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Darren Johnston: The Edge Of The Forest
by Mark Corroto
Thoroughly modern doesn't always equate to thoroughly enjoyable and exceedingly complex rarely yields delight. But if the composer is Darren Johnston and the musicianship is of these high standards, the outcome is instantly satisfying. The Edge Of The Forest is the trumpeter's first Clean Feed disc as leader, but he has been heard on ...
Dave Douglas' Fetish Busting Greenleaf Digital Music Experience
by Mark Corroto
The assignment was simple enough. I was to listen online to trumpet and cornet player Dave Douglas' recordings Quintet: Live at the Jazz Standard and Keystone Live at the Jazz Standard at GreenleafMusic.com, and write about them. So why hadn't I touched the play button nearly three weeks after receiving the music? Sure, sometimes ...
Rich Johnson: Up The Turret Mil
by Mark Corroto
If something exists in the netherworld, it is said to be “living in hereafter," or the “afterworld." This ethereal theme, with its delicate, vaporous connotations is the subject matter of trumpeter Rich Johnson's Up The Turret Mil.While not a native of the Netherlands in either possible connotation, this New York artist produces sounds from ...
Matthew Shipp Trio: Harmonic Disorder
by Mark Corroto
Like his very good friend and sometimes bassist William Parker, pianist Matthew Shipp is well-versed in the outer reaches of jazz and the inner circle of free improvisation. And like his friend, he has produced a more conventional jazz trio recording, written in his own distinctive handwriting. Beginning with Piano Vortex (Thirsty ...
David S. Ware: Shakti
by Mark Corroto
The path an original voice must take in jazz this century is quite different from that of 50 years ago. Gone are the big labels and covers of TIME magazine. The 'big names' in jazz are institutionalized at universities and Lincoln Center, making records with Willie Nelson and playing covers of Nirvana pop songs. ...
The Toy Killers: The Unlistenable Years
by Mark Corroto
Thomas Jefferson once said, “Every generation needs a new revolution." Indeed it does. As it may be up to you to put an end to the proliferation of American Idol/High School Musical idiots, lessons of history might just serve you well. As such, The Unlistenable Years, containing found music by the duo Charles K. Noyes and ...
Microscopic Septet: Lobster Leaps In
by Mark Corroto
Sometimes being years ahead of your time is not a good thing. Take the Microscopic Septet, formed in 1980, a dour time in jazz history. They were the critics' favorites--that and fifty cents (Starbucks wasn't ubiquitous back then) would get you a cup of coffee. It just wasn't their time. The group's ...
Daniele Cavallanti / Tiziano Tononi: Rings Of Fire
by Mark Corroto
Poet Robert Browning may not have written the line, “a man's reach should exceed his grasp" with musicians Daniele Cavallanti and Tiziano Tononi in mind. But if he were to listen to some of their music, he might just have added, “and sometimes, they get a hold of something special out there."Rings Of Fire, ...
Gratkowski / Brown / Winant: Wake
by Mark Corroto
California meets Germany happens to be the headline of this trio of Frank Gratkowski, William Winant, and Chris Brown. Maybe the story-behind-the-story here is that great minds think alike and great improvisers improvise, well...greatly. German composer/reed musician Frank Gratkowski has been active on the European scene for the last 20 years. He has an affinity for ...
Introducing Hugo Alves
by Mark Corroto
What joy to discover a new jazz musician with talent, one “on loan from God," as they say. Hugo Alves, a Portuguese trumpet/flugelhorn player, might have escaped your attention, but be forewarned, he will be a name you hear for many years to come. Like American brass players Ron Miles, Ralph Alessi and Ron Horton, not ...
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