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Steps Ahead: Steps: A Collection
by David Adler
At last, these two long-out-of-print albums are available in a two-disc package from Mike Mainieri’s NYC Records. Steps recorded them (and a third, Smokin’ in the Pit, also available from NYC) for a Japanese label before becoming Steps Ahead and landing a domestic contract. Step By Step and Paradox feature the same lineup, except that Peter ...
Steps: Step By Step/Paradox
by C. Andrew Hovan
The ‘70s proved to be a challenging time for jazz in general. As the last strains of progressive rock gave way to the decade end’s disco boon, jazz found itself in an uncertain position. Fusion had seemed to play itself out and acoustic music was becoming as rare as those proverbial “hen’s teeth”. As the ‘80s ...
George Garzone: Moodiology
by Mark Corroto
Legendary Boston saxophonist George Garzone may not quit his day job as a jazz educator, but with each record he releases, the more fans and critical attention he garners. He plays sideman to Joe Lovano on his upcoming Blue Note release and has stood as equal on his own 1996 Fours And Twos (NYC). Like Lovano, ...
Myron Walden: Like A Flower Seeking The Sun
by Mark Corroto
I don’t hate Celine Dion. I’ve never met her, but I hate her music. Her voice, all sanitized and safe, has been processed like so much cheese. I prefer my musical nutrition to be fresh, real. No genetically mutated sounds thank you. Enter saxophonist Myron Walden. The real deal. This, his second date as a leader ...
Steps/Mike Mainieri: Smokin' in the Pit/An American Diary: The Dreamings
by David Adler
These two NYC Records releases document the musical evolution of label founder and vibraphonist Mike Mainieri. Smokin’ in the Pit, a reissue of a hard-to-find double live album by Mainieri’s jazz supergroup Steps, is stuck in its late 70s moment. It feels like cheap thrills compared to Mainieri’s most recent solo record, An American Diary: The ...
