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Jeff Kaiser: Ganz Andere
by Mark Corroto
“Why can’t we all just get along,” those now famous words spoken by Rodney King have bounced everywhere from Jay Leno’s lips to a tee shirt I saw on a Tibetan monk. But sampling has been around since well before Snoop Doggy. There was The Beatles’ White Album, and “I certainly was drunk at the time” ...
Otani Yasuhira and Aoki Tatsu: Dial
by Mark Corroto
There are moments during the listening experience of Mr. Otani and Mr. Aoki’s disc that I’m not sure what is captured on disc and what is contributed from my environment. While listening to the opening track, a minimalist bass solo mixed with a futurists walk through an urban sprawl, I heard birds chirping. But, ah, they ...
Oscar Peterson/Milt Jackson/Ray Brown: The Very Tall Band/Live At The Blue Note
by Mark Corroto
Sure I’m a fan of Tiger Woods, but sometimes I like to watch the Senior PGA Tour. Even though my heroes of yesterday Hale Irwin, Jack Nicklaus, and Gary Player don’t hit the ball as long or putt as well as the modern player, their games remind me of the glories of the past. Like the ...
Jerry Heinz: Geneva Bay
by Mark Corroto
Context. Today’s lesson revolves around the contextual relationship between musician and his environs. Place a musician on a horse, out West, and you get cowboy songs. An urban environment gives us a frenetic sound. Think about the birth of jazz, as the bluesmen moved into the cities, the thing was that swing. Give the musician a ...
David Watson: Skirl
by Mark Corroto
My favorite bumper sticker of the 1980’s read “But Is It Art?” Adopting that as my motto for most of the following two decades, I wondered, “But Is It Jazz?” about the music I was listening to. Applying a Rorschach ink blot test to the new release by bagpipe musician David Watson leads us to varying ...
Captain Beefheart: The Dust Blows Forward ( An Anthology)
by Mark Corroto
Source material is always a coveted treasure for researchers and collectors. Captain Beefheart is frequently cited by the avant guarde musician in both rock and jazz as the inspiration for recordings and even careers. HisTrout Mask Replica,the holy grail of vinyl, is listed as many a critic’s top recordings of all time. Captain Beefheart AKA Don ...
Fred Anderson: Volume One
by Mark Corroto
Approaching 70, saxophonist Fred Anderson is beginning to receive recognition beyond his beloved Chicago. A founding member of AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians) Anderson walks a comfortable line between soul and free jazz. This live disc recorded at Chicago’s Velvet Lounge has to be considered for many a fan’s top ten discs of ...
Benny Green: These Are Soulful Days
by Mark Corroto
Pianist Benny Green’s covers of Blue Note not-so-well-known classics is a great relief from all this summer heat. Like a book you take to the beach, the drummerless band is light fare for summer listening. To honor Blue Note’s 60th anniversary, Green arranged tunes by Horace Silver, Elmo Hope, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Henderson, Cal Massey, Dexter ...
Javon Jackson: Pleasant Valley
by Mark Corroto
Javon Jackson’s mission is to make a popular record. Imagine that, a non-smooth jazz release that’s hip enough for dad (a sixties guy), yet catchy enough for radio! Jackson, an Art Blakey and Elvin Jones graduate has a pedigree and a sound on the tenor saxophone that’s somewhere between Gene Ammons and Joe Henderson. At 33, ...
Joe Lovano/Greg Osby: Friendly Fire
by Mark Corroto
The answer to the joke: What would John Coltrane and Charlie Parker be doing if they were alive today, is not, scratching on their respective coffin lids. No, if Bird and Trane were recording today, they would probably sound much like this offering by saxophonists Joe Lovano and Greg Osby. This recording for each comes on ...
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