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Brad Mehldau Trio: Day Is Done
by Doug Collette
Brad Mehldau Trio Day Is Done Nonesuch Records 2005 Brad Mehldau is one of jazz's most talented and prolific artists. Through the course of his recording career, he has proved himself open to innovation (Largo) and reverential of tradition (the Art of the Trio series). He is a ...
Brad Mehldau Trio: Day is Done
by John Kelman
Sometimes it's not a good idea to mess with a good thing. Pianist Brad Mehldau's trio has remained stable since emerging on the scene in the mid-1990s, giving it time to evolve and establish the kind of chemistry that's only possible with a long-term relationship. But as freshly innovative as albums including his five memorable Art ...
Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman: Song X: Twentieth Anniversary
by AAJ Staff
Metheny fans who hadn't already caught the clues on 80/81 (ECM, 1980) or Rejoicing (ECM, 1984) were in for an electric shock when they hit play on the original Song X back in 1986... and more than a few copies immediately landed in resale bins as a result. The truth, not exactly a mystery--but still a ...
Rokia Traor: Bowmbo
by Eyal Hareuveni
Rokia Traoré presents an entirely different role model for an African female singer. She reflects on her Malian tradition and sings exclusively in her native language, Bamanan, which she chose because of its particular richness in metaphor and texture. But as she declares on “K”tê Don," from her third release, Bowmboï: “I respect my ancestors/But tradition ...
Bill Frisell: East/West
by AAJ Staff
Though he's passed through several phases during the last two decades, guitarist Bill Frisell has manifested an uncanny ability to transport listeners across gaps in time, space, and style. His jump-cut playing with Naked City did this in a blunt and abrupt fashion; recordings from his country-tinged period tugged at the very roots of American string ...
Bill Frisell: East/West
by John Kelman
Good music is where you find it. Sometimes it's clear as day because the original is so great that there's simply no doubt; other times it can be obscured by poor interpretation--but dig deep enough and unmistakable qualities are revealed. Over the past 25 years, guitarist Bill Frisell has built a reputation as a significant composer ...
Bill Frisell: East/West
by Paul Olson
Bill Frisell's new two-disc live album East/West is the guitarist's tenth Nonesuch release. While it must be stated emphatically that there's not a terrible album among those recordings--or, really, in all of Frisell's discography--a newcomer to his work might be at a loss as to where to begin. I'll go out on a limb here and ...
Bill Frisell: East/West
by Renato Wardle
Jazz musicians are relentlessly struggling to find a unique sound on their particular instruments. However, only a very few can lay claim to discovering their own voice, let alone engendering an entire genre. Bill Frisell is one such artist. His style of jazz exists at the crossroads between the disparate idioms of jazz, blues, and country. ...
Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman: Song X: Twentieth Anniversary
by John Kelman
Back in 1985 when Pat Metheny released Song X, his collaboration with free jazz/harmolodics progenitor Ornette Coleman, it came as a big shock to fans familiar with the more overt melodicism of the Pat Metheny Group. Sure, there'd been hints that Metheny's seemingly insatiable appetite to experience all things musical also included excursions into free territory, ...
Ali Farka Toure: Red & Green
by AAJ Staff
Much has been said about the West African origins of the blues, but the only real concensus is that the music of Mali, particularly from the north, sounds remarkably similar to early African American forms that emerged first in the Mississippi Delta, then later in Chicago and beyond. This information comes as no surprise to the ...
