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Second Take
Label: TCB Music
Released: 2001
Track listing: Two and One; Little B's Poem; The Enemy Within; In Your Own Sweet way; Too Late; Red, Black and Green Blues; Stopstart; Ebony Slick; Slew Footed
Canadian Sunset
By John Tank
Label: TCB Music
Released: 2001
Track listing: Canadian Sunset; Tank Toon; A House Is not a Home; Surrounded by the Night; Steppin' Up; Have You Heard This Song Before?; Indian Summer; Talk to the Hand; Angela
Louis Hayes Quintet: The Candy Man
by David A. Orthmann
Because the fundamental elements of jazz performance are now routinely altered (sometimes beyond recognition) or abandoned altogether, its tough to direct criticism at musicians who play in conventional styles but don’t always toe the line. In the case of drummer Louis Hayes, it may not be fair to point out his occasional rushing of the beat, ...
Duane Eubanks Quintet/Sextet: Second Take
by Dave Nathan
Duane Eubanks's second release for the Swiss TCB label follows the path carved out for his first album, viz., a strong affinity for those Blue Note and Prestige hard bop groups of the 1960's. Not only is this leaning evident in the up tempo material, but in the slower paced pieces as with his lovely ballad ...
The Winners: Live at the Dolder Grand Hotel. Zurich
by Dave Nathan
This rather confidently named collective, led by Swiss trumpet/flugelhorn player Franco Ambrosetti, captured the attention of a live audience with masterly arrangements of seven standards, designed to encourage rather than inhibit improvisation. Ambrosetti, who has a side job as a corporate manager, cut his teeth playing in a quartet led by his father, Flavio, a group ...
John Tank Quartet: Canadian Sunset
by Dave Nathan
Canadian John Tank is one of the leading members of that school of jazz musicians who can play progressive jazz in such a way to make it impossible to understand and follow the group's musical intentions. The quartet doesn't assail the ears with harmonies and assorted noises that annoy rather than pleasure. He and the imperturbable ...
Mark Soskin: 17 (Seventeen)
by Glenn Astarita
Pianist Mark Soskin is widely known for his long time affiliation with tenor sax titan, Sonny Rollins along with numerous session dates for a variety of notable modern jazz artists. However, with only a handful of solo outings to his credit, the pianist steps out in prominent fashion with his latest release, 17 (Seventeen). Soskin garners ...
Mark Soskin: 17
by Ben Ohmart
Mark Soskin and his merry band of players are not seeking a new way in to the jazz scene, but they know which door works, and they pass through like the best glass cleaner. Each of the 8 tracks are long enough to get into and steaming with what I call bunny go. You never know ...
The Winners: Live at the Dolder Grand Hotel, Zurich
by Ben Ohmart
To call themselves The Winners in the ever-popular, ever-growing world of instrumental jazz is like a young punk group daring to lay hold to the name Better Than Beatles, right? Well, that may be so. But equally probable, after one night with, or one listen to, The Winners is a sense that perhaps there's more to ...
The Vienna Art Orchestra: Artistry in Rhythm: A European Suite
by Jack Bowers
The concept that animates the Vienna Art Orchestra’s Artistry in Rhythm is fifteen variations on a single tempo dedicated to as many European capital cities. It’s an intriguing idea, but intriguing ideas are sometimes more successful on paper than in practice. In this case we have a rather mixed bag with some high spots and others ...
