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Bireli Lagrene: Djangology/To Bi Or Not To Bi
by Larry Taylor
Bireli Lagrene Djangology/To Bi Or Not To Bi Dreyfus Records 2007 Bireli Lagrene, heir apparent to the legacy of legendary Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, has recently released an outstanding two-CD set, Djangology/To Bi Or Not To Bi . The first disc was recorded live with the powerhouse German ...
Deborah Weisz: Trio
by Larry Taylor
Pleasantly relaxing--that's the way to describe trombonist Deborah Weisz and her sisters in sound, guitarist Sheryl Bailey and bassist Nicki Parrott, on Trio. This loosely swinging session features standards, mixed with several originals from Weisz and Bailey. The fact that the group has played regularly at The Garage in New York City's ...
50th Monterey Jazz Festival Sets Record
by Larry Taylor
Monterey Jazz Festival Monterey Fairgrounds Monterey, California September 21-23, 2007 A new record was set for the 50th Monterey Jazz Festival with 45,000 tickets sold for the three days, September 21 to 23. All this in spite of rain which came midway Friday evening. The brief showers didn't dampen ...
Rex Richardson: Jazz Upstairs: Live at the Bar-Guru-Bar
by Larry Taylor
In ancient Athens, American trumpet virtuoso Rex Richardson has put together a group of excellent young Greek jazz musicians and shows them off on Jazz Upstairs: Live at the Bar-Guru-Bar. A collection of standards and originals with swinging, easy-listening arrangements, some tracks possess a modern, cutting-edge bent. Richardson, at home in both jazz and classical contexts, ...
Alvin Queen: I Ain't Looking at You
by Larry Taylor
Drummer Alvin Queen is a virtual dynamo. On I Ain't Looking At You, he generates an explosive fusion of down-home blues and dynamic straight-ahead arrangements from his ensemble of young jazz stars. Joining him are stratospheric trumpeter Terrell Stafford and creative Bird-influenced alto player Jesse Davis. Making sure the soulful quotient is ...
Steve Kuhn Trio: Live at Birdland
by Larry Taylor
It's been said that “Jazz is the sound of surprise. Surprise is what you get with pianist Steve Kuhn's Trio on Live at Birdland. Like a face in a Picasso abstract, parts of a whole come at you from all angles, hardly recognizable. What the artist is showing is, however, crystal clear. Kuhn ingeniously de-constructs standards, ...
Ed Breazeale: Just Beyond
by Larry Taylor
Drummer Ed Breazeale is that creative artist who wants to get it just right. In the notes to Just Beyond, Breazeale says that after he arranged each piece, questions lingered: was there a concept that was just beyond his reach, and was the message delivered? “Therefore," he says, “I subjected almost every piece to a series ...
President's Weekend Jazz Party--Newport Beach, California
by Larry Taylor
President's Weekend Jazz Party Newport Beach, California, Marriott Hotel February 15-18, 2007 Great jazz was performed on President's Weekend at the 7th annual Newport Beach Jazz Party before sell-out crowds, the music sounding better than ever this year. From Thursday night through Sunday night, February 15-18, performances were staged throughout the ...
Woody Herman: Live Jazz From Club 15
by Larry Taylor
Fans of Woody Herman's Herds and big bands in general should welcome Live Jazz From Club 15, which captures his young band in the sixties. Those who visited Las Vegas four decades ago, before it became the entertainment capital of the world, knew they could see and hear great jazz in casino lounges adjacent to the ...
Roger Kellaway: Heroes
by Larry Taylor
When pianist Roger Kellaway first thought about becoming a jazz musician in the '50s, keyboard legend Oscar Peterson was hitting his stride with his great trios. They included Ray Brown on bass, and first Barney Kessel, then Herb Ellis on guitar. Peterson's trios were a big influence on Kellaway. As he states in the liner notes, ...
