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Branford Marsalis Quartet: Braggtown
by John Kelman
Sometimes the smallest germ of an idea can generate grist for extended exploration. Many of the late saxophone giant John Coltrane's compositions from the early 1960s onward were proof of that. From the opening two bars of “Jack Baker, the first track on Braggtown, it's clear that the same concept still applies. For nearly two minutes ...
Branford Marsalis: Braggtown
by Mark F. Turner
"Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! could be one of the underlying messages of Braggtown. While other jazz groups are experimenting with a variety of artistic freedoms, including odd instruments, spoken word, hip-hop and electronica, Branford Marsalis and his quartet are staunch on the path of hard bopping, straight-ahead acoustic music. The music ...
Michael Carvin: Marsalis Music Honors Michael Carvin
by Robert R. Calder
Other than the ability to record musicians like drummers Jimmy Cobb and the less well-known Michael Carvin, what status could allow this young label led by a lion (Branford Marsalis) to be said to honor either of these men? Actually the company is honoring itself, and doing some justice to the veteran Carvin, whose sometime partner ...
Bluestate
By Doug Wamble
Label: Marsalis Music
Released: 2005
Track listing: If I Live to See the Day; Washing of the Water; The Homewrecker Hump; Antoine's Pillow Rock; Rockin' Jerusalem; One-Ninin'; No More Shrubs in Casablanca; Have a Talk with God; Gone Away; The Bear and the Toad.
Occasion: Connick on Piano 2
Label: Marsalis Music
Released: 2005
Track listing: Brown World; Valentine's Day; Occasion; Spot; I Like Love More; All Things; Win; Virgoid; Remember the Tarpon; Lose; Steve Lacy; Chanson du Viewux Carre; Good to Be Home
Jibaro
By Miguel Zenon
Label: Marsalis Music
Released: 2005
Track listing: Seis Cinco; Fajarde; Punto Cubano; Aguinaldo; Chorreao; Enramada; Villar; Llanera; Mariand; J.
Miguel Zenon: Jibaro
by Brian P. Lonergan
Jibaro consists of ten original compositions by the young Puerto Rican alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón. The session's inspiration comes from the music of jibaros--Puerto Rican peasants--but there's nothing simplistic about the material Zenón has penned for his quartet, which includes pianist Luis Perdomo, bassist Hans Glawischnig, and drummer Antonio Sánchez. The forms of Zenón's ...
Harry Connick, Jr.: Occasion: Connick on Piano 2
by John Kelman
While singer/pianist Harry Connick Jr.'s opening performance at this year's Ottawa International Jazz Festival was entertaining in a lightweight kind of way, his two shows the following evening were the most revealing. On this world premiere, and two of only three live performances with his lifelong friend, saxophonist Branford Marsalis, Connick debuted material from Occasion: Connick ...
Doug Wamble: Bluestate
by John Kelman
Go figure guitarist/vocalist Doug Wamble. On the strength of his sophomore release, Bluestate, he's clearly an amalgam of a variety of influences--blues, gospel, bebop, country, even a little bluegrass and a hint of the Middle Eastern. He's as likely to cover Peter Gabriel, Steve Wonder and traditional spirituals as he is write his own complex charts, ...
Miguel Zenon: Jibaro
by John Kelman
With the relatively concurrent release of Wayne Shorter's new live recording, Beyond the Sound Barrier, and alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon's Jibaro, there are bound to be comparisons. Like Shorter, Zenon is a deep thinker, capable of taking the simplest Puerto Rican folk melodies--the basis of Jibaro--and placing them into more harmonically and rhythmically complex contexts. Also ...
