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Bobby Previte & The New Bump: Set the Alarm for Monday
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
A mysterious dame with gams to the ceiling walks in. Shifty characters with trench coats and perilously dangling cigarettes move among the shadows. A mickey is slipped, the double-cross completed. A tenor sax moans amid shimmering vibraphone, a spare bass line and imploring drums. Drummer Bobby Previte's Set the Alarm for Monday may ...
Gebhard Ullmann: New Basement Research; Die Blaue Nixe & Leo Records 25th Anniversary: Loft, Koln
by Robert Iannapollo
Reedman Gebhard Ullmann has always been a bit apart. Never an inside player yet rarely as extreme as some of his German contemporaries, he has doggedly pursued his own muse and released a stream of excellent discs since the '80s. Ullmann divides his time between Berlin and New York and has several groups based in each ...
Freddie Hubbard: Stardust & Clubhouse
by Stuart Broomer
John Coltrane Stardust (RVG Edition) Prestige-Concord 2007 Dexter Gordon Clubhouse Blue Note 2008 Freddie Hubbard is part of the most concentrated group of trumpet talents in jazz ...
Art Pepper: Unreleased Art Vol. 1 & 2
by Marc Medwin
Art Pepper Unreleased Art, Vol. 1: The Complete Abashiri Concert (Nov. 22, 1981) Widow's Taste 2007 Art Pepper Unreleased Art, Vol. 2: The Last Concert (May 30, 1982), Kool Jazz Festival Widow's Taste 2007 ...
Roy Campbell: Songs & Themes & Akhenaten Suite
by Marc Medwin
Spring Heel Jack Songs & Themes Thirsty Ear 2008 Roy Campbell Akhenaten Suite AUM Fidelity 2008 Trumpeter Roy Campbell is presented here in two starkly different contexts ...
Bill Easley: Business Man's Bounce
by Ken Dryden
For most of his career, tenor saxophonist Bill Easley has worked as a sideman, including sessions for the Stax label. For just his fourth CD as a leader, his band includes pianist Larry Ham, bassist Hassan JJ Shakur and the seasoned drummer Michael Carvin on selections which draw from different eras of jazz. ...
Drums/Organ/Piano: Bill Stewart & Jordi Rossy
by George Kanzler
Bill Stewart Incandescence Pirouet 2008 Jordi Rossy Wicca Fresh Sound-New Talent 2008 Drummers Bill Stewart and Jordi Rossy both lead trios featuring piano (acoustic), Hammond organ and ...
Miguel Zenon: Awake
by Tom Greenland
From its very first notes (played by a string quartet), Awake is identifiably Miguel Zenon: lyrical, spiritual and original. For his fourth date as a leader Zenon reunites his go-to posse--Luis Perdomo (piano) and Hans Glawischnig (bass)--but with a key change in the drum chair, Henry Cole replacing Antonio Sanchez. The strings are ...
Lucky Thompson: Lucky is Back! (Then, So Is Love) & The World Awakes
by George Kanzler
Lucky Thompson Lucky is Back! (Then, So Is Love) Rivoli-Fresh Sound 2008 Michael Blake The World Awakes Stunt 2008 Eli Lucky" Thompson is best known for his ...
Norma Winstone: Distances
by Andrew Velez
"Distance" opens this set in classic Winstone style. With music by pianist Glauco Venier, the singer's lyrics go to the heart of separation and distance in a relationship. Winstone is an instrumentalist singer, so even before one begins to get what the lyrics are actually saying, it's the total sound which moodily envelops the listener. The ...

