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Michael Blake: Right Before Your Very Ears
by Michael McCaw
Opening with an overblown tenor sound that nearly causes your stereo system to clip, Right Before Your Very Ears marks a departure for Michael Blake, especially from his earlier output. Recorded in Brooklyn following a European tour which culminated at Portugal's Coimbra Jazz Festival, the album is comprised entirely of first takes (save for “Fly With ...
Micha: Renku
by Michael McCaw
After studying with both Lee Konitz and Anthony Braxton, it would be hard not to have developed a singular sound or vision. And with Renku, saxophonist Michaël Attias presents himself as his own man, but with numerous shards of reference points. For his stateside debut under his own name, Attias puts forth Renku--his two year-old house ...
Nickodemus: Endangered Species
by Michael McCaw
With the burgeoning guitar rock of the sixties, kids growing up found heroes who played an instrument that could be easily mass manufactured for a relatively small amount of money. And over the next couple of decades, the guitar became the icon of new music in America, eventually becoming the most widely purchased musical instrument. Nonetheless, ...
John Zorn/Jamie Saft Trio: Astaroth, Book of Angels Volume 1: Jamie Saft Trio plays Masada Book Two
by Michael McCaw
A couple of things become apparent when you listen to Jamie Saft's new trio album on Tzadik. On one hand you have the emergence of an artist in a spotlight that often reveals a lot about a musician's abilities, and on the other the continuation of a composer's work to meld traditional music with modern improvisation. ...
William Parker: Sound Unity
by Michael McCaw
Years of gigs in various formations with the same musicians can create relationships where you learn your partners' tendencies and how to push them in ways that others simply cannot. And when these musicians come together to record, the results can often mark an apex in their respective recording careers. Sound Unity, taped during 2004 live ...
Smith/Blake/Osgood/Provis: Hammond Rens
by Michael McCaw
During the opening moments of Hammond Rens, you're told that you're in for music that comes from the heart, “not plastic, and over the course of the next two-plus hours you are treated to a freewheeling organ quartet that does anything but pretend. Featuring organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, saxophonist Michael Blake, drummer Kresten Osgood, and percussionist ...
Alan Silva & William Parker: A Hero
by Michael McCaw
Alan Silva and William Parker collectively inform much of the role and possibilities of the acoustic bass that have been developed since the 1970s. From participating in Cecil Taylor-led ensembles and loft scenes to recording and performing some of the most challenging and rewarding music over the past thirty-some odd years, they have a storied and ...
Scott Amendola Band: Believe
by Michael McCaw
With instrumentation that includes up to 26 reverberating strings accompanying a drum kit, Scott Amendola's Believe has a lot of resonance. Comprised of Jenny Scheinman (violin), Nels Cline and Jeff Parker (guitars), John Shifflett (bass), and Amendola (drums, percussion and electronics); the album should stand as a high water mark for all types of music this ...
Don Ellis: Essence
by Michael McCaw
Essence is a gem of an album that warranted reissue long before now. Originally pressed for Pacific in 1962, it's firmly rooted in a lot of the sounds developed during the sixties--one foot steeped in the tradition and the other lunging towards new ideas. And like the best music, it retains its excitement some forty years ...
Garage A Trois: Outre Mer
by Michael McCaw
Garage a Trois, a quartet consisting of Mike Dillon, Charlie Hunter, Skerik, and Stanton Moore, recorded Outre Mer live with no overdubs: no small feat given its buoyantly dense sound. And although the name of the band doesn't quite fit the number of musicians, they combine elements found in each of their solo projects to form ...
