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World Saxophone Quartet: Experience
by Kurt Gottschalk
With its glory days more than arguably behind it, the WSQ has become something of a powerhouse repertory band. Beginning in 1977, the four saxophonists (then Hamiet Bluiett, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, and David Murray) released seven remarkable albums in eight years before finding a second calling as an interpreting ensemble with 1986's brilliant Plays Duke ...
The Fringe: Live at Zeitgeist
by A. Henkin
The Fringe Live at Zeitgeist Resolution 2005 The final track on the new Fringe album is entitled “A Fringe Tribute to the New England Patriots." The liner notes explain that The Fringe, born and raised in Boston, spent much of twenty years playing there at The Willow opposite ...
John Hollenbeck: A Blessing
by David Adler
John Hollenbeck has made several small-group recordings, but a large ensemble suits his advanced compositional voice especially well. With A Blessing, he documents the inspired large-group work he has showcased live over the last three or so years (most recently at the Jazz Standard CD release gig on January 25th). The drummer/bandleader's music is a bit ...
Salvatore Bonafede: Journey To Donnafugata
by Celeste Sunderland
Enrico Rava weaves his passionate trumpet through “Viaggo A Donnafugata, the opening track of pianist Salvatore Bonafede's new album. Kicking Journey To Donnafugata off with a nostalgic tone, he creates a prayerful introduction to an album which pays homage to the beloved island of Sicily, the setting for Luchino Visconti's 1963 film Il Gattopardo (The Leopard). ...
Henry Grimes: Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival
by A. Henkin
Amazingly, this CD is the first disc released under Henry Grimes' name since 1965, when his only title as a leader appeared (The Call, ESP). Though there are many private recordings of Grimes playing since his storybook return, this live performance was serendipitous for being close enough to Sweden for the head of Ayler Records to ...
Bud Powell: Eternity
by AAJ Staff
The great Bud Powell casts a very long shadow over all jazz piano players, not to mention most melodic/harmonic improvisers, regardless of instrument. His best recordings are simply indispensable. However, it is also known to jazz fans that Powell's life “unraveled, after what today would be called a hate crime brought on a crescendo of mental ...
Meet Drummer Allison Miller
by Elliott Simon
A child of the '80s, drummer Allison Miller came of age outside Washington, DC listening to jazz, funk, rock and pop. Studying with Walter Salb and later Michael Carvin, she has developed a personal technique that uses an exceptional command of phrasing to allow for what can best be described as a “melodic" approach to drumming. ...
Billie Holiday: The Sensitive & 1937-1952
by Joel Roberts
A search on Amazon reveals an absurd total of 498 Billie Holiday titles, including imports and out-of- print albums. That begs the question, “Do we really need another Holiday compilation? Two releases from Europe try to provide an affirmative answer. Billie Holiday 1937-1952 Nocturne The first collection, a two-disc set from the ...
Avishai Cohen Trio & Ensemble: At Home
by Terrell Kent Holmes
The title of bassist Avishai Cohen's latest CD, At Home, is a double entendre. Given the diverse geographical titles and styles of the songs, it's clear that Cohen wants to convey the notion that he's at home everywhere, musically and geographically. The core of the work centers on his trio, but it also includes a fine ...
Brooklyn Sax Quartet: Far Side of Here
by Terrell Kent Holmes
The vibrancy and emotion of the Brooklyn Sax Quartet underscores its social conscience. This inventive group puts together a program that embraces multiculturalism and acknowledges the struggle against injustice without proselytizing. At a recent March show at St. John's Lutheran Church in Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Sax Quartet performed several numbers from Far Side of Here, whose ...
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