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Various Artists: A Great Night In Harlem
by Jim Santella
Recorded September 24, 2001 at the Apollo Theater in New York, this 2-CD collection contains memorable interpretations of standards and plenty of straight-ahead fun. The veteran, all-star cast assembled for this live performance to benefit the Jazz Foundation of America , an institution devoted to aiding jazz artists in need. Their performance was donated. Contributions of ...
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey: All Is One - Live in New York City
by Glenn Astarita
The band with a name that seems to be a culmination of random selection is scaled down to a trio now. Recorded live at the Knitting Factory, this album provides a glimpse of pianist Brian Haas’ firebrand approach and the rhythm section’s stinging, jazz-funk and rock beats. Especially when they infuse ravenous improvisational forays with swiftly ...
Various Artists: Rhapsodies In Black: Music And Words From The Harlem Renaissance
by Mike Perciaccante
This collection is a four-star, four-CD set complete with a 100-page booklet that in itself could serve as a textbook of the Harlem Renaissance and the music that it spawned. Rhino has again created an innovative package. Rhapsodies In Black includes CDs tucked into graphically cool sleeves that feature the art and music of that Harlem ...
Bruce Eisenbeil - Michael Attias - David Taylor - Jay Rosen: Opium
by Nicholas Sheets
Opium, the latest CIMP (Creative Improvisational Music Project) release to be led by the New York-based guitarist, Bruce Eisenbeil, is a mesmerizing album. It is as subtle, dynamic and unpredictable as a chemistry experiment. The Opium quartet is anchored by an unusually dark-timbred horn combination consisting of David Taylor on bass trombone and Michael Attias on ...
David Berger and the Sultans of Swing: The Harlem Nutcracker
by Jack Bowers
Hearing The Harlem Nutcracker for the first time is akin to opening a Christmas present, expecting another drab necktie, and finding instead a silver-plated Swiss watch or 24-carat diamond bracelet.Composer / arranger / conductor David Berger has deftly assimilated and amplified Duke Ellington / Billy Strayhorn's luminous Nutcracker Suite, transposing Tchaikovsky's balletic themes into ...
John Benitez Trio: Descarga In New York
by Glenn Astarita
With his first solo release, it is easy to see why John Benitez is one of New York City’s busiest first call bassists. The young artist has supported the “Mingus Big Band,” famed Afro-Cuban percussionist, Mongo Santamaria, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and many others, yet takes a leadership role with his trio and others for this frisky, ...
B.Lancaster/ O.Pope/ E.Crockett/ J.R. Mitchell: Philadelphia Spirit in New York
by Derek Taylor
Philadelphia certainly seems to receive only grudging affirmation in relation to other urban centers in the larger cosmology of creative improvised music. It’s a crime considering the fact that a solid scene has been thriving there for years. New York and Chicago may have the corner market, but bands like this jointly fronted quartet are surely ...
Joe Battaglia's N. Y. Big Band: New York Mood
by Dave Nathan
There are at least three kinds of big bands on today's scene. The first creates new big band music such as groups led by Carla Bley and Maria Schneider. Then there are those that combine new music with fresh arrangements of classic big band material. A good example here is Pete Peterson's excellent Dallas-based Jazz Collection ...
Georgie Fame: Georgie Fame: Poet In New York
by AAJ Staff
Clive Powell aka Georgie Fame takes us back to the future with a CD that features three tunes of the legendary Pianist/Composer Tadd Dameron: “On A Misty Night", “That's The Way It Goes" and “Accentuate The Bass." Fame has set lyrics to these Dameron classics well as a salute to King Pleasure with a fine rendition ...
Archie Shepp and Roswell Rudd: Live In New York
by AAJ Staff
It's been more than three decades since saxophonist Archie Shepp and trombonist Roswell Rudd recorded together, and Live In New York reunites them in a perfect setting: live performance. To get the record clear, these two players helped bear the flag for free jazz during its dimmest, darkest years: the period from the end of the ...
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