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Vandermark 5: Alchemia
by Michael McCaw
Vandermark 5 Alchemia Not Two Records 2005When Ken Vandermark was awarded the MacArthur Genius Grant in 1999, a lot of eyebrows and questions were raised. Past jazz oriented recipients had included such luminaries as Ornette Coleman, Steve Lacy, Cecil Taylor, and Anthony Braxton; Vandermark's name carried little recognition ...
Cadwallader, Asetta & Dixson: Quicker Than The Eye
by Michael McCaw
Quicker Than The Eye is not your standard piano trio fare. Pianist Rex Cadwallader, bassist Mike Asetta, and drummer Ati Dixson are pushing the excepted norms of how different camps of jazz are defined through original and inspired playing. Whether or not you are willing to listen depends on how staunch you are concerning the brand ...
Michael Blake: Blake Tartare
by Michael McCaw
Why Michael Blake has had such a tough go of finding ways to get his music out to the public is an interesting issue, and unfortunately not such an uncommon one. Coming out of John Lurie's Lounge Lizards and consistently involved in the Jazz Composers Collective (along with Ben Allison, Frank Kimbrough, Ted Nash, et al.), ...
Fred Anderson: Blue Winter
by Michael McCaw
Listening to Fred Anderson can sometimes be akin to listening to a sage or prophet. Wordless history and wisdom simply pour from the bell of his horn, allowing him to communicate with listeners on a different level than most other musicians. Recorded on December 12, 2004, this two-CD, nearly 150-minute complete performance with William ...
Jessica Williams: Live at Yoshi's Volume Two
by Michael McCaw
From sweeping dramatic crescendos to Monkish innuendo and straight-up ballad mastery, pianist Jessica Williams always seems to be on top of her game. And when you hear her play so creatively, you have to wonder why she is not as heralded as many other pianists in the straight-ahead jazz idiom. It's not like she has not ...
Greg Burk Trio: Nothing, Knowing
by Michael McCaw
When examining the individual pieces of a puzzle, one only sees parts of the picture, but not the whole. Considering the individual elements that comprise Nothing, Knowing is something along those same lines. You can focus on the way pianist Greg Burk builds and deconstructs around a melody played by electric bassist Steve Swallow while drummer ...
Armen Donelian: Full Moon Music
by Michael McCaw
Precious few listeners are aware of Armen Donelian. A tremendously talented pianist who has never had a major label signing nor has attached his name to a legend or star of some sort, Donelian has quietly created a body of work that at the very least is consistent, at best exhilarating. His latest release covers the ...
Richard Galliano: Ruby, My Dear
by Michael McCaw
As with a lot of good music, there are numerous times during Richard Galliano's Ruby, My Dear where you find yourself not hearing the instrumentation or even the song really--instead, you find yourself joyously lost in the sound being created. Ruby, My Dear isn't the album that will mark the accordion as an instrument that has ...
Jane Ira Bloom: Like Silver, Like Song
by Michael McCaw
Like Silver, Like Song marks another fine addition to Jane Ira Bloom's catalog and another evolution of her working quartet, which has featured a number of accomplished pianists. However, with the addition of Jamie Saft this time around, one can easily hear that she may have discovered her ideal foil. Bloom has long been developing her ...
Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio: Live At The River East Art Center
by Michael McCaw
Kahil El'Zabar and his numerous musical collaborations have a majesty of quiet determinism, a lyrical sense of space, and a consummate sound.El'Zabar's Ritual Trio has been around for a number of years, and his association with violinist Billy Bang, this recording's special guest, goes back to the days when they were high school b-ballers. ...
