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JD Allen Trio: I AM I AM
by Mark Corroto
Face it, if you play the tenor saxophone you're going to have to deal with the legacy of John Coltrane's sound. You can hear it in the playing of Branford Marsalis, Pharoah Sanders, and even Sonny Rollins. It is believed that Rollins was so influenced by Trane, that his style was forever changed in the 1960s. ...
Spring Heel Jack: Songs And Themes
by Mark Corroto
At the turn of this new century the duo of John Coxon and Ashley Wales, know as Spring Heel Jack took the words to heart of Jeffrey Lebowski, commonly known as “the dude" when he proclaimed, “this aggression will not stand, man!" The pair turned from their hyper-programmed drum 'n' bass origins to a ground breaking ...
Barry Guy/Mats Gustafsson/Raymond Strid: Tarfala
by Mark Corroto
I've read interviews with jazz musicians that have told of their first hearing John Coltrane's LP A Love Supreme (Impulse!,1964) and their seemingly inability to turn over the vinyl and play the second side, fearing that it would not compare to the first side. This listener had a similar experience listening to the first (and title) ...
Roy Campbell: Akhenaten Suite
by Mark Corroto
Trumpeter Roy Campbell's music has always traveled the globe and been inspired by world music, be it Afro-Cuban, Asian, Jamaican, West African, the blues or free music. But while he plays with these various influences, Campbell is always firmly planted in the jazz tradition. For Akhenaten Suite, he travels not only the world but back in ...
Free Form Funky Freqs: Urban Mythology: Volume One
by Mark Corroto
Your patience will be tested. You heard me: the ability to sit through the entire 58 minutes of Urban Mythology: Volume One at high volume is an act of perseverance. The power trio known as Free Form Funky Freqs brings on the noise with such intensity that it is best served in small bites (but at ...
Jack Wright/John M. Bennett/Ben Bennett: Rotty What
by Mark Corroto
Note to my editor: do not attempt a spell check of this review, as much of the language presented on Rotty What won't be found in any modern language dictionaries. That's the ticket here: full frontal nudity. Well, substitute spontaneous combustion for the naked parts, and you have an idea what you are in for when ...
Giovanni Maier: Technicolor
by Mark Corroto
Italian Giovanni Maier proves that everything old can be new (meaning fresh) again. The conservatory trained bassist has been a member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra, The Enten Eller project, and the bands of Enrico Rava and Stefano Battaglia. This two-disc release finds Maier's quartet of two electric keyboards Alfonso Santimone and Giorgio Pacorig and drummer ...
Dennis Gonzalez: Dance of the Soothsayer
by Mark Corroto
Dennis González may the greatest trumpeter that you've never heard of. The Texas native, active some thirty years ago, has reawakened to provide a batch of stellar recordings. Dance of the Soothsayer's Tongue (Live at Tonic), with his New York Quartet, might be one of the best jazz releases of 2007. With nearly thirty ...
Ari Brown: Live At The Green Mill
by Mark Corroto
No need to command Ari Brown to make a joyful sound, he gladly obliges on this live date at the Green Mill in Chicago. The sixty-something saxophonist draws on the Chicago tenor tradition, along with spices from the 1960s sound of John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, and Eric Dolphy. Starting out on the windy south ...
Lucien Dubuis: Le Retour
by Mark Corroto
When jazz musicians were rocks stars... Wait, when rock stars were rock stars and not contestants for the next TV talent show, the music could be dangerous. But in these days when war is the new democracy, jazz stars are the new rock stars. Playing it safe is not the object for Lucian Dubuis' trio; its ...
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