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The Herbie Nichols Project: Strange City
by Mark Corroto
The Herbie Nichols Project releases its third recording of the one-time lost genius, Herbie Nichols. Co-led by bassist Ben Allison and pianist Frank Kimbrough, the HNP was created as part of the Jazz Composers Collective, a non-profit musician-run organization, to present original music. By choosing the work of Nichols, Allison and Kimbrough have re-ignited interest in ...
Satoko Fujii: Junction/Vulcan
by Mark Corroto
Satoko Fujii just continues to excel in each situation she enters. The young pianist, a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory of Music, has recorded everything from solo sessions to large orchestras. Her album, Double Take (Ewe Music 2000), was a masterpiece of large avant-garde ensembles, recording the same music ...
Lost Trio & Adam Levy: Live At Avalon & The Graves
by Mark Corroto
Phillip Greenlief’s Lost Trio operates somewhere between tradition and trouble. His lineup of saxophone plus Dan Seamans (bass) and Tom Hassett (drums) is augmented on this 2-CD live recording with guitarist Adam Levy. Levy is a member of Greenlief’s other band, the drummer-less Trio Putanesca. This, the third Lost Trio record with Rememberance of Songs Past ...
John Zorn/Masada: Live At Tonic 2001
by Mark Corroto
A few years ago, the news that John Zorn was ending his piano-less quartet called Masada came as little surprise. For its members had all, since the founding in the early 1990's, gone on to jazz stardom (is there is such a creature in jazz). Trumpeter Dave Douglas has been raised to the top of the ...
Sex Mob: Sex Mob Does Bond
by Mark Corroto
Exactly, what does this terror-filled world require? Simply stated two words (actually three), Bond, James Bond. Saving the world, or in this case the popular entertainment world, is the band Sex Mob. Their take on the music of James Bond is more Chris Farley then Sean Connery. Where Bond composer John Barry oozed 1960 and 70s ...
Dave Holland Quintet: Not For Nothin'
by Mark Corroto
Drawing a musical map clarifies the lineage of bands and places them in history. Dave Holland’s Quintet can be traced directly to Miles Davis’ ‘second great quintet’ of Davis/Shorter/Carter/Hancock/Williams. In 1968, Holland, then a young bassist of 21 years, was playing with former Miles Davis pianist Bill Evans and future Davis drummer Jack DeJohnette. Miles asked ...
Dave Holland Quintet: Not For Nothin'
by Mark Corroto
Drawing a musical map clarifies the lineage of bands and places them in history. Dave Holland’s Quintet can be traced directly to Miles Davis’ ‘second great quintet’ of Davis/Shorter/Carter/Hancock/Williams. In 1968, Holland, then a young bassist of 21 years, was playing with former Miles Davis pianist Bill Evans and future Davis drummer Jack DeJohnette. Miles asked ...
Greg Tardy: Abundance
by Mark Corroto
Saxophonist Greg Tardy distinguishes himself as a thoughtful composer and interpreter on his latest release and debut recording for Palmetto Records. The New Orleans-raised musician takes a giant step forward with a record of great depth and feeling. Tardy has been an in-demand sideman for Elvin Jones and Russell Gunn. He has recently worked ...
Evan Parker/Barry Guy/Lawrence Casserley: Dividuality
by Mark Corroto
The United Kingdom musicians Evan Parker and Barry Guy have met and collaborated on many a project over the years. From the early days (1960s & 1970s) with the Spontaneous Music Ensemble and London Jazz Composers Orchestra to a myriad of present day projects, they have defined and refined European creative music. In the late 1990s ...
Malachi Thompson: Talking Horns
by Mark Corroto
The good news is trumpeter Malachi Thompson mixes multiple styles and approaches on his latest release. But that is also the bad news. Thompson packs a wealth of music into his discs. As with his earlier Delmark projects; New Standards (1993), Buddy Bolden’s Rag (1995), and Free-bop Now! (1999), Thompson’s eclecticism informs us of jazz history, ...
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