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Scott Dubois Quintet featuring David Liebman: Monsoon
by John Kelman
Sometimes a recording can be academically impressive, filled with strong intention and all the ingredients for greatness, yet not quite reach the soul. Such is the case with guitarist Scott Dubois' Soul Note début, Monsoon. Aside from his quintet of the past four years, the album also features saxophonist David Liebman, who taught Dubois at the ...
Nguyen Le Trio: Bakida
by John Kelman
One look at the liner notes to the Nguyên Lê Trio's latest disc and you know that Bakida is not going to be your typical jazz record. While Vietnamese guitarist Lê, who now lives in France, has dabbled in a variety of styles with a penchant towards the fusion side of the camp, his international flavour ...
Ralph Peterson: Fo'Tet Augmented
by John Kelman
While drummer Ralph Peterson has forged a consistently strong body of work, it is with his Fo'Tet that he has made his most cogent statement over the past fifteen years. And while more recent Fo'Tet incarnations, including first Steve Wilson and then Ralph Bowen on soprano saxophone, have been successful at maintaining the delicate yet powerful ...
The Nels Cline Singers: The Giant Pin
by John Kelman
What is jazz? Improvisation is a big part of it, sure, but improvisation can be found in other genres. Is it an innate sense of swing? Maybe, but there are plenty of artists out there who are considered jazz artists and don't swing at all. Is it improvisation in a context where styles are cross-fused? Closer, ...
Bill Carrothers: Armistice 1918
by John Kelman
It has been written that if pianist Bill Carrothers hadn't found his way to music, he'd have likely become a historian, something that is clear from an earlier record, The Blues and the Greys , and now even more so with his new release, Armistice 1918 , an ambitious two-CD set which, over the course of ...
Dr. Lonnie Smith: Too Damn Hot!
by John Kelman
Some times heat can be an intense thing that engulfs everything instantaneously, other times it can be a slow burn that gradually consumes. With a more relaxed attitude and behind-the-beat approach, organist Dr. Lonnie Smith may understand both concepts but leans to the slow burn on Too Damn Hot! , his début recording for Palmetto Records. ...
Shirim Klezmer Orchestra and Maurice Sendak: Pincus and the Pig: A Klezmer Tale
by John Kelman
It had to happen. Saxophonist/composer/bandleader/producer John Zorn, that vanguard of the avant garde, has finally produced a family record under his Tzadik Radical Jewish Culture imprint. Pincus and the Pig: A Klezmer Tale features the Shirim Klezmer Orchestra and narrator/author Maurice Sendak, best known for his children's book Where the Wild Things Are , performing a ...
Masada: Live at Tonic 1999
by John Kelman
Masada Live at Tonic 1999 Tzadik 2004 With the growth of saxophonist/composer/bandleader/producer John Zorn's Masada project into a veritable cottage industry that includes Masada Recital , Masada String Trio , Masada Guitars , Electric Masada and The Unknown Masada , it may be easy to forget how, ten years ago, ...
Alex Heitlinger Sextet: Green Light
by John Kelman
One look at the biographical information about the musicians accompanying trombonist Alex Heitlinger on his début release on Synergy Music reveals that, with one exception, the common denominator is pianist Art Lande, whose sharp and imaginative playing graces Green Light. '04 is, in fact, a particularly good year for fans of Lande, who also appears on ...
Mike Holober and the Gotham Jazz Orchestra: Thought Trains
by John Kelman
Originally recorded in '96, years before Mike Holober's début small group recording Canyon (Sons of Sound, '03), Thought Trains is only now seeing the light of day, but it continues to assert the pianist/composer/arranger as a dominant new force on the New York scene. And while the larger ensemble context of Thought Trains limits the amount ...
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