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Jim Connolly: Time Stops To Visit...
by Mark Corroto
The music of the Gove County Philharmonic, a seven piece chamber ensemble, reminds me of a scene from the film Fight Club. In it, Brad Pitt works as a movie projectionist in children’s theatre. He splices split-second violent and pornographic images into the movie so they only appear in the subconscious mind of the viewer. While ...
Sun Ra and his Arkestra: Music From Tomorrow's World
by Mark Corroto
1960 was one of many turning points in the career of Sun Ra. That year he moved from Chicago’s South Side to New York City. Behind, he left the idea that became the AACM, plus many inspired musicians who would create the Chicago avant- sound. Unheard Music producer John Corbett has unearthed two never ...
David Manson, Sam Rivers, Doug Mathews, Anthony Cole, Jonathan Powell: Fluid Motion
by Mark Corroto
Two Questions: Who are these guys? And what are they doing with Sam Rivers? Sorry for the New York-centric approach, but pressing the play button on this disc by Fluid Motion had me scrambling for the lineup. This quintet comes out kicking ass and I hadn’t taken in any names. Except, of course for ...
Either/Orchestra: Afro-Cubism
by Mark Corroto
The Either/Orchestra has always been a little big band for those of us who don’t particularly like big band jazz. Founded in 1985 by saxophonist Russ Gershon, the E/O has played nimble arrangements of everything from Duke Ellington to Bob Dylan. The orchestra draws equally from Sun Ra, Gil Evans, Frank Zappa and Dizzy Gillespie’s big ...
Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet: The Year Of The Elephant
by Mark Corroto
The aptly named Golden Quartet is either dubbed for the golden years of these four jazzmen, or perhaps it is the simple musical lines they have spun into an alloy of precious sound. The quartet’s impressive resume is beyond doubt. Wadada Leo Smith was a member of Chicago’s AACM and bands of Anthony Braxton ...
Cheek/Iverson/Street/Rossy: Lazy Afternoon/Guilty
by Mark Corroto
Preconceived ideas about musical lineups (and just about everything), often lead to disappointment. Maybe it’s just the times we live in, or our subconscious reliance on marketing. Reading the lineups of these two live sessions, I was fully expecting deconstructed renditions of jazz classics. The results, although unforeseen, were ultimately satisfying. The youthful ...
Seamus Blake/The Bloomdaddies: Mosh For Lovers
by Mark Corroto
Saxophonist Seamus Blake asks the musical question: why can’t jazz musicians be rock stars too? His band Bloomdaddies delivers the answer: The square root of pi cannot be written with much certainty. In other words, rocks stars are rock stars because of the swagger factor, not (in most cases) musicianship. The Bloomdaddies have plenty ...
Ben Perowsky: Bop On Pop
by Mark Corroto
Frank Perowsky says to his son “Ben, how about a nice game of catch.” If you think of football as brother against brother knocking heads, then baseball is a game of fathers and sons. On Bop On Pop we get a nice game of catch, as Ben, Frank and Sam Yahel toss the old standards around. ...
Blume/Denley/Dorner/Mattos/Wachsmann: Lines In Australia
by Mark Corroto
If I were to tell you that the free Improvisational troupe known as Lines wholly captures the essence of the country on Lines In Australia, I’d be lying. Nothing the quintet does places them in, or downunder. But then again not much of free form music has textbook or geographical context. This recording, ...
Kahil El'Zabar Trio: Love Outside Of Dreams
by Mark Corroto
African-American music (and African music for that matter) has always been about groove, movement, and that internal mechanism in your chest (perhaps your heart) that undulates and sways to the beat. In jazz, the rhythm catches you. If you explore further, melody and improvisation demands your surrender to this religion.For more than 25 years, ...
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