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Ideal Bread - Transmit (Cuneiform)
Steve Lacy was a student of Monk for much of his lengthy musical career. Ellington and Herbie Nichols offered other areas for avid study. Lacy was a prolific composer in his own right, but he never lost sight in of the worth in investigating and interpreting the work of his elders. That philosophy of inclusiveness passed ...
Steve Lacy - November (Intakt)
As catalysts to a host of conflicting emotions, final recordings commonly carry more baggage than those that come prior. Sometimes the results are heartbreakingly catastrophic, as with the case with Lester Young's last foray in front of microphones in Paris. Other swan songs reflect still triumphal talents cut abruptly short. Steve Lacy's last solo concert falls ...
Pete Robbins - Silent Z Live (Hate Laugh Music)
Concert versus studio. That enduring dichotomy of setting is a driving factor in altoist Pete Robbins' fourth release. His third was a studio affair; one that while deemed an overall success by the altoist didn't quite muster the intensity of his live work. This set, pulled from a pair of dates at Brooklyn venues, has intensity ...
Bryan and the Haggards - Pretend It's the End of the World (Hot Cup)
Country and jazz have rarely been congenial bedfellows. Sure, there's the heyday of western swing to consider and much more recent cross-pollinations like the Blue Note-backed collaboration between Wynton and Willie, but more often the genres reflect and oil and water dynamic. Cue Bryan and the Haggards, a hardcore honky-tonk freebop collective who aims to mend ...
Ross Bolleter - Night Kitchen (2002-2009) (Emanem)
Like Roland Kirk and his panoply of horns, Russ Bolleter faces the charge of gimmickry each time he holds forth on his instruments. Bolleter's province is ruined pianos, the specifics for which are delineated in his own book on the subject, The Well Weathered Piano (3rd edition). “Ruined" is an important adjectival designation, distinct from “neglected" ...
Ethan Mann - It's All About a Groove (Petunia)
Truth in titular advertising definitely applies to this trio date. Groove and feel are paramount to guitarist Ethan Mann's musical philosophy. Keyboardist Chip Crawford and drummer Greg Bandy are of a shared music-making consciousness. All three men have been gigging since their teens in a multitude of setting. Bandy had the distinction of working New York ...
Sarah Manning - Dandelion Clock (Positone)
A few seconds with Sarah Manning's cutting and passionate alto and it comes as no surprise that one of her key early mentors was none other than Jackie McLean. Manning also studied with Yusef Lateef on one leg of a cross-coastal odyssey that eventually ended in New York City. This quartet set, her debut for Positone, ...
Eric Felten - Seize the Night (Melotone)
A doubler on voice and trombone, Eric Felten shares a page in common with the Jack Teagarden playbook. His methods on both bespeak a more recent vintage, but there's still something classic in tone about this laidback set. Felten's lubricious phrasing brings to mind J.J. Johnson and is largely free of grit or growl. No tailgate ...
Carlos Barretto Lokomotiv - Labirintos (Clean Feed)
Something of a musical chameleon, bassist Carlos Barretto is also a Clean Feed staple. This set marks his ninth outing for the Portuguese label as either leader or sideman. Guitarist Mario Delgado and drummer Jose Salgueiro are regular colleagues who rejoin him here. The music is typically eclectic, pulling in sturdy threads of rock, funk, folk ...
Various - Lagos Disco Inferno (Academy)
After a steadily snowballing start, African music reissues are now a full-fledged niche industry. Labels like Syllart, Soundway, Strut and African Analog continue to narrow the gap between collectors and casual consumers with a slew of edifying collections. With this disc crate-digging guru Frank Gossner aka DJ Voodoo Funk goes in the opposite direction. The first ...
