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Myra Melford: The Image of Your Body
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
The harmonium is not a native Indian instrument. It was conceived in Europe, but adopted by India in the 19th century, quickly becoming a traditional element in the region's folk, devotional and popular music. Myra Melford studied the instrument in India under a Fulbright Scholarship and, as she writes in the liner notes of this new ...
Pete Robbins: Waits & Measures
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Although it's been over 35 years since Miles recorded Bitches Brew, music purists still experience seismic spasms whenever a musician releases an album that aggressively and successfully fuses jazz with rock. Waits & Measures is not so much a fusion album as it is a remarkable commandeering of sometimes conflicting harmonies into a smooth, cleverly voltaic ...
Andy Biskin: Trio Tragico
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Andy Biskin spins a musical tragicomedy on Trio Tragico. With Dave Ballou (trumpet) and Drew Gress (bass), he presents a melancholic but discretely jovial blend of chamber music and exciting new rhythms. The clarinetist's live set at Cornelia Street Café in early October captured the electricity of the trio. The improvisational bits of ...
Peter Zak Trio: For Tomorrow
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Consider the minor thrills in life. Six minutes into For Tomorrow, on a romantically titled track, “Plaza de Toros, Peter Zak's robust piano notes rise like smoke and embroider delicate but bold audio patterns into the rhythmic backdrop. Willie Jones III lends his dexterous, almost rocky command of drums to create a mood of urgency and ...
Mark O: Awakening
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Awakening is the sort of recording that makes demands of its listeners. Mark O'Leary (electric guitar), Steve Swallow (bass guitar) and Pierre Favre (percussion) manage to create a charmingly introspective record by insulating what is invariably solid jazz with a fusion of rocky harmonies. In a genre dominated by musicians keen on experimentation, ...
Ray Mantilla: Good Vibrations
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
On the cover of Good Vibrations, Ray Mantilla is dressed in black, as if in mourning. It seems appropriate. Two of the nine songs are tributes to the late Tito Puente, and in the liner notes, he dedicates “baritone con Bata to “honor all our heroes of percussion who are here now and who have passed ...
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