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Kenny Garrett: Sketches of MD: Live at The Iridium
by John Kelman
Kenny Garrett continues his relationship with tenor legend Pharoah Sanders from Beyond the Wall (Nonesuch, 2006), but ditches some of the gravitas for Sketches of MD: Live at the Iridium. An album of unabashed blowing and multiplicity of stylistic references, it's the closest Garrett has come to his seminal Standard of Language (Warner Bros., 2003). Were ...
Wayne's Thang
Album: Sketches of MD: Live At The Iridium
By Kenny Garrett
Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2008
Duration: 5:06
Kenny Garrett: Sketches of MD: Live at The Iridium
by Greg Thomas
Kenny Garrett continues his mélange of modal exploration with Sketches of MD: Live at The Iridium. The recording is a sequel to Beyond the Wall, Garrett’s early collaboration with Pharoah Sanders, and is a snapshot of his progression.The opening number, “The Ring,” starts with a dramatic theme stated by the alto-tenor front ...
Kenny Garrett: Sketches of MD: Live At The Iridium
by Mark F. Turner
Alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett gives listeners a kaleidoscopic view of his music in this fun live recording. A post-bop saxophonist who performed with Miles Davis during the trumpeter's later fusion/funk years, Garrett has since gone on to make his own name as one of the fiercest players around. In spite of what labels/critics may have desired, ...
Stanley Jordan: State of Nature
by AAJ Italy Staff
Dopo dieci anni dal suo ultimo album, ritorna il funambolico chitarrista californiano Stanley Jordan che nel 1985 sembrò essere il capostipite di una nuova generazione di chitarristi dotati di una tecnica straordinaria e irrituale. Le cose nella realtà non sono andate in quella direzione e la prodigiosa arte del tapping è rimasta una deriva non particolarmente ...
Ron Blake: Shayari
by J Hunter
If you've heard bassist Christian McBride's blazing Live at Tonic (RopeaDope, 2006), then you're familiar with the powers of Ron Blake. On some tracks, Blake blasts soul-drenched tenor in the same vein as Junior Walker; on others, he launches solos that approache the same technical and emotional level visited by Wayne Shorter. Blake's overall performance on ...
Ron Blake: Shayari
by George Kanzler
There's an attention to sonic detail and aural space on tenor saxophonist Ron Blake's Shayari that would be more expected from the ECM label than from Detroit's Mack Avenue Records. But Mack Avenue, through Blake and his producer/pianist Michael Cain, has given us a CD strong on tone and mood, intimate and introverted without being lightweight ...
Carl Allen / Rodney Whitaker: Get Ready
by Donald Elfman
What cool yet sassy straight-ahead jazz--and it offers music by Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye, not to mention well thought-out originals by the leaders. Drummer Carl Allen and bassist Rodney Whitaker are an in-sync pair, making composed yet newly emergent sounds. Let's start at the very beginning: it's Allen's original “La Shea's Walk, ...
Healing Space
By Tia Fuller
Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Breakthrough; Just a Journey; Ebonics; Katrina
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