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Dafnis Prieto: About The Monks
by Russ Musto
Dafnis Prieto is easily the most impressive young drummer to come on the jazz scene during the past decade. Possessing awesome virtuosity and astonishing versatility, Prieto has made important contributions since arriving from Cuba to the music of a broad range of leaders, from Eddie Palmieri and Chucho Valdes, to Steve Coleman and Henry Threadgill, to ...
Dom Minasi: Quick Response
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Guitar firebrand Dom Minasi, one of jazz's most enduring iconoclasts, has assembled a quartet of kindred spirits to help him realize his latest set of outside-the-box concepts on Quick Response. Since Minasi has released this on his own label, any potential conflicts concerning the quality, direction and style of the music contained therein have been forestalled. ...
Carter Swell Ughi: Concrete Science
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Concrete Science is not a stiff, cerebral test of complex music. It is the natural unfettered dialogue between three masterful improvisers: saxophonist Daniel Carter, trombonist Steve Swell, and drummer Federico Ughi. Though cerebral in that concentration is necessary to improvise at the lofty levels captured here, the music never sounds forced or wonky. The ...
Leni Stern: When Evening Falls
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Guitarist and singer Leni Stern, an observant and sensitive world citizen, has drawn on her fascinating experiences for When Evening Falls , a musical journey that traverses the globe to examine an eclectic range of emotions and themes. The soul and heart of the Munich-born artist wends through Kenya, India, Louisiana, Palestine, and the East Village, ...
Dave Douglas: Mountain Passages
by Brandt Reiter
A chunky stew of countless cultural influences and myriad musical forms, jazz has always stolen freely from just about anything it could get its hands on. This unfettered kleptomania has always been key to music's vibrant nature, yet at the same time has made the music itself increasingly difficult to define. Case in point: ...
Barbara Carroll: Barbara at Birdland
by Elliott Simon
A subtle Jay Leonhart bass bridge from Harold Arlen's classic “Blues in the Night" segues into the enchanting melody of “You and the Night and the Music" after a tension-building piano/bass/cymbal opener. Such is the stuff that legendary pianist Barbara Carroll brings together on Live at Birdland. Recorded at the NYC venue with her first-call rhythm ...
Michael Musillami Octet: Spirits
by Florence Wetzel
The Michael Musillami Octet shines throughout this tribute to the late multi-instrumentalist and composer Thomas Chapin. The talented ensemble--Musillami on guitar, Peter Madsen on piano, Cameron Brown on bass, Tom Christensen on saxophones and flutes, Art Baron on trombone and didgeridoo, Tom Beckham on vibes and marimba, Satoshi Takeishi on percussion, and Michael Sarin on drums--brings ...
Louie Belogenis: Live at Vision Festival
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
The Vision Festival has cemented its reputation as the premiere event of the creative improvising scene. It celebrates artists dedicated to expanding the art, those (not coincidentally) often overlooked by the haughtier jazz festivals. The confluence of musicians, poets, dancers and appreciative listeners at Vision spawns creative energy and inspired performances. The meeting of saxophonist Louie ...
Russ Nolan: Two Colors
by Elliott Simon
Two Colors begins with a pleasantly laid back meeting between Willy Wonka and Miles Davis--a meeting that has the “Pure Imagination" melody from the children's film being reharmonized with Miles' “It's About That Time." From there, things get a bit more intense as pianist Sam Barsh, bassist Sean Conly, and drummer Vinnie Sperrazza take the journey ...
Jerome Sabbagh: North
by Elliott Simon
Jerome Sabbagh brought his tenor to the Big Apple from France a few years ago and quickly gelled with some of NYC's best young progressive players. On his debut as a leader, North , Sabbagh explores a potpourri of styles with a decidedly modern mindset to offer up an original program of newly composed music. His ...
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