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Odean Pope - Odean's List (in + Out)
Simple economics and logistics are long-standing enemies to Odean Pope's influential Saxophone Choir. The viability of his smaller group projects is less susceptible to such concerns and that difference plays out in his discography of the past decade. Only a single album, Locked and Loaded, chalks in the Choir column of his catalog compared to the ...
Manuel Mengis Gruppe 6 - Dulcet Crush (Hatology)
Swiss mountain guide by day, trumpeter by calling, Manuel Mengis is a model of the new millennial musician. His highly personal jazz is a polyglot of influences, mixing in rock, funk, pop and even the occasional bit of pap. Gruppe 6, his working band, represents a similarly deep wellspring of musical resources. Saxophonists Reto Suhner and ...
Keefe Jackson Quartet - Seeing You See (Clean Feed)
Likening the Chicago jazz scene anatomy to an onion might seem like a ridiculous exercise in reduction, but it's also a way to symbolize the layered, intergenerational relationships that exist between the city's players. Hailing originally from Arkansas, reedist Keefe Jackson resides on the younger end of that populous spectrum, his industrious track record representative of ...
Barrett Deems - Deemus (Delmark)
Fame is an ephemeral condition, especially for sidemen in jazz. Drummer Barrett Deems spent a decade stretch with Louis Armstrong. He also served as the engine room for bands under the leadership of Joe Venuti, Jack Teagarden and Benny Goodman. Today, he's barely a footnote outside his Chicago stomping grounds yet Delmark honcho Bob Koester doesn't ...
Jimmy Bennington Trio - Symbols Strings and Magic (Cimp)
A decade's worth of demos. Such was the gauntlet drummer Jimmy Bennington describes that led to his CIMP debut. Where others might cling to lingering frustration or ire in the wake of such a rigorous set of paces, Bennington's sketch of the anecdote is almost matter-of-fact. Part of that might be because his patient persistence paid ...
Row: Sukrii Tunar (Halan)
The undisputed clarinet king of 20th century Turkish music, Sukrii Tunar came from incongruously modest beginnings. His first instrument as a child was the kaval (tin flute), though he switched to G-clarinet after pestering his parents to buy him one at the age of seven. At fourteen, Tunar's father and uncles joined the army and he ...
Brian Charette - Upside (Steeplechase)
The hoary Hammond organ is an instrument oddly resistant to revolutionary application. A survey of its history in jazz yields only a comparative handful of players who have taken it to truly new places. Brian Charette isn't among that select few, but he does have something valuable to say as evidenced by the pleasures and strengths ...
John Hicks and Frank Morgan - Twogether (High Note)
The passing of pianist John Hicks and altoist Frank Morgan within a year of each other was a sad blow to the High Note roster and the jazz community writ large. Both men had enjoyed a late career renaissance via the label and Morgan, in particular, experienced an artistic renewal through a series of critically-acclaimed recordings ...
Beat Kaestli - Invitation (Chesky)
Swiss singer Beat Kaestli may seem a bit obvious, not to mention presumptuous in his sobriquet, but that's no reason to be bothered by an implied affinity with hipper times. Formally trained in voice at a number of prestigious academic institutions, he also received an education gigging on the road for the better part of decade. ...
Rosario Giuliani - Lennie's Pennies (Dreyfus)
Italian altoist Rosario Giuliani isn't reticent about running down his influences. The title and lead track on his latest quartet disc sounds an appreciative salute to Lee Konitz. In the liners he checks off thanks to a handful of others including John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Joe Henderson and Sonny Rollins, though these seem influences more in ...
