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Keith Tippett: Blueprint
by John Kelman
Following the sound and fury of his fifty-piece big band Centipede's '71 recording, Septober Energy (reissued in '00), British pianist Keith Tippett scaled things down for Blueprint , released in '72 and also recently reissued on CD by England's BGO records. Tippett had already created some waves with his first two releases, You Are Here... I ...
Roberto Juan Rodriguez/Septeto Rodriguez: Baila! Gitano Baila!
by John Kelman
The pervasiveness of the Jewish music tradition is a remarkable thing, something that has only become known to a larger public in recent years through John Zorn's tireless efforts to expand the boundaries of the music and show its truly international flavour. With his own Masada projects, Tzadik label, and Radical Jewish Culture imprint, he has ...
Matthias Lupri: Shadow of the Vibe
by John Kelman
While vibraphonist Matthias Lupri is a relative newcomer to his chosen instrument he has managed, in the space of only few short years, to emerge as an artist who is garnering increasing respect, not only as a player, but as a writer as well. With four albums under his belt, including the recently-released Transition Sonic, Lupri ...
Greg Skaff: Ellington Boulevard
by John Kelman
Recording studios can be cold and uninviting places. Without the ambience of a live room and an eager audience, some artists are challenged to capture the fire and the energy that results from the feedback of a receptive group of listeners. As wonderful as many studio recordings are, they don't always succeed in portraying what the ...
P.J. Perry & Doug Riley: Come Sunday: Songs of Spirituality
by John Kelman
It's a simple fact without some kind of emotional resonance, music has little purpose. Now certainly, depending on the style of music, how broadly it resonates is up for grabs. But it would be a reasonable statement that the simpler the music, the more overtly emotive it has to be, because when you strip music down ...
Alice Coltrane: Translinear Light
by John Kelman
At its best, music is a reflection of who we are, where we've been and where we're going. It transcends classification and, instead, becomes something personal, a powerful force that paints a clear and honest picture of the spirit of the performer. While some artists are concerned with the mechanics of music, the logic of how ...
Alex Skolnick Trio: Transformation
by John Kelman
Call me a jazz bigot. When I received Transformation by Alex Skolnick, apparently the ex-guitarist for thrash metal-heads Testament, my first thought was, “Great, another rocker trying to be a jazzer." Things didn't get better when I saw that Skolnick was interpreting material by Judas Priest, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Scorpions, Iron Maiden and--yes--Ronnie James Dio. ...
Various Artists: Modern Drummer Presents Drum Nation Volume One
by John Kelman
When the people at Modern Drummer magazine conceived the idea of an album highlighting some of the most innovative drummers on the scene today, they probably didn't realize they would also be making a statement applicable to all instruments: that there are some people who are players of their instruments, and then there are musicians --artists ...
Steve Howe/Martin Taylor: Masterpiece Guitars
by John Kelman
The story of Masterpiece Guitars is nearly as interesting as the music itself. Scott Chinery is a guitar collector--someone who just loves the look, the feel, the sound, everything about the instrument--in particular the acoustic or, at worst, hollow body electric variety. There's nary a Telecaster or Les Paul to be found in his collection, but ...
Russell Gunn: Ethnomusicology Vol. 4: Live in Atlanta
by John Kelman
As an alternative to Wynton Marsalis, who steadfastly hangs onto the singular American Jazz Tradition and, granted, eloquently and skillfully keeps it alive through his playing, educating and entrepreneuring, trumpeter Russell Gunn has shown an unerring desire over the course of the past ten years to merge styles into a personal language that asserts jazz as ...
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