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Joelle Leandre / India Cooke: Journey
by John Sharpe
Joëlle Léandre's name on the sleeve guarantees invention and passion. Over the years, the French improvising bassist has made the duet format one of her prime modes of expression, pairing, in recent years, with George Lewis and Jean-Luc Capozzo on just two recent examples from a discography now more than 150 strong. Further swelling the ranks, ...
John Sharpe’s Best Releases of 2010
by John Sharpe
Here are ten new releases, in no particular order, which stood out among those I heard this year. Joe McPhee / Ingebrigt Håker FlatenBlue Chicago BluesNot TwoJoe McPhee and Ingebrigt Håker Flaten make a successful pairing as evidenced by interactions which evince a highly charged form and ...
Joe McPhee / Ingebrigt Haker Flaten: Blue Chicago Blues
by John Sharpe
Multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee has demonstrated a particular affinity for the string bass. Among his discography are multiple duets with Dominic Duval and Michael Bisio, and even a double-disc set with four bassists, Angels, Devils And Haints (CJR, 2008). Now, Blue Chicago Blues can be added to that esteemed catalogue, from a 2007 session recorded in the ...
Jimmy Halperin/ Dominic Duval/ Brian Willson: The Music of John Coltrane
by John Sharpe
Why would modern improvisers want to create a session around music over 50 years old? That's the question the pairing of bassist Dominic Duval and saxophonist Jimmy Halperin look to answer over the 68-minute program of The Music of John Coltrane. Having already delved into the Thelonious Monk songbook on Monkinus (CIMP, 2006) and Monk Dreams ...
The Nu Band: Live In Paris
by John Sharpe
An average of one album every other year is pretty good going for a free jazz collective, and that's what The Nu Band has achieved. Its fifth, Live In Paris, comes ten years after their first communion in 2000. It's also a departure, not in that it is a concert recording as there are already three ...
Kablys: Live at 11:20
by John Sharpe
Alongside the growing roster of international talent, the Lithuanian No Business label is also starting to document the home grown scene. Kablys comprises three of the country's leading younger generation of jazz musicians. Saxophonist Liudas Mockūnas is among the best known, with over ten albums to his credit, and a résumé including appearances with Andrew Hill, ...
Vandermark 5 Special Edition: The Horse Jumps And The Ship Is Gone
by John Sharpe
In their early days, the Vandermark 5 gave founder and reed man Ken Vandermark, the opportunity to workshop and road test fresh ideas. His writing skills have now been honed to such an extent that he is one of the most consistently inventive small group composers around, and the V5 has become one of the great ...
Kirk Knuffke: Chew Your Food
by John Sharpe
Originally from Colorado, trumpeter Kirk Knuffke has been based in the Big Apple since 2005. Though he may be best known as a member of drummer Matt Wilson's celebrated Quartet, the brass man also leads his own quartet, with two previous recordings for the prolific Portuguese Clean Feed label, while he and pianist Jesse Stacken also ...
Hamid Drake and Bindu: Reggaeology at the London Jazz Festival
by John Sharpe
Hamid Drake and Bindu Baltic Restaurant/London Jazz Festival London November 14, 2010 It's been a long time since the avant-garde has conjured thoughts of dance. You would have to go all the way back to the early days of the Swing era. But that's what came to mind ...
The Convergence Quartet: Song/Dance (Blues)
by John Sharpe
The Convergence QuartetSong/Dance (Blues)Clean Feed2010 It must have seemed like a long shot when the young British pair of pianist Alexander Hawkins and bassist Dominic Lash invited two illustrious north Americans, cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum and drummer Harris Eisenstadt, to join them for a series of dates back ...
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