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Kristy: My Romance
by Raul d'Gama Rose
As vocalists go, Kristy Cardinali is surely one of a rare breed--a singer who inhabits, as if by magic, the nooks and crannies of each and every moment of the song. With ever so subtle twists in breath and diction, Kristy (as she refers to herself, sans last name) executes such a remarkable command of melody ...
Chris Donnelly: Solo
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Here's what you might do with this brand new record: have someone place a velvet blindfold over your eyes, slip the record into a CD player, hit “play," adjust volume for comfort, then slide into a very comfortable chair and listen. Chances are one may be think that Bill Evans had come back to life and ...
Sebastian Schunke: Back in New York
by Raul d'Gama Rose
There are several aspects of Sebastian Schunke's new record, Back in New York (Connector, 2008) that make it stand out from the slew of records that young pianists produce. First is that the music is complex, sophisticated, and superbly crafted--a sure sign that its composer has already reached a high degree of maturation. Second, ...
Charles Manson: Lie: The Love and Terror Cult
by Raul d'Gama Rose
It is quite surreal to handle a copy of Lie: The Love and Terror Cult, and certainly a very bizarre feeling to know that someone so twisted as Charles Manson and his cult, The Family, were the artists behind it all. Still, no matter how outrageous it appears, artists they are--albeit questionable ones. Or are they...? ...
MIJ: Yodeling Astrologer
by Raul d'Gama Rose
This is an unusual record--one that defies category and in terms of production is quite beyond regular horizons. The musical legend is that MIJ (Jim Holmberg) was a musician who, after a serious accident that fractured his skull, then healed, but began a mind-altering journey. For instance at a time just before making Yodeling Astrologer (ESP-Disk, ...
Karel Velebny: SHQ
by Raul d'Gama Rose
If it were possible for painting and poetry to incorporate bebop in a crazy sort of rhythmic gymnastics, or if it were possible somehow to meld revolutionary body politic with dramatic performance then this record would be Paul Klee-meets-Bird--or, for that matter, Frank Zappa-meets-Vaclav Havel. Those expecting to hear a '60s nouvelle vague record would probably ...
Chris Speed / Chris Cheek / Stephane Furic Leibovici: Jugendstil
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Everything about this extraordinary album, Jugendstil, is deliberate and attains its own level of perfection. To begin with, there is its name: The word Jugendstil (German for “youth style," akin to the French “art nouveau" movement of the late nineteenth century) is so apt, considering that it defines the music contained in this record. For instance ...
Gunter Hampel Group: Music From Europe
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Although it is simply called Music From Europe, the Gunter Hampel Group's first foray into America in 1966, could well have joined the ranks of several early (1950s) recordings by MJQ or John Lewis and Dizzy Gillespie's Perceptions (Verve, 1961) as one of those earliest examples of where the musical cultures of classical Europe and jazz ...
Joel Haynes Trio + Seamus Blake: Transitions
by Raul d'Gama Rose
How many hands does Joel Haynes have? If you answered (two) correctly, you may have serious doubts when you listen to Transitions (Cellar Live, 2008). Haynes appears to hear many different rhythms concurrently and uses every limb at his disposal to bring them to life. He is able to create an intense rattle at his snare, ...
Lowell Davidson: Lowell Davidson Trio
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Lowell Davidson was one of those quintessential artists. A pianist possessed of great virtuosity, he was also a Harvard-educated biochemist and his musical art--both compositions and performance--and emerged from a confluence of the two. Davidson inhabited a rarified space. He understood and played with such harmonic sophistication that he may be compared in this respect only ...
