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Ahmad Jamal: Ahmad Jamal Trio: Complete Recordings
by Robert Iannapollo
It's surprising that Ahmad Jamal, clearly one of the benchmarks of jazz piano in the '50s, has been neglected by most jazz writers. Though he's clearly been a popular favorite, most of the positive commentary has focused on “Miles Davis really liked him. That's actually a bit of an understatement. One might even say Davis was ...
Joe McPhee And The (Trio) X Factor
by Robert Iannapollo
2007 marks the 40th anniversary of a major event in jazz, the passing of John Coltrane. It also marks another event that may escape most people, a birth of sorts: the recording debut of multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee, as a sideman on Clifford Thornton's Freedom And Unity, recorded the day after Coltrane's funeral. Those 48 hours were ...
Dominic Duval: Covering All Basses
by Robert Iannapollo
Although a late bloomer (the first recording under his own name came in 1997 when he was 52), Dominic Duval is one of the great bassists working in jazz today. And in the last ten years, his output both under his own name and in bands (including Trio X and with Cecil Taylor) has ballooned to ...
Lou Grassi's Po Band: Infinite POtential
by Robert Iannapollo
Drummer-for-all-seasons Lou Grassi can do it all. But when left to his own devices with his PO band, he seems to prefer sessions that are mostly improvised. Grassi's latest PO Band project, Infinite POtential (the group's sixth release), finds Grassi and company going back to free improvisation as their MO, with a couple of new members--bassist ...
Newer Dutch Swing: Cor Fuhler, Gravitones & Strings
by Robert Iannapollo
The New Dutch Swing players seem to have an affinity for fielding adventurous, midsize jazz/improvised music ensembles of 8-12 players. The ICP Orchestra and Willem Breuker Kollektief immediately spring to mind. But there are others including various ensembles headed by pianists Guus Janssen and Michiel Braam and trombonist Joost Buis' Astronotes. The interesting thing about these ...
Gebhard Ullmann and Steve Swell: Cutitout and Remember Now
by Robert Iannapollo
Gebhard Ullmann Cutitout Leo Records 2006 Steve Swell's Slammin' The Infinite Remember Now Not Two 2006 German multi-reedman Gebhard Ullmann divides his time between Berlin and New ...
Rochester International Jazz Festival Comes Of Age: A Report on the 5th RIJF
by Robert Iannapollo
5th Rochester International Jazz Festival Rochester, NY June 9-17, 2006 With its fifth edition, the Rochester International Jazz Festival has come of age. With attendance up 20% over the previous year, the event has become a boon to local businesses and an event of civic pride, one that the city can get ...
5th Rochester International Jazz Festival, Part 1-3
by Robert Iannapollo
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Covering the 5th Rochester International Jazz Festival this year turned out to be as pleasurable and frustrating an experience as last year's. Held from June 9-17, and with a slate of 170 concerts, the festival came into its own this year with lots of local media coverage (especially ...
5th Rochester International Jazz Festival, Part 2-3
by Robert Iannapollo
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Roberto Occhipinti Quintet Montage June 11 Roberto Occhipinti-bass; Kevin Turcotte-trumpet; Kelly Jefferson-tenor saxophone; Manuel Valera-piano; Dafnis Prieto-drums. Canadian bassist Occhipinti is one of those utility bass players who can play with virtually anyone. But with his quintet he seems to favor a ...
5th Rochester International Jazz Festival, Part 3-3
by Robert Iannapollo
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Gray Mayfield / Mark Whitfield Quartet Festival Tent June 13 Gray Mayfield-alto sax; Mark Whitfield-guitar; Ryan Kotler-bass; Ted Poor-drums. The Festival Tent is probably the least attractive venue of the festival. It's a huge tent erected in a parking lot across the ...
