the best music holds. And so it's particularly satisfying to watch an artist emerge as more than merely a talented player ...
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