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Ron Carter
by Brian P. Lonergan
To create one of the most storied careers in jazz, a good recipe might be equal parts innate talent, hard work and the karma of being as stand-up a person as the bass you play. Ron Carter's gigging and recording career spans half a century and 100s of albums, including having anchored one ...
Tatsuya Yoshida
by Kurt Gottschalk
Six or seven years ago, a rumor started circulating on an Internet chat group dedicated to Japanese psyche and experimental rock. Tatsuya Yoshida--grandfather of Japanese punk and innovative rock--was playing gigs in jazz pianist Satoko Fujii's band. Questioning posts followed and, with verification, some figured it was just a passing fancy. Surely one of the fastest ...
Tim Berne's Screwgun Records: By Him, For You
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
With the launch of Screwgun Records in 1996, saxophonist-composer Tim Berne asserted ownership of his music and signaled a shift in his aesthetic perspective. Unwound, a live 3-disc set from his double-saxophone quartet Bloodcount, was taken from audience recordings - what would become a recurrent strategy - and mastered without production tweaks, evoking the sound of ...
Dizzy Reece
by Clifford Allen
To grasp the art and life's work of trumpeter-composer-philosopher (not necessarily in that order) Alphonso Son “Dizzy Reece, a short biographical sketch and recording data, though not thrown completely out the window in terms of relevance, are only relevant insofar as one gets an idea of the artist as a whole. Facts of his birthplace (Kingston, ...
Harold Mabern: A Few Miles From Memphis
by Russ Musto
The relative dearth of dates as a leader by pianist Harold Mabern is an enigma--one made even more puzzling by the quality of this disc, a reissue of his first two records. Mabern was already in his 30s, possessing a well developed style, when he recorded these albums in 1968, and thanks to his considerable abilities ...
Neal Smith: Swingin' Is Believin'
by Elliott Simon
Swingin' is Believin' is evidence that Neal Smith is well aware of the Indian proverb “A good drummer listens as much as he plays. Not to say that Smith is a wallflower. Au contraire, he has that much-desired talent of solidifying an organized sound while driving the music in interesting directions. Coupled with an obvious connection ...
Lenore Raphael: A Beautiful Friendship
by Ernest Barteldes
Don't be fooled by the track listing on A Beautiful Friendship, which is mostly made up of classic songs by the likes of Sammy Cahn and Cole Porter. Instead, be forewarned that this gifted pianist does not intend to take listeners through a journey of predictability. Rather, Lenore Raphael brings a new spin on songs that ...
Brian Lynch: 24/7
by Elliott Simon
Whether it's found alongside Latin piano great Eddie Palmieri or fronting his own band, Brian Lynch's trumpet can appropriately alternate between sweet subtleties and potent power in a way that makes any tune special. That thrilling feeling is brought into the studio on 24/7. Fresh from the road, Lynch takes his working band of altoist Miguel ...
Maria Schneider Orchestra: Days of Wine and Roses: Live at the Jazz Standard
by Brian P. Lonergan
Big band leader Maria Schneider employs a simple formula on Live at the Jazz Standard: beautiful, multi-hued, and layered arrangements plus first-rate instrumentalists equals a vibrant modern big band session. This is not to say that the music is simple; anything but. Rather, the musicians' fluidity makes the set come across as effortless, while Schneider's approach ...
Jacob Garchik: Abstracts
by A. Henkin
Music based in trombone, piano, and drums is full of round edges. It doesn't attack listeners with sharp points but rather envelops them, like a soft blanket or heat rays from the sun when it reappears from behind a cloud. Abstracts, Jacob Garchik's debut as a leader, presents the young but very veteran ...
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