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Stuff Smith: Swingin' Stuff
by Ken Dryden
Not only was Stuff Smith one of the first prominent jazz violinists, his gritty sound was very distinctive. These live sessions, recorded in 1965 (two years prior to his death), will be of great interest to fans of his work, with the addition of four previously unissued songs. Smith is accompanied by a superb rhythm section ...
Connie Crothers: Live at the Outpost Performance Space
by Francis Lo Kee
This is a great example of truly free music, not the kind of posing, temper-tantrum stuff that is often enslaved by its ignorance of melody or harmony. Connie Crothers has forged a truly individual path in music, with next to no help from the marketplace. From track one, “Bird's Word, you get the feeling that even ...
Will Calhoun: Native Lands
by Brian P. Lonergan
On Native Lands, the electronics of drum programming and guitar loops mix convincingly with indigenous acoustic instruments from around the world. Will Calhoun is able to combine such seemingly disparate sounds, styles and even people into one landscape and still maintain the integrity of the album as a whole. It may be due to the unifying ...
Rolf Sturm: Shawangunk / Ken Hatfield: String Theory
by Elliott Simon
Crystal-clear guitar is center stage on these two releases that feature experienced craftsmen artfully exposing the country and classical feel inherent in nylon strings. Ken Hatfield's String Theory is a classical gas dosed with sweet Appalachian honey, while Rolf Sturm's Shawangunk is a deft chordal/melodic encounter that reveals its spirit like a brilliant Hudson Valley morn. ...
Miles Davis: The Complete Concert 1964 / Fred Lonberg-Holm: Other Valentines
by Florence Wetzel
Miles Davis The Complete Concert 1964 Sony 2005 On February 12th, 1964, Miles Davis played a benefit concert at Lincoln Center to help register black voters in Louisiana and Mississippi. Davis and his luminous sidemen--George Coleman on tenor sax, Ron Carter on bass, Herbie Hancock on piano and eighteen-year-old Tony ...
Marc Johnson: Shades of Jade / Neal Caine: Backstabber's Ball
by Elliott Simon
Although both these CDs from top bassists contain primarily newly composed material and feature strong tenor men, Marc Johnson's Shades of Jade immerses one in a remarkably warm and pensive musical world, while Neal Caine's Backstabber's Ball is a coolly swingin' twin-tenor treat. Marc Johnson Shades of Jade ECM ...
Tributes to Joe Henderson
by Nick Catalano
The legacy of tenor statesman Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937-June 30, 2001) has awakened considerable recent interest in Gotham as many musicians of note are busily re-examining his styles, compositions and recordings. Tenorist Javon Jackson led the latest group tribute to Henderson last week at the Jazz Standard. Another celebration will follow quickly on Feb.7 when ...
Exploding Customer: Live at Tampere Jazz Happening / Badland: The Society of the Spectacle
by Jeff Stockton
Exploding Customer Live at Tempere Jazz Happening Ayler Records 2006 There was a reason Eric Dolphy, Albert Ayler and others gravitated to Scandinavia to practice their art: Norwegians, Finns and Swedes seem to love our music. Exploding Customer, a piano-less quartet from Sweden which recorded this disc live at a ...
Vinicius Cantuaria: Silva
by Ernest Barteldes
Back in the '80s, Vinicius Cantuaria wrote the lullaby-like “Leaozinho, which became a major hit for Caetano Veloso and prompted him to embark on a solo career as a sophisticated pop musician. Although the gamble didn't quite work in Brazil, he found an audience here for his bossa nova-inflected tunes. Today, like many other of his ...
Cedar Walton: Underground Memoirs
by Russ Musto
Widely acknowledged as one of the most important and influential pianist/composers in jazz today, Cedar Walton's Underground Memoirs is only this master's fourth solitary outing (the first since 1992's memorable Live At Maybeck Recital Hall). A singular stylist with an exuberantly bluesy, yet harmonically advanced approach, Walton's sound is instantly recognizable in the context of a ...
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