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Dave Liebman & Phil Markowitz: Manhattan Dialogues
by Andrew Velez
The opener on Manhattan Dialogues, most of which is composed by David Liebman, is his own “Teacher of Our Child. It's a comfortably melancholy rumination, yet more suggestive of the early hours of a morning after than of a kindergarten. By contrast, “7 only fleetingly lands on traditional melodic structure. Here Liebman (soprano and tenor saxophone) ...
Celebrating John Coltrane
by Terrell Kent Holmes
There are certain people whose lives and accomplishments are so monumental as to be beyond the scope and constraint of time. Saxophonist John Coltrane was such a person, one of the most revered, beloved, and influential musicians in history. Born September 23, 1926 in Hamlet, N.C., Coltrane was a constant sojourner, his relentless harmonic searches and ...
Pharoah Sanders: Pharoah's First
by Clifford Allen
Pharoah Sanders Pharoah's First ESP-Disk 2005 (1964) Hindsight can work wonders on the perception of a jazz musician's career, which makes it an exceptionally valuable tool to look at that artist's early recordings. Through the historian's lens, we can find snippets of what is to come in that first solo, ...
Ron Blake: Sonic Tonic
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Sax man Ron Blake tapped various sources and influences for Sonic Tonic, most prominent of which involve his Caribbean roots. This album, expertly produced by Me'Shell NdegéOcello, also explores various other genres, and few beats are missed in the execution. The opening “Invocation, a tune in the finest tradition of John Coltrane's most ...
Gilles Laheurte: Dreams
by Florence Wetzel
Gilles Laheurte is one of the more unusual members of the New York City jazz scene. Almost 60, he spent most of his life working as an architect and planner, but was always devoted to music, his own as well as others. He calls himself an amateur jazz musician, but there's nothing amateurish about his release ...
Paul Rutherford: Neuph & Iskra3
by A. Henkin
With the passing of Albert Mangelsdorff, the mantle of elder improvising trombonist has passed to Paul Rutherford. Though relative contemporaries and peers, their approach to the trombone, particularly in a solo context, came from distinct directions, if ultimately sharing certain techniques. Mangelsdorff was always concerned with form and melody; Rutherford is more interested in sound. Two ...
Frank Vignola/Joe Ascione: 66 2/3
by Marcia Hillman
The Frank & Joe Show's second release finds the group expanded to a sextet--lead guitarist Frank Vignola and percussionist Joe Ascione add rhythm guitarist Ken Smith, bassist Gary Mazzaroppi, and percussionists Chuck Ferruggia and Rich Zukor to the roster (the disc also includes one vocal apiece by Jane Monheit and Janis Siegel). The “show ...
Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra: Not In Our Name
by Ken Franckling
Bassist Charlie Haden and pianist Carla Bley, two of the more eclectic and versatile people in jazz, make a great team as musical conceptualists as a they draw on a shared vision and Bley's knack for sometimes off-kilter large ensemble arranging. It has been 37 years since Charlie Haden and Carla Bley formed ...
Tierney Sutton: I'm with The Band; Kelley Johnson: Live at Birdland
by Ernest Barteldes
Tierney Sutton I'm with the Band Telarc 2005 “There's something in our live set that doesn't come through on a studio recording," Sutton said during a phone interview about her recently released album I'm With The Band, which was captured live at Birdland last spring, “so we ...
Helen Merrill: Lilac Wine; Andrea Wolper: The Small Hours
by Andrew Velez
Helen Merrill Lilac Wine Sunnyside 2005 Listen carefully to Helen Merrill's phrasing as she revisits “Lilac Wine , a song she first recorded in the '50s. “...I think I'm ready for my love... It's her ever-so-delicate emphasis of “ready which makes the impassioned state she's in so clear. Always at ...
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