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Deidre Rodman / Steve Swallow: Twin Falls
by Celeste Sunderland
The pairing of pianist Deidre Rodman and bassist Steve Swallow may seem unlikely at first, but upon further investigation, it appears to be just right. They hit it off while touring in Switzerland six years ago and their new duo album chimes with a rare trust. Named for the Idaho town where Rodman ...
Deidre Rodman / Steve Swallow: Twin Falls
by John Kelman
Ask any budding electric jazz bassist who their biggest influence is, and chances are they'll cite the late Jaco Pastorius. And why not? During his tragically short life Pastorius revolutionized his instrument and contributed a small but significant body of work that's still being mined to this day. Why, then, is Steve Swallow so far off ...
Aaron Goldberg: Worlds
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Man, am I glad that pianist Aaron Goldberg and I never tried to apply for the same job. I'm not a musician, but you should see this guy's CV. While he was double-majoring at Harvard in history and science plus mind, brain and behavior, he was working with Betty Carter, gigging weekends in Boston and winning ...
Deidre Rodman / Steve Swallow: Twin Falls
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Deidre Rodman's third release on Sunnyside is accompanied by a poetic statement of purpose: “Growing up in Idaho, she begins, “the mountains became a part of my consciousness. We are led to expect a backward-looking meditation on natural beauty. A backward-looking meditation is what we get, but its reference points are socio-cultural, not geological. To start, ...
Chris Potter: Underground
by AAJ Italy Staff
La prima cosa che salta all’occhio ascoltando questo ottimo Underground del saxofonista americano Chris Potter è la presenza di una sottile anomalia che rende questo lavoro utile per capire da che parte sta andando il jazz contemporaneo. Molto semplicemente si tratta di una anomalia nella strumentazione: manca infatti il basso, acustico o elettrico che sia. E ...
Bob Belden: Three Days of Rain
by David Miller
As usual, you can't judge a book by its cover. Bob Belden's original score for the film Three Days of Rain is, plain and simple, an excellent jazz album. There's no way of getting around it. Listen to it and you will be impressed. Sure, Belden's compositions may have been written for the express purpose of ...
Marc Mommaas: Balance
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Marc Mommaas with Nikolaj Hess Balance Sunnyside Records 2006 In classical music, people distinguish between “program music, which is “about something, and “absolute music, which is not. Someone has probably worked out what would be meant by a jazz version of “absolute music : I suspect it would ...
Donny McCaslin: Soar
by Paul Olson
Tenor player Donny McCaslin aims high on Soar and rather gloriously hits all his targets with this ambitious set of pieces of a decidedly Central and South American bent. McCaslin's other “new" record, Give and Go (Criss Cross), was released in February. The two CDs couldn't be more different, though--while Give and Go ...
Donny McCaslin: Soar
by David Miller
With certain musicians play, you get the feeling that they're on a level above their peers. And what's more, it seems to come easy to them. Current saxophonists that fit this mould include Chris Potter, Joe Lovano and Kenny Garrett. Add Donny McCaslin to that list. As a neophyte to McCaslin's work, I ...
Underground
by R. Emmet Sweeney
Chris Potter Underground Sunnyside Records 2006 Consensus is always the sought-after ideal in criticism. When writers can line up behind an artist and declare his or her greatness, the health of an art form is reinforced. We need to ordain geniuses to be reassured that this love ...
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