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Wadada Leo Smith's Mbira - Dark Lady of the Sonnets (2012)
Trumpeter, composer and bandleader Wadada Leo Smith, who celebrated his 70th birthday just last month, is as productive as he's ever been, and I'm getting nearly exhausted just keeping up covering all his new releases. Lately, he's headed up three active bands: The Golden Quartet, Organic and the Silver Orchestra. Now's there's a fourth one: Wadada ...
Kenny Werner - Lawn Chair Society (2007)
When I think of the the overlap of jazz and funk, ensembles that come to mind are Herbie Hancock's Headhunters, On The Corner-era Miles, and even some of the smoother offerings out of the CTI label. In more recent times, Medeski Martin and Wood have really been laying it down. If I was to reorganize my ...
Pink Martini - Hang on Little Tomato (2004)
What with all of the bits of nasty weather, work deadlines, etc ... a person can get just plain frazzled. So what's needed on the drive to work is some romantic and swanky musings. Pink Martini definitely fits the bill. The suave Oregon-based collective bravely mixes together influences from many, many genres to produce something completely ...
Jeff Kimmel Quartet - Charm Offensive (2011)
At thirty-one minutes, this debut album by the Jeff Kimmel Quartet is shorter than some EP's, but bass clarinetist Kimmel and his friends make the most of their time.Charm Offensive, as the record is called, is the fruit from a grant by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, a vote of confidence from the community to ...
Bill Frisell - Go West: Music for the Films of Buster Keaton (2009)
OK, so I tried the Pandora Radio thing again. After the first tune from my Marc Ribot channel, an excellent live version of his really screwy take on Jimi Hendrix' “The Wind Cries Mary," we ended up at a tune from Bill Frisell's Go West: Music For The Films Of Buster Keaton. I love the idea ...
Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle with You: The Hits Collection (1998)
Having a hit single the first time around is either a blessing or a curse. It's a blessing because most musicians dream of instant recognition, but on the other hand sudden success means there's a lot to account for when it comes to future endeavors. The pressure is on to create something just as fabulous if ...
Lena Prima - Since the Storm (2010)
Lena Prima centered this project with a pair of songs by her father, Louis Prima. But she didn't settle for the simple goal of glowing tribute, either to this legendary New Orleans-born purveyor of post-war jump blues or to his era's great American songbook. She had broader goals, and largely succeeds in achieving them. Growing up ...
The Lucien Dubuis Trio and Marc Ribot - Ultime Cosmos (2009)
Ultime Cosmos was not serious. At least, not serious in that We're Wearing Nice Suits, We're Going To Play Jazz kind of way. Heck, this wasn't even jazz, not in spirit anyway. A quick read of the instrumental lineup would definitely make a person think 'jazz'—contrabass clarinet, guitar, bass, drums—but the record had more of a ...
Charlie Haden and Hank Jones - Come Sunday (2012)
It's a given that show tunes and Tin Pan Alley songs have provided plenty of fodder for jazz interpretations, especially in the decades before there were enough quality standards written specifically for jazz to fill up a fake book. There's long been another, almost forgotten, source for great jazz treatments, and that's the sturdy old spirituals ...
Jimmy Owens - The Monk Project (2012)
I was struck, time and again, by the considered, almost slow-motion attention to detail here, as trumpeter Jimmy Owens and Co. tease out every blues-soaked nuance from the oft-heard music of Thelonious Monk. It's easy to focus on the brilliant convolutions of his music, the blind-alley syncopations and the turbulent chord changes. But there was real ...
