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'You Can Have Watergate, Just Gimme Some Bucks & I
by Derek Taylor
Jazz owes a sizeable debt of gratitude to the United States Postal Service. When times were lean and gigs scarce many musicians found financial solace as mail workers. The steady source of gainful employment allowed them to woodshed and compose on the side and offered a refuge away from the often-maddening dynamics of the music business. ...
New Latin Albums from Santos and Sosa
by Forrest Dylan Bryant
There's been a small flood of worthwhile Latin jazz albums from Bay Area artists lately. Here are three recent releases that are sure to please... all, by the way, released on the artists' own labels. JOHN SANTOS & MACHETE - SF Bay JOHN SANTOS & OMAR SOSA - La Mar Both available from Machete ...
Dyer and Dearie: Two Sides of the Same Coin
by Elliott Simon
Blossom Dearie Live in London Harkit Records 2003 Blossom Dearie’s special appeal lies in a sweet and seductive girlish voice that yields unique interpretations of popular tunes. When she innocently suggests on the opener of her Live in London CD to “Go Where the Grass is Greener,” it's ...
Two From Ted Rosenthal
by Elliott Simon
Pianist Ted Rosenthal's latest releases reveal an expert craftsman and an inventive artist who is most capable when expanding and interweaving circumscribed genres and styles. Witness the 3 B's , a solo endeavor that reprises Bill Evans, Bud Powell, and Beethoven. Rosenthal makes use of the piano's full scope adding inspired innovations to well-known pieces. The ...
British Klezmer/Jazz Fusion
by Elliott Simon
The re-acquaintance of klezmer, Eastern European Jewish modes and rhythms, with American jazz is currently at its height. Initially, Jewish immigrant musicians arriving during the late 1800s and early part of the twentieth century brought with them a standard traditional repertoire. In the 1920s and 30s a symbiotic relationship began to develop with jazz due in ...
Mr. Dorgon: Genius or Charlatan?
by Jay Collins
Gordon Knauer, known by the name Mr. Dorgon, states his maxim as “the concept of music is not predicated solely on the subdivision of quarter notes.” It is this credo that guides his eleven self-produced records, as well as his work with others. Whether Dorgon is considered a genius or a charlatan, his releases demonstrate that ...
The Saxman Cometh: New Verve LPR Reissues
by C. Andrew Hovan
Still the leader of the pack when it comes to reissues, the Verve Music Group has had a banner year with a wealth of intriguing product that comes from a vast number of catalogs in their holdings including Verve, Mercury, Argo/Cadet, MGM, Smash, and Phillips. The LPR series, which stands for LP reproduction, attempts to package ...
Atavistic: Reissues Par Excellence
by Jay Collins
The following four reviews look at 2002 releases presented by Atavistic Records' Unheard Music Series imprint, curated by Chicago-based producer, presenter and critic John Corbett. The imprint's stated goal is to reissue important, long out-of-print items that originally appeared on LP or never at all, lying really only within the reach of the most rabid (or ...
Dub: Mixed Up and Mixed Down
by AAJ Staff
For those who fail to appreciate the link between the music of Jamaica and the music of Africa, consider this. Something like 95% of the population of the Caribbean island is of African origin, dating back to agricultural slave labor during its colonial period. The deepest Jamaican musical precursors plant roots in nyabinghi rhythms. And finally, ...
Swinging the Frets
by Derek Taylor
At the time of his Prestige tenure, Tiny Grimes was already something of a living legend. Largely self-taught, Grimes learned guitar on the job, and not just any jobs, but jam sessions with the likes of Don Byas and Charlie Christian. One of his first extended gigs was as a member of Art Tatum’s trio with ...
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