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Roger Davidson: Amor por el Tango & Rodgers in Rio
by Jochem van Dijk
The Tango Group Amor por el Tango Soundbrush 2004 Roger Davidson is a classically trained pianist and composer with a sizable list of orchestral and choral works under his belt. He seems to have an endearing love for an underappreciated workhorse like the oebo, which betrays a real orchestrator's mind. ...
Jim Black: Swell Henry & Habyor
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
From a musical history that stretches back to their Seattle youth and tenure together in many projects, saxophonist/clarinetist Chris Speed and drummer Jim Black have both emerged as bandleaders and composers and still draw on each other's talents. With their groups yeah NO and Alas No Axis, respectively, they have mined different musical territory to forge ...
Charlie Hunter: Friends Seen and Unseen & Latitude
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Charlie Hunter Friends Seen and Unseen Ropeadope 2004 Still mining inspiration from his relocation to New York, 8-string guitar wizard Charlie Hunter returns to the trio format for his latest release Friends Seen and Unseen. With Hunter's unique style of playing bass lines and guitar melodies simultaneously, it often sounds ...
Club D'Elf: 100 Years of Flight & Live
by Celeste Sunderland
I'm pretty certain the geometric, polychromatic designs on the Club d'Elf album covers are meant to be stared at while listening. Because if your eyes linger long enough, the patterns propel into motion. Club d'Elf 100 Years of Flight (12/18/2003) Live (5/26/2004) Kufala Recordings 2004
Mat Maneri Times Two
by Ty Cumbie
Cecil Taylor Algonquin Bridge 2004 Cecil Taylor started out with a bracingly original sound that had a tenuous but easily discernible connection to recognizable forms and gradually over the decades moved into total abstraction. Taylor is perhaps at the peak of his technique and his music can be both as ...
Reggae Inna Babylon: Mike Brooks and Lee "Scratch" Perry
by AAJ Staff
Twelve releases down the road after its founding in 1998, the Moll-Selekta label continues to mine the depths of Jamaican roots reggae. Last year's reissue of King Tubby's The Roots of Dub/Dub from the Roots was an ecstatic high point; not all the artists on the label are as well known as the great granddaddy of ...
Larry Willis: Sanctuary & The Powers of Two
by Russ Musto
Larry Willis Sanctuary Mapleshade Records 2003 Larry Willis, for too long a time unjustly under-recorded as a leader, happily has found a home as Mapleshade Records' music director for the past 12 years. The Maryland-based label has afforded the veteran New Yorker a multitude of opportunities to demonstrate his imposing ...
Ned Rothenberg: Parting & Harbinger
by Kurt Gottschalk
Ned Rothenberg's Double Band was a force of the early '90s, a powerful pairing of horns, percussionists and electric bass and guitar historically made all the more potent by being one of the strongest sideman jobs performed by the late saxophonist Thomas Chapin. The group's two records on the German Moers Music label ...
James Carter: Live at Baker's Keyboard Lounge & Two Dreams
by Russ Musto
James Carter Live at Baker's Keyboard Lounge Warner Bros. 2004 James Carter is a passionate player whose solos are frequently pushed over the top by his awesome virtuosity. That tendency is put to good use on this live extravaganza recorded before a raucous crowd at Baker's Keyboard Lounge. Joined by ...
David Hazeltine and Jim Rotondi: Close to You & New Vistas
by Russ Musto
These two new releases by Criss Cross regulars David Hazeltine and Jim Rotondi present the pair in different contexts from their earlier releases on the label, permitting the two to showcase some additional aspects of their increasingly recognized mastery of the jazz tradition. David Hazeltine Close to You Criss Cross ...
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