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Anthony Braxton: Quartet (GTM) 2006
by Stuart Broomer
Anthony Braxton's Ghost Trance Music is a vast continent, a central preoccupation for the composer from 1995 to 2006 that would take in about 100 compositions. The first examples, “Composition Nos. 181-184," were recorded by a quartet. Each piece was characterized by the hypnotic continuous lines of equal length, evenly accented notes suggesting endless melody. The ...
Amanda Monaco: I Think I'll Keep You
by Stuart Broomer
Amanda Monaco is a guitarist whose style is deeply rooted in her instrument's lyrical lineage, at times channeling the singing tone of Jim Hall, at others declaring her own, more forceful sound. Most of the tunes here are Monaco originals and she's created efficient vehicles for both her own voice and the collective dialogues that seem ...
Lee Konitz: Lee Konitz Meets Alessandro Lanzoni Trio
by Stuart Broomer
This CD is exciting enough to require several titles, beginning with Lee Konitz meets Alessandro Lanzoni Trio, then Poetical Lee, then 81+15=96!, before concluding with the parenthetical (for Bill Evans). But it's the exclamatory equation 81+15=96! that's at the heart of the enthusiasm, declaring the respective ages of altoist Konitz and pianist Lanzoni. There's a celebration ...
Horace Silver: Live at Newport '58
by Stuart Broomer
From his first recordings with the Jazz Messengers in 1954, Horace Silver's values as pianist, bandleader and composer have been clearly evident: buoyant swing propelled by strong riffs and ensemble drive, along with expressive, edited-in-advance solos. There's a kind of controlled enthusiasm at the center of Silver's music, a slightly formal celebration that owes much to ...
Brad Shepik: Human Activity Suite
by Stuart Broomer
Brad Shepik's Human Activity Suite is a ten-part mingling of world music materials from various cultures and ecological concerns. Sponsored by Chamber Music America's New Works program, the project sees guitarist Shepik enlarging his usual trio with Gary Versace on keyboards and Tom Rainey on drums to include trumpeter Ralph Alessi and bassist Drew Gress. The ...
Gerry Hemingway: Buffalo Pearl & Kinetics
by Stuart Broomer
John Butcher/ Gerry Hemingway Buffalo Pearl Auricle 2008 Gerry Hemingway/ Thomas Lehn Kinetics Auricle 2008 Gerry Hemingway isn't restricted by any particular concept of the drummer. He's ...
Eddie Henderson: Heritage
by Stuart Broomer
Trumpeter Eddie Henderson has been moving in and out of jazz since the '60s, combining parallel careers as a musician and psychiatrist. In that time he's applied his strongly lyrical playing to both acoustic post-bop and fusion settings, but his greatest celebrity has definitely come from his credits on the electric side. In the early '70s ...
Jazz with Strings Attached: Bucky Pizzarelli, Tyrone Brown, Kenny Wheeler, Quinsin Nachoff and Ben Wolfe
by Stuart Broomer
Bucky Pizzarelli and Strings So Hard to Forget Arbors Jazz 2008 Tyrone Brown String Ensemble Moon of the Falling Leaves Dreambox Media 2008 Kenny Wheeler Other People Cam ...
Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Himself
by Stuart Broomer
When producer Orrin Keepnews undertook this album for Riverside in 1957, Thelonious Monk had recorded relatively little as a solo pianist--nine tracks for French Vogue in 1954 and single tracks on Prestige and Riverside LPs. While the Vogue had emphasized Monk's originals and the single tracks were all old tunes, Thelonious Himself (Riverside/OJC, 1957) balanced his ...
Roswell Rudd: New York Art Quartet & New York Eye and Ear Control
by Stuart Broomer
New York Art Quartet New York Art Quartet ESP Disk 2008 Artist #2 Album Title #2 ESP Disk 2008 Trombonist Roswell Rudd seemed to enter jazz from ...
