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Buddy Guy - The Definitive Buddy Guy (Shout Factory, 2009)
Blues guitarist and vocalist Buddy Guy has become an iconic figure on the modern blues scene, after many years in the trenches, he has received a level of success few blues musicians have achieved. While it is impossible for a one disc compilation to encapsulate a career that has lasted for over fifty years, this collection ...
David Murray - Live in Berlin: Black Saint Quartet (Jazzwerkstatt, 2010)
Tenor saxophonist and bass clarinetist David Murray has led and recorded several bands during his career, and this group, dubbed the Black Saint Quartet is one of his most stable and long running. Supported by Lafayette Gilchrist on piano, Jaribu Shahid on bass and Hamid Drake on drums, the group achieves a rock solid modern jazz ...
El Intruso Poll
The Argentinian jazz website El Intruso asked me to participate in their year end poll. Much like the polls in Downbeat or Jazz Times, the poll was broken down by instrument. Here were my submissions with a few comments: Musician of the year—Mary Halvorson (MH has seemingly been everywhere this year, releasing a great album as ...
Roscoe Mitchell/the Note Factory - Far Side (ECM 2010)
Saxophonist and composer Roscoe Mitchell has had a long and productive career with has included long stints in the AACM and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, along with an ambitious schedule of solo works. This album reunites him with his octet The Note Factory consisting Mitchell on saxophones and flutes, Corey Wilkes on trumpet and flugelhorn, ...
Studebaker John and the Maxwell Street Kings - That's the Way You Do (Delmark, 2010)
Veteran bluesman “Studebaker" John Grimaldi assembled this band to honor the legacy of Maxwell Street, the location of the open air market in Chicago that played host to some of the city's finest blues musicians and created an enduring legacy of music. Composing all original material in the Maxwell Street tradition, Grimaldi plays guitar, harmonica and ...
Anat Fort - And if (ECM, 2010)
Pianist and composer Anat Fort made a big splash in 2007 with her previous album for ECM, A Long Story, and this follow up shows that she has continued to make progress in forging her own unique musical path. Supported by her core trio mates Gary Wang on bass and Roland Schneider on drums, the group ...
James Kinds - Love You from the Top (Delmark, 2010)
Journeyman blues guitarist and singer James Kinds has played all over the upper Midwest USA, cutting a few sides for small labels over the years. Getting a chance to record for the venerable Chicago label Delmark, he makes the best of it by producing a fine album filled with strong singing and excellent musicianship. Kinds has ...
Curtis Clark Trio - Taagi (No Business, 2010)
Pianist Curtis Clark has been under the radar a bit despite a distinguished pedigree, having studied with the great pianist and composer Horace Tapscott and played with eclectic saxophonist David Murray. After living in Europe for a number of years, Clark returned to the U.S. and cut this dynamic trio set with Aaron Gonzalez on bass ...
Movie: I Need That Record! (MVD Visual, 2010)
The independent record store holds a special place in my heart. For a while I was a regular at a couple of great ones, The Last Vestige (my home away from home during grad school) and the long lamented Izzy's Records (one of the few bastions of culture in urban New Jersey) where I met my ...
DVD: Mikrokolektyw - Dew Point (Delmark, 2010)
Mikrokolektyw is a very interesting duet consisting of Kuba Suchar on drums and Artur Majewski on trumpet with both contributing to electronic soundscapes. For this DVD they were filmed by Raymond Salvatore Harmon, who placed the band in a position to improvise a spontaneous soundtrack to his film Sound in Motion. It turns out to be ...
