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Jazz Festival Berlin & Total Music Meeting 2004
by A. Henkin
The venerable trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff, during a friendly reunion in the backstage at the Berlin Philharmonie, mused fondly on the unique arrangement that comes to the German capital each November. For the last 36 years, the Jazz Festival Berlin (JFB, established in 1964) and the Total Music Meeting (TMM, founded in 1968) peaceably coexist. Mangelsdorff recalled ...
Scott DuBois Quintet feat. David Liebman: Monsoon
by Jeff Stockton
Scott DuBois plays a fair amount of electric guitar on Monsoon , his debut as a leader, but it's when he plays acoustic that he makes his most coherent and provocative statements. Strumming, plucking and pulling strings as if he were rearranging them on the neck of his instrument, DuBois injects the classical sound of Segovia's ...
Matt Lavelle: Matt Lavelle: Trumpet Rising and Bass Clarinet Moon
by Florence Wetzel
Matt Lavelle is one of the bright lights in today's avant-garde jazz scene, his trumpet and bass clarinet exploding with passionate spirit and unwavering intent. His newest CD, Trumpet Rising Bass Clarinet Moon , was recorded at the esteemed Music Now! series, a roving festival that's a must for anyone interested in where jazz is heading. ...
Kali Z. Fasteau: Making Waves
by Terrell Kent Holmes
The best way to listen to multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Kali Z. Fasteau is to open up one's senses as a vessel to accomodate the myriad of textures, rhythms and themes she weaves throughout her work. Her new release, Making Waves , is comprised mostly of duets that cast her free jazz pedigree in bold face. ...
Brad Mehldau: Live in Tokyo
by AAJ Staff
Far be it from me to judge a record by its slipcover, but the photo of Brad Mehldau gracing the jacket of the pianist's new solo CD, Live in Tokyo (arms crossed, head bowed, jet-black background) made my heart sink. For if the prodigiously talented Mehldau has a tragic flaw, it's the self-conscious preciousness that seeps ...
Fred Lonberg-Holm: Dialogs
by Clifford Allen
The list of truly formidable improvising cellists is rather short, for its perceived role as a classical instrument keeps it, like the French horn, out of the traditional jazz ensemble. Fred Katz, Ron Carter, Calo Scott, Joel Freedman, Abdul Wadud, Ernst Reijseger and Fred Lonberg-Holm are the most visible among the ranks, and the latter two ...
Bob Dorough: Sunday at Iridium
by Mitchell Seidel
One of the most pleasant events in recent New York jazz history was the return of singer-pianist Bob Dorough, who performs regularly for the Sunday brunch crowd at Iridium. Mavens and middle-aged cogniscenti know him as one of the great '50s and '60s hipster singer-songwriters, while those of a slightly younger generation know him for ABC-TV's ...
Scott Hamilton and Harry Allen: Heavy Juice
by Ken Franckling
This CD has been a recording waiting to happen for twenty years. Back then, highschooler Harry Allen joined Scott Hamilton on stage at the Newport Jazz Festival for a cameo performance with the George Wein-led Newport All-Stars. Allen grew up in Rhode Island, which also claims Hamilton as a native son. And Hamilton certainly was a ...
Joe McPhee Po Music: Oleo
by Jeff Stockton
Since his return to active recording and performing in the mid '90s, Joe McPhee's music has always been influenced by the palpable joy he takes from exploring the color and texture of sound. That's why it's startling to hear him tear into the familiar Sonny Rollins-penned title track so conventionally. And why it's even more startling, ...
Nate Birkey: Shortest Day
by Florence Wetzel
Make way for Nate Birkey, a talented trumpeter/vocalist/composer who has been honing his talents in the Santa Barbara jazz scene and is now getting the national exposure he deserves. Birkey's latest release, Shortest Day , recorded live in 2004, showcases his considerable gifts and puts him front and center among jazz's most promising musicians.
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