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Fred Van Hove: Flux
by Mark Corroto
Consider the physicality of a Fred Van Hove solo performance. Perhaps the word “physicality” as defined by Merriam-Webster’s “intensely physical orientation: with the predominance of the physical usually at the expense of the mental, spiritual, or social,” doesn’t quite fit. While his solo effort may seem like a 15 round heavyweight fight, it doesn’t neglect the ...
Susan Chen: Harris' Nights
by Mark Corroto
Susan Chen’s name is new to my eyes, but her piano stylings are comfortably seasoned to my ears. She is a pianist with a delicate graceful touch and plenty of vibrant swing. Her prior association with saxophonist Warne Marsh yielded one record Posthumous (Interplay), but her approach is nothing like Marsh’s former employer Lennie Tristano. She ...
Luc Houtkamp: In Chicago
by Mark Corroto
It’s interesting how one’s path of jazz listening arrives at a particular artist. My personal discovery of Netherlands-born saxophonist Luc Houtkamp came via Chicago. Well, actually Germany and Peter Brötzmann. The 1960s free-jazz flame-thrower was travelling to the windy city to play a series of concerts and mentioned the thriving scene that grew up around Ken ...
Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble: Jo'burg Jump
by Mark Corroto
The focus of creative music is shifting ever so slowly away from New York. The pioneers for the Downtown scene Bill Frisell and Wayne Horvitz moved to the Northwest, Sam Rivers, champion of the 1960 and 70's loft scene is based in Orlando, Jackie McLean is in Hartford, Vinny Golia hails from LA, and Sonny Rollins ...
Caspar Br: Mute Massaker
by Mark Corroto
They say the 21st century has less irony and angst, more sincerity. Maybe if you are riding a huge IPO to Bill Gates-land, yes. Otherwise, I believe it remains the battle of us against McDonalds, Disney, and Brittney Spears. Apparently Caspar Brötzmann feels the same as evidenced by his newly-formed trio. Son of Peter Brötzmann, one ...
Rachel Z: On The Milky Way Express
by Mark Corroto
Rachel Z is a lot shorter than I expected her to be. The former Ms. Nicolazzo, henceforth the ‘Z,’ should be taller, much taller, a height equal to her ambitious sound. The once classical piano student turned jazz pianist, graduated from the New England Conservatory and set about playing music both inside and outside the jazz ...
Jack Wright: Places To Go
by Mark Corroto
By Anthony Braxton’s definition, Jack Wright is a very dangerous man. Not danger as in hazards, but dangerous as in possibilities. Braxton classifies musicians as traditionalists (retro-New Orleans), stylists (all those hard-bop clones), and restructuralists (Charlie Parker, John Cage, Sun Ra). The restructualist Wright, like Parker in his time, is walking the precipice of creative music. ...
David Leonhardt Jazz Group: Plays Gershwin
by Mark Corroto
The release of another all-Gershwin record might not be necessary, but when played as lovingly as David Leonhardt surely is welcome. Leonhardt, a veteran of David ‘Fathead’ Newman’s band, has worked with, among others Jon Hendricks, Herbie Mann and Ron Carter. This release, his fifth as leader, remains close to the Gershwin compositions. And why not? ...
Tim Hagans / Bob Belden: Re-Animation LIVE!
by Mark Corroto
I generally equate jazz/fusion with the paintings of Andy Warhol. Although interesting and often groundbreaking, they rarely require closer inspection. Visiting the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh requires a mere walkthrough to really see everything. The electric years of Miles weren’t recorded live on a lark. His sonically loud live appearance masked somewhat shallow waters. I’m ...
Phillip Greenlief and Covered Pages: Russian Notebooks
by Mark Corroto
If you have ever been to Russia, the music Phillip Greenlief conjures will help replicate your experiences. Not the packaged, “See the Hermitage on your left, Winter Palace on you right” kind of tour. But the dyslexic effects of being lost in the darkest cities where you cannot read a street sign to save your life ...
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