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Xavier Davis Trio: Innocence of Youth
by Paul West
Remember the great groups in jazz who use their musical instruments like an uncharted form of speech, using rhythm and fortissimo movements to speak to each other instead of catering to an audience? With Innocence of Youth, the Xavier Davis Trio teaches a lesson in “sayin' somethin'" with music. What do they say? How about this: ...
Patricia Barber: Verse
by Paul West
Patricia Barber's newest hybrid of cocktail hour blues and lush vocals jazz is on ample display in Verse, and the result is must listening - and on all ten tracks. Barber's ability to play by her own rules is remarkably assured and stylistically controlled, having a freedom many artists are rarely granted, a tribute to Barber's ...
Clay Giberson: Upper Road
by Paul West
Like a lot of seasoned, contemporary jazz pianists, Clay Giberson creates music that just about always works, but always works its most magic when it takes chances and breaks free from tradition. It’s not so much a problem in contemporary jazz as it is an ever-so-slightly unfulfilled promise: it’s music that is fine, damn fine even, ...
Robert Jacobson: Coldwater
by Paul West
Guitarist Robert Jacobson and his backup trio get off and running in their very first track in their improvisational album Coldwater, which often plays like an extended, yet fairly balanced, jam session. Of course, the timing and orchestration are structured in the form of an album, but there’s a sense that these guys could keep playing ...
Paul Kendall/Bob Leto: Red Top
by Paul West
There’s no denying the love jazz aficionados feel for good, old-fashioned tunes. The kind of smooth, light and sprightly sounds that play it safe but do so with energy have a place in our hearts – or ears, to be exact. Red Top, a new album by tenor saxophonist and flutist Paul Kendall and drummer Bob ...
Jeff "Tain" Watts: Bar Talk
by Paul West
Now here’s a guy (and a group) that can play: Jeff “Tain” Watts, who is quite simply one hell of a drummer, is an artist growing in popularity but building impressive skill and power after having served as a supporting player for the likes of such prominent jazz masters as pianist McCoy Tyner and guitarist George ...
Yaya3: Yaya3
by Paul West
The self-titled album by a trio of young yet established artists, Yaya3, is frequently sensational jazz, calm yet lively, smooth yet vibrant, piquant yet familiar. Disguised in simplistic harmonies yet paced with flare and consistently punctured with solos of boisterous cadence, this winning assembly of superlative talent almost brazenly sneaks up on you: it's not nearly ...
Paul Serrato & Co.: More Than Red
by Paul West
There’s something special about the newest album of the accomplished jazz pianist Paul Serrato, More Than Red. Maybe it’s his polished balancing of playful energy and smooth capability when humming out varied, flavorful tunes. Or perhaps it’s his daring in producing a sound that frequently achieves a feel that’s distinctive and personal. Maybe it’s both of ...
Steve Herberman: Thought Lines
by Paul West
Guitarist Steve Herberman is someone to watch --- or listen to, rather. His guitar riffs have a smooth, comforting feel that surpasses the increasing monotony of smooth-jazz radio outlets. In Thought Lines , an often very fine album, Herberman’s guitar conjures up a hearty helping of jazz standards. Everyone from Oscar Hammerstein, Jerome Kern, Charlie Christian, ...
Heinrich von Kalnein: Blackbird
by Paul West
Basie did it, and now German based saxophonist/flutist Heinrich von Kalnein is the latest jazz musician to hearken back to music by The Beatles. Blackbird is his easygoing, sometimes rousing tribute: a compilation of ten popular tunes by the Fab Four, filtered through a distinctively European style of jazz riffing. With his competent backing of trombone, ...
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