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Danny Frankel w/ Nels Cline and Larry Goldings - The Interplanetary Note/Beat Conference (Self-Released, 2010)
On this short, spontaneous album, drummer and percussionist Danny Frankel draws on a wide variety of musical inspirations. From the open ended cosmos exploring improvisations to abstract inner-space ruminations, the music he creates with guitarist Nels Cline and organist Larry Goldings has a curious and exploratory edge. The most successful passages include “That Spider on the ...
Marc Ribot - Silent Movies (Pi Recordings, 2010)
Guitarist and composer Marc Ribot is an eclectic soul equally at home playing punk rock, free jazz or more melodic fare. This intriguing album presents Ribot in a solo context with some subtle overdubbing or sound manipulation added to give the music an atmospheric feel. He writes in the liner notes that this project was inspired ...
The Bad Plus - Never Stop (E1 Entertainment, 2010)
Coming into their tenth year as a band, The Bad Plus: pianist Ethan Iverson, bassist Reid Anderson and drummer Dave King have grown from a band notorious for their covers of rock and pop songs to a group that has carved its own original niche through unique original compositions. This album features all original compositions by ...
David S. Ware - Onecept (Aum Fidelity, 2010)
Saxophonist David S. Ware's comeback from serious health problems has been inspiring, and he continues an amazing run of music with this excellent trio album, designed to celebrate 50 years of playing the saxophone (he started at age 9!) Joined by bassist William Parker and drummer Warren Smith, Ware breaks out an arsenal of horns: tenor ...
Charles Lloyd - Mirror (ECM Records, 2010)
As saxophonist Charles Lloyd moves into his third decade with ECM records, he does so with an excellent and well respected band including Jason Moran on piano, Ruben Rogers on bass and Eric Harland on drums. The music is a thoughtful and meditative mix of spirituals, originals and a couple of Thelonious Monk covers. Loyd is ...
Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green - Apex (Pi Recordings, 2010)
This is an auspicious meeting between great alto saxophonists of different generations. Rudresh Mahanthappa who has burst on to the scene in recent years with a series of progressive and thoughtful albums drawing on mathematics and linguistics along with a deep knowledge of the history of jazz is joined by Chicago based improviser and educator Bunky ...
Kurt Rosenwinkel and OJM - Our Secret World (Wommusic, 2010)
Guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel has worked in a number of settings, mostly with small bands so his collaboration with the Portuguese large ensemble Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos (OJM) makes for some interesting music. The band and featured soloist explore seven of his original compositions, and use subtle shading and texture to throw these performances into interesting relief. ...
The Cookers - Warriors (Jazz Legacy Productions, 2010)
This is a veteran supergroup that puts their egos aside to create a very nice album of hard-bop and post bop modern jazz. Consisting of George Cables on piano, Billy Harper on tenor saxophone, Billy Hart on drums, Cecil McBee on bass, Eddie Henderson and David Weiss on trumpet and flugelhorn and Craig Handy on flute ...
Bill Frisell - Beautiful Dreamers (Savoy Jazz, 2010)
Guitarist Bill Frisell is an inquisitive soul always looking for new formats and challenges to explore. On this album he is playing in a small group format with Eyvind Kang on viola and Rudy Royston on drums. The music is slow moving and gentle, passing by as pleasantly as a summer breeze. Occasionally the music gets ...
William Parker - I Plan to Stay a Believer (Aum Fidelity, 2010)
Bassist William Parker believes that within every song, there is a special “inside song" that conveys a deeper meaning, and it is up to the musicians to get in contact and bring the inside message to the surface. Parker has spent the last several years playing in many different bands including this unit, whose goal is ...
