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Melvin Rhyne: Tomorrow Yesterday Today
by C. Andrew Hovan
A disciple of some of the earliest jazz organ practitioners, such as Jackie Davis, Milt Buckner, and Wild Bill Davis, jazz veteran Melvin Rhyne's major claim to fame has been the five years he spent with the renowned Wes Montgomery in the early '60s. Yet this is really only a fraction of the story for the ...
Fridolin Blumer: Beyond Scope
by Mark Corroto
Are there norms in free improvisation? A better question might be: are there rules? Free improvisation has been called many things--instant composing, non-idiomatic improvisation, spontaneous composition, intuitive music--but no matter the name, the question of structure remains. To explore this, let's look beyond music to another art form: film. Specifically, the 1998 cult classic The Big ...
Grant Green: The Main Attraction
by Arnaldo DeSouteiro
During his brilliant career as one of the best producers in the music history, Creed Taylor (born in Lynchburg, Virginia, on May 13, 1929) has worked with some of world's greatest guitarists: from Barry Galbraith (1919-1983) and Mundell Lowe, who took part in the Creed Taylor Orchestra albums (Lonelyville, Shock!, Ping Pang Pong) for ABC-Paramount in ...
Dino Betti van der Noot: Brahm Dreams Still
by Thomas Conrad
In 2023 I signed on to write the liner notes for an album by someone I had never heard of. He was Dino Betti van der Noot, and the album was Let Us Recount Our Dreams. I approached the project with some trepidation. But Dino turned out to be a revelation. His music, in its sweep ...
Introducing: The Russ Macklem Detroit Quintet
by Vincent Chandler
What do these musicians have in common: Wardell Gray, Joe Henderson, Yusef Lateef, Thad, Elvin, and Hank Jones, Betty Carter, Howard McGhee and Marcus Belgrave? They are all legendary jazz musicians from Detroit who were born elsewhere. Some were raised in Detroit, while others moved there later in their lives. This phenomenon dates to the Great ...
Dan Krimm: Second Wind
by Another Pass Productions
Dan Krimm is hardly the first artist to find inspiration in the bounteous beauty of Marin County, but in composing, recording and designing Second Wind he's crafted a musical sojourn equally fueled by locally sourced creativity. Since moving to San Rafael in 2016, he's reimmersed himself in music after several years focusing on other pursuits. With ...
Michael Dease: Flow
by Howard Mandel
Everything comes together for Michael Dease and company on Flow, which should be no surprise but mustn't be taken for granted. The dynamic Mr. Dease, a consummate musician, sweeps his diverse crew of long-term collaborators and gifted newcomers through a confluence of songs rich in melody, rhythm and feeling. Pleasure-forward, Flow entices, refreshes, buoys and inspires. ...
Jovino Santos Neto Quarteto: Mais Que Tudo: Live at Kerry Hall 1995
by Bruce Phares
Sit down. Put on the best earphones you've got. A seatbelt wouldn't hurt, either. Get ready to be blown away. From the opening salvo of Jovino Santos Neto's dazzling composition “Metamorph," you're about to be taken on a musical journey of intense elation, abandon, and passion, engaging and urgent in all aspects, through the many twists ...
Ben Thomas: The Hat with the Grin and the Chuckle
by Hector Del Curto
Ben Thomas' music lives in a world where tradition and innovation meet with effortless grace. Deeply rooted in the authentic rhythms of Argentine tango, yet fearlessly modern in spirit, his compositions offer a rich tapestry of layered polyrhythms, inventive melodies, and surprising contrasts--all delivered with intelligence, playfulness, and deep emotional weight. From the very ...
Hank Crawford: Help Me Make It Through The Night
by Arnaldo DeSouteiro
One of the first artists signed by Creed Taylor for CTI's subsidiary Kudu label, Hank Crawford suffered violent criticism during the period (1971-1978) he recorded for the label, being accused of making mellow and commercial albums. On the other hand, Hank achieved a new level of popularity during his CTI/Kudu years. Some of the eight albums ...
