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Bob James Trio: Take It From the Top
by Michael P. Gladstone
Bob James, one of the most popular jazz artists of all time, has over the course of the past 35 years elected to treat his older fans with an album of all acoustic songs from the Great American Songbook, tunes that are associated with jazz pianists who influenced him over the years. It seems that this ...
Colin Stranahan Quintet: Dreams Untold
by Michael P. Gladstone
Powerhouse drummer Colin Stranahan is a seventeen-year-old student at the Denver School of the Arts. Given an early jazz education from family, he has already made a vivid impression as a composer and bandleader and has received attention from jazz notables, including trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, who wrote the liner notes. If I'm not mistaken, Tony Williams ...
Carl Rigoli Jazz Quartet: Pasquale Square
by Michael P. Gladstone
This West Coast quartet is another solid jazz combo that has garnered a local following and reputation. Drummer/Leader Carl Rigoli has contributed nine original compositions and their arrangements. Rigoli and saxophonist Rizzo were both New York City residents who attended the Manhattan School of Music in the early 1960s and gravitated west. All the members of ...
Percy Heath: A Love Song
by Michael P. Gladstone
Being a little late to hop on the bandwagon about last month's release of this first album from Percy Heath, I would like to avoid giving you more of the plaudits of Heath's magnificent career and accomplishments that you've already read, and simply offer my congratulations upon this effort. The music on A Love ...
John Abercrombie: Rarum XIV: Selected Recordings
by Michael P. Gladstone
Through its Rarum series, initiated in 2002, ECM has encouraged its artists to select among their own recordings to best illustrate their ECM years. Guitarist John Abercrombie has wisely chosen to represent his 30 year career with the label by offering ten tracks arranged in chronological fashion. Abercrombie, Keith Jarrett, and Jan Garbarek are probably the ...
Takashi: Storm Zone
by Michael P. Gladstone
Released last month, this is the American recording debut of a 17 year-old pianist performing nine original compositions with his trio. Long a child prodigy, Takashi (Matsunaga) first played professionally two years ago with the noted Arrow Jazz Orchestra in Japan. In a word, this young musician appears to have absorbed the entire vocabulary ...
Bob Brough: A Decade of Favorites
by Michael P. Gladstone
Bob Brough, a veteran Toronto saxophonist, has produced his first solo album after appearing on 20 recording dates. With the exception of John Lewis' “Afternoon in Paris," he provides nine original compositions documented by three separate groups recorded in 2001 and 2003. I can say this about Brough's playing: I did not tire at ...
The Body Acoustic: The Body Acoustic
by Michael P. Gladstone
This album is a bit of a time capsule artifact dating back to approximately 1960 when small combo jazz with Afro-Cuban influences was all the rage. The mood is celebratory and cohesive as it was when jazz was regarded as the “thinking man's" music. The assembled players seem to fit the bill. Randy Brecker, playing entirely ...
Allison Paris: Second Chances
by Michael P. Gladstone
Allison Paris is a jazz vocalist based on the South Shore of Long Island's Suffolk County. Theese thirteen standards are categorized as a part of the annual four seasons of the calendar and reflect the emotional roller coaster of a love relationship. The songs are cleverly arranged to appear in the correct order just as summer ...
J.A. Granelli and Mr. Lucky: Gigantic
by Michael P. Gladstone
This is not going to be an album for everyone, but here are some potential candidates: listeners who feel that smooth jazz is too limited and without any real pulse rockers who are tired of the same old licks and Top 40 syndrome the disenchanted who yearn for music that's better suited than mainstream ...
