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Francois Carrier Trio with Uri Caine: All' Alba
by Alexander M. Stern
French Canadian alto saxophonist Francois Carrier has made a career out of being unpredictable. All' Alba, his latest CD, is yet another pleasant surprise. The surprise here, however, is not Carrier's melodic inventiveness, nor is it bassist Pierre Cote and drummer Michel Lambert's highly sympathetic vibrations. In this case, the surprise is the welcome addition of ...
John Stetch: Standards
by Dan McClenaghan
The solo piano can be a tough arena, especially when offering up American Songbook classics. John Stetch's Standards, the pianist's second solo outing and his eighth CD overall, succeeds by taking some unlikely--for solo piano--tunes and getting Zen-deep into them, paring things down to their bare essence, and using quirky rhythms and spare, elegant harmonics.
Russell Gunn: Ethnomusicology, Vol. 3
by AAJ Staff
Russell Gunn has a problem with critics--but only the ones who don't like his music. The third track on this record makes this point more than abundantly clear. And it's pure hypocrisy. Regardless, I'm afraid I'll have to join this elite group. Gunn's last record (Vol. 2) was a brilliant blending of jazz with ...
Fran: All' Alba
by AAJ Staff
Québécois saxophonist François Carrier cultivates the kind of focused intensity that belies a driving force but does not stray so far out that it loses track of the song form. All' Alba is his fourth studio release, following upon Compassion (Naxos, 2001) with the addition of pianist Uri Caine to his regular trio with bassist Pierre ...
Abdoulaye N'Diaye: Taou
by AAJ Staff
To the extent Senegal has a jazz tradition, it's all mixed up. Around the time West Africa picked up jazz, other New World styles were busy seeping in, including varieties from the Caribbean and Brazil. The hybrid offspring that shot off never really locked into any specific sound. And that's basically a good thing. ...
John Stetch: Standards
by Jim Santella
John Stetch doesn’t do ordinary. The pianist’s latest release allows him plenty of elbowroom as he interprets classics from the heyday of modern jazz. Stetch confesses, “Some of these tunes are like etudes or exercises.” The challenge of making familiar pieces such as “Embraceable You” and “Stella By Starlight” sound new ...
John Stetch: Standards
by AAJ Staff
For pianist John Stetch, Standards is just as much about reinterpreting as reinventing. Quite literally. His second solo piano recording after last year's totally unexpected Ukranianism takes on the full range of the jazz canon, from the relatively obscure (Charlie Parker's “Segment") to the downright promiscuous ("Stella By Starlight"). He seems to delight in plying a ...
David Murray Latin Big Band: Now Is Another Time
by AAJ Staff
It takes courage to step into new territory, but that's one commodity sax/clarinetist David Murray has never had in short supply. After a series of international recordings celebrating the African diaspora from Senegal to Guadeloupe, Murray now turns his ear toward Cuba. His big band on this recording is really two different big bands, each consisting ...
Vietnam: The Aftermath
By Billy Bang
Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Yo! Ho-Chi-Minh is in the House; Moments for the KIAMIA; Tunnel Rat (Flashlight and a .45); TET Offensive; Bien Hoa Blues; Mystery of the Mekong; Fire in the Hole; Saigon Phunk.
