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Sonny Simmons: Staying on the Watch
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Alto saxophonist Sonny Simmons embraces music with his whole body, soul, mind and spirit; that much is clear from Staying on the Watch, recorded in August 1966 and reissued by ESP-Disk in 2010. Not everything that he did got its due: when Simmons came on the scene, he remained too close to Charlie Parker. When he ...
Salo: Sundial Lotus
by Karl Ackermann
Sundial Lotus, the debut release from Salo, could easily be described as exuberant. Full of unpredictable energy, cadenced affinity and cross-genre influences, it wriggles out of one confine after another, creating small snippets of friction and long passages of intrigue. The septet's players hail from the critically acclaimed groups Respect Sextet, Jerseyband and Little Women, all ...
Sun Ra: College Tour Vol. 1
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Sun Ra College Tour Vol. 1ESP Disk2010 There is nothing quite as breathtaking as one of the early recordings of Sun Ra and his Arkestra. After his explosive and historic recordings The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra Vol. IVol. II were first released in 1965 and 1966, modern music ...
Vijay Iyer: Solo
by Lyn Horton
On the heels of being named Musician of the Year in June, 2010, by the Jazz Journalists Association, Vijay Iyer has released his first solo piano recording. Solo comes after the critical success of his trio's Historicity (ACT Music, 2009) and quartet's Tragicomic (Sunnyside, 2008). Iyer is a kind of Renaissance man, with ...
Vijay Iyer: Solo
by Chris May
Pianist Vijay Iyer's Historicity (ACT Music, 2009) was among the spellbinders of its year, a 10 track trio album, one half originals, one half covers. Solo makes a return visit to the same playground, its 11 tracks comprising five originals and six covers of tunes written by Duke Ellington ("Black & Tan Fantasy," “La Fleurette Africaine"), ...
Vision Festival 2010: Day 3, June 25, 2010
by John Sharpe
Prologue | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 Fay Victor, Sabir Mateen, John BlumVision FestivalAbrons Arts CenterNew York CityJune 25, 2010After the exceptional programs for the first two nights of the Vision Festival ...
Marshall Allen / Matthew Shipp / Joe Morris: Night Logic
by John Sharpe
Unlikely combinations sometimes deliver the most enjoyable results. Take the unexpected pleasure to be derived from what must have one time seemed unpromising pairings such as chili and chocolate or garlic and bread. So the partnering of Sun Ra Arkestra regular Marshall Allen with pianist Matthew Shipp and long time associate Joe Morris yields an astonishing ...
Tribe: Message From The Tribe: An Anthology of Tribe Records 1972-1976
by Chris May
If the 1960s was the decade of sexual liberation and psycho-pharmaceuticals, the 1970s was the decade of self-empowerment and community activism, and nowhere was this more true than in black America. Musicians were among the vanguard of the activists, forming collectives to increase their leverage within the “entertainment" industry and, through education projects, to strengthen their ...
Fred Hess Big Band / Timucua Jazz Orchestra / Michael Treni
by Jack Bowers
Fred Hess Big Band Hold On Dazzle Records 2010 When listening to Hold On, composer / arranger / saxophonist Fred Hess' fourteenth album as leader but first in front of a big band, one question immediately arises: What took him so long? As it turns out, recording his ...
Various Artists: Message from the Tribe - An Anthology of Tribe Records 1972-1976
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Various ArtistsMessage from the Tribe: An Anthology of Tribe Records 1972-1976Soul Jazz Records2010 “It seems to me that Black musicians are always on top of the issues." So wrote critic Betty L. Holloway in a mid-1970s number of Tribe magazine. It's easy to assume that Holloway meant the ...
