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Jazz is Alive, Healthy and Well, from the Traditional to the Contemporary
We Kansas City people like to beat up on ourselves and lament how things could be if only... Jazz had its heyday, we say, and that was long ago. And now? Well, it's tough to find jazz in town and, besides, it's just so hard to get out of the house. Well, hooey on that. You ...
African Tarantella: Dances With Duke
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Thanks for the Beautiful Land on the Delta; Portrait of Wellman Braid; Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies; Sunset and the Mockingbird; The Single Petal of a Rose; Memoirs of a Frozen Summer; African Tarantella; Dancing Enigma.
Stefon Harris: African Tarantella: Dances with Duke
by John Kelman
Given the number of tribute albums coming out these days, it's refreshing to see an artist reference lesser-known works and take a road less-travelled in terms of approach. Vibraphonist Stefon Harris' African Tarantella enlists a streamlined instrumental configuration to rework excerpts from Duke Ellington's 1970 “The New Orleans Suite" and 1958 “The Queen's Suite," along with ...
Stefon Harris: African Tarantella: Dances with Duke
by Troy Collins
With five previous albums on Blue Note, vibraphonist Stefon Harris has proven to be one of the label's most adventurous new artists. More conceptually expansive than many of his generation, Harris has long been interested in extended forms and suite-like structures. His 2003 album, The Grand Unification Theory (Blue Note), dealt with the journey from birth ...
Stefon Harris: African Tarantella: Dances with Duke
by Jim Santella
With three selections from Duke Ellington's “New Orleans Suite, two from his “Queen's Suite and three more from Stefan Harris' own “Gardner Meditations, African Tarantella conveys a sincere appreciation for lyrical beauty. Like the original purpose for a tarantella, the music transfixes you with its magic spell. Much of Ellington's music had that quality, and it's ...
Evolution
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Nothing Personal; For Him, For Her; Until; Red-Bone, Netti-Bone; A Touch of Grace; Summertime; Blackout; The Lost Ones; King Tut's Strut' Message to Mankind; Montara.
Maurice Brown: Hip to Bop
by John Kelman
Sometimes it's not a good thing when young artists release their own records before they have the opportunity to pay some dues. They may possess admirable technique but have yet to develop a rounded conception that gives their music focus. A precocious trumpeter who, at the age of 23, has already played with a wide range ...
Stefon Harris & Blackout: Evolution
by Eric J. Iannelli
It takes no time at all to get into Evolution , Stefon Harris’ fifth album for Blue Note, the young vibraphonist’s fourth as leader and his first with his new band. Immediately the music breaks into a sprint. And its appeal is equally as instantaneous. There is no acclimation period, no finger-drumming developmental warm-up, no amusing ...
Stefon Harris & Blackout: Evolution
by John Kelman
Vibraphonist Stefon Harris first came to attention on releases by trombonist Steve Turre and, most notably, with eight-string guitarist Charlie Hunter's groove-happy Pound for Pound band. Since that time, with an approach that could perhaps be accused of sometimes being a little too cerebral and not visceral enough, Harris has released three fine recordings as a ...
The Grand Unification Theory
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Prologue; The Birth of Time; Velvet Couch; Transition; Corridor of Elusive
Dreams; Escape to Quiet Desperation; Song of the Whispering Banshee;
March of the Angels; The Mystic Messenger; Rebirth; The Grand
Unification Theory; Intro Epilogue; Epilogue.
