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A Fireside Chat With Chris Potter
by AAJ Staff
This article was originally published in December 2001.I remember first seeing Chris Potter playing with Paul Motian and most recently with the highly regarded Dave Holland Quintet. His improvement in the two or so years time is nothing short of remarkable. I can only compare his development with Scott Colley, who happens (and not ...
McCoy Tyner
by AAJ Staff
Some jazz fans only have a partial acquaintance with McCoy Tyner, that being that “he was Coltrane's pianist." Indeed, it is fairly common to know McCoy Tyner only through his stellar contributions as a sideman in the 1960s, not only with Coltrane but also with Wayne Shorter, Bobby Hutcherson and Joe Henderson. Along with 'Trane, these ...
Lucas Pino: No Net Nonet
by Jack Bowers
So there is hope after all. With so much jazz these days soaring into realms that are often uncharted and at times unfathomable, it is a pleasure to hear groups such as tenor saxophonist Lucas Pino's No Net Nonet, which are remarkably creative even as they adhere to the basic precepts of melody, harmony and rhythm. ...
Shawn Maxwell: Shawn Maxwell's Alliance
by Ben Scholz
Fronted by an already well-established Chicago area saxophonist, the Shawn Maxwell Alliance expands the concept of what a mixed ensemble can accomplish in the jazz realm. This debut album features a sprawling list of modern jazz composers and leaders including another Chicago saxophonist, Chris Greene, vocalist Keri Johnsrud, vibraphonist Stephen Lynerd, and bassist Stacy McMichael. The ...
Pat Metheny Group: Travels
by John Kelman
Pat Metheny GroupTravelsECM Records 1983 There are some records that cannot help but become etched in the memory as a reminder of times past... a happy circumstance, perhaps, or (though hopefully not) something less positive in one's life. Today's Rediscovery is an album that, no matter the time of year, ...
2015 Is Year Of John Coltrane: 50th Anniversary Of" A Love Supreme," A New Documentary, And Grammy Win For Offering
MUSIC HISTORIAN ASHLEY KAHN WINS BEST ALBUM NOTES GRAMMY FOR HIS ESSAY ON OFFERING: LIVE AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY (RESONANCE/IMPULSE!) Exactly fifty years after John Coltrane’s most successful year of his career—when in 1965 he achieved a best-selling album with A Love Supreme, earned two Grammy nominations and was inducted into Down Beat magazine’s prestigious Hall of ...
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Dancing on the Edges of Time
by Victor L. Schermer
Saxophonist and composer Rudresh Mahanthappa is constantly making waves in the music world, expanding the technique of his instrument and integrating jazz and world music, especially that of his parents' native land, India. Brilliantly innovative, he often surprises with his improvisations and the way he transforms the music into something new and stimulating. India's great poet, ...
Chris Potter Underground Orchestra: Imaginary Cities
by Angelo Leonardi
Con questo disco Chris Potter realizza l'opera finora più significativa della sua attività artistica, il punto di arrivo del suo magistrale talento di sassofonista e delle esperienze svolte nell'ultimo decennio come compositore e leader. Secondo disco realizzato per l'etichetta ECM dopo The Sirens -concept album in quintetto del 2013 ispirato all'Odissea-Imaginary Cities presenta una ...
Kenny Wheeler: Songs for Quintet
by John Kelman
With the passing of Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler--Kenny Wheeler to his legion of friends and fans--the world lost yet another significant figure in the history of jazz from the mid-'60s through to the second decade of the new millennium, the artist that Norma Winstone (more often than not his singer of choice) called “the Duke Ellington ...
Take Five with Eddie Reyes
by AAJ Staff
Meet Eddie Reyes: Eddie Reyes has evolved a unique and personal style on the guitar. Although for much of his playing career he has focused on electric jazz guitar, he now turns mostly to the acoustic. He has evolved his style from, first, a fascination with Brazilian Jazz to his present passion, Flamenco. In the ...
