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Blues Speak: The Best of the Original Chicago Blues Annual
by Chris May
Blues Speak: The Best of the Original Chicago Blues Annual Lincoln T. Beauchamp Jr. (editor) 192 pages ISBN: 978-0-252-03440-4 cloth ISBN: 978-0-252-07692-3 paper University of Illinois Press 2010 Launched at the 1989 Chicago Blues Festival, Original Chicago Blues Annual was ...
Ryan Keberle: Heavy Dreaming
by Dan Bilawsky
Brass band-oriented projects seemed to be all the rage in 2009. Dave Douglas, leaning on the work of Lester Bowie and the heritage of the Crescent City, garnered great critical acclaim and artistic success with his Brass Ecstasy project. Saxophonist David Binney created a mysterious and intriguing blend between a guest brass section and his core ...
Luis Bonilla: I Talking Now
by Franz A. Matzner
Trombonist, composer, bandleader and professor Luis Bonilla is not a tortured artist. One cannot imagine him careening from one imbalanced extreme of self- reflection to the other or participating in anything particularly self-indulgent, whatsoever. He is a loving husband and a father who seems to inhale and exhale commitment to his two-year-old daughter. The middle son ...
Luis Bonilla: I Talking Now!
by Chris May
The exuberant, New York-based, trombonist Luis Bonilla has been recording as leader since 1998, when he released Pasos Gigantes ("giant steps") on Candid. I Talking Now! is his fourth album. But he is still probably best known for his work with other artists. Currently a member of trumpeter Dave Douglas' Brass Ecstasy, Bonilla began the 1990s ...
European Jazz Expo in Cagliari, Sardinia
by Olga Zhuravleva
European Jazz ExpoCagliari, Sardinia November 20-22, 2009 The hot summer slowdown is finished for Sardinia. Quietness and sophisticated melancholy embraced the island and made it a perfect place for jazz. From November 20th to 22 the Sardinian capital Cagliari hosted the annual jazz festival, known for the last five years ...
George Lewis: A Power Stronger Than Itself
by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
As an improviser, educator and an explorer of musical expression, George Lewis has become one of the significant contributors towards the respect and recognition Jazz is finally receiving as one of America's most notable and distinguished cultural achievements. He recently published what I consider to be one of the most critical books on Jazz and African ...
The State of the Piano 2009: Cyrus Chestnut and Jessica Williams
by C. Michael Bailey
The jazz palette is long and wide. Within any given performance format there exist seminal artists as different as saxophonists John Coltrane and Lester Young, trumpeters Miles Davis and Lester Bowie, and pianists Art Tatum and Gene Harris. When speaking of solo piano performances, two beacons performing today are Cyrus Chestnut and Jessica Williams. ...
Edwin Berg / Eric Surmenian / Fred Jeanne: Perpetuum
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
With Perpetuum, Dutch pianist Edwin Berg and his band mates enter an increasingly crowded field: to wit, piano trios that seem, consciously or otherwise, to worship at the shrine of Brad Mehldau. Any number of new-ish pianists on the scene have released records ranging in quality from good to excellent--Aaron Goldberg's Worlds (Sunnyside, 2006); Florian Weber's ...
The Fonda/Stevens Group: Memphis
by Troy Collins
The 11th album of their storied 18 year career, Memphis is only the fourth studio recording of the venerable Fonda/Stevens Group, making this release a delightful surprise. Co-led by bassist Joe Fonda and pianist Michael Jefry Stevens, the veteran quartet is rounded out by trumpeter Herb Robertson and drummer Harvey Sorgen. Boasting a collective resume that ...
