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March 2005
by AAJ Staff
Boston tenor titan Jerry Bergonzi drew a standing-room-only crowd to Smith's (Feb. 4th), one of New York's newer jazz rooms. This unit, with bassist Bruce Gertz and drummer Bob Kaufman, known as “KGB", recently made two beautiful discs, The Line Between and Dreaming Out Loud. At Smith's the trio was joined by pianist Gabriel Guerrero, from ...
The Train Theory: The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in Performance
by Nick Catalano
In the most intriguing performance to date, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Wynton Marsalis presented a series of compositions focusing on trains. “Full Steam Ahead" (on Feb. 25th) was an attempt to demonstrate the influence of “locomotive onomatopoeia" (as Albert Murray phrases it in the program notes) on the percussive emphasis in ...
Les Paul: Now!
by AAJ Staff
By Jennifer Odell If you're craving new Les Paul tunes, the fourth generation release, Now! , is not where you'll find them. Not because it's not a great album--it is. Classical artist Michael J. Dutton's remastering allows you to hear more delicate elements of the different guitars' various tones and textures. But this album was originally ...
Louise Rogers/Rick Strong: Bassically Speaking
by Andrew Rowan
Louise Rogers, a singer with great chops and a warm, witty approach to song, owes a debt, whether consciously or not, to the legendary Sheila Jordan. The latter's approach to improvising (note, among other signs, Rogers' scatting on the title track), as well as the voice/bass format, is evident. But Rogers uses these as a jumping-off ...
Blue Collar: _ is an Apparition
by Ty Cumbie
Blue Collar's oddly titled debut recording is a demonstration of how to avoid the ordinary. The musicians, all virtuosos, eschew every convention of music here, opting for displays of “extended technique"? or inspired noisemaking. Not until track five do the excellent brass players deign to play actual notes. They do grunt, huff, puff, squeal and produce ...
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra: The Music of Paul Whiteman
by Daniel Kassell
To appreciate how Paul Whiteman's Orchestra advanced music after the Ragtime Era an understanding of what preceded the First World War is required. Before recorded sound there was a piano in every house, John Philip Sousa's Marching Bands, Ringling Circus Bands, Community Bands, School Bands performed for every holiday or event in America. What most would ...
New Talent Jazz Orchestra: The Sound Of New York Jazz Underground
by Mark F. Turner
Albeit a microcosmic view of the current New York jazz scene, the music and musicians on this double CD display a vivid representation of the artistry, vision, and intent of the Fresh Sound New Talent label, which celebrated its tenth anniversary. Recorded in four hectic days in the fall of 2003, the project showcases eight contemporary ...
Rez Abbasi: Snake Charmer
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
With Snake Charmer, his fourth CD as a leader, guitarist Rez Abbasi overtly draws on his Indian subcontinent heritage. Beneath this conspicuous exterior is a rhythmically charged guitar-organ-drum trio. This was palpable within minutes at the group's CD release party at Joe's Pub, when Abbasi, along with organist Gary Versace, and drummer Danny Weiss, locked into ...
Kenny Barron: Images
by Russ Musto
Images introduces pianist Kenny Barron's “other" quintet--vibraphonist Stefon Harris, flautist Anne Drummond, bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa, and drummer Kim Thompson. The flute and vibes grouping gives this unit an appealingly distinctive sound that is airy but never light, sweet but not saccharine. Although somewhat limited tonally compared to the trumpet/saxophone frontline of Barron's classic five-man band, the ...
Ahmed Abdullah's Dispersions of the Spirit of RA: Traveling the Spaceways
by Rico Cleffi
Travelling the Spaceways is the fruit of the labor of long-time Sun Ra trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah's Dispersions of the Spirit of Ra--a band formed after Abdullah was visited in a dream by his former band leader. His mission? To play Sun Ra's music. Abdullah surrounded himself with some fierce musicians and set out to do justice ...
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