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Susanne Abbuehl: Compass
by Nic Jones
In the midst of a saturated field of female singers, Susanne Abbuehl stands out like a beacon. She does not choose the path of least resistance, always making sure she's pictured with her mouth open warbling her way through a cross-section of the tried-and-trusted. Instead she employs the timbre of her voice as an end in ...
Chad Makela Quartet: Flicker
by Nic Jones
If a cross between the Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker and the Ornette Coleman Quartet with Don Cherry had ever been fashioned, it might have sounded something like Flicker. However, such idle conjecture distracts from the fact that this is a group with its own identity, and the fact that six of the seven tracks ...
Roy Ayers: West Coast Vibes
by Nic Jones
Roy Ayers had a career before he had hit records, and this reissue proves the vibraphonist was both well-versed and eloquent within the realm of post-bop jazz. In the company largely of a cast including pianist Jack Wilson and Curtis Amy on tenor and soprano saxophones, Ayers works his way through the kind of programme of ...
Hall / Ranaldo / Hooker: Oasis Of Whispers
by Nic Jones
Whatever challenge there is in producing music evocative of nothing, this trio rises to it with skill and unity of purpose. And the results are single-minded enough to be worthy of the utmost admiration. This does, however, leave me obliged to discuss the music without falling back on the usual superlatives. Thus, describing Glen Hall's bass ...
Ugetsu: Live At The Cellar
by Nic Jones
A band which names itself after an Art Blakey album wears its heart on its sleeve, or rather its jewel case. The instrumental lineup here is exactly the same as the Jazz Messengers edition that included Wayne Shorter and Curtis Fuller, and the programme is made up of originals plus lines from the likes of Shorter ...
Agusti Fernandez / Peter Kowald: Sea Of Lead
by Nic Jones
One perhaps perverse thing about free improvisation is that not hearing it on record for a while can make you realise what a vital form it is when that situation ends. And despite the fact that it's now part of a wide soundscape of musical approaches, it still has the ability to surprise. The late Peter ...
Tommaso Starace: Plays The Photos Of Elliott Erwitt
by Nic Jones
Here's further evidence of the fact that there's a whole lot of mileage left in the modern mainstream. There's a slightly acidic quality to Tommaso Starace's alto sax, which serves among other things to set him at some distance from many of the more common influences. On the level of a player, then, this puts him ...
Jeff Silverbush: Grandma Mickey
by Nic Jones
For entirely practical reasons, it's difficult to overcome a sense of frustration with this music. Silverbush and his compadres work through a programme of his original compositions, all of which have character, and trombonist Jacob Garchik in particular is a soloist to listen out for--listen to “Bittern And Pintail," where he combines some of the rambunctious ...
Pat Martino: Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery
by Nic Jones
Make no mistake--this is a tribute not only to Wes Montgomery, but also the resilience of human creativity. While this might smack of hyperbole, it should be remembered that Martino completely forgot how to play the guitar some 26 years ago as a result of brain surgery, and if diligence and application can supply the kind ...
Fonda/Altschul/Bang: Live At The Iron Works, Vancouver
by Nic Jones
There aren't too many violin/bass/drums trios out there, and while the live setting might not be the ideal format in which to capture the music of this particular threesome, there's enough here to provoke the hope that this isn't just a one-off venture. The moments when the trio thinks as one, notably after Altschul's four-minute solo ...
