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Art Ensemble Of Chicago: The Meeting
by Mark Corroto
We speak of the Art Ensemble of Chicago circa 2003 as being in a post-Lester Bowie era. The group's mighty founder and trumpeter passed away in 1999. Meanwhile, this recording and the trio session Tribute To Lester (ECM 2003) have been the only AEC recordings made in this new era. But you may ...
Mark Nodwell: Nemesis
by Mark Corroto
When saxophonist Mark Nodwell lays down his horn and picks up a pencil, his compositions explode outward. This eruption of ideas takes in numerous styles and approaches, all pleasing to the ear without being reconcilable to one another. The Canadian-born composer was first revealed on (co)incidents (Songlines, 1999) leading Eyvind Kang, Francois Houle, and ...
Barry Harris: Live In New York
by Mark Corroto
It is funny (strange) how the mainstream press “rediscovers" jazz musicians in the golden years of their careers. Not that Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, or Dexter Gordon had ever really been missing. As with these hall of famers, prepare for the mainstream press to rediscover pianist Barry Harris. Marketing departments might favor twenty-somethings over bespeckled white-haired ...
Mal Waldron/Steve Lacy: Live At Dreher Paris 1981
by Mark Corroto
The digital age with its bits and bytes has allowed for huge musical projects and reissue bonanzas. We have come from Louis Armstrong playing two minute classics cut into cylinders to today’s complete recordings of Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew and Jack Johnson sessions, expanded from double LPs to four and five CDs of raw material. Like ...
Hank Jones/The Great Jazz Trio: Autumn Leaves
by Mark Corroto
As quiet and unassuming as Hank Jones’ music tends to be, matching him with brother Elvin doesn’t interrupt his thoughtful manner. This session, recorded in May of 2002, is only the fourth time the two brothers from Detroit have recorded together, the last being Upon Reflection–The Music of Thad Jones, a tribute to their departed sibling ...
Tomato Box: Any Road
by Mark Corroto
I’m tempted to ask the band Tomato Box the origin of their name. I won’t, because I’m keen to guess. About ten years ago I read that scientists were developing a square tomato that would be easier to ship. I’ve not seen the results of their work, but I do know the difference between homegrown and ...
Sound-Lee!: Plays the Music Of Lee Konitz
by Mark Corroto
The Dutch piano trio led by Guss Jenssen adds alto saxophonist and countryman Jorrit Dijkstra for this tribute to Lee Konitz. Actually, to be precise, this is a tribute to the music of Lee Konitz. Not the Lee Konitz of this century, with his polished elder statesman tone, nor the cool leanings of his collaborations with ...
Joe Giardullo 4tet: Now Is
by Mark Corroto
Spontaneity in music doesn’t have to come at the cost of order. In other words, Janis Joplin was wrong when she sang “Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.” Saxophonist Joe Giardullo’s return to music 12 years ago at the urging of his friend and musical partner Joe McPhee has resulted in the ...
HiM: Many In High Places Are Not Well
by Mark Corroto
There is a new intersection in music town, where jazz meets rock, dub, world, soundtrack, and studio manipulation. While the foundations for this intersection may first have been laid down by Sergio Leone, Miles Davis, and Teo Macero, it has certainly been made into high art (or at least garage art) by groups such as Pinetop ...
Geof Bradfield: Rule Of Three
by Mark Corroto
Just in time for summer comes the first “feel good" record of the year. We don’t mean feel good as in soft cheese; we are talking solid accessible post bop trio music here.Ted Sirota, the drummer and leader of the Rebel Souls, has pared down his lineup from the sprawling sextet to this spartan ...
