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Mike McGuire - Beyond the Ark (2011)
Americana singer-songwriter Mike McGuire travels a land of heavy weather, echoing church bells, sad tales and long memories. But he never lets go of the one thing that binds us together: Faith, in ourselves, in our future paths, in our country. It's something that adds a sustaining power to Beyond the Ark, even as the Louisville, ...
Steve Earle - Jerusalem (2009)
By Mark Saleski I know what I like, but you won't find me setting any rules. This is as close to a “philosophy of music" as you're going to get out of me. That idea has been the driving force behind most of the stuff I write about, especially when there's “musical evangelism" involved. My ears ...
One Track Mind: James Cotton and Billy Branch, "Rocket 88" (2011)
Like an aging boxer making an heroic late-round stand, James “Superharp" Cotton brilliantly tangles on a timeless favorite from his 1960s tenure with Vanguard, giving fellow harp master Billy Branch all he can handle. Even now, Cotton's playing style closely resembles his bandleading heyday—a memorably robust player, you imagine smoke and spit blasting out of the ...
The Friday Morning Listen: Ghost Train Orchestra - Hothouse Stomp (2011)
Before I get to the part of the article where I piss off the Ken Burns jazz fans, let me rant a little about something completely (well, almost) unrelated. So I'm minding my own business the other day when I see this tweet (Hmmm ... if somebody reads this twenty years from now, will the word ...
One Track Mind: Bill Summers on "God Make Me Funky," "Watermelon Man," Others
On this special edition of Something Else! Reviews' One Track Mind, we hand the reins over to percussionist Bill Summers. As he and the rest of the Headhunters are set for the June 14 release of Platinum—a multi-faceted new release that blends jazz, funk, hip hop and Afro-Cuban sounds—Summers remembers a previous Headhunters reunion, then looks ...
Trey Gunn - Untune the Sky (2004)
By Tom Johnson Newly free of King Crimson in 2004, some wondered just what it was that Warr guitarist Trey Gunn would be doing. A great short answer came in the form of Untune the Sky, a combination CD/DVD package. The CD takes the shape of a best-of, with a good selection of material from across ...
One Track Mind: Wadada Leo Smith's Organic - "Don Cherry's Electric Sonic Garden" (2011)
The music of Wadada Leo Smith, no matter the setting, is spiritual, mesmerizing, purposeful and often dense. We found out back toward the end of '09 just how dense his music can be when this innovative trumpet player debuted his Organic ensemble on disc 2 of the Spiritual Dimensions. That group sported four ... four! ... ...
Dawn Harden - A Lifetime (2011)
There is this deeply personal texture to A Lifetime, a redemptive 10-track journey through love's rocky terrain. French jazz-pop singer-songwriter Dawn Harden wrote or co-wrote, with pianist Patrick Pernet, all but one of the songs, giving the record a lasting resonance. She starts with “Traces," a lovelorn tale of a lost passion presented in a trembling, ...
Something Else! Interview: Percussionist Bill Summers, of the Headhunters
The Headhunters, who with Herbie Hancock crafted jazz music's first platinum release, return this month with an aptly titled new project—Platinum. In 2003, their million-selling 1973 debut Head Hunters was ranked No. 498 in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Led by longtime drummer Mike Clark and percussionist Bill Summers, the ...
Grover Washington Jr. - Grover Live (2010)
By Mark Saleski I'm not one to quote Wikipedia, but this time around it makes perfect sense: “Smooth jazz is a sub-genre of jazz which is heavily influenced by R&B, funk, rock, and pop music styles (separately, or, in any combination)." This is an interesting definition because it highlights the point of contention: Is smooth jazz ...
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