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Jeff Coffin and the Mu'tet - Live! (2011)
Saxophonist and composer Jeff Coffin, a three-time Grammy winner, traverses a fine line on Live!, a record that feels both timeless and fresh. The beauty is that he and his Mu'Tet don't stumble into the pitfalls of either concept. That is to say, Live sounds old without feeling prosaic, and new without feeling too professorial. Coffin, ...
Exegesis - The Harmony of the Anomaly (2011)
Electronic and eclectic, Exegesis represents one of the latest attempts to marry technology to the spirit of jazz. With mathematical jazz compositions, sampling and software applied to an improvisational spirit, Exegesis comes off as a jazzier King Crimson, and the musicians used on here are likewise of the highest order. Exegesis boasts of core players Nick ...
Trombone Shorty - For True (2011)
Troy “Trombone Shorty" Andrews, once again, incorporates all of the fun but none of the fussy formalism of the New Orleans tradition in his new recording, For True. A contemporary, and vividly frisky, blending of funk, R&B, pop, hip hop, jazz and fusion, Trombone Shorty's second national release is due today from Verve Forecast. Andrews wrote ...
Claudio Roditi - Bons Amigos (2011)
Claudio Roditi is on a roll coming off the critical triumph of Grammy nominated Brazilliance X 4 (2009), and the master trumpet player continues “trumpeting" his Brazilian roots with Bons Amigos. Using a rotary valved trumpet (a rarity in jazz), a flugelhorn and a piccolo trumpet for these recordings, Roditi opts for a warmer, more lyrical ...
On Second Thought: Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2003)
By Tom Johnson Over time, I have had to face that fact that this album is far better than I'd once thought. When I picked up Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot—the day it was released—I really enjoyed it. I didn't think it was anywhere near as groundbreaking or startling as the hype would have had me believe. ...
Matt Geraghty Project - Departures (2011)
Bassist Matt Geraghty found the perfect name for his new contemporary jazz release, since Departure moves so very far outside of the expectations for labels like “contemporary jazz." Geraghty opens with a short instrumental piece featuring Ramesh Misra on the sarangi, a bowed stringed instrument from North India, before a gentle piano interlude from Misha Tsiganov ...
Ivo Perelman Quartet - The Hour of the Star (2011)
Sao Paulo-born tenor man Ivo Perelman assembles a whack jazz quartet that rivals in star power to the foursome David S. Ware recently assembled with William Parker, Cooper-Moore and Muhammad Ali. But Perelman's six improvised performances with Matthew Shipp (piano), Joe Morris (acoustic bass) and Gerald Cleaver (drums) come off much better. With this being free ...
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator (2011)
Ever since Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi married in 2001, the two have frequently contributed to each other projects and performed together. But through (and likely because of) the rigors of The Allman Brothers, The Derek Trucks Band, Tedeschi's own band, and the rigors of raising two kids, they never fully consummated their musical marriage. That ...
Juanita Fleming - I Come to You (2011)
Juanita Fleming uses her stirring life experiences to inform a new gospel-jazz project, I Come To You. Before turning her gift toward God, Fleming's was a life spent around jazz giants, big-budget soundtracks and the stage. Each of those influences finds a place here, propelling the album into a series of brilliant vistas. I Come To ...
Eric Clapton - Me and Mr. Johnson (2004)
By Mark Saleski The next statement I make isn't gonna win a lot of friends and influence in the rock music fan world but, well ... here goes nothin': I've never liked British blues all that much. John Mayall, the Yardbirds and all that. Yeah, they could play all right ... but they just never hit ...
