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Evan Parker: America 2003 & The Bishop's Move
by A. Henkin
In sports, when a starting player goes down with an injury, it sometimes gives a bench player an opportunity to contribute in special ways. When Brit bassist Barry Guy had personal issues that made his participation in last year's Evan Parker Trio tour impossible, German pianist Alex Von Schlippenbach stepped right in. While no one would ...
Kenny Werner: Naked in the Cosmos & Peace
by Ty Cumbie
Kenny Werner & The Brussels Jazz Orchestra Naked in the Cosmos Jazz n' Pulz 2003 If a single contemporary recording were recommended as cliff notes for an impatient student eager to get a feel for smooth jazz, atmospheric new age elevator music, the angular contortions of Sam Rivers' big band ...
Raphe Malik: Last Set & Sympathy
by Clifford Allen
What is sometimes sorely missed among the current crop of players in the jazz “tradition" (and by “tradition" I mean both straight-ahead and free music) is a sense of weight. This weight, or gravity, is both sonic and metaphysical and improvised music is at a loss without it. While he was a regular member of the ...
Frank Hewitt: We Loved You & Not Afraid to Live
by Celeste Sunderland
Oh the woebegone days of a jazz musician, as he makes his way toward mastery, accompanying many of the greats, struggling to keep abreast of the industry, make a name for himself, playing nightly at local clubs, garnering a base of fans, but most of them poor musicians themselves... Such was the way of life for ...
Theo Travis: View from the Edge & Earth to Ether
by John Kelman
Theo Travis is yet another British jazz artist well-known in his own country but sadly under-appreciated elsewhere, especially in North America. With nearly ten records to his name, and involvement with Canterbury-related group Gong, progressive rockers Porcupine Tree, and singer Anja Garbarek, daughter of Norwegian legend Jan, it's no surprise that Travis' own records reflect a ...
A Double-Barrel of Bob Mintzer
by Elliott Simon
The Body Acoustic The Body Acoustic Chesky Records 2004 For The Body Acoustic , pianist David Chesky has wisely engaged Bob Mintzer to play bass clarinet and cleverly given him equal footing with Randy Brecker's muted trumpet. Even in its soaring upper register, the bass clarinet has a beautiful resonance ...
Brian Eno: Ambient Forefather
by John Kelman
When Roxy Music keyboardist Brian Eno and King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp first put together two Revox tape recorders in 1973, making it possible to build layer-upon-layer of sound, the result was a kind of music the likes of which had never been heard before. On the landmark recordings No Pussyfooting ('73) and Evening Star ('75) ...
Andy LaVerne: Epiphany & Process of Illumination
by Eric J. Iannelli
When considering these two discs by pianist Andy LaVerne, it's easy to think that he has some kind of obsession with the revelatory experience. That may be so. But the similarity between the titles seems to be more coincidental than anything else. The first comes from the unusual inspiration to form a piano/organ (not one or ...
A Jazzy Christmas with Sinatra, Reeves, and Justin Time
by Mitchell Seidel
Various Artists Justin Time for Christmas Four Justin Time Justin Time's label celebration of the holiday season is fairly straight ahead renditions of Christmas music that you can safely put on the stereo when non-jazz company's visiting without fear of offending. Vocalist Carmen Lundy's “Have Yourself a Merry Little ...
Happy Chanukah 2004
by Elliott Simon
These offerings from disparate quarters are perfect for those who are looking for new music this Chanukah. The latest from the Klezmatics and Lori Cahan-Simon hold up well musically while engendering a festive family listening experience. The Klezmatics Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanuka Klezmatics Records 2004 Woody ...
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