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Hank Mobley: Hank Mobley (On Wax)
by Matt Marshall
Hank Mobley Hank Mobley Blue Note / Music Matters 2009 (1958) Since round about fall 2007, Music Matters has been in the business of releasing classic Blue Note records from the 1950s and 1960s, many currently unavailable on CD, on 180-gram vinyl pressings made at 45-rpm (necessitating a ...
Mikkel Ploug, Sissel Vera Pettersen and Joachim Badenhorst: Equilibrium
by Matt Marshall
Controlled breathing is a centering, grounding device at the heart of many cultural and spiritual traditions. It is appropriate then that it should be the primary force and focus of Mikkel Ploug, Sissel Vera Pettersen and Joachim Badenhorst's Equilibrium. Human breath not only fuels Pettersen and Badenhorst's wind instruments, but is fully present ...
Gnu Trio: Gnu Trio
by Matt Marshall
True to its homophonic name, the Gnu Trio offers an ever-evolving musical canvas on its self-titled debut release. Often further minimizing the trio format to duet (with the odd man out supplying the occasional, well-placed accent), the group nevertheless produces an expansive sound that traces the hills and valleys of modern music. Moving organically from the ...
Pat Martino Trio at Lakeland Jazz Festival, Kirtland, OH Feb. 28, 2009
by Matt Marshall
Pat Martino Trio 37th Annual Lakeland Jazz Festival Lakeland Community College Kirtland, Ohio February 28, 2009 Representing the “Present" in the 37th Annual Lakeland Jazz Festival's Legends of Jazz Past-Present-Future program, guitarist Pat Martino turned in two blistering sets with his organ trio, February 28 at Lakeland ...
Geri Allen Trio with Maurice Chestnut at Oberlin Conservatory of Music
by Matt Marshall
Geri Allen Trio with Maurice Chestnut Finney Chapel, Oberlin Conservatory of Music Oberlin, OH February 12, 2009 On the evening of Feb. 12, a whiff of novelty hung over Tappan Square on the campus of Oberlin College, even though an unseasonably early thaw had already been driven from town ...
The Bad Plus with Wendy Lewis: For All I Care
by Matt Marshall
The recordings of too many contemporary jazz singers teeter precipitously on a cliff overlooking the meandering river of easy listening. Jane Monheit and her ilk sculpt with cake-icing spatulas, decorating standards and new material alike with a thick sheen of creamy frosting. Those who might reasonably lay claim to being the musical descendants of Billie Holiday ...
"Leave Me Alone!" Jazz Opera at Oberlin
by Matt Marshall
Music by Dan Plonsey Libretto by Harvey Pekar Additional Music by Josh Smith Additional Words by Mantra Ben-ya'akova Plonsey and Joyce Brabner Music Directors: Daniel Michalak and Josh Smith Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Finney Chapel) Presented in cooperation with Real Time Opera ...
Brad Shepik: Human Activity Suite
by Matt Marshall
Guitarist Brad Shepik has admitted that a strictly musical approach to environmental issues may not be as persuasive as a song that can speak directly to specific problems with its lyrics. Nevertheless, his Human Activity Suite, a series of world music pieces intermixed with pieces highlighting the causes and effects of global climate change, is a ...
Samo Salamon & Aljosa Jeric Quartet: Mamasaal feat. Mark Turner
by Matt Marshall
Don't expect to have your bones rattled by Samo Salamon & Aljosa Jeric Quartet's Mamasaal feat. Mark Turner. It's a subtle, contemplative work, passing with the warm glow of an evening lost to conversation and intoxicants in the likes of the album cover's ornate parlor. At times, Salamon's guitar is breezy, providing ...
The October Trio: Looks Like It's Going To Snow
by Matt Marshall
Josh Cole, the bassist and primary composer for The October Trio, cites Wayne Shorter as one of his major inspirations and that influence is apparent throughout the Canadian trio's Looks Like It's Going To Snow, with guest trumpeter Brad Turner. There are strong references to Miles Davis' Shorter-heavy Miles Smiles (Columbia, 1966) and the saxophone legend's ...
