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Kevin Norton: Time-Space Modulator & No Definitive
by Kurt Gottschalk
Vanity labels and the digital age have perhaps resulted in an effluvia of recordings that will likely be enjoyed by fans in the single digits at best, but on occasion the DIY ethos in jazz allows documentation of remarkable work by artists who might otherwise be forever relegated to sideman status. Kevin Norton ...
Steve Lehman: Artificial Light & Interface
by Kurt Gottschalk
Conventional wisdom dictates that playing jazz comes at least as much from life experience as it does the conservatory, a tenet so associated with jazz that misguided young players in the '50s began taking heroin to simulate Charlie Parker's experience. The drugs-give-you-soul days have more or less passed, but the mystery of what connects heart to ...
Michael Moore: Floater & White Widow
by Kurt Gottschalk
Jewels and Binoculars Floater Ramboy 2004 (2000) With a reputation as a brilliant songwriter who can't sing, Bob Dylan is no doubt up there with Cole Porter and the Gershwin brothers as the most oft interpreted pop bards of the 20th century. The Byrds and Joan Baez owe their careers ...
Ned Rothenberg: Parting & Harbinger
by Kurt Gottschalk
Ned Rothenberg's Double Band was a force of the early '90s, a powerful pairing of horns, percussionists and electric bass and guitar historically made all the more potent by being one of the strongest sideman jobs performed by the late saxophonist Thomas Chapin. The group's two records on the German Moers Music label ...
Gebhard Ullmann
by Kurt Gottschalk
Gebhard Ullmann is a study in counterpoint. He is a composer of scores fluctuating from trio to tentet, building metered music without rhythm sections and has long called both New York and Berlin his homes, finding inspiration in each city. He has used rock listening and classical training as an inspiration for his jazz work, and ...
Tin Hat Trio: Book of Silk
by Kurt Gottschalk
The Tin Hat Trio has made itself a supergroup of sorts, with Willie Nelson and Tom Waits guesting on its recordings and with a variety of individual projects outside the band. Carla Kihlstedt and Rob Burger have both released discs on John Zorn's Tzadik label, Kihlstedt is also a member of the avant rock outfit Sleepytime ...
Brian Ritchie: Shakuhachi Club NYC
by Kurt Gottschalk
The shakuhachi has had a troubled existence. In its native Japan, its use has been outlawed and the ability to play it has been used as a way for a traveler to prove he was a visiting monk and not a spy. In more recent times, it has been adapted into the ethnic consciousness of jazz, ...
Maneri Times Two
by Kurt Gottschalk
Mat Maneri For Consequence Leo 2004 Violinist and violist Mat Maneri has done much to put the small strings out front, with perhaps mixed but nevertheless assured results. He's run the emotive range from meditating monk to overamplified rock star, and on two recent dates-one with a trio and one ...
Kidd Jordan/Joel Futterman/Alvin Fielder: Live at the Tampere Jazz Happening 2000
by Kurt Gottschalk
The digital revolution has been kind to some of jazz's unsung elders, and Edward “Kidd" Jordan is tops among them. Small labels around the world are capturing and digitizing players who might not otherwise be gracing stereos, much less playing festivals, away from their native soil. Jordan is the real deal, a fiery tenor ...
Ellery Eskelin: Forms
by Kurt Gottschalk
In sixteen years of recording, Ellery Eskelin has focused much of his work on the trio. From Joey Baron’s unusual sax-bone-drum combo Baron Down (with Steve Swell on trombone) to his own bands (notably his trio with Andrea Parkins and Jim Black, which is marking its tenth anniversary this year), the three-piece has served Eskelin well. ...
