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Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra: Don't Be Afraid... The Music of Charles Mingus
by Jim Santella
Six compositions by Charles Mingus give the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra something different to work with. The swing is still there, but each piece echoes with the emotional strength and ferocity that its composer espoused through his ensembles. As with the original, you get a powerful bass line that leads the way, and you get thrilling ...
Ted Nash: La Espada De La Noche
by Budd Kopman
The first thing you notice on “A Night in Tunisia, which opens the wonderful La Espada De La Noche, is the accordion, which is not the most heavily used instrument in jazz, to say the least. The next thing is Ted Nash's beautiful, soft, caressing sax sound, followed by the “full band, which excludes a bassist ...
Bill Mays Trio: Live at Jazz Standard
by John Kelman
Pianist Bill Mays, now in his early sixties, is proof positive that aging needn't necessarily imply either slowing down or settling into a comfort zone. He has been an active collaborator with artists like Bud Shank (with whom he performed at this year's Ottawa International Jazz Festival), Shirley Horn, and Gerry Mulligan, but he's also established ...
Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra with Arturo O'Farrill: Una Noche Inolvidable
by Robert R. Calder
The Lincoln Center's Latin jazz big band shows off its paces on the opening “Havana Special," the first of only two instrumentals on Una Noche Inolvidable. Of the following three categories--Latin jazz, jazz-influenced Latin music, and jazzless Latin music--the third's absent here, and the second dominates. With guest singing appearances by Herman Olivera and ...
Javon Jackson: Have You Heard
by John Kelman
Continuing down the path he laid with '03's Easy Does It, tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson's latest, Have You Heard, is another groove-happy release that turns away from his earlier straight-ahead discs on Criss Cross and Blue Note, moving even further towards a soulful, funky vibe with greater crossover appeal. Lightweight it may be, but it's also ...
Ted Nash & Odeon: La Espada De La Noche
by Chris May
Best known for his work within straight-ahead classic jazz--from early apprenticeships with the Lionel Hampton and Quincy Jones bands through today's collaborations with Wynton Marsalis--Ted Nash has used his Odeon projects to show another, more outward looking and, some might say, more interesting and innovative aspect of his musical interests. With Odeon, Nash weaves tango (and ...
The Fred Hersch Ensemble: Leaves of Grass
by Jim Santella
The full chamber ensemble assembled by Fred Hersch for this project creates a beautiful scene that reflects Walt Whitman's poetry appropriately. A serious tone with religious fervor and dramatic overtones emanates from the adventure. “Song of Myself," the album's centerpiece, flows gently, with Whitman's poetry supplying the lyrics and Hersch's ensemble supplying the mood. ...
Kate McGarry: Mercy Streets
by Brian P. Lonergan
Singer Kate McGarry has made a beautiful album with Mercy Streets, though the music is not easily pigeonholed in any category of jazz. The largely acoustic album, with landscapes created by McGarry's vocals and guitar-based arrangements, follows in the genre-defying path cleared in recent years by Cassandra Wilson and Marvin Sewell's work together. To ...
Kate McGarry: Mercy Streets
by C. Michael Bailey
Kate McGarry has become a conspicuous presence among jazz vocalists because of her effortless assimilation of several major jazz vocal styles into a single musical vision. In her singing, one can detect elements of Kurt Elling, Betty Carter, Joni Mitchell, Cassandra Wilson, and Norah Jones. In this respect, McGarry is pushing the boundaries of jazz vocals ...
Bobby Watson & Horizon: Horizon Reassembled
by Russ Musto
Saxophonist Bobby Watson believes, like his former boss Art Blakey did, that making people feel good is “one of the vital functions of jazz. Horizon always made music that was extremely exciting, which made its demise after five major label releases (now all out of print) doubly disappointing. Horizon Reassembled picks up where the band left ...
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