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The Levitts: We Are The Levitts
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Although they may never have been the “first family of popular music," the Levitts family played music that echoed various forms and spoke a multitude of idioms and phrases that brought the psychedelic 60s to life. This record, We are the Levitts, is a remarkable document of their unique voices that brings to life a musical ...
Abdullah Ibrahim: Senzo
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Any record by Abdullah Ibrahim is always an event to look forward to, often with bated breath as he always turns in something quite breathtaking. Ibrahim has done this with Good News from Africa (Enja, 1973), Water from an Ancient Well (Ekapa/Tiptoe, 1985), the exquisite orchestral work African Suite (Ekapa/Tiptoe, 1998), and several others. The thrilling ...
Ross Taggart: Presenting The Ross Taggart Trio
by Raul d'Gama Rose
The unique talent of Ross Taggart has been heralded on many occasions by Benny Golson, Dr. Lonnie Liston Smith, Phil Woods, Clark Terry, and Fraser MacPherson, although it has almost always meant that he played a subordinate role. His first outing as a leader was as a tenor saxophonist on Ross Taggart & Co. (Boathouse Records, ...
Morgan Childs Quintet: Time
by Raul d'Gama Rose
It is no exaggeration to suggest that the energy of this quintet, led by drummer Morgan Childs, brings back memories of an era when Art Blakey led Messengers bands that included saxophonists such as Wayne Shorter and trumpeters like Terrance Blanchard or Wynton Marsalis. This quintet sounds as crafted and tight on Time as some of ...
Bruno Hubert: Live @ The Cellar
by Raul d'Gama Rose
It seems that Bruno Hubert's hands can work independently of each other, creating a unique kind of excitement on Live @ The Cellar, sounding, at times, like two pianos. He can also, it appears, keep two ideas going at one time and that is one hell of a wonderful trick to play on the unsuspecting. Because ...
Alan Sondheim: Ritual-All-7-70
by Raul d'Gama Rose
The musical piece on this second record by Alan Sondheim, Ritual-All-7-70, was created more than 40 years ago by Sondheim and a group of improvisers. It is not known whether there was an audience present during its performance--clearly one that was quite intensely joyful on that January day--or whether the audience was the musicians themselves, but ...
Patty Waters: Sings
by Raul d'Gama Rose
This legendary 1965 debut of Patty Waters, simply entitled Sings, is everything that it became famous for. Today, it's also clear how a recording such as this would have come to stand for the angst and anguish of a generation of musicians who were in the forefront of the avant-garde movement in jazz music. Using an ...
Bess Durey: Arctic
by Raul d'Gama Rose
There is something ethereal about the Arctic Canadian sky--especially one that is visible in winter. Nothing can begin to describe the kind that can be seen on a clear night. The perfect way to communicate what it feels like is through a song. But to make this a metaphor for loneliness and loss, and describe it ...
Michelle A. Richard: Michelle A. Richard
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Michelle A. Richard is a young Francophone Canadian vocalist and actor from British Columbia whose imagined musical ancestors could well be Little Jimmy Scott and Mavis Staples. These names are significant and provide an obvious peek into Richard's vocal world: Jazz and blues, to which it is possible to add Acadian roots music. The latter makes ...
Flow Trio: Rejuvenation
by Raul d'Gama Rose
If there is a way--and there most certainly is--to feel music with all the senses, then Flow Trio, comprising saxophonist Louie Belogenis, bassist Joe Morris and percussionist Charles Downs, show how completely spectacular this can feel when it all comes together on a record such as Rejuvenation. The group, all seriously schooled in ...
