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Vattel Cherry: Disciplines
by Mark Corroto
Bassist Vattel Cherry’s double disc release of chamber, free-jazz begs for its listener’s patience from the outset. It delivers the goods, but not without a wait. Cherry is probably best known for his work with Charles Gayle, having recorded with the saxophonist on the Knitting Factory, FMP, and Silkheart labels. With his high-energy jazz credentials established, ...
Renzi/Weinstein/Kamaguchi: Dream Life
by Mark Corroto
There is something about the language spoken by the trio of Renzi, Weinstein, and Kamaguchi. It is jazz, yes. But the band speaks seemingly from both inside the tradition and also from an outsider’s perspective. And the trio hand-picks its subject matter with just such purpose in mind. On their first recording, the 1999 Lines And ...
Matthew Shipp: Nu Bop
by Mark Corroto
First off, let’s silence the cries of ‘heretic’ and ‘sell-out.’ Sure Matthew Shipp’s latest disc aligns itself with DJ and club culture, but this is no compromise to smooth-fusion. We all know Matthew Shipp walks different streets than most musicians. His music is, and has always been, about the exploration of free principles at the crossroads ...
Mats Gustafsson/The Thing: She Knows...
by Mark Corroto
The adventuresome listener has surely picked up on Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson. His work with the band Gush (Sten Sandell and Raymond Strid) is pure collaborative improvisation while his AALY Trio (with frequent contributor Ken Vandermark) is all about pure power jazz. Gustafsson’s total command of the saxophone allows him to stand toe-to-toe with the likes ...
Hartmut Geerken & The Art Ensemble Of Chicago: Zero Sun No Point
by Mark Corroto
For over thirty years the band known as The Art Ensemble of Chicago has been practicing the art of sampling. Sampling has, until very recent history, not been an accepted musical form. As a listening public, we now find general acceptance with cut and spliced sounds in popular music and television. The AEC has practiced this ...
Orrin Evans Trio: Deja Vu
by Mark Corroto
Pianist Orrin Evans has always been (what am I saying? He was in high school in the early 1990s) a kind of undiscovered favorite of piano jazz fans. His recordings for the Dutch label Criss Cross have shown a maturity in playing and composing beyond his tender years. Like his stablemate at Criss Cross records Bill ...
ICP Orchestra: Oh, My Dog
by Mark Corroto
The Amsterdam based ICP Orchestra (meaning improvisation defined as an “instant composing pool”) can best be described to Americans as Carl Stalling directs the Duke Ellington Orchestra playing chamber music. Pianist Misha Mengelberg and drummer Han Bennink lead their brand of instant composing. Mengelberg, a master of the music of both Herbie Nichols and Thelonious Monk, ...
Triage: Premium Plastics
by Mark Corroto
If we were to speak of jazz in terms of eras, we can agree the post-Trane era has certainly created a mixed bag of styles, theories and jazz directions. Since the passing of John Coltrane, jazz was dominated by not one force but included many. It is also now possible in 2002, to think in terms ...
Jon Rose: Strung
by Mark Corroto
Jon Rose, the Derek Bailey of the violin, is turning his attention to the possibilities of electronic manipulation of stringed instrument sound. A collaborator with the likes of Eugene Chadbourne, Bob Ostertag, Luc Houtkamp, Otomo Yoshihide, and Wayne Horvitz, Rose is a creative musician with plenty of humor on display. Strung is a co-conspiracy between Rose ...
Bruce Freedman Trio: Enormous Moments
by Mark Corroto
Enormous Moments by saxophonist Bruce Freedman’s trio reminds one of the revolutionary sounds made by Ornette Coleman, circa 1960. Unlike Coleman, Freedman has no motive for anarchy and certainly in the 21st century, where nothing’s shocking, I cannot claim to have been shocked by this recording. But listeners familiar with the revolution of jazz sounds certainly ...
