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Matt Bauder/Jason Ajemin: Object 3
by Mark Corroto
The third installment in Locust Music’s Object series, recordings inspired by selected objects, finds saxophonist Matt Bauder and bassist Jason Ajemian contemplating what looks like some sort of computer disc drive. But does it really matter? Prior efforts were focused on bowling balls and brillo pads. Not quite stuff found in Emily Dickinson's house.
DJ Spooky: Celestial Mechanix
by Mark Corroto
We arrive at the mix, the remix, and the original sound recordings from the same place. Your ears, you see (you hear), cannot differentiate between the original and what has been reconstituted. But your psyche can. DJ Spooky knows this and he is a master of playing with your subconscious mind. He deals in ...
Introducing the Clean Feed Label
by Mark Corroto
Clean Feed records label is as eclectic a label as it is an authentic jazz voice. Based in Lisbon Portugal, yes you heard me Lisbon, Clean Feed presents American, European, and world jazz voices separately and, many times, in collaboration. Below is a taste of their latest offerings. Bernardo Sassetti Indigo Clean Feed 029
Hilmar Jensson: Ditty Blei
by Mark Corroto
Icelandic guitarist Hilmar Jensson is back. This time it’s personal. Sorry, I’ve been watching movie trailers again. Anyway, this one is in motion just the same. Jensson follows up his 2002 disc Tyft with his unique extended guitar antics on Ditty Blei. Where his previous outing favored improvisation over melody, this disc showcases ...
Charles Lloyd/Billy Higgins: Which Way Is East
by Mark Corroto
Name your religion. Seriously, these days everyone from President “Dubya" to freedom fighters is wearing his or her religion on their sleeves. Why not jazz musicians? And jazz musicians seem to “get it." The spiritual part, that is. From Coltrane to James Moody and Dizzy Gillespie—it’s all about the love supreme, if I ...
Fats Waller: The Centennial Collection
by Mark Corroto
The centennial of Thomas “Fats" Waller’s birth is yet another good reason to release another collection of his recordings. This one is a nice accumulation of songs (don’t know why “Jitterbug Waltz” is missing), enough to whet newcomers' appetites. Plus, this disc includes a bonus DVD of footage from King of Burlesque and an animated version ...
Br: Tales Out Of Time
by Mark Corroto
I always liked but never quite understood Neil Young's lyric that went something like this: “...are you ready for the country, 'cause it is time to go..." To call someone “country" is to say they are simple or at the very least not urbane. But I think Neil Young was speaking more of organics and getting ...
Tortoise: It's All Around You
by Mark Corroto
These days the rantings of prophets and first class doom sayers are all but coming true. I’m not getting on a soapbox here, but the future of civilization (actually our civilization) is tending to mimic or at least adopt the predictions of the movie Koyaanisqatsi. Our living environment has become packaged, sealed, and artificially scented.
Craig Taborn: Junk Magic
by Mark Corroto
Craig Taborn inhabits the territories in between the gestures we recognize as music. His sources are revealed to be “found sound" and the psychology of loops. As fans of the innovative '70s band Weather Report know, Wayne Shorter and Joe Zawinul’s genius was the sounds they created in between the hooks of their popular music.
Jason Kahn/Jon Mueller: Papercuts
by Mark Corroto
Percussionists Jason Kahn and Jon Mueller are musical carpenters. The 18:06 that comprises Papercuts is a sound construction completed over a one year collaborative period. Their house of music is the manipulation of various papers, both of the handmade and commercial variety. Kahn, a current resident of Zurich, has worked with ...
