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Sam Newsome: Blue Soliloquy
by C. Michael Bailey
The soprano saxophone is one mean mistress; temperamental, demanding, and unforgiving. Few have mastered her, with Sidney Bechet, John Coltrane, and Steve Lacy coming to mind. Saxophonist Sam Newsome,late of the Terence Blanchard Quintet, has stepped up to provide his Das Wohltemperierte Klavier of the instrument in Soliloquy--Solo Works for Soprano Saxophone. Strongly recalling Bobby Watson's ...
Omri Ziegele’s Where’s Africa Trio: Can Walk On Sand
by Nic Jones
This could almost be a band “on a hiding to nothing" considering it self-consciously mines the seam of vibrant music first tapped by the likes of Chris McGregor and Harry Miller. Given the fact that it's only a trio, it's inevitable perhaps that the group lacks the sheer sonic impact of McGregor's much larger bands, but ...
Chris Jentsch: Cycles and Reflecting on the Journey
by Ludwig vanTrikt
John Coltrane once said, “Let the music speak for itself." The guitarist/composer and band leader Christopher Jentsch adds an interesting twist on that subject by opting to describe himself when asked about the broader subject of how to capture his music in his own words. “I think of myself as a composer/guitarist working with contemporary improvisational ...
Alexander Hawkins Quartet at the Vortex, London
by John Sharpe
Alexander Hawkins Quartet The Vortex London, England January 5, 2010 A very respectable audience braved the cold temperatures (for London where since global warming kicked in it rarely falls below freezing for very long) and further impending snow for the debut of the Alexander Hawkins new quartet at ...
Chad Eby: Broken Shadows
by Mark Corroto
Attention grabbing music these days is either accomplished by the loudest voice (American Idol anybody?) or the rudest performance. While not saying jazz has descended to that level, certainly the squeakiest wheel often gets the most attention. Then again, hearing a genuine voice like saxophonist Chad Eby reaffirms the instinct that an authoritative performance from a ...
Herbie Nichols: A Jazzist's Life
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Herbie Nichols: A Jazzist's Life Mark Miller Soft cover; 224 pages ISBN: 978-1-55128-146-0 The Mercury Press 2009 Although he is considerably better known and respected today than he was in his lifetime, pianist Herbie Nichols and his spectacularly original music remains relatively obscure. This is one ...
Let's Call This... Esteem
By Steve Lacy
Label: SILTA Records
Released: 2009
Track listing:
1. Introduction and Let’s Call This… (T. Monk) - 7:03; 2. Monk’s Dream (T. Monk) - 5:25; 3. In a Sentimental
Mood (Ellington/Kurtz/Mills); 4. Snake Out (Waldron) - 14:00; 5. Blues for Aida (Lacy) - 7:26; 6. Johnny Come
Lately (B. Strayhorn) - 6:53; 7. What Is It (Waldron) - 9:06; 8. Evidence (T. Monk) - 6:56; 9. Epistrophy (T. Monk) - 5:18;
10. Esteem (Lacy) - 7:50.
The Forest and the Zoo
By Steve Lacy
Label: ESP-Disk
Released: 2009
Track listing: Forest; Zoo.
Uwe Oberg / Christof Thewes / Michael Griener: Lacy Pool
by Glenn Astarita
Three well-versed European progressive-jazz denizens impart a rather majestic blend of song-form and improvisation when covering the late, great soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy's discography. Approaching this album from a mindset that eliminates comparisons to Lacy's original performances lent to a more appropriate route for the listening experience. Without a saxophonist and bassist, the piano-trombone-drums ...
Ambrose Jackson
by Andrey Henkin
[Ed. Note: We are saddened to report that Mr. Jackson succumbed to a five-year battle with prostate cancer prior to publication of this article.] In the jazz world, an enormous amount of credence is given to the musician who appears on, to use the parlance, “countless sessions." Yet this ignores circumstances that can ...
