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Carl Maguire: Floriculture
by Nic Jones
The fact that this quartet is apparently a working band is abundantly obvious. The program of music they perform comes entirely from the pen of Maguire, and such is the organic nature of the band that the impression is of music written with these particular musicians in mind, as opposed to a bassist, an alto saxophonist, ...
Martial Solal / Dave Douglas: Rue De Seine
by Nic Jones
Here's a meeting of minds. For all of their stylistic differences, Dave Douglas and Martial Solal pull off the not inconsiderable feat on Rue De Seine of accommodating each other at the same time as they retain their own distinct musical identities. In an ideal world this should of course place quite naturally in the field ...
Paul Shapiro: It's In The Twilight
by Nic Jones
If this is an example of radical Jewish culture, as Tzadik bills it, then a whole lot of Gentiles would be doing themselves an enormous favour if they tapped into it. Listeners of all cultures from around the world are familiar with the idea of the “keeper," meaning an item that will find a permanent home ...
Charles Gayle: Time Zones
by Nic Jones
As Charles Gayle has forged himself a parallel path as a pianist, he has afforded listeners an entirely different insight into his musical thinking. This is just as it should be with any individual who specialises in instruments as different as the piano and the tenor sax. Time Zones might just be his most successfully realised ...
This Heat: This Heat
by Nic Jones
With the benefit of hindsight, the arrival of one of the first incarnations of punk rock on the British music scene in the late 1970s was largely beneficial, making waves within a largely complacent music industry. The negative effects, however, might have been detrimental to the likes of This Heat, which was unfortunate. However, given the ...
Andrew Hill: Time Lines
by Nic Jones
Time Lines marks the beginning of Andrew Hill's third professional association with the Blue Note label. Based on the results of the previous ones, he has a lot to live up to, but he proves himself more than equal to the challenge. From the time of his earliest work, Hill's music has had to be dealt ...
Matthew Shipp: One
by Nic Jones
It might be argued that the solo piano recital is a fraught thing on record, and certainly there have been examples in the past where self-indulgence has taken over from the rigours of self-editing. Similarly, unless a pianist has at least a reasonably firm musical identity, it might be the case that the listener's attention starts ...
Tyrone Brown: Suite For John A. Williams
by Nic Jones
Though this disc would never win any awards for longevity--it clocks in at under 35 minutes--the fact that the music has such substance more than makes up for it. On the other hand, if there was more of it, the disc could possibly appear on some of those year-end lists. As a bassist himself, Brown has ...
Howard Britz: Made In Brooklyn
by Nic Jones
Since when has getting four or five musicians together in one place qualified as a “project"? Although that question is a rhetorical one, it does have some bearing upon the music here. In his liner notes Howard Britz refers to the fact that the kind of sessions which make up this disc usually pass unrecorded, and ...
Daisuke Abe: On My Way Back Home
by Nic Jones
The problem with so much of the present-day post bop mainstream is that its very qualities seem lessened by the amount of times it's caught on record, especially when the work of so many of its practitioners seem to amount to little more than the sum total of their influences. This release is a different matter, ...
