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Andy Biskin Quartet: Early American: The Melodies Of Stephen Foster
by Mark Corroto
From the bandstand, the leader calls out, “...and now, folks, we're going to play you a tune written 150 years ago. Wait. What? Are you kidding? Nobody wants to hear the Britney Spears track that was huge five years ago! But then again, in the cultural evolutionary battle of the fittest, the music of ...
Ulrich Drechsler Quartet: Humans & Places
by Mark Corroto
Ulrich Drechsler asks and answers the question: how can the saddest music in the world be delivered with so much hope? Humans & Places follows Drechsler's loving tribute to Thelonious Monk on the 2004 disc The Monk In All Of Us, where his bass clarinet conjured the spirit of Eric Dolphy. On this quartet ...
Territory Band-5: New Horse For The White House
by Mark Corroto
You can certainly find plenty of heady intellectual discussion surrounding Ken Vandermark's Territory Band. He has taken the concepts of jazz and European music and interlaced them with composed and improvised music. (Was that last statement redundant?) In doing so, Vandermark continues the argument begun the day Louis Armstrong played a familiar march “his own way." ...
John Butcher / Christof Kurzmann: The Big Misunderstanding Between Hertz And Megahertz
by Mark Corroto
If industry and our modern industrial climate has created what sociologists call the “modern primitive, then British saxophonist John Butcher is certainly one of today's original men. His saxophone style has unique originality, that's for sure. It is as if he could have picked up a bicycle or a carp and proceeded to use them to ...
Sex Mob: Sexotica
by Mark Corroto
The only way to out-mob Steven Bernstein's Sex Mob is to go into the studio (as laboratory) and manipulate its sound. Sexotica is the group's fifth full-length release and its debut on Thirsty Ear Records, a label which has no hesitation to throw in handfuls of Teo Macero. The sampling and studio production by Good and ...
Sao Paulo Underground: Sauna: Um, Dois, Tres
by Mark Corroto
Even today we are just coming to accept the innovations and constructions of Teo Macero and the man who was credited with and blamed for Macero's snip and paste collage work, Miles Davis. In today's digital studio it is certainly easier to manipulate sound, and few artists do it as well as cornetist-turned-scientist Rob Mazurek.
Frank Catalano: Mighty Burner
by Mark Corroto
If I were a saxophonist, I certainly would want to be Maceo Parker for a day. Frank catalano Certainly had the long-time James Brown sideman on his mind when he recorded Mighty Burner. With three fine Delmark hard bop discs under his belt, the twenty-something Chicagoan unleashes this crowd-pleasing live session. He takes no pauses, focusing ...
Allen Ginsberg: First Blues
by Mark Corroto
As I listen to this two-CD recording by the late Allen Ginsberg, I cannot help thinking about Dick Cheney. The American vice president might just be the exact polar opposite of Allen Ginsberg, kind of a beat Dr. Evil. I suspect he's never heard Ginsberg read his unexpurgated Buddhist poetry or joined a sing-along with his ...
Beans: Only
by Mark Corroto
Thirsty Ear has been the most successful label at bringing the worlds of hip-hop, jazz, and electronic music into one room... if they indeed belong in the same room. Does one dilute the other? What does the word on the street reveal? There is no doubt that jazz has always had the ability to ...
Willie Pickens: JazzSpirit, Volumes 1 & 2
by Mark Corroto
My neighbor, one of those “born again" types, told me that Jesus hates jazz. I asked her which Jesus she was referring to. When I received no response, I suggested to her it might be the neo-con Jesus who, quite frankly, can't dance. After a bit of research, I've found there are multiple Jesuses ...
