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Paquito D'Rivera Quntet?: Funk Tango
by Joel Roberts
The question mark at the end of the group's name above isn't a mistake. It's Paquito D'Rivera's way of signaling that listeners shouldn't expect to hear just a traditional jazz quintet on his consistently excellent and continually surprising Funk Tango. Instead, the Cuban-born multi-instrumentalist leads an ever-shifting international ensemble that adds and subtracts members based on ...
Steve Kuhn: Pastorale
by Brandt Reiter
Though he's been an inimitable sideman for jazz legends like John Coltrane, Stan Getz and Arts Farmer and Blakey and though he's been leading his own first-rate groups for decades, Steve Kuhn has never become a household name. Like his frequent (and equally idiosyncratic) collaborator Sheila Jordan, he's better known abroad than here, both in Europe ...
Chris Potter 10: Song for Anyone
by John Kelman
While Chris Potter's other release on the same day, Follow the Red Line: Live at the Village Vanguard (Sunnyside, 2007), is a feature for his high energy, rock- and funk-inflected Underground group, Song for Anyone presents a side to the saxophonist that's not been heard before. Written for an unorthodox combination of instruments, it focuses more ...
Chris Potter Underground: Follow the Red Line: Live at the Village Vanguard
by John Kelman
In a rare move, saxophonist Chris Potter has released two CDs on the same day, and on the same label--Song For Anyone, his first album for a large ensemble; and Follow the Red Line: Live at the Village Vanguard, featuring the Underground band that's been touring for the past couple of years. Risky, perhaps, but Potter's ...
Helen Sung: Sungbird (After Albeniz)
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist/composer Helen Sung could have played it safe. After offering up two fine straight ahead jazz outings-- Push (Blue Moon, 2004) and Helenistique, (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2006), the expectation was “more of the same." And that would not have been a disappointment. Though the New York based artist came to jazz late--during her college years, ...
Donny McCaslin: In Pursuit
by Troy Collins
From his early forays with Steps Ahead and Ken Schaphorst's Big Band to Maria Schneider's Orchestra and his recent membership in Dave Douglas' Quintet, saxophonist/composer Donny McCaslin is finally beginning to receive the critical accolades he deserves. His second album for Sunnyside and sixth as a leader, In Pursuit, follows a conceptual thread begun ...
Jerome Sabbagh: Pogo
by Budd Kopman
Under a coolness that is felt on the surface of the music, saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh--on the fine release Pogo--creates a tension that is expertly controlled. Intent on developing a style that is personal and recognizable, Sabbagh composes and plays from a core that seems at first tightly controlled. However, that which seems to be reticence turns ...
Donny McCaslin: In Pursuit
by Laurel Gross
If creating challenging music that is also thoroughly entertaining were a crime, then Donny McCaslin ought to be in jail. Some jazz players/composers today can seem so preoccupied with producing art that they make it very difficult for listeners to get in on the fun. Not so with McCaslin, who proves with In ...
Donny McCaslin: In Pursuit
by John Kelman
In the follow-up to his critically acclaimed Soar (Sunnyside, 2006), saxophonist Donny McCaslin continues to evolve his interest in blending advanced jazz harmony and improvisation with world music in general, and the rhythms of Latin and South America in particular. But while Soar's core quintet expanded to a nine-piece at times, here it remains intact, with ...
Paquito D'Rivera Quintet?: Funk Tango
by Chip Boaz
Alto saxophonist/clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera presents his album, Funk Tango, under the group name “The Paquito D'Rivera Quintet?. “Quintet refers to his working group of trumpeter/valve trombonist Diego Urcola, pianist Alon Yavnai, electric bassist Oscar Stagnaro and drummer Mark Walker. The “? highlights the group's flexibility through use of additional musicians or smaller configurations. Guests include percussionist ...
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