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Andy Biskin: Dogmental
by Mark Corroto
Jazz history is chock full of stories of popular jazzmen who began on clarinet, later shedding the black stick for the much cooler, chick-magnet saxophone. But times change, and just as America’s richest man, a pocket-protector wearing nerd is somehow admired, the clarinet has shed its stigma. Like Don Byron, Marty Ehrlich, and Chris Speed, Andy ...
Living Daylights: Electric Rosary
by Mark Corroto
Like so much that is New York (insert your own NYC gripe here) the late '80s early '90s avant scene turned too arty, less accessible music once it gained popularity. The Downtown attitude was/is if the multitudes dig it, it’s time to change. The fun that was the Knitting Factory scene has devolved into serious music ...
Masada: Live In Sevilla 2000
by Mark Corroto
By my count, John Zorn's piano-less quartet Masada has amassed some 14 recordings. His concept for Masada, which began in 1993, was to write, write, and write some more. His book of over two hundred Masada songs are written as brief melodies of what he calls “Jewish Scales" for multiple groups. This concept has been recorded ...
Dave Brubeck: One Alone
by Mark Corroto
It seems these days older players go to Cleveland to conclude their careers. Bad news if you’re a baseball fan, but great tidings for jazz fans, because Telarc, a leader in sound engineering is based there. As New York labels seem to be searching for younger and prettier musicians, Telarc has documented the recent work of ...
Chadbourne/Dresser/Ibarra/Morris: Pain Pen
by Mark Corroto
There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but there is free-jazz and Eugene Chadbourne has been one of its stars for many years. He has worked with every free jazz musician, plus Camper Van Beethoven, They Might Be Giants, and John Zorn. Likewise, Boston guitarist Joe Morris has been making waves of late ...
Jamie Saft: Sovlanut
by Mark Corroto
Keyboardist Jamie Saft’s inclusion in Tzadik records Radical Jewish Culture series is more radical than Jewish. The title Sovlanut means tolerance. From Saft’s multi-cultured Brooklyn home tolerance is the order of the day. The exploration of his Jewish-ness is through the filters of his neighborhood, which happens to be drum-n-bass and dub. Saft is the Jewish ...
Kevin Breit & Cyro Baptista: Supergenerous
by Mark Corroto
More or less I Agree Less is more. For a duo collaboration effort known as Supergenerous, less is more than enough. Canadian guitarist Kevin Breit and Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptiste teamed with producer Craig Street (the mind behind Cassandra Wilson’s successful Blue Note albums) to tailor a minimalist jazz/country/folk/funk session. Baptiste, and Breit who supplied the ...
Jim Connolly & The Gove County Philharmonic: The Circus Doesn't Stop At Gove
by Mark Corroto
Just like today’s DJs and rappers, Jim Connolly’s disc opens with the crackle of a diamond needle on vinyl. The rappers use it to signify authenticity; Connolly employs scratchy sounds to set the scene, as in a play. Maybe it’s Musicman, or Oklahoma. A closer inspection reveals this play to be closer to a Jim Jarmusch ...
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington: The Great Summit: Complete Sessions
by Mark Corroto
Jazz fans are a lot like sports fanatics. Just as we would turn out to see the now seventy year-old Arnold Palmer shoot over par or Willie Mays play in an old timers game, we cherish the recordings of elder jazzmen. In 1961, the sixty-somethings Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong got together for two days of ...
Peter Epstein Quartet: The Invisible
by Mark Corroto
Saxophonist Peter Epstein changes sound and form as needed for the different lives he leads. In one prior life he sits in a cathedral alone, playing for the gods (see this month’s review of Solus ), in another he wears a Downtown existence in Jerry Granelli’s Badlands. Then there’s his Portuguese folk/jazz (see review of Almas), ...
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