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The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings; The Traveller
by Jeff Stockton
Sonny Simmons The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings ESP-Disk 2005 Clifford Allen's informative and revealing interview with Sonny Simmons, included with ESP's two-disc reissue of Simmons' first efforts as a leader (Staying on the Watch and Music From the Spheres) clears up much of what happened to the master alto ...
Van Gogh By Numbers; One Step Closer
by Ken Dryden
The vibraphone is in good hands with two veterans and a rising player featured on a pair of small group sessions. Joe Locke & Christos Rafalides Van Gogh By Numbers Wire Walker Records 2006 The pairing of vibes and marimba is not unprecedented, but this meeting ...
Quartier Du Faisan; Flamingos
by Ty Cumbie
Some music frustrates stylistic pigeonholing. Max Nagl's is not that kind, but just the opposite, flitting from style to style with such facility and straight-faced fidelity that, in the end, it almost eludes categorization by simultaneously hugging several categories nearly to death. A steady gaze, however, makes no error: this is jazz. One ...
The Distance Runner; World Sonic
by Abe Pollack
Dave Liebman The Distance Runner Hatology 2005 The Distance Runner is a record of expectations, or rather lack thereof. If you're familiar with Liebman's approach to composition and improvisation, you would think that 55 minutes of saxophone solos would sound like a re-recording of late-Coltrane works mixed with early 21st ...
Whispers, Grins, Bloodloss & Handshakes; Pandemonium; Phenomena of Interference
by Celeste Sunderland
Pianos, horns, strings, drums, wind their way around the human voice on three recently released records where words are not sung, but spoken. A vessel for the most direct form of communication in this country, the English language is delivered in so many ways. David Greenberger Whispers, Grins, Bloodloss & Handshakes Meester-Pel ...
Three Legacy Compilations: Hancock, Benson, Duke
by Jim Santella
Three recent double-CD releases from Sony Legacy help to trace the development of jazz since the 1960s. A lot has happened. The three seminal figures featured here had a lot to do with the way things have turned out. Herbie Hancock The Essential Herbie Hancock Columbia/Legacy 2006
Il poker obliquo di Snowdonia!
by AAJ Italy Staff
Le ultime uscite dell'etichetta siciliana attraversano con traiettorie imprevedibili le facce nascoste della musica italiana. L'avventura dell'etichetta siciliana Snowdonia continua con incessante ardore produttivo e un notevole “occhio" per le migliori perle nascoste in quel sottobosco italiano che non abbandona l'illusione di potere fare convivere i petardi pop con l'intelligenza e la ricerca sonora. Dopo lo ...
Southport Knows the True Value of a Veteran Jazzman
by Jim Santella
Southport Records, long a Chicago stalwart, keeps the ball rolling with these two veteran artists. Both have worked in many genres, and both issue great, straight-ahead jazz for a broad audience. Bobby Schiff Late Game Southport 2006 Bobby Schiff works with his veteran trio to interpret familiar standards and several ...
Concord Introduces Three Young Musicians to a Wider Audience
by Jim Santella
Every generation inherits something from those who came before. Concord Music Group is now in a position to issue recordings from several different generations of jazz interpreters, covering the mainstream from many eras. We've lost familiar voices such as Mel Tormé, Rosemary Clooney, Susannah McCorkle, Charlie Byrd, Emily Remler, Barney Kessel and Cal Tjader--and no one ...
Janiva Magness & Mac Arnold: Two Genuine Blues Survivors
by Jim Santella
The blues has suffered through tales of woe and thoughts about what's gonna happen next. It gives us plenty to think about. But it's not always sad. Much of what is being shared contains positive ideas about how things can turn around, and how life goes on. We live the adventures long enough to share our ...
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