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Mike Longo's New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble: Oasis
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
The golden age of big bands ebbed long ago and the economics and logistics of maintaining large groups in today's music climate make a comeback unlikely. Despite these difficulties, there are champions of the big band--those who don't assemble all-star groupings merely for one-offs, but develop their music with a stable band. One such ...
Susie Ibarra and Mephista: Folkloriko & Entomological Reflections
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
As a composer, improviser, bandleader or member, drummer-percussionist Susie Ibarra displays a holistic approach to music, playing her parts to support the larger musical vision. Two recent and divergent recordings showcase her broad musical palate. Susie Ibarra Folkloriko Tzadik 2004 Folkloriko , Ibarra's latest as a leader, opens with “Anitos," ...
Masada: 50th Birthday Celebration Vols. 1 & 4
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Masada String Trio 50th Birthday Celebration, Vol. 1 Tzadik 2004 A year after his month-long residency at Tonic, saxophonist/composer John Zorn continues the revelry with the 50th Birthday Celebration series. Volumes One and Four coincide with the ten-year anniversary of Zorn's Masada songbook: the former features one of the most ...
Jim Black: Swell Henry & Habyor
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
From a musical history that stretches back to their Seattle youth and tenure together in many projects, saxophonist/clarinetist Chris Speed and drummer Jim Black have both emerged as bandleaders and composers and still draw on each other's talents. With their groups yeah NO and Alas No Axis, respectively, they have mined different musical territory to forge ...
Charlie Hunter: Friends Seen and Unseen & Latitude
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Charlie Hunter Friends Seen and Unseen Ropeadope 2004 Still mining inspiration from his relocation to New York, 8-string guitar wizard Charlie Hunter returns to the trio format for his latest release Friends Seen and Unseen. With Hunter's unique style of playing bass lines and guitar melodies simultaneously, it often sounds ...
On the Road With Ellery Eskelin w/ Andrea Parkins and Jim Black
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
On the Road with Ellery Eskelin w/ Andrea Parkins & Jim Black Prime Source DVD 3010 2004 What is life like on the road? Music enthusiasts often wonder. As part of the 10-year anniversary celebration of his trio, saxophonist Ellery Eskelin offers a glimpse of touring on his new DVD On the ...
Ellery Eskelin: Ten
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Saxophonist Ellery Eskelin's trio has always defied conventional expectations. The unusual match of his powerful, melodic tenor with the experimental accordion, piano and sampler playing of Andrea Parkins and the inimitable drumming of Jim Black is now in its tenth year. To commemorate this milestone, Eskelin surprises again on Ten by throwing out composition and inviting ...
Jamie Baum: Moving Forward, Standing Still
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Experimenting with unconventional instrumentation is sometimes just that--testing an idea to see if it works. On Moving Forward, Standing Still , her third release as a leader, flautist Jamie Baum assembles an atypical combination of instruments, starting with her own and adding Tom Varner's French horn, Ralph Alessi's trumpet and flugelhorn and Doug Yate's alto saxophone ...
Maria Schneider: Concert in the Garden
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Lush harmonies evoking a sense of romance and dynamic rhythms alluding to dance abound on composer/arranger Maria Schneider's Concert in the Garden. She assuredly guides her 17-piece band through cinematic compositions that would feel at home in a Golden Age Hollywood epic. Schneider is more interested in exploring the melodic, harmonic and textural possibilities the instrumentation ...
Charlie Hunter: Friends Seen and Unseen
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Still mining inspiration from his relocation to New York, eight-string guitar wizard Charlie Hunter returns to the trio format for Friends Seen and Unseen. The trio offers plenty of open space, though with Hunter's unique style of playing bass lines and guitar melodies simultaneously, the group can often sound like a quartet. Hunter and his partners, ...
