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Tim Berne's Expanded Science Friction Band, Victoriaville, Canada May 23, 2004
by John Kelman
Sometimes bigger doesn’t necessarily mean better. For his highly anticipated début at Canada’s Festival International Musique Actuelle in Victoriaville, saxophonist Tim Berne augmented his freedom-meets-convoluted-structure Science Friction Band by adding guitarist David Torn. And while the rest of the band played with their typical combination of anarchy and mind-numbing organization, Torn seemed to be the odd ...
Uri Caine Trio: Live at the Village Vanguard
by John Kelman
In a world filled with piano trios that are entrenched in furthering the impressionism of Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett, Uri Caine stands out as a pianist/composer whose reach is far broader. British reed player Tim Garland once described saxophonist Joe Lovano as someone who “looks forward and backwards simultaneously, covering the whole tradition, yet looking ...
Sonny Simmons/Michael Marcus/Jay Rosen: Cosmosamatics Three
by John Kelman
Music can be remarkably deceptive. By careful placement of instruments, a small ensemble can sound much larger; notes can be implied where none are found. And while space is clearly a fundamental with Sonny Simmons, Michael Marcus and Jay Rosen’s experimental group, Cosmosamatics, what is most conspicuous is how two saxophones and percussion create a compelling ...
John Geggie/Sunna Gunnlaugs/Justin Haynes Ottawa, Canada May 22, 2004
by John Kelman
With a season has seen everything from duets with pianist Marilyn Crispell to trios with saxophonist Mike Murley and drummer Jim Doxas, bassist John Geggie chose, on May 22, 2004, to close off this year’s “No Boundaries” series in a quiet and intimate chamber jazz setting, featuring Icelandic ex-pat, pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs, and Canadian guitarist Justin ...
Guillermo Bazzola & Summer Quartet: Alas
by John Kelman
While Argentinean guitarist/composer Guillermo Bazzola spends most of his time these days in Spain, where aside from leading several projects he is active as a music educator, his heart remains in Buenos Aires. That's not to say, however, that his music is confined to extrapolating on the ethnicity of his native country. Alas, recorded with his ...
Pietro Tonolo: Oltremare
by John Kelman
Italy-based EGEA Records states in its press release that it is “more than just a record label. It's a music concept whose very name suggests the desire to explore the features of a totally Mediterranean identity." And releases including Il Circo and Mari Pintau would definitely support that philosophy. But while three out of four of ...
The New Tony Williams Lifetime: Believe It
by John Kelman
By the time drummer Tony Williams left Miles Davis in '69, he had moved even farther away from the acoustic tradition than his former employer. His first recordings with his new band, Lifetime, were characterized by the sleeve instructions: “Play it Loud!" While the energy level was high and the music was infused with a rock ...
Enrico Pieranunzi: Trasnoche
by John Kelman
The effect that one's culture has on one's music can never be underestimated; two artists from distinct backgrounds who approach music from a similar angle will ultimately be shaped by their own origins, often despite themselves. Pianist Ketil Bjornstad, for example, blends a certain neoclassicism with the improvisational nature of jazz; but the end result, when ...
Shawn Lane with Jonas Hellborg: Issues and Reissues
by John Kelman
While he was far from a household name when he passed away in September, 2003 at the tender age of forty, guitarist Shawn Lane was considered something of a god within fusion circles. Starting out professionally at the age of fifteen in the unlikely context of the '70s Southern Rock outfit Black Oak Arkansas, he quickly ...
Sunna Gunnlaugs Quartet: Live in Europe
by John Kelman
Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko explained, in a recent interview, how the term melancholy does not always have to mean sad; there can be an inherent optimism as well. Pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs, an ex-pat from Iceland who now makes her home in New York City, understands that all too well. She writes music that is tender and ...
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