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Tone Center On Song With Carlos Santana Tribute And Michael Landau Group
by Jim Santella
Tone Center Records craft jazz fusion and tribute albums of significance, discs that either do justice to musical heroes who've made a difference or are by artists intending to do the same thing. Featuring fiery fusion guitarists who know how to work up a storm, the label offers action-packed electric vibrations. Recent projects have honored John ...
Rachel Z: Dept. of Good And Evil
by Ernest Barteldes
Brooklyn-based pianist Rachel Z has won her fame for thinking outside the box when playing jazz, often looking for material outside the genre's realm to make her music. On previous discs, she has transformed the music of Kurt Cobain, U2 and Kate Bush. On this new release, she includes, among a handful of ...
Times 4: Relations
by Woodrow Wilkins
Math made simple. Put two and two together, and you get Times 4, a San Francisco-based jazz group that mixes the old with the new, and lots of stuff in between. Drummer Maurice Miles and bassist Kevin Lofton were friends and musical collaborators in high school. Likewise, saxophonist Lincoln Adler and keyboardist Greg Sankovich were musical ...
April 2007
by Glenn Astarita
DimliteThis Is EmbracingSonar Kollektiv2006 Dimitri Grimm (Dimlite) revs up a party atmosphere with synth-based layers, quirky noises and quaint melodies on this his third release. Vocalists are featured on some tracks, and trippy textures are coupled with old fashioned space-rock. However, Grimm's solid beats include a modern upgrade. On “Hungeryears ...
Jimmy McIntosh: Orleans to London
by John Kelman
It's high time we had another rock guitar hero. Jimmy McIntosh is by no means a newcomer, having honed his chops as a sideman in Las Vegas for the past 25 years. But Orleans to London is no slick pop affair. With gritty grooves, chops-laden but always tasteful guitar work and just the slightest hint of ...
Bob Mintzer Quartet: In the Moment
by Jim Santella
Fourteen years with the Yellowjackets is only a part of what saxophonist Bob Mintzer represents. He has also led his big band and smaller ensembles through jazz's mainstream time and again over a career that spans more than thirty years of contemporary jazz. His tenor saxophone gives this album a cool quality that turns each melody ...
Bob Mintzer Quartet: In the Moment
by John Kelman
Horror writer Stephen King once wrote that you can drink vintage wine out of a piece of fine crystal or out of a Flintstones jelly glass. The drink is the same but there is a difference. In the realm of mainstream jazz, there's a similar difference between playing all the right notes and actually meaning them. ...
Bob Mintzer Quartet "In the Moment" CD Now Available in Stores
The Bob Mintzer Quartet's new CD, In the Moment (Art of Life AL1024) is now available in stores in the U.S. The CD is also available for ordering via our web site at www.ArtOfLifeRecords.com In the Moment was digitally recorded by Mick Guzauski (Eric Clapton, Yellowjackets, Earth Wind ...
Dept of Good and Evil feat. Rachel Z: Dept of Good and Evil
by John Kelman
Pianist Rachel Z revisits her successful deconstruction of (largely) contemporary tunes on Everlasting (Tone Center, 2004) with Dept of Good and Evil. This time, however, the trio's more collaborative nature has compelled Z to release the music under a collective group name, Dept of Good and Evil. There's a stronger balance struck between contemporary material, original ...
Portland Jazz Festival Day 3: February 18, 2007
by John Kelman
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 Roundtable Discussion: The Myth of the ECM Sound The final day of the Portland Jazz Festival's opening weekend also featured the last of three roundtable discussions about ECM Records. The subject was “The Myth of the ECM Sound"--with a large group of participants, ...
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