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Bill Frisell - All We Are Saying (2011)
The thing that makes today's release of All We Are Saying feel so connective is guitarist Bill Frisell's willingness to simply let things happen—to accept life as it goes. He selected the songs for this John Lennon tribute as they occurred, either to him or to a crack band of familiars that included Jenny Scheinman (violin), ...
Dave Douglas - Freak in (2003)
By Tom Johnson In many ways, I am still no closer to being able to put words to my feelings for this album. Instead, I find myself forcing words upon it, all of which are rendered meaningless because they really don't describe this album, only things that have come before it. It would be simple to ...
On Second Thought: - Man in the Air (2003)
By Mark Saleski There's a single reason for me owning this disc: Kurt Elling's cover of Pat Metheny's “Minuano (Six Eight)," from Still Life (Talking). I thought it'd be interesting to hear vocals added to the song. But even after several listenings, I still didn't know what to make of Elling. See, it's a pretty unusual ...
The Friday Morning Listen: R.E.M. - Murmur (1983)
October 14, 1983. It was a long time ago. It was the one and only night I was lucky enough to see R.E.M. in concert. In the gym at the University of Maine with support acts B. Willie Smith (an R&B band from Connecticut who opened with a killer version of “My Baby Does The Hanky ...
Tony Levin, David Torn and Alan White - Levin Torn White (2011)
By Tom Johnson Something keeps pulling guitarist David Torn and bassist Tony Levin together. It's a partnership that blossomed with 1987's Cloud About Mercury, with drummer Bill Bruford and trumpeter Mark Isham, and, for what seemed like an eternity to fans, felt as if it might be a one-off project. In a way, it was. The ...
Yellow Dubmarine - Abbey Dub (2011)
When I first got a hold of this CD I gotta admit, I greeted it with a lot of skepticism. Another Beatles covers project? I mean, I think every single Beatles song short of “Revolution No. 9" has been covered at least once, if not a million times. But wait, one might say, “these are all ...
Ramsey Lewis - Ramsey, Taking Another Look (2011)
I skipped right to this album's new edit of “Sun Goddess," a timelessly accessible 1970s R&B fusion number—already singing the familiar wordless chorus from the original by Ramsey Lewis with Earth Wind and Fire: Way-ohhh, waaaaaay-ooooooooh. In 1974, the sessions for the Sun Goddess album marked a reunion with Earth Wind and Fire leader Maurice White, ...
Something Else! Interview: Rock Bassist Tony Levin
The latest incarnation for bassist Tony Levin, best known for his work with King Crimson and Peter Gabriel, is as part of a fearless new trio album with guitarist David Torn and Yes drummer Alan White. Part prog, part free-form improvisational music, part noise rock, Levin Torn White brings in each of their familiar textures and ...
Florencia Ruiz - Luz de la Noche (2011)
Occasionally I'll come across a record that sounds very pleasing to me and then realize that the music falls outside my usual areas of interest. Like, for instance, this new one by Florencia Ruiz that I've been listening to a lot in the last few days. Luz de la Noche is the name of her album, ...
Duke Robillard - Low Down and Tore up (2011)
Blues records used to routinely sound like this: Loose and fun, almost anarchic in their pursuit of nothing more than good-time joy and real-time emotion. Duke Robillard, co-founder of Roomful of Blues and former member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, breathes new life into the concept on Low Down and Tore Up, to be issued today on ...
