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Lee Konitz: Some New Stuff
by Mark Corroto
Recently, I’ve rediscovered the music of Lee Konitz. Actually never lost, I just kind of never favored his sound. Till now. Maybe he has mellowed, or I’ve aged, but to my ears he has set aside attitude to favor beauty. Konitz, a Lennie Tristano disciple, has for years been undeservedly labeled with a cool-school moniker. His ...
Judi Silvano: Song I Wrote Or Wish I Did
by Mark Corroto
The title ‘jazz vocalist’ conjures some scary images as we begin the twenty-first century. Gone are the giants of song, Holiday, Torme, Fitzgerald, Vaughn, Hartman, and Carter. The current crop, for the most part, are pop singers who manipulate their voice into some strange and contrived ways (and I’m not naming names). What is missing is ...
Tomato Box: Talisman
by Mark Corroto
From nowhere comes the radically creative music of Tomato Box. (Madison Wisconsin, nowhere?) Yes Virginia, Madison Wisconsin is nowhere close to New York geographically (it’s not too long of a drive from Chicago, just pack some coins for the automated toll booths and some Old Style beer). But Wisconsin’s Tomato Box is all over Downtown sonically. ...
Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recordings 1944-1948
by Mark Corroto
Tracking the genuine Charlie ‘Yardbird’ Parker has proven to be an elusive task. But the journey has been a rewarding experience, never mind the fact I never arrived at my destination. Note to so-called ‘Bird experts,’ I don’t claim to present any valuable insights into Charles Parker, Jr. born August 29, 1920, died March 12, 1955. ...
Ivo Perelman/Jay Rosen: The Hammer
by Mark Corroto
In examining the lineage of saxophonist/drum energy-jazz duos, consider John Coltrane/Rashied Ali’s Interstellar Space (1967), followed by Frank Lowe/Rashied Ali Duo Exchange (1972), Andrew Cyrille Meets Peter Brotzmann in Berlin (1982), Brotzmann’s duos with Hamid Drake called Dried Rat Dog (1994) and David Murray’s exchanges with Milford Graves, The Read Deal (1994). All these musicians stripped ...
Medeski Martin & Wood: The Dropper
by Mark Corroto
I picked up the latest disc by the trio Medeski Martin & Wood and trying to categorize it, I didn’t expect the Spanish Inquisition. (Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Their chief weapon is surprise and fear... their two weapons are surprise, fear, and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope...among...their...weapons are surprise, fear, an almost fanatical ...
Dave Douglas: A Thousand Evenings
by Mark Corroto
Last night I had the strangest dream. I dreamed Dave Douglas’ Charms Of The Night Sky band took the place of the original band The Monkees on their TV comedy show (stay with me and we might make some sense of this). Remember The Monkees were actors chosen to play musicians (not unlike today’s Backstreet Bunch), ...
Butch Thompson/Laure Sewell: Bethlehem After Dark
by Mark Corroto
A master at the soon-to-be lost art of Ragtime piano, Butch Thompson takes a relaxed view of holiday music. The Minnesota-born pianist was a regular on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion radio show for many years. He lasted quite a lot longer than my tolerance for Keillor's good clean fun. He went on to tour ...
The Tone Sharks: Chunks Of Zen
by Mark Corroto
Space is the place. Space, not as in Sonny Blount’s dissonant rockets, but space as part of improvisation. The Tone Sharks’ fifth release has plenty of space. The quintet addresses spontaneous composition not as an exercise in who can play the loudest (or longest) but sometimes who can contribute the most in the fewest notes. The ...
Evan Parker/Keith Rowe: Dark Rags
by Mark Corroto
Headlines: The two giants, Evan Parker and Keith Rowe, of British improvisation over the past 35 years, finally get together for this historic duo recording. Rowe, a founding member of AMM along with Eddie Prevost in 1965, has taken the concept of the guitar as an instrument to the most abstract degree. He plays with the ...
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