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The Larry Goldings Trio: Moonbird
by Paula Edelstein
MOONBIRD, the debut release of The Larry Goldings Trio on the adventurous independent label, Palmetto, features six superbly-crafted tunes that pull out all the stops. Larry Goldings, considered by many to be one of today’s premiere jazz organists, pianists and composers, shares a splendid musical rapport with Peter Bernstein on guitar and Bill Stewart on drums, ...
Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel: Third Eye
by Jack Bowers
This is bassist Allison’s second recording with his group Medicine Wheel, and again he has mapped out an astute game plan and brought together sidemen who are capable of carrying it out. Allison, the founder and artistic director of the Jazz Composers Collective in New York City, is far more interested in the broad panorama of ...
Ben Allison: Third Eye
by Glenn Astarita
Bassist/composer Ben Allison has been making lots of waves these days. A recent profile in “Downbeat” magazine discloses that Ben is among the top 25 young jazz cats on the scene. Also, Mr. Allison is the founder, Composer-in-Residence and Artistic Director of the New York City based Jazz Composers Collective. Here, with Allison’s third release, Third ...
Various Artists: The Other Side of Standards
by Jack Bowers
Palmetto Records, a relatively new label with a strong early track record, showcases its impressive roster of artists on The Other Side of Standards, whose inventory of songs certainly widens the definition of the word “standard.” No question that “I Should Care” (performed by Dewey Redman) and “Georgia on My Mind” (the Greg Hatza ORGANization) belong ...
Joel Frahm: Sorry, No Decaf
by Glenn Astarita
On Sorry, No Decaf Saxophonist Joel Frahm displays an admirable compositional pen, and a commanding presence on tenor and soprano sax. Frahm enlists longtime associate and fine bandleader in his own right, drummer Matt Wilson along with pianist David Berkman and bassist Doug Weiss. The opener, Frahm’s “Smokey Joel” features a catchy, memorable melody line as ...
Pete McCann: Parable
by Glenn Astarita
What is it with these unassuming, clean cut looking guys like Bill Frisell and Pete McCann? They can churn out blistering, Hendrix-like guitar licks and “out-rock” most of those thin, longhaired rock stars yet, render smooth, articulate and at times difficult jazz motifs. Pete McCann is among the new breed of jazz guitarists who demonstrate this ...
Pete McCann: Parable
by Joel Roberts
One of the best and most ambitious albums to appear last year was Tom Varner's Window Up Above, a wildly eclectic overview of the entire history of American music, from Civil War songs to Duke Ellington to Hank Williams. The guitarist on that release was Pete McCann, who brings the same broad range of musical interests ...
Joel Frahm: Sorry, No Decaf
by Jack Bowers
Joel Frahm, an eloquent young post–bopper, reminds me of another of my favorite up–and–coming young lions, the irrepressible Eric Alexander, who reminds me of George Coleman, who reminds me of Dexter Gordon, who reminds me of . . . well, you get the picture — and it’s an almost unbroken lineal progression from bop’s unsophisticated roots ...
Pete McCann: Parable
by Jack Bowers
While the music he chooses to play isn’t always to my liking, Pete McCann is an enormously talented guitarist who cleverly splashes intense colors across an expansive musical canvas. He’s also something of a chameleon, shrewdly modifying style and substance to mirror the requirements of each composition. So it is that on one track he may ...
Armando Rodriguez-Victor Rendon Latin Jazz Orchestra: Havana Blues
by Dave Hughes
This CD is a real pleasure. The Armando Rodriguez and Victor Rendon Latin Jazz Orchestra combines the brassiness and broad sound palatte that's possible with a jazz big band with the swaying, intoxicating sensuousness of genuine Afro-Cuban rhythms. It's the next step along the musical path established by the likes of Mario Bauza, Machito, ...
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