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Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette: My Foolish Heart
by Martin Gladu
When the Voice speaks, listen to the Voice. Whether it is from a minaret or, as in Nipper's case, an oversized cornet, when the Voice speaks one pauses and listens. And when Keith Jarrett hears that Voice and starts playing, one should respectfully listen (no coughing please), because from wherever the Voice originates, it sure begets ...
Sinikka Langeland: Starflowers
by Martin Gladu
In Horizons Touched: The Music Of ECM (Granta, 2007), guitarist Steve Tibbetts writes about folk artists: “Sometimes they start a musical movement that perpetuates or re-forms, sometimes they birth a musical dead end. Without much extrapolation, the first part of Tibbett's affirmation applies equally to producer Manfred Eicher, acclaimed for his talent at creating unique genre-crossing ...
Robben Ford: Truth
by Martin Gladu
If the truth of the pudding is indeed in the eating, then Robben Ford's own Truth leaves one somewhat unsatiated. Coincidently, Ford's releases for Concord have gotten a rather lukewarm reception from critics and longtime fans enamored with his jazzy blues romp, while the general public--and consequently, PDs and radio executives--take delight in the slicker soul/R&B ...
Luigi Bonafede: Peace
by Martin Gladu
On a sunbathed, at low tide beach above a vast blue sky, fixed in motion, a kid kicks a soccer ball as others await, still in the background. The scene, which graces the cover of Luigi Bonafede's Peace, translates to perfection the duality between movement and stillness in the pianist's music.Here, pensive, rubato ballads ...
Paul Tynan: Radio Infrequency
by Martin Gladu
Throughout its successive waves of colonization, the foggy, Gulf-streamed shores of Nova Scotia, Canada have welcomed and fostered diverse musical cultures. Indeed, its French, Celtic and British musicological melting pot coalesced into a unique microcosm sometime during the 19th century. Yet, unlike their Scandinavian counterparts, local jazz musicians diverged en masse from this fertile heritage, opting ...
Sam Sadigursky: The Words Project
by Martin Gladu
Sam Sadigursky The Words Project New Amsterdam Records 2007 Musical settings of poetry remain rare in jazz. Pianist Ketil Björnstad's accessible readings of John Donne's metaphysical poems and bassist Steve Swallow's longtime affair with Robert Creeley have replenished the genre to a degree, but few artists have braved the near-stigmatized ...
Don Thompson / Reg Schwager: One Take Volume Three
by Martin Gladu
"I'll just start to play something. You'll know this," chuckles bassist Don Thompson before introducing “Alice In Wonderland," while guitarist Reg Schwager intently listens. Spontaneity, interaction, instrumental mastery, the blues and a seemingly unlimited repertoire of tunes all come to mind to the well-read jazz music fan. But, less known are the taxing sessions and late ...
Pietro Tonolo: Your Songs - The Music Of Elton John
by Martin Gladu
Who would have thought Elton John's music could resonate into jazzmen's hearts deep enough to dare record a whole album of his songs? Well, whoever or wherever it comes from, a nice melody is a nice melody, one could rightfully retort to the skeptical, frowning few. Saxophonist Pietro Tonolo, a mainstay on the Italian jazz scene, ...
Andy Milne: Dreams and False Alarms
by Martin Gladu
Andy Milne, solo piano? The announcement may bring mixed feelings of astonishment and surprise, but also wonder and curiosity. How will he make this fly sans Dapp Theory? Of course, Milne's talent is unequivocal--he was saxophonist Steve Coleman's pianist of choice for many years--so a solo session is an understandable and exciting new challenge for the ...
Andy Milne & Gregoire Maret: Scenarios
by Martin Gladu
"[Albums are] like a trailer to the movie... a CD is really a mini-series, declares Canadian pianist/keyboardist Andy Milne. Similar analogies with the Seventh Art are common when it comes time to define and characterize music. On the aptly-titled Scenarios, Milne offers, aided by harmonicist and longtime collaborator Grégoire Maret, a more pictorial approach to musical ...
