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Ben Allison and Medicine Wheel: Riding the Nuclear Tiger
by Scott Andrews
Bassist Ben Allison founded the Jazz Composers Collective in New York City in 1992, and has been a centerpiece of that non-profit organization and the local jazz scene ever since. Allison leads his septet Medicine Wheel through nine shifty, modern jazz tunes on their third record Riding the Nuclear Tiger.The non-traditional instrumentation of Medicine ...
Kate McGarry: Show Me
by Jim Santella
With her program of romantic kinship, Kate McGarry reaches around the world to distant lands. Her phrasing, meanwhile, carries an unmistakable resemblance to Carmen McRae. Fresh and strong, the singer's delivery blends with piano, bass, drums and guitar to evoke mainstream jazz sentiments.Scat singing on “East of the Sun," McGarry improvises as an instrumentalist. ...
Lee Konitz and the Axis String Quartet: Play French Impressionist Music from the 20th Century
by Jack Bowers
This homage to 20th–century French Impressionist composers by alto saxophonist Lee Konitz and the Axis String Quartet might best be described as a sometimes interesting but more often overly ambitious venture. Konitz is an undeniably marvelous player (although not especially well–recorded here) and the quartet is clearly an accomplished unit, but the music itself is on ...
Bill Mays Trio: Summer Sketches
by Glenn Astarita
After years of performing from within the Los Angeles studio scene, Bill Mays (now a denizen of New York City), serenades the dawning of summer 2001, with this exquisite and quietly powerful trio recording aptly titled, Summer Sketches. On his 'Palmetto Records' debut, the pianist along with bassist Martin Wind and drummer Matt Wilson commence the ...
Matt Wilson: Arts And Crafts
by Mark Corroto
If jazz is truly an American art form and said to represent all of America, then it cannot be considered strictly an urban sound. John Coltrane might have developed his ideas in Philadelphia, but he and Thelonious Monk are from rural communities in North Carolina. Even the Brooks Brothers clad Miles Davis grew up in St. ...
Larry Goldings: As One
by C. Andrew Hovan
It’s been well over a decade now since a renaissance movement put the funky Hammond B-3 organ back on the scene with a vengeance. It’s been nearly that long since Larry Goldings decided to get together with guitarist Peter Bernstein and drummer Bill Stewart to form one of the preeminent organ combos of modern vintage. In ...
Matt Wilson: Arts and Crafts
by David Adler
Ever the restless spirit, Matt Wilson tries something entirely new for his fourth Palmetto CD. Sending the members of his regular Matt Wilson Quartet on a brief vacation, the drummer recruits Terell Stafford on trumpet, Larry Goldings on piano (not organ), and Dennis Irwin on bass for a new band he calls Arts and Crafts. Previous ...
Ben Allison: Riding The Nuclear Tiger
by Mark Corroto
Like Charles Mingus, the bassist Allison has taken an aggressive approach to his music. Allison formed the Jazz Composers Collective, a musician-run, nonprofit with a mission to foster creative artists and new music. Not waiting for the jazz establishment to pick up on what he is laying down, he performs and writes for small ensembles and ...
Larry Goldings Trio: As One
by Mark Corroto
The words “graceful” and “organist” can almost never be used in the same sentence. But the agile fingering of Larry Goldings is anything but the coarse, gritty soul music that you hear everywhere. His follow-up to the 1999 Moonbird trio session and the Peter Bernstein-led 1997 trio Earth Tones (Criss Cross) is his best work to ...
Pete McCann: You Remind Me Of Someone
by Todd S. Jenkins
Guitarist Pete McCann has gathered a beautiful assortment of songs and assembled one heck of a choice quartet to interpret them on this admirable disc. McCann is a big-eared, big-toned player who has served quality time with the Maria Schneider Orchestra, Bobby Previte, John Patitucci, Kenny Wheeler and other modern jazz stars. He and bassist John ...
