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Nick Moran: No Time Like Now
by Dan McClenaghan
Part of the appeal of the traditional organ trio--Hammond B3 organ, guitar and drums--is the juxtaposition of the guitar's succinct phrasing slicing through the blurry winter breeze of the B3. Another part is the music's straight-up funkiness. This is music of the city, pioneered by organist Jimmy Smith and guitarists Wes Montgomery and Grant Green. The ...
Matt Wilson: Have Drums, Will Travel
by Lawrence Peryer
Drummer Matt Wilson must surely be in the running for the title of hardest-working man in jazz. Wilson is a composer, bandleader, producer and teacher. As a leader, his projects include the Matt Wilson Quartet, Arts & Crafts, Christmas Tree-O and the Carl Sandburg Project. He has been in bands with luminaries such as Joe Lovano, ...
Benny Lackner Trio: Cachuma
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Benny Lackner can do whatever he wants, and says as much with “I Can Do Whatever I Want," the opener on his forward-leaning Cachuma. This piano trio outing suggests he wants to nudge the trio setting into a modern groove while giving voice to his own artistic vision.Modernization of the tried and true ...
Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood: In Case the World Changes Its Mind Live
by AAJ Italy Staff
Ascoltando queste registrazioni dal vivo, tratte dal tour del 2006 ma pubblicate solo adesso, viene da chiedersi come Medeski, Martin & Wood possano funzionare anche autonomamente senza la chitarra di John Scofield. L'amalgama è talmente perfetto che non si capisce come questo bel progetto possa essere solo una variante della loro attività principiale, che è quella ...
NYC Winter Jazzfest, Day 1: January 6, 2012
by Daniel Lehner
Day 1 | Day 22012 NYC Winter Jazzfest, Day 1New York, NYJanuary 6, 2012 No one could argue that jazz didn't have a tumultuous 2011. For the better, bassist/vocalist Esperanza Spalding's Grammy for Best New Artist marked the first time a jazz musician was awarded that honor, and veteran tenor ...
In Case The World Changes Its Mind
By John Medeski
Label: Indirecto Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: CD1: A Go Go; Deadzy; What Now; Tootie Ma Is a Big Fine Thing;
Cachaca; In Case the World Changes Its Mind; Miles Behind.
CD2: Little Walter Rides Again; Hanuman; Amazing Grace; Southern
Pacific; Hottentot.
Together Again: Live At The Egg
By John Medeski
Label: ARC - Artists Recording Collective
Released: 2011
Track listing: Lizards; Prairie Child; Holiday; Solo Piano Piece; Where's Sly?; Tears; Blues 11;
Wiggly's Way.
Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood: In Case The World Changes Its Mind
by Doug Collette
In Case the World Changes Its Mind reaffirms the chemistry at the heart of the collaboration between nouveau-jazz trio Medeski Martin & Wood and guitarist extraordinaire, John Scofield. Hearing this live recording reveals the delicate, almost precarious, balance of factors that put them finely in tune with each other. Recorded on the 2006 tour ...
Yoko Miwa: New Star in an Old Sky
by Gordon Marshall
Self-effacing but with healthy ambition--and genuinely glamorous--pianist Yoko Miwa is a shimmering study in contrasts. Her music is loyal to sources and roots, yet it is fresh and sexy. Everything is in balance in her work. On a most elemental level she is like a graceful hostess at a grand party, catering to the desires of ...
Oz Noy: Twisted Blues: Volume 1
by Ian Patterson
That guitarist Oz Noy was voted “Best Newcomer" by Guitar Player Magazine in 2008 underlines how curiously under the radar he seems to fly. By then, Noy had already played with New York's finest musicians in the dozen preceding years since arriving from Israel, and had cut three impressive CDs as leader. His fourth release, Schizophrenic ...
