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Michele Rosewoman: Guardians Of The Light
by Mark Corroto
Pianist/composer Michele Rosewoman, born in Oakland, California, should be considered the West Cost Randy Weston. Like Sugar Hill's piano giant, she is steeped in African and Afro-Cuban music, but draws directly from Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus. Rosewoman, an instructor at the New School, has become a New York resident and has fully adopted a New ...
Various: Hollywood Swing & Jazz
by Mark Corroto
In today’s movie soundtrack market, the word is “hype.” Hype, hype, and hype. This week’s flavor, usually a pubescent boy act, is packaged as the soundtrack to the latest teen slasher film. Before the movie comes to theatres, MTV has the video, Burger King the action doll, and junior wants a T-shirt. I’m sorry but I’m ...
Freddy Cole: Merry Go Round
by Mark Corroto
Have sympathy for the sibling of the famous entertainer. Folks like Jerry Van Dyke, Billy Ripken, and the Baldwin brother that made the movie with Cindy Crawford (at least he got to work with a supermodel) all have had careers in which they could not step out from the large shadow cast by their brothers. The ...
Derek Bailey/Jamaaladeen Tacuma/ Calvin Weston: Mirakle
by Mark Corroto
The truly hard-core fans of free jazz guitarist, Derek Bailey, may shudder a bit when they read the lineup for Mirakle. Once again, the UK’s most famous anti-swinging noise generator has teamed up with seemingly disparate styled partners. Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Calvin Weston are Philadelphia’s answer to all your funk needs. Tacuma, a gigantic electric bassist, ...
Either/Orchestra: More Beautiful Than Death
by Mark Corroto
They’re Back! To paraphrase Mark Twain, “The rumors of the Either/Orchestra’s permanently playing Grateful Dead music have been exaggerated.” After disbanding the small big band in 1997 and starting a family (just add water), saxophonist and label entrepreneur Russ Gershon has reformed the E/O. At this point I’d like to exclaim “Yahoo,” but due to copyright ...
Steve Grossman: Quartet
by Mark Corroto
Sadly, this was the last studio date Michel Petrucciani recorded before leaving the planet. This diminutive piano genius left behind a joyous recorded legacy, which now includes this date as sideman to tenor saxophonist Steve Grossman. In 1969 Grossman, while still a teenager, took over Wayne Shorter’s seat in the Miles Davis band. His sound on ...
Steam: Real Time
by Mark Corroto
For reasons that cannot be explained, I have taken on the task of examining Jerry Lewis’ film career. Not having seen a Lewis movie for twenty-five years, I stumbled upon the original Nutty Professor late one night on cable. Jerry plays a klutz college instructor/scientist who comes upon a secret formula which transforms him into a ...
Flip Phillips: Swing Is The Thing
by Mark Corroto
Generational differences often dictate jazz listening patterns. A younger jazz fan may prefer James Carter over Benny Carter, Ornette Coleman to George Coleman, and so on. Enthusiasm for today’s jazz ‘stars’ should be encouraged, and if your motivation for picking up a copy of tenor saxophonist Flip Phillips’ Verve outing is to complete your collection of ...
Medeski Martin & Wood: Tonic
by Mark Corroto
Go figure. Just as the new thing (everything old is new again) to hit jazz, groove jazz, was taking off, Medeski, Martin and Wood, switches gears and releases an all-acoustic album. Many credit MMW with spearheading a resurgence of the groovy-organ and electric Miles Davis-style of jazz, updating it with DJs and turntables. Their last disc, ...
Spring Hill Jack: Treader
by Mark Corroto
I’ll argue that it is not a stretch to include electronic music into the jazz world. Like all creative endeavors, the DJ, as improviser, chooses his instrument, and makes something new. Spring Hill Jack, masters of drum‘n’bass, release of 68 Million Shades... (Island 1996) caught the attention of jazzbos with their use of strings, hornlines, and ...
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