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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 ...
Garage a Trois: Emphasizer
by Mark Corroto
When was the last time you had fun listening to a jazz record? I’m not talking about the seriousness of the neo-conservative suit-and-tie hard bopper syndrome, people who perform the “listen to this music, it’s good for you” kind. Nor the avant “we don’t expect (want) you to understand or actually like our ...
Jaco Pastorius: Punk Jazz: The Jaco Pastorius Anthology
by Mark Corroto
Flames that burn brightly also burn for the shortest time. The genius of so many jazz innovators from Charlie Parker to Thomas Chapin were silenced at too young an age. The same is true for legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius. In his short 36 years, he revolutionized the role of the electric bass in jazz. And then ...
Axel D: Object 1
by Mark Corroto
They say writing about music is difficult. Try playing music dedicated to static, nonmusical objects. That’s what Locust Music’s new Object Series sets out to accomplish. Improvisers are given objects such as the bowling ball, brillo pad, and chest x-ray depicted on the cover of this recording and asked to react to the ...
Natsuki Tamura Quartet: Hada Hada
by Mark Corroto
Listening to the new release by Japanese trumpeter Natsuki Tamura's Quartet reminds me of the line Roy Scheider delivered in the movie Jaws when he gets his first glimpse at the great white shark he is pursuing. In a deadpan look of shock, he utters, “we have to get a bigger boat.” Perhaps ...
Adam Rudolph/Go Organic Orchestra: Web Of Light & 1
by Mark Corroto
Without proselytizing like Sun Ra about healing and world peace by way of music, I will tell you that composer and handdrummer/percussionist Adam Rudolph creates truly spiritual music. These two recordings by his large Organic Orchestra are ambitious undertakings that combine woodwinds and percussionists to create sounds that are both classical and jazz at ...
Charged: Charged Live
by Mark Corroto
Have you ever caught sight of people frozen in time zones of fashion? Like the eternal prep school dresser or the guy who will forever wear the Elvis pompadour and sideburns. Their fashion zone might be a case of cultural archeology--or are they wearing a disguise? The same feelings arise with Bill Laswell's live ...
Chet Baker: But Not For Me
by Mark Corroto
It was easy to fall in and out of love with Chet Baker. The trumpeter and vocalist was indeed a devil with an angel’s face. His doleful approach to music drew listeners into his darkness for a brief stay at his melancholy hotel. Baker’s drug abuse eventually--it took a while--destroyed his talents. In between his dark ...
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