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James Finn: Plaza de Toros
by Mark Corroto
I heard a voice, or thought I heard a voice, say something in my ear as I dreamed during the first spin of saxophonist James Finn's new recording. “There is plenty room in my father's house, announced the jazz prophet. “You see improvisation, 'true improvisation' makes room for one more voice calling out into the night. ...
Sun Ra: Heliocentric Worlds Vol. 3
by Mark Corroto
Have pity on the poor Sun Ra music collector. You see, those who “do research" on a single artist like Duke Ellington, Sonny Blount, or John Coltrane spend years and countless dollars chasing one thing, like a heroin addict who can never find a high as good as the first time. Those of us who had ...
Marc Ribot: Spiritual Unity
by Mark Corroto
When you speak of the giants of free jazz--the signatories of its constitution, so to speak--you are obliged to include saxophonist Albert Ayler. But curiously enough, his immediately recognizable music, although revered, had no direct followers. His compositions have been covered, but not like those of John Coltrane or Ornette Coleman. Maybe he was too much ...
Rob Mazurek/Mandarin Movie: Mandarin Movie
by Mark Corroto
Besides being a musician, cornetist Rob Mazurek is also a visual artitst. The member of Tigersmilk, Isotope 217, and the Chicago Underground Duo, Trio, Quartet, and Orchestra also paints and constructs multimedia installations. Mandarin Movie draws as much from the musical aspects of his personality as the painterly ones. His band Mandarin Movie, whose ...
John Zorn/Naked City: Complete Studio Recordings
by Mark Corroto
The year was 1990, the US and Iraq were posturing, and the American president was also named George Bush. George the 1st said, “This aggression will not stand --dividing the country between protestations of “no blood for oil and, well, conservative “freedom fighters. I don't know who drew the line in the sand. ...
Jim Baker: More Questions Than Answers
by Mark Corroto
The liner notes to Jim Baker's first Delmark release are full of apologies. He writes that maybe he should have done an ensemble session with some of the musicians he has been working with lately, like Kent Kessler, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Michael Zerang, Josh Abrams, Steve Hunt, Brian Sandstrom, or Avreeyal Ra. He thinks these “free improvisations" ...
Bebo Valdes & Diego el Cigala: Blanco Y Negro
by Mark Corroto
Bebo Valdes & Diego el Cigala Blanco Y Negro Bluebird 2005 I may fall out of favor with my fellow Americans expressing admiration for cultures much older and well, certainly more developed then ours. You disagree? Did you catch more then five minutes of the latest addition of the ...
Cold Bleak Heat: It
by Mark Corroto
One of my favorite lines from the old Monty Python television series was the response to a request for a skit to end. After the actor states “That's it, I've had enough, Graham Chapman replies in his matter-of-fact British way, “No you haven't. And the mayhem continues. Several times while spinning It's Magnificent, But ...
William Parker: Luc's Lantern
by Mark Corroto
You might not get bassist William Parker to agree, but his music has always focused on assemblage and order. You can hear it in the large congregations of his Little Huey Creative Music Ensemble or his work with Cecil Taylor and Peter Brötzmann. His internal logic always is expressed by his sheer will and determination to ...
John O'Gallagher's Axiom: Line Of Sight
by Mark Corroto
Years after the saxophone battles had ended, musicians have taken to reenacting them in safe environments, far from the bloodletting bandstands they once occupied. Cutting contests are now cooperative ventures. And, yes Virginia, we all win. This second release by John O'Gallagher's Axiom band presents his ongoing study of the dynamics of two-horn classical/jazz ...
