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Garaj Mahal - More Mr. Nice Guy, Plus a Bonus from Fareed Haque! (2010)
By PicoRight about a year and a half ago, jam band extraordinaire Garaj Mahal wowed us with their nimble, creative offering w00t, which made 2008's “Best Of" list of fusion records, and contained a killer track I thought topped all other songs in the fusion jazz category. Now in their tenth year of existence, ...
One Track Mind: Louis Armstrong, "When the Saints Go Marching in" (1938)
NICK DERISO: A player of both strength and generosity, Louis Armstrong's influence -- as a soloist, as a pioneer who moved folk music into the realm of artistry, as a personality -- remains incalcuable nearly four decades after his death. There are lines you could draw: No Armstrong, no Lester Young. No Lester Young, ...
Gerry Gibbs and the Electric Thrasher Orchestra - Play the Music of Miles Davis 1967-1975 (2010)
By PicoI freakin' love the music of Miles Davis. I once named a dog “Miles Davis." I've written tons about Miles Davis. Even compare most every artist who's doing something cool and expansive to Miles Davis. And when a musician takes on a project projecting the music of Miles Davis, I'm gonna listen to ...
One Track Mind: Roberto Badoglio "Inner Urge" (2010)
By PicoI find that much of jazz is taking someone else's tune and make it into something new. The trick is to do so without casting off the thing (or things) that made it such a great tune to cover to begin with. But who can take Joe Henderson's modal madness of “Inner Urge", ...
Ullmann|Swell 4 - News? No News! (2010)
By PicoGerman woodwind wunderkind Gebhard Ullmann and New York-based trombone titlist Steve Swell may come from opposing sides of the Atlantic, but when the two get together to make music, they're in the same house of whack jazz. There are some 70 led or co-led albums between the two (including Swell's mind melting Particle ...
Herb Ellis, "Texas Swings" (1992)
Today, we remember Texas jazz guitarist Herb Ellis, who has passed at 88 in his Los Angeles home after a long bout with Alzheimer's. Over a career that spanned six decades, Ellis worked with a number of legends, including Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong and in the classic line-up of the acclaimed Oscar Peterson Trio. ...
Pat Metheny - Orchestrion (2010)
By Pico I've been following Pat Metheny's career since the late seventies but it's only occurred to me very gradually what a major, important force in music he really is. Note I said “music" and not “jazz," because his breadth and depth of the understanding of music of nearly every form, and the degree ...
Harry Allen Two-Fer! New York State of Mind and Ehud Asherie's Modern Life
By Pico Not long ago we lauded the old school approach of saxophonist Eric Alexander, but even Alexander sounds rather leading edge compared to another tenorman just two years his senior, Harry Allen.The son of a big band drummer, Allen was exposed to jazz literally from the time he was born. After ...
Quickies: New Release Roundup 2010, Vol. 2
Could this be Nonesuch Records' The Low Anthem of 2010? By Pico Earlier in the week we presented the first installment of a dozen feebly minted records of random styles I thought might be a little noteworthy. Today comes the second half of these new releases. Some of this Whitman's sampler of ...
Quickies: New Release Roundup 2010, Vol. 1
The hottest band in the land just might be the Drive-By Truckers By Pico Funny how it seems I have plenty of time to listen to new music and precious little to write about. There's about 9GBs of albums in my iPod rotation and I'm familiar with a good majority of it. ...
