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Cynthia Felton: Afro Blue: The Music of Oscar Brown, Jr.
by C. Michael Bailey
Oscar Brown, Jr. (1926-2005) was a man of many talents and interests. Brown could count himself as a singer, songwriter, arranger, playwright, poet, and civil right activist with political proclivities. In jazz, Brown is best remembered for providing lyrics to many instrumental jazz standards, including Miles Davis' “All Blues" and Bobby Timmons' “Dat Dere." Dr. Cynthia ...
The West Point Band's Jazz Knights: At First Light
by Woodrow Wilkins
Imagine serving your country by displaying your artistic gifts. That's what the members of the West Point Band's Jazz Knights do, and they do it well. The U.S. Military Academy Band's Jazz Knights have been doing it for more than 30 years. The members are carefully selected from various institutions around the United States. ...
Rebecca Cline/Hilary Noble: Enclave Diaspora
by John Barron
The Boston-based quartet Enclave, co-led by saxophonist/percussionist Hilary Noble and pianist Rebecca Cline, explores the fiery traditions of Afro-Cuban rhythms with an edgy jazz fusion slant. Enclave Diaspora, the group's second release, is an engaging set of Noble/Cline originals, chock full of rhythmic and harmonic surprises. The musicianship here is first-rate, as demonstrated on energetic romps ...
The West Point Band's Jazz Knights: At First Light
by Dan McClenaghan
The Jazz Knights, West Point's jazz ensemble, is the U.S Army's contribution to big band jazz. An outfit that recruits its members from the finest of the nation's music education schools, it has produced a vibrant, first rate outing with At First Light.It's obvious within the first moments of the opening cut, the Dietz/Swartz ...
Rebecca Cline and Hilary Noble: Enclave Diaspora
by Woodrow Wilkins
In its basic meaning, an Enclave is a community of people separated or enclosed from others. By contrast, Diaspora is the casting out of such a community--people forced from their home land. Rebecca Cline and Hilary Noble bring those ideals together with Enclave Diaspora, a collection of songs that represent musicians' artistic similarities as well as ...
Adrian Cohen: Delphic
by Alexander M. Stern
Five years have passed since pianist Adrian Cohen released his debut CD, Standardized (Independent, 2003), an exhilarating exploration of the jazz repertoire in a trio setting. In that time, both Cohen's abilities and his reputation have grown. With Delphic, Cohen meets and exceeds the promise of his first disc. The album takes its title from the ...
The West Point Band's Jazz Knights: At First Light
by Edward Blanco
With jazz music under assault lately from the recent loss of IAJE to the demise of jazz radio stations throughout the country, it's comforting to know that jazz has many defenders everywhere. Among them are the soldier-musicians from the United States Military Academy at West Point, known as The Academy's Jazz Knights Big Band. ...
Jesse Lewis: Atticus
by John Dworkin
The cover art of Jesse Lewis' Atticus is a simple yet striking image: a leaf with its veins replaced by digital circuitry cupped in a pair of hands. The leaf as precious motherboard. The interpretations of the image on its own could vary, but how it relates to Lewis's recording is relatively clear. How nature fits ...
Matthias Bublath: Second Angle
by John Barron
Since moving to New York City from Germany, pianist/organist Matthias Bublath has been making a name for himself as an in-demand sideman for the likes of Lenny Picket, Mike Clark and Lionel Loueke. For Second Angle, his third release as a leader, Bublath stirs up a greasy set of organ-driven funk with the help of vibraphonist ...
Matthias Bublath: Second Angle
by Dave Major
Second Angle is the third CD from New York-based organist/pianist and composer Matthias Bublath. His two previous releases saw him exploring two disparate sound-worlds individually: Latin music and jazz/funk. Here, with the help of vibraphonist Tim Collins, drummer Obed Calvaire, and saxophonist Scott Bourgeois, Bublath seeks to unify and consolidate these ideas rather than segregating them. ...
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