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Feel the Vibes: Neon, Trio Viriditas and The Wee Trio
by Robert Iannapollo
A recently-spotted chat group thread queried, “Is the trombone dead?" A large number of responses set the questioner straight but one response was something like, “No. But the vibes and tuba are." This answer would surprise such active veterans as Gary Burton, Khan Jamal, Bobby Hutcherson and Karl Berger, all of whom are still producing vital ...
Kris Davis: Rye Eclipse & Outright!
by Robert Iannapollo
Kris Davis Rye Eclipse Fresh Sound New Talent 2008 Jon Irabagon Jon Irabagon's Outright! Innova Recordings 2008 Canadian born, Brooklyn-based pianist Kris Davis made inroads into the ...
Harris Eisenstadt: Tiebreaker & Guewel
by Robert Iannapollo
Jeb Bishop / Harris Eisenstadt / Jason Roebke Tiebreaker Not Two 2008 Harris Eisenstadt Guewel Clean Feed 2008 Peripatetic drummer Harris Eisenstadt seems to be a man ...
Moserobie Music Production
by Robert Iannapollo
It was around 1999 when Swedish saxophonist Jonas Kullhammar felt he was ready to document his music and his quartet. For those who haven't heard this remarkable player, Kullhammar is one of those saxophonists whose excursions convey an exuberant joy in improvising and playing jazz. He has assembled an equally ebullient quartet with pianist Torbjorn Gulz, ...
Sonny Rollins: Freedom Suite
by Robert Iannapollo
From 1955-59, it appeared that Sonny Rollins could do no wrong. One needs only to listen to the 1-2-3 punch of Saxophone Colossus, Live At The Village Vanguard or Way Out West for confirmation. Most jazz fans know these albums backwards and forwards.One of the albums from this period that's only slightly less revered ...
Ron McClure: Wonderland, Always & Between or Beyond
by Robert Iannapollo
Harold Danko / Ron McClure Wonderland Steeplechase 2008 Kalman Olah Trio Always Memphis International 2007 Mike Nock Underground Between Or Beyond MPS Japan 1970-2008
Mario Pavone: Trio Arc
by Robert Iannapollo
Bassist Mario Pavone's first recording was as a member of pianist Paul Bley's trio on the little-heard 1968 release Canada (Radio Canada International). This was when Bley's trio was at the peak of its acoustic glory, but Pavone's tenure was short-lived as Bley moved into an electronic phase shortly after. Pavone would go on after to ...
Gebhard Ullmann: New Basement Research; Die Blaue Nixe & Leo Records 25th Anniversary: Loft, Koln
by Robert Iannapollo
Reedman Gebhard Ullmann has always been a bit apart. Never an inside player yet rarely as extreme as some of his German contemporaries, he has doggedly pursued his own muse and released a stream of excellent discs since the '80s. Ullmann divides his time between Berlin and New York and has several groups based in each ...
Blaise Siwula: Projection: Zero; Transphonic Dimensions & Hommage an Klaus Kinski
by Robert Iannapollo
Blaise Siwula / Carsten Radtke Projection: Zero Konnex 2008 W.O.O. Presents Mambo Mantis Transphonic Dimensions Konnex 2007 Nobu Stowe-Lee Pembleton Project Hommage an Klaus Kinski Soul Note
Clifford Jordan: Glass Bead Games
by Robert Iannapollo
Perennially underrated saxophonist Clifford Jordan recorded two of his best albums for the Strata East label and Glass Bead Games is arguably his greatest recording and one of the great albums of the 1970s. Everything is right about this date; Jordan never sounded so good, his tone rich and full, his improvisatory ideas taking the models ...
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