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Eric Lewis: Hopscotch
by Woodrow Wilkins
Eric Lewis Hopscotch Fortress Records 2005 Sound is best reserved for the ears. I can appreciate videos of concerts or even studio sessions as much as the next guy, but something about the Hopscotch DVD by jazz pianist Eric Lewis leaves me with the question: Why bother? Lewis ...
Eric Lewis: Hopscotch
by John Kelman
Eric Lewis Hopscotch Fortress Records FUSA 0502-2 2005 While he's been an incredibly busy pianist since emerging onto the scene in the mid-1990s, pianist Eric Lewis has been surprisingly underexposed as a leader. Still, while working with artists including trombonist Robin Eubanks and Cassandra Wilson has given him some cachet, ...
Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra: Live at MCG
by Jim Santella
You can feel the echoes of Woody Herman, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington in every song that the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra interprets. You can feel the cool swing of Henry Mancini and the hard bop syncopation of Horace Silver too. And, of course, you can feel the all-star quality that this big band brings with it ...
Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate: Vienna Nights: Live at Joe Zawinul's Birdland
by John Kelman
As good as keyboardist/composer Joe Zawinul's last album (the '02 studio effort Faces and Places) was, his latest proves that some music is really meant to be experienced live. It's not about stretching out, although Zawinul's latest edition of the Zawinul Syndicate does take the opportunity to expand on the five tunes from Faces and Places ...
Steve Smith/Dave Liebman/Aydin Esen/Anthony Jackson: Flashpoint
by John Kelman
You have to admire saxophonist Dave Liebman. With over fifty albums as a leader, he has built an impressive and varied body of work that has touched upon a wealth of styles. This year alone he's released an album with pianist Phil Markowitz, straddling the line between complex composition and more liberated free play (Manhattan Dialogues); ...
Jeff Richman & Friends: Fusion for Miles, A Guitar Tribute: A Bitchin' Brew
by John Kelman
Trumpeter Miles Davis shifted gears so many times during his forty-year career that doing a proper tribute which covers the entire time frame represents a distinct challenge. Perhaps that's why many artists have focused on specific periods in their Miles tributes. Producer Gary Guthrie put a new spin on Kind of Blue with A New Kind ...
Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate: Vienna Nights: Live at Joe Zawinul's Birdland
by Jim Santella
Recorded at Birdland in Vienna, Austria last May and September for his own label, Joe Zawinul's powerhouse unit gives this live audience quite a thrill. Keyboards, percussion, provocative bass lines, and evocative vocals fill the room with unique sounds. Zawinul affects a vocoder air in conversation with Arto Tuncboyaciyan on “Do You Want Some ...
Bill Connors: Return
by Jim Santella
Combining light Latin smooth jazz with searing contemporary thrills, Bill Connors proves that he's been hard at work practicing, writing music, and studying since his last two albums, Double Up and Assembler, were recorded in the late 1980s. No sense in letting such great guitar chops get stale. With Return, he's able to turn it loose ...
Eric Lewis: Hopscotch
by Andrew Velez
Eric Lewis Hopscotch Fortress Records 2005 Pianist Eric Lewis makes an anticipated solo debut in a classic piano trio setting, backed by newcomer Paul Beaudry (bass) and veteran Ralph Penland (drums). The Camden, New Jersey native studied classically from a very young age before his interest turned to jazz around ...
Jeff Richman & Friends: Visions of an Inner Mounting Apocalypse: A Fusion Guitar Tribute
by John Kelman
Tribute albums are a risky undertaking. You need to be respectful without being too imitative. You need to demonstrate the impact of the artist(s) while at the same time showing how things have moved forward. In a nutshell, you need to be relevant and reverent without coming off as simply a poor carbon copy. Paying respect ...
