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Paul Grabowsky: Tales of Time and Space
by Michael McCaw
There is little question that for the public at large, pianist and bandleader Paul Grabowsky is the largest question mark when it comes to the personnel on this album. Holding company with Branford Marsalis, Joe lovano, Scott Tinkler, Ed Schuller, and Jeff “Tain" Watts is no small feat. And although the liner notes to Tales of ...
Triptych Myth: The Beautiful
by Michael McCaw
Cooper-Moore is his own man, and in a perfect world, more listeners would revere him. Best known for his association with William Parker's groups, Cooper-Moore is capable of creating music with whatever tools and means he has available at the time. Whether playing homemade original instruments such as the xylophone-like ashimba or more conventional ones like ...
Gil Selinger: 4/4 Tet
by Michael McCaw
Gil Selinger has performed in Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, Lincoln Center, Tonic, the Knitting Factory, and other venues throughout New York and the world. And like most cellists, most listeners have no idea who he is. This despite a multifaceted background that includes classical music performances, “SoundPainting with conductor Walter Thompson, and collaborations ...
Marc Johnson: Shades of Jade
by Michael McCaw
Marc Johnson long ago cemented his abilities as a bassist since his involvement in Bill Evans' final trio. His career as a leader in his own right, though, has been a lttle more questionable. Released periodically over the span of a quarter century, his albums have run the gamut in quality from his excellent early ECM ...
Kenny Barron Trio: The Perfect Set: Live at Bradley
by Michael McCaw
This music is immaculate. From the onset of “You Don't Know What Love Is and the suspended feel pianist Kenny Barron generates in his unaccompanied opening statement, entrancing listeners with his eventual development of the chorus, you know you are hearing a modern master of the piano. Bassist Ray Drummond and drummer Ben Riley are not ...
Phil Dwyer: One Take: Volume Two / Let Me Tell You About My Day
by Michael McCaw
One of the most reassuring things there can be concerning any art form is that there are a number of exceptional practitioners. Not everyone can be recognized or revered as much as they deserve, but the fact that there is such a plethora of artists contributing to their medium means a continual evolution and survival. Canadian-based ...
Ktu: 8 Armed Monkey
by Michael McCaw
KTU, pronounced K2, has a lot of things working against it when it comes to finding potential listeners. When someone picks up an album that consists of musicians performing with a Warr guitar, vocal samples, rhythmic devices, and accordion, there isn't a reference point to really draw on that would even come close to the sounds ...
Kochan/Hautzinger/Osby: One Eyed Horse
by Michael McCaw
Jazz is experiencing a renaissance of sorts. The impact of modern electronics has provided vast new musical realms capable of almost innumerable variations. And like the acoustic bass during the middle of the twentieth century, the evolution of the drum kit has also fundamentally changed the music, both compositionally and improvisationally, in just about every style ...
Jake Langley: Diggin' In
by Michael McCaw
Archtop guitarist Jake Langley makes no bones about his group's sound, noting “we're not inventing anything new, but someone has to keep the [organ] tradition alive. And although the music on Diggin' In is dexterous and keeps with Langley's words, the proficiency of the album often outweighs its originality, which results in little surprise ...
Ecstasy Project Trio: Realium
by Michael McCaw
If the Ecstasy Project Trio recorded for a label along the lines of Thirsty Ear rather than Polish Jazz, the group would surely garner some worthwhile press attention in the US. Nonetheless, with releases like Realium this may be a mute point before too long.Featuring instrumentation that varies from moment to moment but centering ...
