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Tom Van Der Geld "Path"
Although not billed as such, this album is the third of what has become known as American ex-pat vibraphonist Tom van der Geld's four Children at Play" recordings, captured between 1973 and 1980. Path was recorded in Ludwigsburg, Germany a year and a half after van der Geld's previous Patience, during February 1979, with a trio ...
Tom Van Der Geld and Children at Play "Patience"
Patience is the second of four of Tom van der Geld's Children at Play" albums recorded between 1973 and 1980. The group's first record, Children at Play (issued 1975), and the last, Out Patients (1980), were issued by the West German JAPO ("Jazz by Post") label that has something to do with ECM Records (several of ...
Best in '10 - The Music
Chim Chim ChereeEric Alexander Quartet (Venus): One of today's most interesting tenor saxophonists, Eric Alexander, helming one of jazz's best groups, with the legendary Harold Mabern on piano, the undersung Joe Farnesworth on drums and, in this case, John Webber on bass, takes on the repertoire of the great John Coltrane and comes up with a ...
Lost In '10
One cannot acknowledge the year's creative contributions without noting its losses. This year seemed unusually disproportionate in the number of creative voices that moved onto another plane. Here, I note only those whose artistry has had particular impact on my life. I certainly recognize that many, many others have departed the Earth this year. But I ...
Charles Fambrough - R.I.P.

After a long bout battling liver disease and many years of suffering, the great jazz bassist Charles Fambrough passed away on Saturday, January 1, 2011. Fambrough had apparently been awaiting a transplant match. Several musical tributes were held in Philadelphia over the last several years to help Fambrough and his family pay the bassist's outrageous medical ...