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Bob Brough: Like A Spring Day
by Michael P. Gladstone
Surely saxophonist/composer Bob Brough must be one of the best jazzmen in Toronto. His second album, Like A Spring Day offers the opportunity to showcase the talents of singer Carol McCartney. Brough collaborated with lyricist Sonja Tran on all but two of the eleven compositions. Last year at this time, I reviewed Bob Brough's ...
The View From Madeleine's Couch: Tranquilo
by Michael P. Gladstone
Surprises abound in this delightful Brazilian album from an Australian group with the unlikely moniker of The View From Madeleine's Couch. It is also reasonable to expect that you won't be able to find this in your favorite music store filed properly unless some sharp-eyed employee was able to make the proper categorization. The ...
Shapes: The Big Picture
by Michael P. Gladstone
From its debut recording in 2002, this sextet has morphed into a much larger ensemble, in varied configurations, for this two-disc offering. Although two of its original members, Airto Moreira and Flora Purim, were not present for the making of this album, The Big Picture includes performances by Russell Ferrante and Jimmy Haslip (associated with Yellowjackets), ...
Michael Hackett: Circles
by Michael P. Gladstone
This is a first album for trumpeter Michael Hackett, who brings big band experience from such organizations as the Toshiko Akioshi Jazz Orchestra, the Scott Whitfield Jazz Orchestra, the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, and, currently, the Buselli/Wallrab Jazz Orchestra in Indianapolis. Hackett does indeed have a beautiful tone suggesting the clarion and lyrical tone of prime-time ...
Organized Time: Photograph
by Michael P. Gladstone
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to make a buying decision on Photograph, but this inference-challenged purchaser would have no idea that it came from an organ-guitar-drum trio. The artwork on the front and back covers show photos of cows in pasture. This could be New Age music or an advertisement for Gateway Computers. ...
Harry Watters: Out Of A Dream - Love Songs
by Michael P. Gladstone
Harry Watters is a youthful slide trombonist who offers a welcome remembrance of the golden days of bebop and afterwards, when J.J. Johnson set the standards for the instrument. These nine tracks exhibit his impressive range and fleetness, and the listener will quickly think of the many qualified 'bone players who have been recording over the ...
Bill Cunliffe: Tomo
by Michael P. Gladstone
It's always a pleasure to hear a release from the Torii catalogue. The five musicians presented here often play together in each other's company and also appear on other Torii albums, including 2002's Bobby Shew, Gary Foster and Friends Play the Music of Reed Kotler, and two albums from the next year, It's About Love: The ...
Jim Cifelli: Groove Station
by Michael P. Gladstone
I'm not quite sure if I could label Groove Station as a jazz album without an asterisk. If we're talking about the Paul Shaffer Band on CBS or the Max Weinberg Band on NBC servicing the musical needs of the Letterman/Conan O'Brien shows, then you'll have a pretty good idea of what to expect from Jim ...
Steve Thomas: Jaz-Mobi Project
by Michael P. Gladstone
Although this album is billed as Jazz-Mobi Project on the front cover and spine, New England guitarist/composer Steve Thomas' name appears above the title on the label of the disc. It is notable as a showcase for Thomas' abilities on guitar, attractive compositions in a varied number of musical genres, and arrangements. Jazz-Mobi Project ...
Katie Bull: Love Spook
by Michael P. Gladstone
This is my second experience in hearing jazz singer Katie Bull. Her debut album, Conversations With The Jokers, fully established her as both a mainstream interpreter of the Great American Songbook and a downtown New York City cutting-edge vocalist exploring the more abstract styles of Jay Clayton or Sheila Jordan. The twelve tracks of this new ...
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