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Jim Snidero: Far Far Away
by Dan McClenaghan
Alto saxophonist Jim Snidero had quite a year in 2021, with the re-release of his masterpiece, Strings (Savant), originally released in 2001, and the release of another masterful set, Live At Deer Head Inn (Savant). In 2022 he decided to keep a good thing going, inviting his Deer Head rhythm section--pianist Orrin Evans, bassist Peter Washington, ...
Umbria Jazz Winter 2022
by Libero Farnè
Umbria Jazz Winter 29 Orvieto Varie sedi 28.12.22--1.1.23 Nel programma della ventinovesima edizione del festival orvietano, la prima pagina era interamente dedicata alla memoria di Franco Fayenz, scomparso il 25 ottobre 2022; critico dall'impronta unica, capace di conciliare analisi musicale e sana divulgazione, era anche un amico storico di Umbria Jazz. ...
Just The Contrafacts
By Adam Shulman
Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2022
Track listing: Spare Change; More Please; What Did You Did To Me? Corpus And Spirit; Lover?I Hardly Know
Her; What Is This Thing Called?;Not So Easy To Love
Plays Monk & Ellington
By Spike Wilner
Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2022
Track listing: Eronel; Well You Needn't; Pannonica; Wonderful!Wonderful!; Let's Cool One; Gypsy Without A
Song; Le Sucrier Velour; U.M.M.G.; Intimacy Of The Blues
Plays Monk & Ellington
By Spike Wilner
Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2022
Track listing: Eronel; Well, You Needn’t; Pannonica; Wonderful! Wonderful!; Let’s Cool One; Gypsy
Without a Song; Le Sucrier Velour; U.M.M.G.; Intimacy of the Blues.
Star Crossed Lovers
Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Lullaby (for Ambra); Star Crossed Lovers; This Can't Be Love; Left Alone; You're My Everything; E Se; Cedar's Blues; Love Walked In.
Body & Soul; Love Walked In
Spike Wilner Trio: Plays Monk & Ellington
by Pierre Giroux
There have probably not been two more disparate individuals in jazz than the pianists Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk. Ellington was a florid individual in all aspects of his life, with his speaking style, his sartorial choices, and his compositions which were informed by ever-growing inspirational sources. In contrast, Monk was introverted and generally uncommunicative; his ...
Spike Wilner Trio: Plays Monk & Ellington
by Jack Bowers
Not to mince words, this is a splendid album by New York-based pianist Spike Wilner and his trio, recorded in January 2022 at GP's Juke Joint, which must double as a recording studio, as there is no audience. No matter the venue, it is difficult to wander too far astray when playing the music of Thelonious ...
Patty Lomuscio: Star Crossed Lovers
by Paul Beard
The Italian singer Patty Lomuscio had long dreamed of making an album in New York with pianist Kenny Barron. Now she has done so. Alongside Barron is drummer Joe Farnsworth, bassist Peter Washington and Vincent Herring on alto saxophone. The title track, comes across really well. Lomuscio's talents start to shine through and then ...
Adam Shulman: Just The Contrafacts
by Pierre Giroux
For those who may be scratching their heads about the word contrafact, in the jazz medium it designates a musical composition in which a new melody is overlaid on a familiar harmonic structure. This form really became prominent in the bebop era, where the artists (who were generally short of financial resources) could create new compositions ...
