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Matt Wilson: Wake Up! (To What
by Jim Santella
Matt Wilson's reputation as a creative artist precedes him. His strong leadership has produced several fine ensembles with excellent performing credentials. He's served as the backbone for many stellar sessions. With Terrell Stafford, Dennis Irwin and Larry Goldings, the drummer has assembled one of the finest straight-ahead quartets around. Each has his own unique ...
Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts: Wake Up! (To What
by Mark Sabbatini
Open-minded and unselfish. Good moral qualities, but are they good musical ones as well? In drummer Matt Wilson's case, the answer is mostly yes on his latest album Wake Up! (To What's Happening) , reuniting the Arts And Crafts quartet that released a relatively straight-ahead album by that name in '01. Wilson, an exceptional ...
Steve Swallow/Ohad Talmor Sextet: L'Histoire du Clochard (The Bum's Tale)
by Ty Cumbie
Steve Swallow's music for the new L'Histoire du Clochard is mostly soft watercolor, ranging from subtle pastels to more complex, light shades, but nothing much stronger. Writing for brass, reeds and strings, Swallow shows off his mastery of harmony here, but doesn't try to leave us with any infectious melodies. He's more interested in putting us ...
Steve Swallow/Ohad Talmor: L'Histoire du Clochard (The Bum's Tale)
by John Kelman
When, after first meeting him in '95, tenor saxophonist Ohad Talmor first suggested to bassist Steve Swallow an album interpreting of some of Swallow's material, stating that he “didn't propose to treat [his] material nicely," he was told to “have his way." The result, L'Histoire du Clochard (The Bum's Tale) places some of Swallow's most popular ...
Bobby Watson & Horizon: Horizon Reassembled
by Mark Sabbatini
Bobby Watson & Horizon Horizon Reassembled Palmetto Records 2004 To properly appreciate this CD, according to its leader, you need to listen to it five times. No problem. Horizon Reassembled finds alto saxophonist Bobby Watson reuniting with his hard-bop Horizon quintet from the ...
Bobby Watson & Horizon: Horizon Reassembled
by Jim Santella
With this reunion, Horizon weaves a cohesive web of sultry serenades that call out softly. Rhythmically adventurous and harmonically complex, they wrap their performance in comfortable tones and pleasant melodies. Front liners Bobby Watson and Terrell Stafford keep the session amiable, as they waft delicate solos fore and aft with fluid motion. Like a ship at ...
Bobby Watson and Horizon: Horizon Reassembled
by John Kelman
Bobby Watson is not a new name to the scene. With a résumé that includes tenure with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in the early ‘80s, as well as various ensembles led by Wynton Marsalis, his robust alto sound has been well represented on over a hundred albums as a guest and nearly twenty-five recordings as a ...
Frank Kimbrough: Lullabluebye
by J. Robert Bragonier
Any opportunity to listen to Frank Kimbrough’s trio is apt to be well worth the investment in time and concentration. It’s unlikely that you will be able to get by without making the investment, however; his is not mood music or background music, while you’re concentrating on something else. Although ever accessible, it is sometimes freeform ...
Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel: Buzz
by Rob Cline
Despite its moderate tempo, “Respiration," the opening track on Buzz, sets an insistent tone that drives the album’s first three tracks. Bassist Ben Allison penned all three charts, which feature tight, energetic ensemble playing by the six-piece band as well as plenty of open space for improvisation, including a textured piano solo by Frank Kimbrough on ...
Frank Kimbrough: Lullabluebye
by John Kelman
Another day, another piano trio. The thought could send a reviewer running for cover. It's such a conventional and commonplace format that reviewing yet another one could be a major challenge. How to differentiate? How to assess in context of all the others that came before? In the case of pianist Frank Kimbrough, the criteria have ...
