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Lee Konitz: New Nonet
by Andrey Henkin
Lee Konitz New Nonet OmniTone 2006 The latter part of the '70s found alto saxophonist Lee Konitz leading a nonet (after a couple of unofficial and partial attempts in 1959 and 1967). The group made albums in 1976 (Roulette), 1977 (Chiaroscuro) and 1979 (SteepleChase and Soul Note). In 2003, a ...
Pete McCann: Most Folks
by Tom Greenland
Along with a prestigious career as a flexibly eclectic sideman, guitarist Pete McCann has released his third effort as a leader, Most Folks, an impressive outing showcasing his considerable chops and tuneful craftsmanship, backed by Mark Ferber (drums), John Herbert (bass), Mike Holober (piano) and John O'Gallagher (alto and tenor saxophones). The recording boasts compelling original ...
Pete McCann: Most Folks
by Michael P. Gladstone
Guitarist Pete McCann's third album, Most Folks, continues his his varied approach to the instrument. After two exciting albums for Palmetto Records, McCann has moved over to the Brooklyn-based OmniTone label, known for cutting-edge jazz. On his previous albums, McCann showed his influences in Bill Frisell and John Scofield and played in number of formats, including ...
Pete McCann: Most Folks
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Pete McCann is a versatile guitarist with a daunting list of sideman credits: Kenny Wheeler, Maria Schneider, Dave Liebman, Kenny Garrett and many others. Most Folks is his third date as leader. As an artistic statement, it's organized around the notion of sketches, portraits and tributes to “folks" whose lives have intersected with McCann's.
Johnnie Valentino: Stingy Brim
by AAJ Italy Staff
La tuba o contrabbasso a fiato, lo strumento più grave della famiglia degli ottoni, ingombrante e tecnicamente rigido, ha svolto un ruolo fondamentale, all’inizio del secolo scorso, nell’affermarsi delle prime jazz band essendone stato un metronomo infallibile e gioioso nello stesso tempo. Con l’avvento del contrabbasso a corde, la tuba ha un subito un lungo periodo ...
Elissa Lala: Touch of Your Voice: New Takes on Chet Baker
by Budd Kopman
Elissa Lala has a stunning, sultry, smoking delivery that makes these tunes associated with Chet Baker envelop the listener. Communication is the most important thing to her, and her singing, while pure of pitch and treated with what she calls a “natural" vibrato, speaks directly to the listener in a way that's reminiscent of Betty Carter. ...
Johnnie Valentino: Stingy Brim
by Budd Kopman
Omnitone strikes again with Stingy Brim, a release that is billed as commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the death of the tuba as the bass line instrument, when it was replaced by the string bass. This album is very cool, hip, funny and just unpredictable enough to keep you glued to your chair, unless, that ...
Pete McCann: Most Folks
by Jerry D'Souza
Pete McCann confesses to a love of music from several different streams which influenced him as he was growing. The guitarist opens up a few of those influences on Most Folks with a skill which reveals him to be not only a good listener, but also a writer with the ability to build a striking composition ...
Pete McCann: Most Folks
by Troy Collins
Pete McCann, a ridiculously versatile guitarist, takes his varied interests to extremes on this Omnitone debut. McCann's third album as a leader is his most diverse collection of songs yet. He explains his stylistically unbound aesthetic this way: “I like music; I like all different types of jazz.... I love it all. I don't like to ...
John McNeil: East Coast Cool
by Budd Kopman
The best jazz is always at least a bit subversive--it does the unexpected, perhaps even setting the listener up for something, only to slap him about it later. Jazz can be the epitome of unpredictability and subversion when musicians play around the melody or forego it altogether, when they fracture the harmony and stretch it to ...
