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Ben Aronov, Jay Leonhart: Alone Together
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
There's something to be said about the sureness with which Ben Aronov and Jay Leonhart play as a duo. A recording they did in the studio in the '80s was pushed back for years, finally released as Alone Together. The title could not be more fitting. The album stands as a work of syncretism; Aronov was ...
Ruby Braff/Pizzarellis: C'est Magnifique!
by George Kanzler
It's not surprising that Tony Bennett, as well as the late Frank Sinatra, was a fan of the cornetist Ruby Braff (1927-2003). Like those singers, Braff had a life-long affair with the canon of (mostly) American songs known as pop standards. And like them, Braff brought fine-tuned musicality, craft and consummate artistry to interpreting that canon. ...
Mem3: Pennsylvania Grey
by Graham L. Flanagan
If music is indeed the 'universal language,' then that notion certainly seems to explain the dynamic chemistry heard on the new album from MEM3--a trio made up of an American (pianist Michael Cabe), an Australian (bassist Mark Lau) and a Canadian (drummer Ernesto Cervini). All three musicians have other gigs going on, but that shouldn't imply ...
Max Roach: Jazz Contrasts & Introducing Johnny Griffin
by Francis Lo Kee
Kenny Dorham Jazz Contrasts (Keepnews Collection) Riverside-Concord 2008 Johnny Griffin Introducing (RVG) Blue Note 2008 These two fantastic recordings feature the great drumming of the late Max ...
Lee Morgan: Vols. 2 and 3
by Joel Roberts
Lee Morgan was just 18 when he led these exemplary hard bop dates for Blue Note in the winter of 1956 and spring of 1957. But, as these newly remastered Rudy Van Gelder editions attest, the Philadelphia-born trumpet phenom was mature far beyond his years, with a hard-driving, take-no-prisoners style that gained the attention of band ...
Trumpet and Piano Jazz: Irvin Mayfield/Ellis Marsalis & Umberto Petrin/Jean-Luc Cappozzo
by Jim Santella
Irvin Mayfield & Ellis Marsalis Love Songs, Ballads and Standards Basin Street Records 2008 Umberto Petrin & Jean-Luc Cappozzo Law Years Soul Note 2008 Two creative trumpet and piano ...
Bass Clarinet: Die Enttauschung Eponymous, Achille Succi, Jason Stein, Andrew Robson/Paul Cutlan, Le Trio de Clarinettes & Edmund Welles
by A. Henkin
Die Enttäuschung Die Enttäuschung Intakt 2007 Achille Succi Terra Splasc(h) 2007 Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore A Calculus of Loss Clean Feed 2008
Pete Malinverni: Invisible Cities
by Francis Lo Kee
A concept record of sorts, pianist Pete Malinverni was initially inspired to put his Invisible Cities project together after reading the Italian novelist Italo Calvino's book of the same name. Though the CD is full of good jazz improvisation (with a truly wonderful rhythm team of bassist Ugonna Okegwo and drummer Tom Melito), it also seems ...
Ken Vandermark: Vandermark 5, Free Fall, Sonore & Territory Band
by Clifford Allen
Reedman, composer and bandleader Ken Vandermark is an artist not only of diverse talents--he's a tireless organizer and fulcrum of numerous scenes both in his adopted hometown of Chicago as well as western Europe--but also a diversifier of his talents. In the past decade and a half, his arsenal of saxophones and clarinets and his compositional ...
Adam Rogers: Time and the Infinite
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Too often, liner notes have about the objectiveness of a recommendation letter written by a mother on behalf of her child. It's possible that good qualities are exalted, but it's just as likely that strengths are exaggerated and comparisons with the genre's greats are too easily made. Guitarist Adam Rogers' latest recording is a notable exception. ...
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