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Francesco Crosara: Colors
by Joel Roberts
On his impressive new album, Colors , Francesco Crosara proves he is a pianist with expert chops and broad interests.Born in Italy and based now in Chicago, Crosara has an awareness of world music but a firm grounding in the modern jazz vernacular. His major piano influences are unsurprising: Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea. ...
Paul Scea - Damon Short: Balance of Power - Improvisations for reeds & percussion
by Glenn Astarita
The City of Chicago is more than just a prominent “Blues” town. Major advancements in modern jazz/improvisation have been propelling this town into one of the most vital sources of creative, free-spirited jazz on the planet. Other than renowned jazz musicians such as Muhal Richard Abrams and The Art Ensemble of Chicago to name but a ...
Joanie Pallatto: Words and Music
by Jack Bowers
“Give my new disc a spin,” said Joanie Pallatto (via e–mail). “I think you’ll like it” (or words to that effect). Yeah, sure, I thought; another undiscovered phenom. Okay, so she was right; I liked it. A shade below phenomenal, perhaps, but I’ve heard a large number of female singers over the past few years including ...
The Mark Fechner Jazz Experience: Wing It
by Jack Bowers
This is my second “experience” with Chicago–based saxophonist Mark Fechner’s quartet, and as with the first, it’s an earnest but for the most part unimpressive enterprise. An obvious departure this time around is that Fechner plays only alto or tenor saxophone, whereas on his previous release ( Up Jumped Spring ), he played baritone on four ...
Bobby Lewis: Just Havin' Some Fun
by Jack Bowers
Bobby Lewis, one of Chicago’s resident free spirits and most underappreciated musical treasures, is typically buoyant and masterful on his fifth date as leader for Southport Records, whom we must commend for having the good sense to place Bobby in a recording studio with several of his many friends and colleagues. The result of such an ...
Libby York: Blue Gardenia
by Jack Bowers
First, thanks to Southport Records for resisting the temptation to have vocalist Libby York strike a seductive pose à la Diana Krall to promote Libby’s debut album, Blue Gardenia. Not much is said about York except that she’s from Chicago, started singing rather late at age 35, and logged time in New York City and Key ...
Malachi Favors Maghostut & Tatsu Aoki: 2 X 4
by Glenn Astarita
Throughout the annals of modern jazz few have successfully pulled off or attempted solo upright-acoustic bass recordings. Dave Holland, Miroslav Vitous and Michael Formanek have done it, yet the twist here is the duo bass performances of “Art Ensemble of Chicago’s Malachi Favors Maghostut and Tatsu Aoki. 2 X 4 represents a series of compositions and ...
April Aloisio: Easy To Love
by Joel Roberts
April Aloisio shows she's more than just another singer with a pretty voice on her new Southport CD, Easy to Love. The Chicago-area vocalist has a confidence, patience and knowledge of how to get to the heart of a song that puts her in the upper tier of jazz vocalists. Aloisio is no shouter, and most ...
