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Brad Mehldau: House On Hill & Metheny Mehldau
by Russ Musto
Brad Mehldau House On Hill Nonesuch 2006 Pat Metheny Brad Mehldau Metheny Mehldau Nonesuch 2006 Although Brad Mehldau's mastery of the standard jazz repertoire is a significant ...
Sonny Fortune: In Pursuit Of Music
by Russ Musto
Sonny Fortune is one of the most exciting saxophonists in jazz today, with a searing sound that is all his own. Fortune served as a sideman with a variety of leaders, including Elvin Jones, Mongo Santamaria, Buddy Rich, McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis and Nat Adderley, but it as a leader that he has truly made his ...
Eric Kamau Gr
by Russ Musto
“I'd like like to go out in a blaze of glory. If the drum set catches fire one day while I'm playing, I will have achieved my purpose, Eric Kamau Grávátt says with a hearty laugh from his home in Minneapolis, where he has resided for the better part of the last three decades. “For the ...
Francisco Mela: Melao
by Russ Musto
Cuban-born, New York-based drummer Francisco Mela's debut as leader introduces an important new creative talent to the international jazz scene. As its title implies--literally, melao is the Spanish word for the dark syrup concocted from cane sugar; figuratively, it describes any potent mixture of varied ingredients--the disc is a musical mélange of Mela compositions with a ...
Pat Martino: Remember: A Tribute To Wes Montgomery
by Russ Musto
The tribute album allows an artist to document his indebtedness to another's influence on his own style with a more fully formed personal approach and individual voice. It shines a spotlight on the honoree's body of work in a way that no single record in that artist's discography did during his lifetime. And it introduces a ...
Kirk Lightsey
by Russ Musto
When Kirk Lightsey walked into Harlem's St. Mark's United Methodist Church in May, to attend funeral services for his friend John Hicks, it was the first time that most of the considerable cross section of the New York jazz community there had seen the once ubiquitous pianist in more than a dozen years. A native of ...
Duduka Da Fonseca: Samba Jazz In Black & White
by Russ Musto
The second effort led by Duduka Da Fonseca, the drummer in Trio da Paz, is a triumphant successor to 2002's Samba Jazz Fantasia that manages to surpass the promise of its Grammy-nominated predecessor. This delightful disc features his talented working quintet with saxophonist/clarinetist Anat Cohen, pianist Helio Alves, guitarist Guilherme Monteiro and bassist Leonardo Cioglia romping ...
Steve Nelson: Vibing
by Russ Musto
Vibraphonist Steve Nelson began his career during the seventies, in his hometown of Pittsburgh, following the straight ahead path blazed by his first major influence, Milt Jackson. After a year with guitarist Grant Green he was playing and recording with his Rutgers professors James Spaulding and Kenny Barron, before landing a spot in David “Fathead" Newman's ...
Charles Lloyd: Confluence
by Russ Musto
“It's all part of a continuum, Charles Lloyd says about the music of his new trio with Zakir Hussain and Eric Harland. “Sangam is a confluence, a meeting--it's a supercharged atmosphere when we get together. We play in the now, looking for the One. Zakir, Eric and I may come from different backgrounds, but it is ...
Sax in the City: It's All In The Game and Ends And Means
by Russ Musto
Eric Alexander It's All In The Game HighNote 2006 Vincent Herring Ends and Means HighNote 2006 In 2005 Eric Alexander and Vincent Herring teamed up to make ...
