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Ben Waltzer: One Hundred Dreams Ago
by Celeste Sunderland
Sometimes we're just looking to hear a good, fun jazz album. One Hundred Dreams Ago is it. Ben Waltzer on piano, Gerald Cleaver on drums, and Matt Penman on bass all play with a fearless ferocity. But the nine tracks don't sound wild, or untamed, more confidently swinging. There's not a hint of timidity. And there's ...
John Abercrombie: Class Trip
by A. Henkin
When guitarist John Abercrombie connected with violinist Mark Feldman for Open Land (ECM, '99), he continued a tradition, albeit in an updated fashion, that stretched back to Reinhardt and Grappelli. Introducing drummer Joey Baron in to the fold for the followup, Cat n' Mouse (ECM, '02), continued the lineage down to the triumvirate of John McLaughlin, ...
John McNeil: Sleep Won't Come
by Clifford Allen
In this varied set led by trumpeter John McNeil, ostensibly an homage to his own difficulties with insomnia, the term “chamber jazz" is given a slightly different twist--far from the light counterpoint of the MJQ, passages of intense freedom and effortless propulsion mark the improvisations of McNeil, pianist Jeff Jenkins and bassist Kent McLagan.
Adam Macowicz: Songs for Manhattan
by AAJ Staff
Like his Live At Maybeck (1992) Northern California recital concert, Adam Makowicz's new CD release is an unaccompanied solo affair in front of a quaint and recording studio-like quiet and respective audience in Novia Scotia. And solo has become the preferred format to hear this pianist's talents at its best. A New Yorker for ...
Leroy Williams: Time Is
by Mitchell Seidel
At 67, the precocious Leroy Williams is prepared to unleash his talents as a leader on the music world. Williams, a wonderfully melodic drummer who has been playing around New York for decades, always seems to be an important part of someone else's group. Hopefully, this album will alert folks to his talents. For ...
Terri Lyne Carrington: Structure
by Russ Musto
Terri Lyne Carrington's newest disc is her most focused and cohesive effort to date. The coproduction by the multitalented drummer with Yellowjackets electric bassist Jimmy Haslip may not be what fans of her hard bop or funk-driven projects would expect, but the music is bound to please discerning listeners. Structure is an atypical fusion date, combining ...
Don Friedman: My Favorite Things
by Riel Lazarus
One of the sweetest sounds in jazz is that of a well groomed piano trio. Many would agree, there's little to contend with an able- bodied threesome, flipping through the pages of this or that tune, together finding its cozy hearth in harmony and rhythm. Veteran pianist Don Friedman has found that center and, alongside bassist ...
Steve Nelson: Fuller Nelson
by Andrew Rowan
This dancing, jubilant recording breaks no new ground, but it beautifully realizes the old-fashioned notion of joy in swinging. The trio makes its way through a program of originals (real melodies, not just notes to get to the blowing) and standards, sans drummer, without missing a beat. “The Second Time Around" begins on tiptoe, ...
William Galison & Madeleine Peyroux: Got You On My Mind
by Celeste Sunderland
The trippy, cinematic journey that is William Galison and Madeleine Peyroux's new album, Got You On My Mind , opens with the bright, swinging glee of “Back In Your Own Backyard." It sways through the happily plaintive “J'ai Deux Amours," swaggers through a Charlie Chaplin-in-Technicolor “Rag For Madi," and continues on this diversely scenic escapade for ...
David Kikoski: Details
by AAJ Staff
David Kikoski has earned his chops backing everyone from legends like Roy Haynes (two decades and counting) to young gun David Sanchez. Though he can commandeer a set when he wants (an astoundingly fractured, nearly chaotic barrelhouse blues piano solo is all that remains in memory of the last Pat Martino gig I caught), by nature ...
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