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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 ...
Various: Money Will Ruin Everything
by Mark Corroto
This two-CD various artist release by Norwegian label Rune Grammofon asks the question, “When is a CD also a book?” Figuratively, when it has something to say—and literally, when it is in fact a book. Label founder Rune Kristoffersen marks his 30th release and fifth anniversary with this very handsome 96-page book, ...
Paul Dunmall Octet: Bridging The Great Divide
by Mark Corroto
Let’s face it, the idea of an improvising octet recording conjures thoughts of Machine Gun, the Peter Brötzmann's full frontal assault from 1969. It’s a masterpiece, but you cannot hum along with it, and honestly, besides scaring your neighbors, why play it more than once? Listenability is the reason to drop the needle, er ...
Bill Evans: You Must Believe In Spring
by Mark Corroto
Somewhere between the huge box sets of Bill Evans’ work on Verve, Riverside, Fantasy and his final works (and almost final live dates) lie some true gems. Romantics fall easily for the gritty sounds of Evans accompanying singer Tony Bennett from 1975 and his two Paris concerts from 1979, both released on Blue Note, which are ...
Eric Barber: Maybeck Constructions
by Mark Corroto
Solo saxophone recitals bring to mind cartoon saxophonist Lisa Simpson being dismissed from band practice for doing her own thing. Sure we all like to think of ourselves as Lisa, Sonny Rollins, Evan Parker, John Butcher, Joe McPhee, or Jack Wright blowing notes into the great unknown, but the solo setting is one lonely gig.
Fred Anderson/Hamid Drake: Back Together Again
by Mark Corroto
The image America projects around the world is one of largeness. Big movies, big SUVs, big footballers, and loud rock music. Even the impression of our jazz is loud and large, sometimes Ellingtonian, but large. From Wynton's Blood On The Fields to Ornette's Skies Of America, the largeness is apparent and flowing. The reactions ...
The Dave Holland Quintet
by Mark Corroto
Columbus, Ohio November 4, 2000 Why is this man smiling? Not me, but Dave Holland as he took the stage at Ohio State University’s Weigel Hall. Actually me too, after his short bass solo introduction to “The Balance,” the lead track on his 1998 ECM release Points Of View. The bassist, with ...
Vandermark 5
by Mark Corroto
October 6, 2000 Columbus, Ohio With much anticipation and very little fanfare, Ken Vandermark’s “5” walked on to the un-mic’d floor of Lil’ Brothers, a local tavern. That he worked from the floor, as opposed to the platform where the three-chords-and-a-stagediving-bruisefest were to take place later that night, was as significant as ...
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